The Long Island Lizards have now won three major awards before Championship Weekend- Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, and announced today, goalie of the year. Joe Spallina is a first year head coach with the Lizards who is the 2012 MLL Head Coach of the year. Spallina led the Lizards to a fourth seed in the playoffs and an 8-6 record. Matt Gibson had thirty three points…
BOSTON, Mass.– Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced Monday that Long Island Lizards goalkeeper Drew Adams has been named as the 2012 Warrior MLL Goalkeeper of the Year, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. The award was based on the votes submitted by the head coach and general manager of each of the League’s eight teams. Adams becomes the third player in MLL history to win the award in…
During the off-season the Denver Outlaws made a number of roster changes, but they were ones that had some fans worried and media members questioned the quality of the team. They hired Jim Stagnitta as the new head coach and traded away Max Seibald and Drew Westervelt. The Outlaws had made the playoffs in each of their first six seasons in the league. With so much turnover in the offseason…
The key to the Major League Lacrosse playoffs is goaltending. Sure, the Outlaws have a dynamic offense, no one shoots two pointers like the Bayhawks and the Cannons have star power, but a closer look shows the real essentials. Who were the top four goaltenders in the league in goals against average? Kip Turner leads the league for the Bayhawks at 10.51. In second place is Jesse Schwartzman of the…
On Thursday night, recently retired Casey Powell joined the LaxWorm Radio Show on The Lacrosse Radio Network to discuss his recent retirement. During the interview, (which begins at the 50:00 mark of the show) Powell expresses several frustrations with the league he retired from. “I still feel like I’m playing at a high level.” he began saying. “I love playing the game, but there something that seems to be missing when…
Joe Spallina and the Long Island Lizards have had a great season that included a playoff spot, a Coach of the Year Award and a Rookie of the Year Award. The Lizards started the 2012 season off on a hot streak, going 5-2 through the first seven games, but then started to slump and finished the year 8-6. Long Island’s season was saved when the Charlotte Hounds upset the Rochester…
Last season it came down to Paul Rabil and Ned Crotty, with Rabil getting the award. This season, is it hard to deny Paul Rabil as the MVP again, after breaking the all time single season scoring record? Most of us here at In Lacrosse We Trust agreed Rabil should be MVP, but a few of us mentioned Brendan Mundorf of the Denver Outlaws. So let’s compare their numbers and…
Is this season a disappointment for the Rochester Rattlers? After winning just two games the year before, it’s hard to say it was. Sure, they finished at just .500 and out of a playoff spot, but Rochester saw tremendous improvement in 2012. The Rattlers saw an increase in goals this season by over twenty goals, something that must have had a big impact in their season. Matt Streibal led the…
BOSTON, Mass.- Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced Friday that Long Island Lizards attackman Matt Gibson has been named as the 2012 Cascade MLL Rookie of the Year, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. The award was based on the votes submitted by the head coaches and general manager of each of the League’s eight teams. “It’s a big honor because there are a lot of…
According to Inside Lacrosse, Casey Powell has retired from Major League Lacrosse. Powell played in just three games for the Hamilton Nationals in 2012. He retires the all time leader in MLL points at 407. Powell returned to MLL last season with the Nationals and nearly led them to the 2011 Championship, almost single handily defeating the Boston Cannons before he broke his knee cap in the final seconds of the game….