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NLL Pre Season: Bandits Face Wolves in Lehigh Valley

December 18, 2015
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Professional lacrosse is coming back to Pennsylvania, this time, up in the Lehigh Valley area. The New England Black Wolves and Buffalo Bandits will battle in their second preseason matchup at the PPL Center tomorrow night at 7 p.m. New England and their new Head Coach, Glenn Clark, have made some good moves this offseason, acquiring Shawn Evans and Shane MacDonald along with re-signing Kevin Crowley. MacDonald and Evans tallied…

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2016 NLL Rosters: Toronto Rock

December 18, 2015
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Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick has announced the final few roster moves to finalize the team’s active roster heading into the final exhibition game of the pre-season on Saturday night. Toronto released forwards Jordan Robertson, Kyle Aquin and goaltender Steve Fryer from the active roster and signed all three players to the practice roster.  Those moves leave the Rock with 20 players on the active roster and…

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2016 NLL Rosters: Vancouver Stealth

December 17, 2015
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The Vancouver Stealth announced today the active roster and practice roster for the upcoming 2016 season. The team is led by major off-season acquisition Garrett Billings, Stealth all-time goals, assists, and points leader Rhys Duch, and 2014 National Lacrosse League (NLL) Rookie of the Year Logan Schuss. “Our staff did a tremendous job balancing the overall roster to add depth and versatility at every position. We really like the makeup of…

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Toronto Rock Place Kevin Ross on PUP

December 16, 2015
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Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick has announced several roster moves as the NLL roster cutdown day approaches on Friday at 10am EST. Defencemen Tyler Roche and Mark Farthing, along with forward Dan Keane have been released from the active roster. Farthing and Keane were free agent invites to training camp, while Roche was a 2015 NLL Draft choice. To trim the roster by one more, veteran forward…

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Knighthawks Stung by Swarm 12-11; Army Soldier Returns Home.

December 14, 2015
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Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks hosted the Georgia Swarm in preseason lacrosse action.  Once again, usually the talk will be about what players stood out, what rookie is excelling on the floor. But on this night the buzz going around the arena was all about Army Sergeant Jesse Fuller. Sgt. Fuller has been away from his family since February when he was deployed to Kuwait with the Army National Guard….

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Toronto Rock Forward Josh Sanderson Placed on PUP

December 9, 2015
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Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick has announced that forward Josh Sanderson has been placed on the physically unable to perform list as he puts his career on hold due to offseason injuries. “I personally don’t feel healthy enough to play at the level I need to in order to help the team win games,” said Sanderson. “I hope that changes at some point this year, but if…

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NLL Pre Season: Black Wolves Get First Pre Season Win, Top Khawks

December 7, 2015
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(Photo: Micheline Veluvolu) The New England Black Wolves moved to 1-1 on the preseason with a 12-11 scrimmage victory yesterday over the Rochester Knighthawks from the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Newly acquired forward Shawn Evans scored twice for the Black Wolves and rookie Mike MacDonald also found the back of the net twice. Other goals came from Pat Saunders, Kyle Buchnan, Jimmy Purves, and Mark Cockerton. For the Rochester end…

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NLL Pre Season: Stealth Get Past Mammoth

December 7, 2015
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(Photo: Vancouver Stealth) No lead in the NLL is safe, even in Sunday afternoon preseason scrimmages, as the Colorado Mammoth found out. The Mammoth lead for three quarters until the Vancouver Stealth pulled ahead late in the fourth quarter to win the game 9-8. The comeback win should give a much-needed lift to a Stealth squad looking to erase a forgettable first two seasons in Langley. Jordan Durston paced Stealth…

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NLL Pre Season: Roughnecks Edge Mammoth 16-11

December 6, 2015
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Photo Credit: Colorado Mammoth The Calgary Roughnecks opened their preseason on Saturday night with a 16-11 victory over the Colorado Mammoth. The victory came on the heels of Calgary extending forward Curtis Dickson to a three-year deal. Tyler Digby, one of the newest members of the Roughnecks, scored a goal in the third quarter. Digby was acquired by the Roughnecks from the New England Black Wolves when Calgary sent former MVP…

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