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The Vancouver Stealth announced today that the team has signed free agents Ian Hawksbee, Reid Mydske, Cody Hagedorn and Matt Delmonico to one year agreements all pending league approval. Ian Hawksbee will be entering his tenth National Lacrosse League season having played in 125 regular season games and 7 playoff games over his career with the Stealth (2006, 2007, 2011), Edmonton (2008 – 2011) and Colorado (2011 – 2015).  The…

Current FAs: Aaron Bold (franchised), Zack Greer (qualified), Nik Billic, Jeff Cornwall Strengths: Right side shooter Needs: Secondary left handed shooter, left handed defense, transition Draft Position: 9, 12, 14, 18, 24, 31, 40, 47, 55 Notes: Curtis Knight returns next season after missing all of the 2015 season. As the defending champs enter the free agency period, it is with great relief that few of the players from the championship squad…

As a part of our ever-updating NLL draft rankings, Mike Mackley brings his list of top 50 in the draft. Stay tuned up until the draft for direct and detailed profiles along with mock drafts. *updated to include Derek Searle who recently declared himself eligible for the 2015 NLL Draft 1. Graeme Hossack (D) – Brooklin Redmen (MSL) 2. Jesse King (O) – Victoria Shamrocks (WLA) 3. Wesley Berg (O)…

The Calgary Roughnecks and Georgia Swarm were active yesterday before the deadline to qualify restricted free agents. The Roughnecks qualified all of their potential RFAs, while the Swarm did for the majority. Other teams qualified sparingly. The Saskatchewan Rush qualified Zack Greer and the Vancouver Stealth did it for Rhys Duch, both projected to be top restricted free agents on the market. Calgary extended qualified offers for their RFAs, which…

NLL free agency opened up last night at midnight, and with that was the deadline to place the franchise tag on unrestricted free agents. Only three teams elected to use their franchise tags, and they were the Buffalo Bandits, Calgary Roughnecks, and Saskatchewan Rush. The Rush used their tag on veteran goalie Aaron Bold who was facing his first ever unrestricted free agency. ILWT had him ranked as the #1…

The National Lacrosse League has announced Terry Sanderson has been voted into the NLL Hall of Fame as the lone inductee of the Class of 2015. Sanderson, who passed away in 2014, will be inducted posthumously as the 24th member of the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Sept. 29 in Toronto as just the fifth coach/general manager in history to receive the league’s highest honor. Sanderson served as an NLL…