July 5, 2012— Although they were attempting (and somewhat expected) to resemble the old Toronto Nationals team that won an MLL title their first year in the league, the Hounds are still getting started. Boasting huge names like Matt Danowski, Billy Bitter, Jeremy Boltus, Jovan Miller, and the All-Star game’s MVP Stephen Berger has not been a problem this year, chemistry, however, has been. Way to many times this year…
On Saturday the Long Island Lizards head to Rochester to take on the Rattlers in a very important game for both teams. The Rattlers need a win in order to be at the .500 mark, while the Lizards hope to remain in second place in the league. If the Rattlers can get a win, they’ll be neck and neck with the Outlaws for the final playoff spot with only a…
Jagermeister took home the first championship of the 40th Vail Lacrosse Shootout with an overtime win in Men’s Masters Finals on Monday. Jager returned to their championship ways winning their third Vail Masters title to add to the 2009 & 2008 championships. In the Men’s elite quarter-finals all the top seeds advanced with the exception of Team Harrow. In the day’s first game on Ford Field, Team Harrow thought they…
According to IL Indoor, the Peterborough Lakers have acquired goaltender Tyler Carlson and transition player Jordan MacIntosh from the Ajax Rock right before the MSL trade deadline. The Rock acquire a first round pick  and other considerations from the Lakers in exchange for the players. The Lakers now have used a plethora of goalies, including Mike Thompson, Angus Goodleaf and Kevin Croswell. They traded Goodleaf to the Kitcher-Waterloo Kodiaks earlier…
At 8pm tonight,  Lacrosse Lounge is being hosted by Phil Shore from In Lacrosse We Trust, New England Lacrosse Journal, Lacrosse Magazine and Bleacher Report. He will discuss the latest happenings with Major League Lacrosse, including the MLL all star game, preview the second half of the season, and talk about all the latest news with the league. Joining him will be Jovan Miller from the Charlotte Hounds to discuss his…
With now regular season games this week, it would be hard to do power rankings. So instead today I will take a look at how I think the power rankings will turn out at the end of the second half. 1. Boston Cannons: I still feel like the Cannons have the most talent in the league, from the offense to the defense and the goaltending. They have hit a rough…
There were three games on the WLA schedule this weekend. The first game was Friday night as the Burnaby Lakers faced off with the Victoria Shamrocks. The other two games were on Saturday night as the Nanaimo Timbermen took on the Coquitlam Adanacs and the biggest game of the weekend was the Langley Thunder VS. the Victoria Shamrocks in a battle for first place. On Friday the Burnaby Lakers took…
The OLA Jr A season is a brutal league sometimes. For proof, look no further than the face of a tall young man in the stands behind the benches at Ted Reeve Arena Saturday night well after the final horn. Mike Triolo played all five years of his Junior career for the Toronto Beaches organization, along with more than a decade before that. After five years of finishing near the…
The first team to be announced in the InLax Lacrosse League is the Winnipeg Prairie Dogs. Winnipeg is a relatively untested market for lacrosse, but has a very passionate sports fanbase. The Prarie Dogs will be playing out of the MTS Centre, home of the Jets. Leading the Prairie Dogs is the team’s recently named captain, Chris White. White has been in the NLL for ten years, most of those…
In a very close and entertaining game the elders finished on top, defeating the players who had entered the league since 2009 by a score of 18-17. Many expected the game to be high scoring, at is was. The scoring started early and never really stopped as the game went along. You’d step away for two seconds, and two goals had been scored. ESPN had issues at the beginning of…