Sometimes stories seem like a big deal at the time and fade away, never to be thought of again. We decided to round up some of the bigger stories of 2014 that you may have forgotten happened. Kahnawake Mess The Ales Hrebsky Memorial Tournament is the best amateur lacrosse tournament in the world. It takes place every year in Prague, Czech Republic, and teams from all over the world participate….
Miles Thompson—Albany/Rochester/Minnesota How does one have the best year in lacrosse? Win a Tewaaraton, get drafted in the first round of the NLL, and make it to a championship game in the MLL. All of the Thompsons owned lacrosse this year, but Miles had the opportunity to play at three levels and be an impact player in two. It remains to be seen what he can do in the NLL,…
Canada Tops USA With John Grant Jr unable to play for Canada in the FIL, the team rallied around that and were able to breakout. USA stopped Canada in the first game of the tournament and didn’t look back, going 5-0 in pool play and dominating the playoffs. However, Canada proved to be too much. Thanks to Dillon Ward, USA could only score five times as Canada defeated them 8-5….
We recently published the player pool for the upcoming MLL supplemental draft. Scrolling through that list of 856 can be pretty daunting, so I’m going to break things down to get a better idea of the players trying for a spot in the league. Age The birth years of those in pool span a huge range going from 1962 all the way up to 1994. Given the success of Casey…
Last weekend saw the first action of the 2015 NLL season as the first round of preseason games came and went. What did we learn from the action? Rochester Knighthawks: The Knighthawks packed the barn. While the tickets were free, it was a great way to get the 2015 hype going for the defending champs. Over 10,000 were in attendance for the preseason game against the Minnesota Swarm. They also…
We are very excited for our first featured section on In Lacrosse We Trust! Lacrosse Library plans to bring you all the best drills and plays from college and professional indoor and outdoor lacrosse here on ILWT twice every month. We first saw this high-speed practice drill at training camp for one of the NLL teams this year. Even though this is a drill that Pro players do, you can use it…
It was recently declared by NOCSAE that the Cascade R and Warrior Regulator helmets are not to standard. Coincidentally, this came within 48 hours of STX releasing their new helmet they partnered with Schutt to create: Stallion. This poor marketing scheme of STX’s is really beginning to impact the lower levels of lacrosse. It seems that Black Friday commences the seasonal shopping for gear, specifically gloves and helmets. More and…
It’s not even close to the 2015 NLL draft, but let’s take a look at which prospects we should be watching before next September. This draft is projected to be possibly the best in the league’s history. Reilly O’Connor: Plays for the Whitby Warriors and in college with Georgetown. He’s very tall, a lefty, and an assist machine. Over the past two seasons alone he has 157 of them for 205…
If you look at the history of any major professional sports league, its past will be littered with franchises that have folded or moved. This is usually done for financial reasons as owners generally want to run a team that is (very) profitable. Sometimes where they are and the facility is the problem and sometimes the grass is simply greener on the other side. Lacrosse is absolutely no exception to…
Every year we make predictions at year’s end for the NLL, MLL, and other things. As we end the 2014 year, with no game play beginning again until 2015, let’s take a look at what we got right and wrong. What Was Right Outlaws Curse Broken- Brendan Staudt On January 22nd in Brendan’s MLL predictions post he mentioned this could be the year the Outlaws break the streak, led by…