The 2013 MLL season has ended with the crowning of the Chesapeake Bayhawks as the league’s champion for the second straight year. That makes it the Bayhawks fifth championship which leads all MLL franchises. How do teams make up a championship squad? Easy, they do it through the draft and the rookies were in full force this weekend at PPL Park in Philadelphia. Rookies such as Tucker Durkin, Eric Law,…
In a game that was one for the ages the Chesapeake Bayhawks used a barrage of 10 shots in the final fifteen minutes to outscore the Nationals 5-1 to defeat the Hamilton Nationals 13-12 in front of 4,228 fans at PPL Park to earn a a spot in today’s Championship game against the Charlotte Hounds. For sixty minutes these teams battled every second of the way. Largest lead the…
The Colorado Mammoth have traded defenseman Rory Smith and a fourth round draft pick in 2015 to the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for power forward Carter Bender and a second round pick in 2014. The 6 foot 200 pound Smith is a six year veteran of the National Lacrosse League and is known throughout the league as one of the toughest defenders around. He has a reputation as an agitator which…
Dhane Smith was a top prospect heading into the NLL this season, but he just keeps improving with the juniorKitchener-Waterloo Braves.
Most reasonable lacrosse fans had the Chesapeake Bayhawks defeating the Boston Cannons last night. But this is why lacrosse is so great. The 0-3 Cannons defeated the 3-0 defending champion Bayhawks 15-14 in overtime last night, shocking the lacrosse world. The Cannons are without their starting goaltender and they’ve struggled to score timely goals all season. Meanwhile, the Bayhawks have a team goals against average just above four and have…
When it was announced a few months ago that fighting would be illegal in the Western Lacrosse Association, there was an uproar of protests. However, the league has decided that they will be able to allow fighting under the rules with a few exceptions. The league has decided, according to reports, that they will allow fighting as long as there is no instigator and that the fight is not staged….
Charlotte, NC—Entering their second meeting in the past week, and their third meeting in both team’s last four games, the Rattlers, one of the best MLL teams on paper, are looking to avoid an 0-3 start, while the Hounds (1-1) look to have a winning record for the first time in franchise history. Last August, the Hounds played spoiler by beating the Rattlers 15-14 and keeping them from taking the…
Every team except Ohio and Hamilton have played, but that changes this week. Here are some news and notes from around the league before the action takes place. Charlotte Hounds Matt Danowski will be out this week for the Hounds after he scored seven points in their loss against Denver. However, they will be getting goaltender Adam Ghitelman back after a concussion. Rochester Rattlers John Galloway will be back in…
The NLL Draft is now just about six months away. About time we start previewing it, right? We’ve been looking at the top prospects in the game all month along with needs for some of the teams and draft positions. Chaka Bainbridge is a lacrosse super agent and represents more than a few prospects who are ready for the 2014 draft. This draft is being called one of the deeper…
The Yale men’s lacrosse team broke open a close game in the first period by scoring 11 of the final 14 goals on the way to a 13-6 win over Providence College at Reese Stadium. It was the Bulldogs’ second straight win. The Friars, under the tutelage of a new head coach, had won seven of their first nine games this season, two more than the previous three seasons combined,…