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Impacful NLL Prospects: Wes Berg, Roughnecks

October 6, 2015
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  With their first pick in last week’s NLL draft, the fourth pick overall, the Calgary Roughnecks selected forward Wes Berg. Berg graduated from the University of Denver Pioneers last spring as their all-time leading scorer, with 188 goals and 255 total points. Along the way he led them to an NCAA championship while also winning the tournament’s most outstanding player award. Over the summer, he amassed 12 points in seven…

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Impactful NLL Prospects: Dan Lintner, Black Wolves

October 6, 2015
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The unofficial start of the NLL season started last week with the draft.  New England was picking eighth. With their selection, the Blackwolves drafted Dan Lintner from Cornell University with their first pick (8th overall).  Lintner is a 5’9 185 pound forward who doesn’t mind getting dirty. Below is just a little bit about the newest Blackwolve from the Cornell website. After seeing minimal action during his first two seasons with…

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Arrows Dominate 2015 NLL Draft

October 5, 2015
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The back-to-back Minto Cup champion Six Nations Arrows had many former and one current player get drafted to the NLL last Monday, with most of the players helping win the Minto Cup and some last playing with the team back in 2012.  Some of these guys’ fans already know from their winning ways during the summer box season or from playing college in the NJCAA and NCAA. Randy Staats was…

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2015 NLL Draft Review: Calgary Roughnecks

October 3, 2015
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The Calgary Roughnecks added nine players to their roster on Monday night at the NLL Draft, including six in the first three rounds. As a result, the Roughnecks now have a ton of talented youth to work with. Prior to the 2015 season, rightie forward Scott Ranger retired, taking 50-60 points per season with him. Although it looked like the Roughnecks had enough firepower to make up for that loss,…

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Vancouver Stealth Extend Logan Schuss For Three Years

October 2, 2015
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The Vancouver Stealth announced today that they have signed forward Logan Schuss to a three-year contract pending league approval. Schuss enters his third season in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and first full season with the Stealth. He appeared in seven games with Vancouver during the 2015 season after being acquired last March, in a trade that sent Johnny Powless to the Minnesota Swarm (now Georgia Swarm). “It is a…

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Marcus Holman Signs One Year Deal With Swarm

October 2, 2015
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The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Georgia Swarm today announced the hiring of assistant coach Blane Harrison to direct the team’s offense in 2016. The Swarm also re-signed forward Marcus Holman to a one-year contract. “The Swarm has been a stellar organization for a long time, and with the move to Georgia along with the foresight to get the picks set in this year’s draft, this really is the cusp of…

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2015 NLL Draft Review: Georgia Swarm

October 1, 2015
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The 2015 NLL draft was held on Monday evening at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville. To nobody’s surprise, Lyle Thompson was chosen first overall by the Georgia Swarm. With the first draft pick in their team’s history, the Swarm chose the youngest Thompson brother, who will be the fourth of four to play in the NLL, preceded by Jeremy (Saskatchewan), Jerome (Buffalo), and Miles (also Georgia). Thompson just…

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2015 NLL Awards: Evans, Vinc, Among Victorious

September 30, 2015
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The 2015 NLL season is officially over and all thoughts now turn to 2016 and the season that is to come. But Tuesday evening at the TRAC in Oakville, the league came together to honour the best of 2015, as well as a man who has left a lasting legacy for the NLL. A special celebration for Terry Sanderson was held as he was inducted into the NLL Hall of…

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2015 NLL Awards Preview: Months Later, We Get Our Winners

September 29, 2015
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Tuesday night at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville the NLL will hand out their 2015 season awards, along with naming their All-Pro and All-Rookie teams. The ceremony, honouring the best of the best, begins at 7:00 p.m. ET. The night will also feature a tribute to Terry Sanderson as he is inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame, the lone member to be inducted in 2015. Sanderson is…

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2015 NLL Draft Review: Buffalo Bandits

September 29, 2015
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After being bounced out of the opening round of the 2015 NLL playoffs by the Rochester Knighthawks and the retirement of Bandits captain John Tavares, Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich and head coach Troy Cordingley headed into the 2015 NLL Draft searching for that certain missing ingredient to their success. After the draft was over, it was pretty clear that the messing ingredients that Dietrich and Cordingley believed to…

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