The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, today announced head coach Steve Duffy’s contract extension through the 2013 season. In his first year as head coach, Duffy has led the 2012 Cannons to a 9-5 record and the team’s 10th playoff appearance. The Cannons seek to defend the MLL Championship in front of their home crowd on August 25 & 26 at Harvard Stadium….
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced Wednesday that Long Island Lizards Coach Joe Spallina has been named as the 2012 Brine MLL Coach 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 tremendous honor. This is the highest level of the sport that we all…
The Ohio Machine franchise has completed its first season in MLL play and that’s a victory in and of itself. It will need to be because there weren’t too many on the field victories to go by due to a league worst 2-12 record. The team allowed a league-high 204 goals against and were sixth in the league in goals for. Ohio was last in the league in ground balls…
August 14th, 2012 It seems like so long ago that the unfamiliar green and white were cutting down the nets of their hard work and pride after a blowout win over crosstown rival Maryland. Leading that attack was the dark horse, number twelve Eric Lusby. How can a player that scored 54 goals while still racking up 17 assists be a dark horse? Eric Lusby wasn’t even considered in the…
The Charlotte Hounds’ first season is in the books; and it will definitely be considered a successful one. The Hounds finish the season with a 5-9 record and had the fourth highest average attendance in the league. The Hounds started off the season slow, but really came together towards the end of the season and finished strong, on a two game winning streak. For having such great attendance in their…
One year removed from an appearance in the Major League Lacrosse championship game the Hamilton Nationals are sitting at home in 2012 singing a different tune. The lone Canadian franchise finished 4-10, in the penultimate position in the standings, and finished last in the league in attendance. The Nationals lost their first three games of the season while many of the players, including their top six scorers—Joe Walters, Kevin Crowley,…
With the 2012 MLL season now in the books, it is time to look at the average attendances of the eight member clubs. Who led the league? Who was a surprise? Who disappointed? From the MLL Pointstreak page: TEAM YESTERDAY TOTAL GAMES AVERAGE Boston 67,534 7 9,647 Chesapeake 66,668 7 9,524 Denver 59,471 7 8,495 Charlotte 39,988 7 5,712 Rochester 25,548 7 3,649 Ohio 24,876 7 3,553 Long Island 17,147…
Last night Ian Pierno had the chance to talk to a few players post game after the Charlotte Hounds defeated the Rochester Rattlers. He talked to rookie Eric Lusby, faceoff man Geoff Snider and attackman Matt Danowski.
The Long Island Lizards owe the Charlotte Hounds big time. The Lizards got blown out by the Hamilton Nationals last night and only advanced to the playoffs because the Hounds were able to upset the Rochester Rattlers. On a night when they really needed a win, the Lizards fell flat. Goalie Drew Adams was only able to stop 9 of 26 shots and only five players scored for them in…
August 11, 2012— 6,034 fans packed into American Legion Memorial Stadium last night to see if Charlotte could end the final 7 games of the season above .500, as well as ruin the playoff chances of the Rochester Rattlers who had previously beat Charlotte 14-5 at home. Rochester seemed to be in to give Charlotte a similar fate after starting out with a 3-0 lead before Eric Lusby scored after…