Back in 2002, the Calgary Roughnecks began their franchise history by setting an NLL record. For goals against. The Montreal Express, another expansion team that year, scored 32 goals in the rout. On the upside, the Roughnecks managed to iron the kinks out pretty quickly after that and went on to win their third game. They would go on to an unimpressive 4-14 record in their inaugural year, but since…
The Edmonton Rush advanced to the Champions Cup to play the Toronto Rock in an All-Canadian final with a hard fought win over the Calgary Roughnecks on Saturday night. They certainly were pushed to the limit by the scrappy Calgary team, needing the 10-minute tie-breaking game to finally clinch the victory. It was a game where the Rush were thrown off their game by the Roughnecks and were never allowed…
The National Lacrosse League has one team playing in a casino, with the New England Black Wolves at Mohegan Sun Arena. Could another one be coming? According to Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press, maybe. Nashville and Las Vegas considered potential sites for departing Minnesota Swarm of National Lacrosse League. — Charley Walters (@Charley_Walters) May 24, 2015 We’ve heard the Nashville rumor plenty of times now, but this is the…
The Edmonton Rush struggled at times, but got it right when it mattered most to advance to the Champion’s Cup. After losing Game 2 of their West Division Final to the Calgary Roughnecks by a 12-9 score, they easily won the tie-breaking mini-game 4-1. The win puts the Rush into the NLL finals for the second time in their 10-year existence as a team, the first time coming four years…
Times are not the best in the National Lacrosse League. The Minnesota Swarm are on the move, less than a year after the Philadelphia Wings made a similar announcement. The future of the Edmonton Rush is also in flux after a strange week of comments and combat for their owner Bruce Urban. Where the Swarm end up has been a hot debate. A popular destination via rumor has been Nashville,…
After dropping Game One of the Eastern Conference final by a narrow 10-9 score, the Toronto Rock returned to their home floor at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday night looking to even and steal the series from the back to back to back NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks. The Knighthawks saw leading scorer Cody Jamieson go down with an ankle injury early on in Game One, but still were able to…
Timing in the NLL seems to not matter to anyone, with the Division Finals this weekend and the Championship round coming up fast the Edmonton Rush claimed earlier this week that they may not return to the city of Edmonton and then last evening the Minnesota Swarm announced their intentions to move the franchise to an undisclosed market. This comes after the Swarm fired their coaching staff following the end…
The Edmonton Rush have had an interesting week to say the least. Earlier owner Bruce Urban lashed out at The City of Edmonton and Mayor Don Ivason for lack of support. The public debate has certainly caused the players to lose focus from tonight’s all-important Western Final game. Coach Derek Keenan and his staff have the task of getting the players to turn their attention back to the field…
The Minnesota Swarm today announced that the team has applied to the National Lacrosse League (NLL) to relocate to a new market for the 2016 NLL season. “At the end of every season we conduct a complete review of our entire franchise. Our lease at Xcel Energy Center ended this year, and it became obvious that the economics would not lend themselves to a sustainable business model for an independently owned NLL franchise,” Swarm…
Obviously, the news around the Edmonton Rush has not been good despite their placement in the western conference finals. They have a chance to get to the Champions Cup with a victory this week, but that’s not what is on the team’s mind. “There are two separate sides to it: the business side and the players’ side,” Bruce Urban said to the Edmonton Sun”They just get focused and show up…