Today the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will take over the old stomping grounds of the ill-fated Montreal Express. For the second time, the NLL heads to Montreal for a pre season game where these two teams will play at Bell Centre. The Rock lost their pre season contest last week to the Calgary Roughnecks where they scored just five goals. Meanwhile, the Knighthawks also lost when the Minnesota Swarm…
In the NFL draft the last pick is normally called Mr. Irrelevant being that he is a long shot at making the team and making an impact. Well in this past NLL draft the Rochester Knighthawks used the last pick of the draft on a player who is far from Irrelevant. Some people may know Zach Williams and most know his little brother, Zed Williams, a current sophomore on Virginia University lacrosse team. Zed…
In what has become an annual event, the three-time defending champion Rochester Knighthawks fell to the Minnesota Swarm 14-8 in front of 10,073 fans at The Blue Cross Arena. Tickets for the game were free on a first come first serve basis, just as they did in the past 3 years for the pre-season game. It’s obvious the focus was on Miles Thompson. Thompson ended the night with 4 goals…
The Minnesota Swarm kicked off their first weekend of training camp this week and will cap it off with a pair of scrimmages. They face the Rochester Knighthawks tonight at 7 CST and meet the Calgary Roughnecks on Sunday at 11 CST. They play in New York on Saturday and Ontario on Sunday. These will be the first opportunities for players to show in game action why they should have…
The three-time defending champion Rochester Knighthawks have announced the signing of forward Colin McDowall. “When an opportunity like this comes up, I am going to take it and give it all I can,” said McDowall. “Obviously, I have been working out and keeping in shape.” In 2014, McDowall led the Sarnia Beavers and the Ontario Lacrosse Association Senior “B” level with 45 goals and finished third in the league with…
We broke the story last month that Jeremy Noble would not play for the Rochester Knighthawks this season. Rochester traded Johnny Powless to the Vancouver Stealth to acquire the second overall pick, and thus Noble. “It’s nothing against Rochester, Mr. Styres [owner and GM Curt Styres], anyone in the organization, any teammates. I have no problem with Rochester.” Noble told Inside Lacrosse. “But for living purposes and work purposes it…
Chris Attwood is getting another shot at making the NLL and the Rochester Knighthawks. Chris is a great player from St. Catherines, ON, who has broken many records and won some big time championships. He first saw much success while playing Junior B lacrosse for the Six Nations Rebels where he won a Founders Cup and sits second all time in points for the team. After playing in Junior B…
Last week the Rochester Knighthawks signed forward Todd Kozak. Kozak, 23, from Mississauga, is a veteran of NLL combines, having attended in both 2013 and 2014, so the Knighthawks coaches have been studying him for awhile. Kozak was a prolific scorer at the junior box level, scoring 180 points in 95 games over five seasons. Kodak spent time with the Edge senior elite team learning the field game, and earning…
Mitch Dumont is one of the more unheralded defensive players in all of the Ontario Sr. B loop. He’s a player that does everything well; he doesn’t stand out but he’s effective, and for a defensive player that’s a good thing. Dumont was as surprised as anyone to hear the Knighthawks where interested in offering him a contract. He said, “It’s exciting. It’s something that you’re not expecting to happen….
Derek Hopcroft was placed on the Rochester Knighthawks PUP list yesterday, and according to sources he has a season ending knee injury. Along with signing Brock Levick, the three time defending champions also made several other signings yesterday. Not too many surprises with the roster they announced this week. Mitch Dumont, Todd Kozak, and Kyle Potter were signed this week. Interestingly, Jeremy Noble is on the list as well, so…