With the Edmonton Rush almost officially in Saskatoon, it appears the City of Champions is not quite ready to give up on losing a National Lacrosse League club. The Rush are coming off of an NLL title, but nonetheless Bruce Urban is moving his team east. The Edmonton Journal talked to Northlands CEO Tim Reid, who expressed interest in bringing a club back to Edmonton. “Our goal is to maximize…
It wasn’t official, but we knew that the Edmonton Rush would be holding a press conference on Tuesday announcing their move to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Yesterday, owner Bruce Urban confirmed these reports. Urban has been rather hostile towards the city of Edmonton since reports had surfaced of the team’s potential demise, and that continued yesterday. “Tough decision to make as we all love Edmonton, however no future offered for us by…
After weeks upon weeks of speculation, the Edmonton Rush are finally on the move. Global News in Canada reports that next Tuesday the Rush will hold a press conference announcing their move to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This will be the second move of the offseason in the National Lacrosse League after the Minnesota Swarm moved to Gwinnett, Georgia. There had been wide speculation since the playoffs that the Rush would relocate…
The inevitable had been delayed long enough. After months of speculation, the Edmonton Rush will move to Saskatoon. Global News in Canada broke the story tonight that the Rush will have a press conference next Tuesday announcing the move. The Rush are coming off of their first Champions Cup just six weeks ago. Before they won, there had been speculation it would be their last season. Owner Bruce Urban had…
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced the team has agreed to terms on two-year contracts with transition players Kevin Brownell and Brandon Goodwin, as well as defenseman Jamie Batson. The team has also agreed to terms with transition player Mitch Jones on a one-year deal. The contracts are pending league approval. Batson, who was acquired in a trade from the Rochester Knighthawks on March 31, 2015, collected one…
The National Lacrosse League has announced five finalists for the NLL Hall of Fame Class of 2015 ballot. Four new nominees have been selected by the league’s Hall of Fame Committee. The new nominees are Kevin Finneran, Tracey Kelusky, Gavin Prout and Terry Sanderson. They will join Jake Bergey, a 2014 nominee, on this year’s ballot. Voting by the teams, current members of the NLL Hall of Fame and senior…
The Rochester Knighthawks have signed assistant coach Paul Day to a three-year deal. Day, who joined head coach Mike Hasen’s staff in 2011, will enter his 18th season with the organization in 2016. “I am very excited to get back at it next winter,” said Day. “It’s a great draft and we will improve a good team.” The Knighthawks, who have the second overall pick in September’s Draft, made one of their…
The National Lacrosse League has announced the Georgia Swarm and Vancouver Stealth will be awarded compensatory draft selections as a result of losing players to unrestricted free agency prior to the 2015 NLL season. The Georgia Swarm will receive a second-round selection (20th overall) in the 2015 NLL Draft and a conditional selection in the 2017 NLL Draft for losing defenseman Jeff Gilbert, who signed with the Toronto Rock. The…
Chris Panos is back this week with his weekly column. Make sure to send questions via social media using #PanosQA. Or, you can email your questions to marisa@inlacrossewetrust.com with the subject line of “Panos Q&A”Q: Which players are your favorite to watch in today’s game? I enjoy watching many players, but a few who I have played with and are still having great careers would have to be John Grant…
Gavin Prout was drafted first overall by the New York Saints in 2001. He retired this past January as a member of the Colorado Mammoth. He also played with the Edmonton Rush during his 14 year career. He attempted a final season with the Rochester Knighthawks but did not make the roster. Prout played in a total of 196 games, winning the Champions Cup with Colorado in 2006. He…