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Bandits Extend Batson, Goodwin, Others

July 16, 2015
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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…

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Prout, Sanderson, Kelusky Among NLL Hall of Fame Ballot

July 16, 2015
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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…

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Knighthawks Extend Paul Day For Three Years

July 13, 2015
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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…

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Swarm and Stealth Get Compensatory Draft Picks

July 10, 2015
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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…

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Panos Q&A: Swarm, NLL Marketing, WLA

July 10, 2015
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 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…

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NLL HOF Candidate: Gavin Prout

July 8, 2015
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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…

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Roughnecks Re Sign Frankie Scigliano

July 6, 2015
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The Calgary Roughnecks today announced the National Lacrosse League club has re-signed goaltender Frankie Scigliano to a multi-year contract, pending league approval. Scigliano, a native of Coquitlam, British Columbia, has spent the last four seasons with the Roughnecks.  During the 2015 campaign he started 13 of 18 regular season games, posting an 11.12 goals-against average and a .773 save percentage over 734 minutes played.  Calgary selected the 23-year-old goaltender in…

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Solving the Stealth’s Crease Conundrum

July 5, 2015
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Goaltending is often one of the most misunderstood positions in lacrosse, given that it takes a pretty strong skillset to be a top-flight player at that position. But beyond that, the traits that differ amongst each goalie’s skillset are magnified in lacrosse because it creates easily distinguishable styles of goaltending. That’s why the lack of games played in the short winter box season makes it hard to get reliable data…

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NLL 2015 Les Bartley Award Candidates

July 5, 2015
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The nominees for the NLL Head Coach of the Year Award—also known as the Les Bartley Award—have been announced and now it’s a matter of waiting until September to see who the winner is. The nominees for 2015 are Mike Hasen of the Rochester Knighthawks, Derek Keenan of the Edmonton Rush, and John Lovell of the Toronto Rock. Lovell and Keenan faced each other in the Champion’s Cup this year,…

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NLL 2015 Top 50: #48 Jay Thorimbert

July 3, 2015
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This summer, we will examine the top 50 players from the 2015 NLL season. Now, that doesn’t mean the best players, period, it just means who played the best this past season. The top 50 were voted on and decided by members of our NLL staff. Any questions, tweet to @LacrosseWeTrust. Jay Thorimbert 2015 Team: Buffalo Bandits Position: Transition Status: UFA Draft Year: 2008 2015 Stats: 13 points, 246 loose balls, 338-513 faceoffs Thorimbert was…

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