The Reading Rockets, a proud member of the Professional Lacrosse League, are pleased to announce the hiring of Tom Slate as the team’s first Head Coach. Slate, of Downingtown, is a veteran of both indoor and outdoor lacrosse, playing for the Philadelphia Wings and the Baltimore Bayhawks in a career that also saw him represent the US at the Heritage Cup, a World Indoor Lacrosse competition. The West Chester University…
US Indoor Lacrosse and the Chicago Outlaws put on an exhibition this weekend in Chicago pitting The USA developmental sqaud against The Chicago Outlaws Saturday night and versus the MILA All Stars Sunday afternoon. I have been fortunate enough to play on the developmental squad this summer and got to play in both games. The event was a top quality production put on by the Outlaws organization at the Sears…
Ryan Hotaling is one of the biggest names on a PLL roster. Playing with the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League, he has plenty of experience. He is going to be on the Charlotte Copperheads in the PLL this season, and he has played this summer with the Vermont Voyageurs of the QSLL. Yesterday I talked to him about both. 1. How tough is the transition for you after…
Today we start our new features, Coaches Corner, where we talk to coaches around the league about their teams and any other story lines associated with the team. We start off the series with one of the newer professional lacrosse head coaches, Randy Fraser. Fraser was announced as the first head coach of the New Jersey Rascals, one of the four members of the Professional Lacrosse League. Fraser comes with…
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…
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…
Yesterday the New Jersey Rascals picked up their first players, and it did not take long for the team to trade the rights to one of them away. The Rascals and the Jacksonville Bullies made the first trade in league history, with Jersey trading the rights to Brett Moyer in exchange for Andrew Kirkaldy and a second round pick in tonight’s collegiate draft. Moyer, a defenseman, played in 10 games…
Last night the Professional Lacrosse League held their dispersal draft to disperse the players of the Pennsylvania Shamrocks and Pennsylvania Haymakers onto the four teams that will be playing in the 2013 season. Three of the teams, Reading, New Jersey, and Charlotte, took advantage of the opportunity and added a few players to their arsenal. The first five rounds had only the two newest teams, Reading and Jersey, making selections….
Remember that cityless team the Professional Lacrosse League announced? Apparently, they have found a home. The DC Sports and Entertainment Group posted this website this morning with the team name of the New Jersey Rascals. The league has not formally announced the team, but with this website posted, it is clear who their newest expansion team is. The start-up American West Baseball League has announced that DC Sports & Entertainment,…