While the first of two semi-finals to take place on Saturday in Chester, Pennsylvania between Denver and Charlotte seems to have a clear favorite, the second semi-final between the Hamilton Nationals and Chesapeake Bayhawks could not be any closer to call. The two teams split the 2013 season series, with each team winning while away from their home field. The first of the two meetings was decided in overtime, with…
(photo: Maryland Sports Insider) The Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) today named Jim Milligan as the offensive coordinator for the 2014 season. Milligan, who served as the Wings offensive coordinator during the 2012 season joins defensive coordinator Thomas Hajek under newly appointed head coach Blane Harrison. “We’re happy to have Jim back on the bench, as he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the offense,”…
The end of the season is here. The OLA minor Provincials wrapped up this weekend in Oakville, ON with the Final Six weekend. This tournament consisted of the top six teams in the Peewee, Bantam and Midget ‘A’ divisions. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games. The top two teams were then placed in the Gold medal game and the third and fourth teams played…
Major League Lacrosse’s championship weekend is right around the corner and some squads are already making moves. Teams were allowed only a 19 player roster throughout the season, but come this weekend, that number goes up to 20. Not much of a swelling, but that one extra man can make a huge difference for their team. Chesapeake is the defending champs and have added rookie Kevin Cooper back on…
The domination continues as the Whitby Warriors move to 3-0 and punch their ticket to the Minto Cup finals after a 12-7 victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs. Captain Curtis Knight lead the way offensively for the Warriors as he collected seven points (4G,3A) in the win. Graeme Hossack, Emmerson Clark and Michael MacDonald each added three points to help solidify the bye to the finals.Whitby netminder Alexis Buque picked up…
The Whitby Warriors inch closer to their second Minto Cup in three years as they sit atop of the round robin standings with a 2-0 record. The Warriors have out scored their opponents (New Westminster and Okotok) 29-9 in two games at Queens Park Arena. Heading the charge for Whitby is Cornell Big Red’s Dan Litner who has found the back of the cage 10 times while adding two assists…
The National Lacrosse League has released a statement following today’s announcement by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano that Forest City Ratner has won the bid to renovate Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The winning bid, submitted by the development group led by Brooklyn Nets minority owner and Barclays Center developer Bruce Ratner, included plans to bring lacrosse among other sports to the remodeled Uniondale, N.Y. facility. “We are encouraged by the…
The Vancouver Stealth have unveiled their new logo for 2014. Click through to see it.
Grand Rapids, MI- The first of 3 tournaments in the CILL was held this past weekend at the Edge Ice Arena in Holland, MI. The Grand Rapids Dragonfish (2-1) hosted the Chicago Outlaws(3-0), Pittsburgh Octane(0-2), and Detroit Coney Dogs(0-2). The first game for the weekend was not much of a game, the Chicago Outlaws took care of the Detroit Coney Dogs in very quick fashion. Before you could look up…
The National Championships concluded this past weekend, after a week of exciting and action-packed lacrosse. Each province who sent a team represented their provinces very well and all teams played the game the right way. The Peewee and Midget gold medal games were between Team Ontario and Team Iroquois, and both games were wild finals, with the Midget game being decided in overtime. There was a crew of 12…