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Lafleur: The Most Unassuming, but Important Position in Lacrosse

July 2, 2014
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Lacrosse players dream of scoring the game-winning goal, winning the crucial fourth-quarter faceoff or making the big save. How many dream of good footwork and good stickwork? How about sprinting back and forth between offense and defense? Those dreams are few and far between, likely even nonexistent for young lacrosse players. In reality, these are some of the key attributes for the game’s most undervalued, yet important positions… short-stick defensive…

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Stealth Hire Kaleb Toth As Assistant Coach

July 2, 2014
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The Vancouver Stealth announced today that Kaleb Toth has been hired as an Assistant Coach.  Toth, currently the Head Coach of the Nanaimo Timbermen of the Western Lacrosse Association had also served as a scout with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2014. Toth played for 13 seasons in the National Lacrosse League (11 seasons with Calgary and two with the Toronto Rock) before retiring in 2012.  One of the most decorated…

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Epoch Lacrosse MLL Three Stars: Cockerton Shines

July 2, 2014
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Every week MLL Three Stars is brought to you by Epoch Lacrosse. Live. Play. Be. Number One—Mark Cockerton The rookie scored six goals to lead the Rochester Rattlers to a huge win over the first place Denver Outlaws. Cockerton is on a team full of big name rookies such as Miles Thompson and Jordan Wolf, but he finally had his break out game. Dave Lawson also had six points in…

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Penn State, Maryland, Rutgers Set for Big Ten Lacrosse

July 1, 2014
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Press Release: Maryland and Rutgers Welcomed to Big Ten The University of Maryland and Rutgers University became official members of the Big Ten Conference today, increasing the Big Ten’s membership to 14 institutions. In addition, Johns Hopkins University officially became a sport affiliate member for men’s lacrosse. The Big Ten now has more than 520,000 total students and 5.7 million living alumni. The conference’s broad-based athletic programs will feature almost…

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Vail Lacrosse Update: Day Two

July 1, 2014
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The 2014 Vail Lacrosse Shootout moved on to its second day of action with games in the U-19 High School Boys and Girls divisions. The U-19 Girls tournament got started, with pool play at Freedom Park in Edwards, CO. On the U-19 Boys side action moved to Athletic Field in Vail. The 2013 Shootout champions, the Baltimore Crabs, moved on to the final four, as did last year’s runners-up Laxachusetts….

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Rush Acquire Number One Pick, Tyler Carlson

June 30, 2014
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Edmonton Rush General Manager/Head Coach Derek Keenan announced today that the team is set to acquirethe No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming 2014 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. The Rush will acquire the first overall selection along with a second-round pick in the 2015 draft plus goaltender Tyler Carlson from the Minnesota Swarm in exchange for the No. 3 pick in the 2014 draft and goaltender Brodie MacDonald. The third…

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USA Announces 23 Man Roster

June 30, 2014
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  At the conclusion of a tryout process that included 98 players and spanned 11 months, US Lacrosse has named the U.S. Men’s National Team final 23-man roster for the FIL World Championship, presented by Trusted Choice, July 10-19 in Commerce City, Colo. The team was selected from a 31-player roster that attended training camp last week in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and competed in Thursday’s MLL All-Star Game at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Mass….

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Rattlers Roll Past Outlaws 19-14

June 30, 2014
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The Denver Outlaws suffered their second loss of the season as they fell to the second place Rochester Rattlers 19-14. Denver opened the scoring with a goal from Jeremy Sieverts, but proceeded to trail for the rest of the game. Rochester scored seven straight goals in between the first and second quarter to take a 7-1 lead. Dave Lawson scored three of those goals while three rookies, Jordan Wolf, Mark Cockerton…

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Hounds Take 15-12 Win Over Cannons

June 29, 2014
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Hounds needed a little inspiration and a lot of goals heading into the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Major League Lacrosse match against the Boston Cannons. The Hounds found both, thanks to a little pep talk from goalkeeper Adam Ghitelman. Charlotte rallied from a three-point deficit in the final period, and its defense shut down the Cannons for most of the quarter en route to a 15-12…

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