Tonight the Rochester Knighthawks (7-4) will face the Toronto Rock (11-3) for the final time in the regular season. Teams have split the other two meetings, so this will determine who will have the tie-breaker if needed. This will be game one of two for the Knighthawks this weekend. They come into Toronto after an embarrassing 16-3 dismantling at the hands of the Edmonton Rush. Knighthawks obtained Joe Resetarits and…
Every team in the NLL made a trade deadline deal in 2015, which makes it easy to grade them. New England Black Wolves: A New England appears to be a drastically better team on paper after making two moves for big name players. They add defenseman Andrew Suitor to an already physical roster and arguably the best scorer in the NLL with Garrett Billings. They lose Kevin Crowley, but Billings…
This past week when the Edmonton Rush played in Rochester, we caught up with two Drexel alumni Robert Church and Ben McIntosh to discuss their path to the NLL.
Week 12 of the rookie report once again see’s the top three guys take their place atop the rankings, as Miles Thompson, Ben McIntosh and Jeremy Noble all had strong weekends to continue their impressive freshmen seasons in the NLL. Meanwhile Eli McLaughlin broke out this past weekend with six points in the Mammoth’s 12-6 win. In the Mammoth’s win we also saw rookie goaltender Alexis Buque absolutely stand on…
A day after the Toronto Rock acquired Kevin Crowley from the New England Black Wolves in exchange for Garrett Billings, the team has made several roster moves ahead of Thursday’s 12pm ET roster deadline. Following the deadline, only internal transactions are permitted and no free agents may be signed for the remainder of the season. Crowley was placed on the active roster along with offensive left-hander Jordan Robertson who was…
The Johnny Powless era is over in Vancouver, but did it ever really get off the ground? The 22-year old lefty was shipped to the Minnesota Swarm after just 11 games in the black and red. Coming Vancouver’s way is hometown kid Logan Schuss. Schuss, 24, is a different breed than Powless. He’s a much bigger player and plays that way, too. But there is more to his game; he…
Yesterday’s NLL trade deadline was anticipated to be one of the most active deadlines in league history, as many teams were said to be actively shopping talent in the days and weeks leading up to the deadline. The biggest name on the market was Toronto Rock All-Star Garrett Billings. Billings had recovered from ACL surgery and was awaiting a new contract from the Rock, however the two sides appeared far…
When the Buffalo Bandits final active roster was completed in December, Bandits fans were a little worried that with the departure of Rory Smith to Vancouver this meant that the team were left with only three pure defensemen to keep opponents away from starting goaltender Anthony Cosmo. Looking to help stabilize his defensive corps heading into the end of the regular season and hopefully into the playoffs, Buffalo Bandits general…
As the deadline buzzer sounded the trade everyone was waiting for happened. Toronto Rock sent Garrett Billings to New England Black Wolves for Kevin Crowley. Billings comes to the Black Wolves off a knee injury that ended his 2014 campaign early. At the time Billings was the front runner for M.V.P. The last three seasons (2012-2014), Billings has registered 94 goals and 221 assists for 315 pts (105 /per season)…
The Edmonton Rush added another right-handed stick to their offense on Tuesday when they picked up Matthew Dinsdale from the Calgary Roughnecks in exchange for a conditional third round pick in the 2015 draft. The third-year forward was drafted by the Roughnecks in 2012 with the seventh-overall pick. Although highly touted when he was chosen, Dinsdale has never really found a regular spot on the floor for the Riggers, playing…