Last night the Vancouver Stealth (1-3) played on the road and got blown out of the Pepsi Center by the undefeated NLL West Division Leaders the Colorado Mammoth (3-0). Vancouver having the most G.A. in the league and second most saves pretty much sums up their season thus far. Colorado moved the ball phenomenally well all night, and continued to put the rock in the back of the net, amounting…
Uncasville, CT — Maybe it was the one week break, but the Black Wolves did not look like themselves last night against the Swarm from Minnesota. From the first faceoff, New England appeared to be slow defensively. More importantly, Black Wolves goalie, Evan Kirk, finally came back down to earth after allowing 16 goals on 43 shots. The Swarm handed New England their first loss of the season with a…
After finishing the 2014 season as the top two teams in the NLL West Division, both the Calgary Roughnecks and the Edmonton Rush have stumbled out of the blocks in 2015. They are currently tied for dead last in the division with 0-2 records. Tonight they face each other in Calgary for the first time this season—one team will break the goose egg and one team will be facing a…
The Toronto Rock will look to get a second win this weekend, after beating the Buffalo Bandits at home on Friday night, and stay undefeated on the season as they travel to Rochester to take on the Knighthawks. The Knighthawks have yet to win a game this season, and actually already lost to the Rock in Week One, 13-12. Toronto lately seems to be a team that just can’t be…
When Minnesota travels to New England, the Black Wolves lay their undefeated start on the line and hope to make it 3-0 in their inaugural season. It would be great for the franchise to open with three straight home wins to begin creating a fan base. This should be a fantastic game. With regards to styles, these teams match up well in that it should be an extremely fast paced…
The Toronto Rock (3-0) delivered on Rock owner Jamie Dawick’s guarantee of a home opener win by defeating the Buffalo Bandits (2-2) by a score of 13-11 at Air Canada Centre on Friday night. “I thought we started the game very well,” said Rock Head Coach John Lovell. “I thought of the three games we’ve played so far we made the most mistakes (tonight). I credit Buffalo, they were working…
After their first defeat of the 2015 season against the New England Black Wolves, the Buffalo Bandits (2-1) are starting to gain some ground in the Eastern Division standings. Riding a two game win streak and a half game out of first place heading into their week four matchup against the Toronto Rock (2-0) Friday night at the Air Canada Centre, Buffalo will try to play spoiler on the Rock’s…
Before the NLL season began, I looked into how year to year roster continuity affected on field performance (https://inlacrossewetrust.com/tracking-the-roster-stability-of-the-nll/). The quick summary is that while championship teams are slightly more stable from previous years, there is a very large range which does not indicate the presence of a statistically signification correlation. Rebuilding teams can also have immediate success unless they dip dangerously low into the range of about 30 percent…
The Minnesota Swarm are two games into the 2015 season and are already struggling between the pipes. In the offseason the Swarm swapped goalies with the Edmonton rush, trading Tyler Carlson and in return getting Brodie MacDonald. Macdonald got the start in the season/ home opener on January 3rd against a very talented Colorado Mammoth team. While Macdonald spent most of the game keeping the Swarm in the contest, they…
It is a tough job to make let alone crack a NLL roster year in and year out with a new draft every year and players going in and out of lineups due to injury’s or job issues. So making it to the second year in your pro career is an accomplishment in itself and this year’s sophomore class has many big name players in it. The two teams with the…