The Edmonton Rush sent a press release yesterday previewing their game against the Rochester Knighthawks, a rematch of the 2013 NLL Champions Cup. However, of note was this quote from team general manager and head coach Derek Keenan: We lost Curtis Knight (off-season injury) and we’re not quite the same team without him so if there’s a chance to do something to fill that void we could consider it but…
The NLL trade deadline is on March 31, 2015, at 3 pm. Unlike the recent NHL trade deadline, we’ll be lucky to see two or three trades. Especially since the league shortened rosters, there are more free agents available for teams who don’t want to trade away assets. However, this season seems to have more potential for trades than in recent years. Jeremy Noble was already sent to Colorado and…
Not much of a change in the rankings. We had four games this past weekend. Calgary thrashed New England 20-9, Edmonton won a defensive battle 11-9 over Toronto, Buffalo swatted the Swarm 12-8 to give them space for the final playoff spot in the East, and Colorado won 14-11 over Vancouver. Four games this weekend, the last before trade deadline next Tuesday. College Basketball has March Madness; This year the…
The Buffalo Bandits defeated the Minnesota Swarm 12-8 on Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. This marks the second time the Bandits have defeated Minnesota, as the Bandits pulled out the W in a January matchup. The Bandits controlled the game from the very start. Mark Steenhuis opened the scoring for the game with a nice shot while driving through the middle. That was all the momentum the Bandits…
Its not often this happens. We had some great performances in the games this weekend, both on offense and defense. We even had some milestones reached. Rhys Duch became the All-Time goal scorer for the Stealth with 251 after netting a hat trick. And John Grant Jr., moved into second place in All-Time points with 1,335 after a one goal, five assist performance Saturday night. But this week the three…
The Vancouver Stealth (4-5) were back in action Saturday night as they hosted the Colorado Mammoth (5-5). One week ago the Stealth were playing for first in the West and entering the game they were in sole possession of third place. Would they be able to come out and take over the second slot from Colorado, or fall even further back from the top seeded Edmonton Rush. Rhys Duch got…
The Black Wolves are at that point where they are relying on a system that doesn’t work anymore. On Friday, New England suffered their 6th loss of the season against the now 3-8 Roughneck squad. The final score was 20-9. Early in the season, the Black Wolves prided themselves on a strong defense with superb goaltending. New England goalie, Evan Kirk, even lead the league in saving percentage the first…
The Vancouver Stealth will look to win their fourth home game in a row as they host the Colorado Mammoth in a game that has playoff implications. It is BCLA Night at the Langley Events Centre and the Stealth will wear special jerseys that are designed with the red, blue and yellow that don the flag of British Columbia. Vancouver will have a significant backing behind them and will need…
Some pretty bad news came out of the Buffalo Bandits camp today. According to Bandits reporter Budd Bailey, rookie forward Brandon Goodwin will miss the next two months with a knee injury. Goodwin was a second round pick and the first player selected by the Bandits in the 2014 NLL draft. The team traded defender Rory Smith and goalie Eric Penney to the Vancouver Stealth in order to acquire the…
When they faced each other three weeks ago at Rexall Place, the Toronto Rock (10-2) needed overtime to best the Edmonton Rush (5-4) by a score of 16-15. Saturday night the top teams in their respective divisions meet again, this time in the ACC in Toronto. The Rush followed that overtime loss with another overtime loss the next weekend, when the lowly Calgary Roughnecks squeaked past them by a 12-11…