Making the practice squad in your first year is nothing to shake your head at. Matt Crough, of the New England Black Wolves, will spend his first season in the NLL practicing with the big club while he hones his skills to be able to make a dynamite impact as a sophomore. The 5’9″, 172 lb Peterborough native was drafted 15th overall in September. “I was thrilled about being drafted…
The New England Black Wolves pre season could have gone better. The first year team didn’t win a game, despite a close contest with Buffalo that ended with their 10-9 loss. As a new team, they are expected to have their struggles, and the young squad is certainly open to improvements. New England has 12 new players from last season when they moved from Philadelphia. They are also one of…
Last season Calgary came into Rochester up 1-0 in the Finals. Game 2 was as close as it can get for 45 minutes as Calgary was only down by a goal. All that was needed was the Roughnecks to win the final quarter by two goals to hoist the Champion’s Cup. But Rochester put up six goals to win 16-10, tying the series at a game each, forcing the mini-game….
The New England Black Wolves have a solid starting goalie in Evan Kirk. Going into their first season, however, there have been questions about who will be backing up. After Kevin Croswell was released, it was announced the team had traded for Colorado Mammoth backup Tye Belanger, and that was their answer. “Excited on this new chapter in my lacrosse career.” says Belanger. “It;s thrilling to know I’ll be a…
The Rochester Knighthawks made history last season by becoming the first team in league history to three-peat. Once again just like 2012 and 2013 the Knighthawks have very little turnover in their roster. This season the Hawks are returning 16 players from last years roster, and 18 once Keogh and Brad Self come off the Physically Unable to Perform List. Pre-season games for the Knighthawks seemed more focused on seeing…
Zach Higgins is expected to assume the starting role for the Minnesota Swarm this season in net. he played often last season, splitting duty with Tyler Carlson, but now the undrafted netminder is looking to be the starter in just his season season. Marisa: What are your thoughts on the upcoming season? Zach: Zach: I’m looking forward to the upcoming season. I think with how we have prepared at camp, along with…
Brandon Benn had a strong pre season with the Toronto Rock, earning a spot on the team. The rookie’s performance will give him a shot at playing regularly with the injuries the team has suffered going into the season. We caught up with him to discuss the year ahead. Marisa: How do you feel you have played this pre season? Brandon: I feel like I played well this preseason. It was…
Last weekend of camp is usually always just a few days before the holidays. Over the last few years this has been my favorite weekend of camp because the staff always has some team bonding events for us. This weekend we don’t have any exhibitions or scrimmages against other teams on the schedule just two practices and our annual Nut Cracker Blue and Yellow game. There is usually a lot…
The National Lacrosse League’s 29th season opens with NLL Face Off Weekend 2015 presented by New Era on January 2-3 with every team in action. The league has announced broadcast information for this year with matchups airing on TSN, Universal Sports Network, WatchESPN and the NLL LIVE subscription package. Find the complete schedule below while additional announcements regarding team and regional broadcasts will be made in the coming weeks. Viewers in Canada…
The Colorado Mammoth they made a good amount of moves in the off season whether it was picking up free agents or key draft picks. The team’s biggest free agent pick up was one of their first in forward Alex Turner who was restricted FA by the Minnesota Swarm who did not match the deal that Colorado offered Turner. Turner was drafted by the San Jose Stealth but played his…