Paul Tutka is a multi-time winning NLL writer of the year award winner, and one of the smartest experts in lacrosse. However, after leaving NLL Insider a few years ago (pre IL Indoor era) he hasn’t been writing anywhere. Yet, his Twitter analysis of the league has taken the lacrosse world by storm, and I was lucky to speak with him about a few matters in the league in this…
The Buffalo Bandits defeated the New England Black Wolves 17-10 Saturday. Buffalo jumped ahead in the first quarter to a 5-2 lead; Aaron Wilson scored three goals in the first quarter, while John Tavares and Alex Kedoh Hill each had two assists. Mark Steenhuis struck first for the Bandits in the second quarter pushing the lead back up to three after the Black Wolves scored. Joe Resetarits scored to make…
The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 15-7 in a Sunday afternoon exhibition game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec in front of 4,820 fans. As part of the promotion of the exhibition game, organizers selected a member of the Quebec Lacrosse Federation to play in the game. Trevor Wagar, a player with Vermont in the Quebec Senior B Lacrosse League, was chosen to play for the Rock. After…
Today the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will take over the old stomping grounds of the ill-fated Montreal Express. For the second time, the NLL heads to Montreal for a pre season game where these two teams will play at Bell Centre. The Rock lost their pre season contest last week to the Calgary Roughnecks where they scored just five goals. Meanwhile, the Knighthawks also lost when the Minnesota Swarm…
The Minnesota Swarm stayed a perfect 3-0 in the NLL pre season as they defeated the Colorado Mammoth 16-15 in an overtime shootout. The Swarm trailed 15-14 going into the late fourth quarter when Kiel Matisz tied it. The league decided that instead of overtime the game would go to a shootout, the first OT shootout that meant something this pre season. Shane MacDonald and Jordan MacIntosh scored hat tricks…
Ryan Zunner will be hosting NLL GameDay every week, a new video series previewing NLL games. Today he looks at the three pre season games on tap this week.
The Minnesota Swarm will be facing off in their third preseason game this weekend vs. the Colorado Mammoth. This will be a big game for all players on the verge of making the team. After two games last weekend both of the Swarm rookies, Miles Thompson and Shane Macdonald had no problem finding the net. Both these players will be watched closely if they can keep their production up. The…
Heading into a weekend set of games against the Toronto Rock and the Minnesota Swarm, Calgary Roughnecks rookies were afforded plenty of opportunity to show both the coaching staff and management that they deserved a spot on the Roughnecks active roster. The Roughnecks didn’t select until 16th overall in the most recent NLL draft, when they selected the towering 6’10”, 245 pound defender Tyson Roe out of the Nanaimo Timbermen WLA program….
The Vancouver Stealth released rookie Dan Keane yesterday. Vancouver wnt 0-2 in the two pre season games he played in last week. Keane was the 23rd overall pick in the draft in the third round by the Stealth. The 5’9 righty is out of Delaware and has played Jr A in Ontario with the Brampton Excelsiors, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to see him sign with an eastern division…
Steve Govett, the Colorado Mammoth president and general manager, has been posting some scouting reports from a January 7th, 1995, on Twitter. The reports come from a game between Philadelphia and Buffalo, and he has the scouting reports from all time greats Jim Veltman and John Tavares. That was good but check the flip side of the roster sheet scouting rpt on @JimVeltman1 and @JohnTavares11#OldSchoolpic.twitter.com/J3EsivpChI — Steve Govett (@sgovett) December…