The Iroquois National Team opened their quest for the gold in the 2015 FIL World Indoor Championships with a 13-9 victory over Team U.S.A. at the War Memorial. Iroquois was led by Jeff Shattler (3G/4A) and Lyle Thompson (3G/2A). The game started with a number of scoring chances by both teams, but stingy defense prevailed until the 3:15 mark when Johnny Powless (2G/3A) scored the first of his two goals…
The Akwesasne Indians and Six Nations Rebels are just one win away from clinching their respective conference titles after opening their series with a 2-0 series stranglehold. We break down the early stages of the conference finals and select the top performers in this week’s edition of the ILWT OJBLL Three Stars. Third Star: Joe French—Oakville Buzz Joe French has taken his game to the next level during the Oakville…
The Rochester Rattlers and Florida Launch have just completed a deal that sends Miles Thompson to Florida, an eventually will collaborate with his brother for the first time since the two were named Tewaaraton co-winners at University of Albany in 2014. The Rattlers receive face-off specialist Mike Poppleton and the rights to 2015 Draft pick Kevin Rice, along with a sixth round 2016 MLL Supplemental Draft pick. The Launch will also…
ROB HELLYER MOVED TO ACTIVE ROSTER Brandon Benn Moved To Injured Reserve With Lower Body Injury Oakville, ON – When Toronto Rock forward Rob Hellyer went down with an upper body injury on March 21st against the Edmonton Rush, he was on pace to break the NLL’s single season scoring record and finish the season with somewhere around 127 points. The NLL veteran, in his 5th season with the Rock,…
This past week was exciting on all fronts. Trade deadling was on Tuesday and a number of teams made some moves to help them in the playoffs this season and the future. Then we had some huge games on the floor with two more teams clinching playoff spots, and another record being made, but not in a good way. This week will be just as exciting as things heat up…
Edmonton scores first nine goals en route to a very lopsided victory. Last night the Edmonton Rush (7-4) embarrassed the Rochester Knighthawks (7-4) by a score of 16-3 in front of 6,801 on Native American Night in Rochester. The victory by the Rush set a team record for largest margin of victory, while Rochester tied the NLL single game record for fewest goals in a regular season game with…
Balanced scoring and tough defense push Dragons to victory T.J. Foley and Michael Kay each scored a pair of goals as the Drexel Dragons (4-5) defeated Binghamton(2-5), 9-5 at Vidas Field. Foley came into the game without popping the twine, but today he would hit it twice, both on…
Another exciting week of lacrosse action. Buffalo splits with Toronto and almost steals a sweep, Swarm lose both and fall further in the east, while Calgary gets loss number 8 and playoff hopes start to dwindle. Two big division games this weekend, a game with division leaders and a game that can put teams back into the playoff race. NLL Power Rankings Week 11 LW (1)….1—Toronto Rock (10-2) …
Rochester Defeats Calgary 13-7, Win Streak Now at Five Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks (7-3) made their way to face the Calgary Roughnecks (2-8). Two weeks ago they faced each other in Rochester as the Knighthawks escaped with a 12-11 victory. But on this night we saw a different game. Ian Llord started it off scoring at 1:08 to give the Hawks an early lead, but then the defense would…
What a week!!! A battle of division leaders went to OT, a battle between the teams who played in the Champion’s Cup was decided again by a goal. We even had a goalie score a goal. Calgary loses their fourth one-goal game of the year. Most of the league is off this week as only two games are slated this weekend. But beware, the weekend of March 13-15 is sure…