Coverage of lacrosse in Ontario, including the OLA, MSL and Toronto Rock.
Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced a pair of transactions. The first of which is the acquisition of defender Bill Hostrawser from the Vancouver Stealth. The second is the release of defenceman Stephen Hoar. To obtain the gritty Hostrawser, the Rock parted with a 3rd round pick in the 2014 NLL Draft and a 4th round selection in the 2015 NLL Draft. Hostrawser was originally selected by the Stealth in…
As a hockey player, I love the cold weather. Whenever the twenty degree weather and snow hit the homeland, my fellow Long Islanders look at me with the evil eye. To be fair, I agree, there is not much that can be done during this weather. Other than hitting the outdoor ice, building snow forts and shoveling, it is probably not wise to do anything when you are exposed to…
On Saturday the Niagara Lock Monsters kicked off their season against the Barrie Blizzard. The Blizzard got this game going as Geoff Mcnulty scored to give the Blizzard the early 1-0 lead. Niagara would respond as last year’s league MVP Corey Fowler scored to tie the game up at 1-1. The Blizzard would then take control as they scored four straight goals to take the lead 4-1 at the end…
The Durham Turfdogs travel to Seymour Hannah Arena to open their season against the Niagara Lock Monsters (1-0), who opened their 2014 campaign with a convincing 16-8 victory against the Barrie Blizzard yesterday afternoon. Halfway through the second half, the Lock Monsters were down but not out as they clawed themselves out of a 5-1 hole and scored 12 unanswered goals to take a 12-5 lead. The two clubs exchanged…
The Buffalo Bandits (5-1) broke away in the fourth quarter and emerged victorious with a 12-10 win against the Toronto Rock (2-3), Saturday night in front of 12,768 fans at the First Niagara Center. Buffalo concluded the contest on a 3-1 run to clinch their fifth consecutive victory and their longest win streak since 2009. With the victory this evening against the Rock and a Rochester Knighthawks loss against the…
The lack of transition game killed the Stealth once again Saturday in Toronto. After a back and forth first half, the turning point in the game came tied 9-9 late in the third quarter. Garrison coughed up the ball looking rather slow breaking out of his own end, leading to a goal from Leblanc naked on the crease. Following that, Beers loses the ball in transition allowing a goal; one…
The Canadian Lacrosse League opens their 2014 season today as the Barrie Blizzard head to Niagara to face the Lock Monsters. Last year Niagara defeated Barrie in both of their games, which was a good representation of the struggles the Blizzard faced in 2013. The Blizzard roster is no doubt stronger in 2014 with the addition of Aaron Grayson from Toronto and the return of Caleb Wiles and Jason Mainer,…
The Toronto Rock host the Vancouver Stealth Friday night at the Air Canada Centre in an east meets west showdown between the Canadian franchises. Toronto Rock: Coming in, the Rock have just one win in three games, while the Stealth look to improve to 3-3. Toronto boasts a talent laden offense being led by future hall of famers Josh Sanderson and Colin Doyle. Slick sniper Garrett Billings and up and…
Dustin Dunn Released From Active Roster And Signed To Practice Roster TORONTO, ON – Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced that Bill Greer has been moved from Injured Reserve to the team’s Active Roster. Making room for the move, the Rock have released Dustin Dunn from the Active Roster and have signed him to the Practice Roster. The moves are pending league approval. Greer began the season on…
Players and teams in the NLL have been victims of scheduling for years due to the league’s popularity being less than other big name sports (football, basketball, baseball). Spectators are more aware of it this year, especially after the Mammoth had a huge weekend of travel and only four hours of sleep. On the weekend of January 10-12: The Colorado Mammoth had a Friday game in Calgary and then a…