The Vermont Voyageurs defeated the Montreal Phoenix to get to the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League finals, where they will take on the Kahnawake Mohawks. “Kahnawake has a deeper roster with more experience than Montreal has.” said Chad Fairfoull, the coach of the Voyageurs. “Kahnawake also has a very creative style of offence that is more about reading the play and reacting to it. Â Kahnawake will make tou pay for any…
This past Friday night the Voyageurs swept the series against a very tough and competitive team in the Montreal Phoenix. After playing a very difficult first game in Montreal with only 11 runners on a Tuesday night and managing to get away with a 13-12 win, we were back in Essex with a much deeper bench but with a bigger challenge as well. Our coach warned everyone that the swept…
The Lacrosse Radio Network is proud to announce their radio schedule for live Midwest Lacrosse Association games through August and September. Games will be broadcasted live from Chicago, Colorado, Milwaukee and Grand Rapids with live play by play announcers. The game schedule is below along with the name of the play by play announcer. Saturday August 18- Pittsburgh Octane vs Grand Rapids Dragonfish – Daniel Tenbrink Saturday August 18- Milwaukee…
Things have picked up in the last few weeks with the PLL and its been a sign of more good things to come. With 4 teams and our schedule just announced, I can’t help but start thinking ahead to the season. Training camp is just around the corner. With so little time together with the team this spring before our exhibition game, this camp is going to be a great opportunity to…
The Vermont Voyageurs need just one more series win to advance to the Presidents Cup and represent the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League. Greg Rogowski scored the double overtime sudden victory game winner for Vermont as they took down the Montreal Phoenix and will now head to face the Kahnawake Mohawks in the QSLL finals. Rogowski scored four of the ten Vermont goals on the night. The Voyageurs also saw scoring…
The Chicago Outlaws have signed Geoff Conn to coach them during their offseason pro exhibition season. †There are two crucial pieces that need to be in place for box lacrosse to be successful in the U.S. The first is Coaching and the second is goal tending.†said Brendan Gorman the captain of the Chicago Outlaws. Coach Conn seemed like an obvious choice after serving as assistant coach for Team…
The North American Lacrosse League has announced an expansion team in Kingston, Rhode Island today. They will be the fourth member of the league for the 2013 season. The Rhode Island Kingfish will join the Kentucky Stickhorses, Boston Rockhoppers and Lehigh Valley Flying Dutchmen.  Via the NALL website: “This announcement is meaningful in many ways, primarily in that the League continues to move forward in its expansion,” says Mr. Caruso. “We…
It is playoff time for the Voyageurs! Last Tuesday was the first game of the best of three semi-final series against the Montreal Phoenix. We knew this one was going to be difficult for a couple of reasons. First of all the Phoenix is a very competitive team that won’t give you an inch. I’ve read many articles this year talking about how much they’ve improved with stronger offense and…
Two days ago, Andrew Kirkaldy was traded from the Jacksonville Bullies to the New Jersey Rascals for Brett Moyer. I spoke with Kirkaldy last night about the deal, and here is what he had to say. When did you hear of the trade? I heard about the trade from Paul Stewart. We had conversations the night before on how we could make this trade legal, which would help the league…
Coming into the first ever Professional Lacrosse League draft few knew what to expect when it came to the players that would be selected. The four members of the league showed that they were going big or going home, drafting some of the biggest young names in American lacrosse. Charlotte had the first overall selection and used the pick on Sam Bradman of Salisbury. Bradman scored 99 points this season…