Paxton Leroux is a hockey player who played lacrosse as part of his offseason conditioning, and just so happened to have it pay off for him. He was undrafted and released by the New York Rangers after their 2014 training camp and is currently with the Minnesota Wild ECHL affiliate, the Quad City Mallards where he has played one game with 5 penalty minutes. In junior hockey, he played for…
The Calgary Roughnecks signed free agent goaltender Ryan McBride to a one-year contract last week, adding more depth between the pipes to a squad that is gearing up for training camp. McBride is a local product. Raised in Calgary, he played Senior B during the 2014 season in the RMLL for the Rockyview Knights, a team that plays just north of Calgary, in Airdrie, AB. McBride dressed for 11 games…
So far throughout the “Best of the Rest” series we’ve largely looked at some of the most notable players without NLL contracts. This week will change our tune a bit, and take a look at four players who definitely do not get the recognition they deserve. Defensive players and even transition players often don’t get the attention of people with their ridiculous statistics, so its important to acknowledge players who…
Transition is an interesting position in the NLL. Every team approaches it differently as some make them glorified defenders or just forwards that won’t get yelled at if they are stuck in the back end of the floor. Others such as Minnesota and Buffalo make them a large part of how they want to act as a team by causing turnovers, pushing the ball up the floor and creating mismatches…
The Rochester Knighthawks will open Training Camp the weekend of November 22-23 at the Unity Health System Total Sports Experience (TSE) in East Rochester. “It will be nice to get going and have everyone in the same room again,” said Knighthawks Head Coach Mike Hasen. “I am looking forward to getting back to work with this group.” The three-time defending National Lacrosse League Champions will hold their first practice from…
The Vancouver Stealth released their upcoming training camp schedule today, with camp beginning on Saturday, November 22 at the Langley Events Centre. On Saturday, the sessions are split into a morning session and an evening session. The morning sessions are from 9:00-11:00AM, followed by an evening session from 5:00PM-7:00PM. The next day, on Sunday, November 23, the Stealth will have one practice session from 9:00AM-11:00AM. The team will host two…
Entering his ninth season in the NLL Kyle Sorenson will not even step foot on the field, at least not competitively. It was announced by Vancouver’s front office that the team Captain would miss the entire 2015 season due to rehabilitation from knee surgery. Sorenson, who has spent his entire career with the Stealth since being drafted in 2006, is no stranger to spending time on the injury list. Where…
With the 2014 NLL draft becoming a distant memory, it’s important we don’t overlook players that went undrafted, as there are simply tons of talented players with elite level skill who were passed over in the draft. Every year we see a handful of kids who should have been selected in the draft, that some how slipped by every team, only to “come out of nowhere” and post respectable numbers at the…
The Calgary Roughnecks today announced the team has re-signed forwards Daryl Veltman and Brett Baron to one-year contracts and agreed to one-year terms with three free agents: forward Connor Goodwin, goaltender Ryan McBride and defender Patrick O’Meara. Veltman, 29, finished last season in the top five in team scoring with 20 goals and 41 assists for 61 points in 18 games. Acquired by Calgary in a trade with the Boston…
The Calgary Roughnecks made sure their top scorer will be around for the long haul when they announced earlier this month that Dane Dobbie had been signed to a four-year contract. Dobbie led the NLL in goals in 2014 with 51, a career high and only the 14th time anyone in league history has scored 51 or more. His 90 points were also a career high and second best on the…