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NLL Announces Draft Combine for September 27

August 10, 2015
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The National Lacrosse League has announced the 2015 NLL Combine will take place on Sunday, Sept. 27 to open draft weekend at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre (TRAC) in Oakville, Ontario. The Combine begins at 9 a.m. ET, continues with day-long lacrosse activities, and culminates with the annual Prospects Game scrimmage. At the Combine, players will have the opportunity to showcase their skills in a practice setting through structured games and…

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Bandits Show They Have Direction With Veltman Signing

August 9, 2015
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The Buffalo Bandits have been one of the most active teams in this year’s NLL free agency period. They’ve retained their top free agent in goalie Anthony Cosmo, and they’ve retained other role players such as Dave Brock and Mitch Wilde. The Bandits became the first team on Saturday to sign a major free agent from another team when they signed Daryl Veltman. Veltman, a left handed forward, was one…

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Bandits Recent Signings Returns Cosmo, Brings in Veltman

August 8, 2015
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Recent Signings and Free Agent Acquisitions: July 15th: (T) Kevin Brownell – 2 yr deal (T) Brandon Goodwin – 2 yr deal (D) Jamie Batson – 2 yr deal (T) Mitch Jones – 1 yr deal August 3rd: (T) David Brock – 2 yr deal (T) Alex Kedoh Hill – 2 yr deal August 4th: (T) Matthew Bennett – 1 yr deal (F) Tyler Ferreira – 1 yr deal (D)…

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Bandits Sign Daryl Veltman for Two Years

August 8, 2015
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Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced the team has agreed to terms on a two-year contract with unrestricted free agent forward Daryl Veltman. Buffalo has also re-signed transition player Mitch Wilde to a two-year deal and goalie Rance Vigneux to a one-year deal. All contracts are pending league approval. Veltman, a Georgetown, Ontario native, spent the previous five seasons with the Calgary Roughnecks, where he put up 57 points (21 G, 36 A) in 17 games…

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Rock Name Matt Sawyer Assistant GM

August 8, 2015
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Toronto Rock Owner, President & GM Jamie Dawick announced today he will retain the role of the team’s General Manager and has named Rock Assistant Coach Matt Sawyer as Assistant GM. Following the conclusion of the 2015 NLL season, Dawick publicly stated that he was looking to fill the GM role.  Since then, the plan has changed. “The original plan was to find a new GM,” explained Dawick.  “I had…

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What the Black Wolves Need This Offseason

August 7, 2015
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In the Black Wolves’ inaugural season, things started out strong with wins in their first two games.  Unfortunately for New England fans, the Black Wolves would only win two more games before finishing in last place.  The season also ended with Head Coach Blane Harrison resigning due to personal commitments.  This is not to say that things are all doom and gloom for the new franchise. Even though new coach…

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Black Wolves Match Bandits Offer to Pat Saunders

August 6, 2015
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After the Buffalo Bandits made an offer to restricted free agent Pat Saunders earlier in the week, but it appears he will not be going anywhere. After matching the Bandits offer, the New England Black Wolves will retain forward Pat Saunders on a two year deal. Saunders, who spent time with Philadelphia, broke out last season with New England. The former sixth round pick from Chicago scored 68 points which…

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2015 NLL Off Season Plan: Calgary Roughnecks

August 6, 2015
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Following a disappointing 2015 regular season that saw them squeak into the playoffs on the last day of the season, the Calgary Roughnecks had a good playoff run that took them all the way to a tie-breaking mini-game in the West Division Finals against eventual Champion’s Cup winners, the Edmonton Rush. Now Calgary’s front office needs to look back at what transpired in 2015 and figure out how to move…

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Stealth Retain Hagedorn, Sign Hawksbee

August 6, 2015
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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…

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Rock and Knighthawks Penalized For FA Violations

August 5, 2015
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Earlier this week it was announced the Rochester Knighthawks and Toronto Rock each lost picks for free agent violations. Reports surfaced today from Inside Lacrosse that the penalized signings were Toronto signing goalie Steve Fryer and Rochester signing transition man Jake Crans. Fryer has bounced between the practice and regular roster with the Rock. The 25 year old goaltender was drafted by the Philadelphia Wings before joining Toronto. Crans had been…

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