Heading into All-Star Weekend, now is a good time to reflect on the 2015 MLL season so far. There is no argument that the New York Lizards have been the best team, leading the MLL standings with an impressive 8-0 record. Their record has come as a result of their offensive firepower and dominating goaltending The Lizards were picked as the pre-season favorites to come home with the Steinfeld Cup,…
For the second week in a row the New York Lizards took the best punches from a team with a losing record and came away with an 18-11 win over the Florida Launch. Florida led at the end of the first quarter, but New York tied the score to the end first half. While the Launch kept the score close in the third, the Lizards’ offense put in eight goals…
Some teams are struggling while others are surging, but one thing remains clear: MLL is a perpetual logjam. This week I considered getting a set of playing cards, pulling out Ace through 8 of one suit, blindfolding myself, drawing a card, and writing a team name on it, then removing the blindfold to see what the rankings were, but I was on vacation last week and didn’t have time to…
Halfway through the 2015 MLL season the Denver Outlaws are limping into the All-Star break. At the beginning of the season it seemed that Denver would function more like their mascot and simply reload this season. Yes, Lee Zink was a big loss, but the rest of the team was pretty much intact. The team just had to survive the absence of its NLL talent and then all would be…
Drafting is one of the keys to team building in any sport. There are many examples of this; the current two Stanley Cup teams, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks, have had some of the best drafting in the NHL to get to this point. In the National Lacrosse League, the champion Edmonton Rush built their team around first overall picks Ben McIntosh and Mark Matthews. Major League Lacrosse…
The Boston Cannons had an opportunity to separate from the pack with a win in Rochester this weekend. Instead, it was the Rochester Rattlers who did just that with a 13-6 victory over Boston. Rochester is now tied with Ohio for second place in the league behind undefeated New York. The Cannons are now 4-4, tied with the Chesapeake Bayhawks and slumping Denver Outlaws for the final playoff seed. Jordan…
The New York Lizards showed no mercy to the newly-established Florida Launch as the Lizards dominated all the way to a 18-11 victory. Leading the way for the Lizard was Rob Pannell and Tommy Palasek with five goals each. The Lizards were sporting some new pink alternative uniforms that will be autographed and auctioned off and all proceedings will go the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Certainly a great way to…
It takes a lot to be known as one of the greatest collegiate lacrosse players of all time. From guys such as Oren Lyons and Jim Brown from the mid-20th century to guys such as Dave Pietramala, Paul and Gary Gait, and Mike Powell in the modern era, each of these players helped transcend the game of college lacrosse in their own unique way. And so did Lyle Thompson, along…
You take it. No you take it. I don’t want it, you take it. Alright, fine. This is a 16 word summary of the contest held at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday night between the Ohio Machine and Charlotte Hounds, a 14-12 win for the Machine. The game started well for the home team, as the Hounds (1-7) put home two goals in the first minute…
The Florida Launch look for a bright spot to conclude their dismal road swing as they take on a red hot New York Lizards team. This contest features some of the best scorers in the league in Kieran McArdle, leading the league with 22 goals, as well as Paul Rabil with his 18 goals, 14 assists. Stuart Stadium, on the campus of Hofstra University hasn’t treating the lizards any differently…