Over the summer the Minnesota Swarm traded Brock Sorensen to the Toronto Rock in exchange for transition Ethan O’Connor and a first round pick in 2017. For the past two seasons, Sorensen has literally been a big part of the Swarm’s transition unit. At 6’6″, 220 lbs, Sorensen was a major physical presence. He averaged 62 loose balls and 13 forced turnovers during his time with Minnesota. He could also…
The Calgary Roughnecks announced today the National Lacrosse League club has signed six players in preparation for the 2015 season, including all four draft picks from the 2014 NLL EntryDraft. The Roughnecks agreed to a three-year contract with Tyson Roe, selected 16th overall, and to one-year deals with Calgary natives Pat Henry (36th overall), Cam Gardner (45th overall) and Andrew Smistad (54th overall). In addition, the club re-signed transition player…
This Saturday October 18th the Washington State Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse will be hosting the 3rd annual Seatown Classic. This year the Classic will be showcasing the U.S. National Team vs. the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2012 fans got to see Maryland vs. Denver, and last year it was the ladies turn as USC played Oregon. The U.S. National Team will have a local following, as Seattle native Drew…
Ty Thompson is one of the main reasons the Thompson name is huge in the world of lacrosse. Ty grew up playing lacrosse on the Akwesanse Reservation. He grew up playing Junior B and A lacrosse for the Akwesasnse Indians helping lead the Jr. B team to the Founders Cup championship game in 2012. Also in the summer of 2012 Ty suited up for the Toronto Beaches to finish out his…
The Minnesota Swarm announced the signings of four draft picks from the 2014 National Lacrosse League entry draft. Minnesota agreed to two-year contracts with F Shane MacDonald (No. 5 overall), F Joe Maracle (No. 10 overall), D Eric Guiltinan (No. 29 overall) and D Pat Miles (No. 38 overall). “This year’s draft focused on our need to replace some injured players as well as some players lost during free agency,” Swarm owner and governor John Arlotta told MNSwarm.com, the team’s…
The Toronto Rock will play three exhibition contests in preparation for the 2015 NLL season, which begins in January. The highlight of the pre-season slate of contests is a return trip to Montreal, Quebec as the Rock will face the Rochester Knighthawks at the Bell Centre on Sunday, December 14th at 2pm. The pre-season game in Montreal is a rematch from two years ago when professional box lacrosse made its…
The Rochester Knighthawks will return to Montreal’s Bell Centre for a National Lacrosse League preseason game on Sunday, December 14th at 2:00 p.m. For the second time in three years, Rochester will play the rival Toronto Rock at the home of the Montreal Canadiens. Tickets for the game will go on sale on Saturday, October 18th at noon at the Bell Centre Box Office and online at www.evenko.ca. To order…
The Colorado Mammoth announced on Wednesday that forward Eric Law, who signed with the team in August, will miss at least the first month of the season recovering from surgery to repair an injured shoulder. The injury occurred while Law was playing lacrosse (with the Denver Outlaws) in the summer. “We were aware of Eric’s setback before we signed him,” said Mammoth president and general manager Steve Govett. “We look forward to his full…
The Colorado Mammoth have been extremely busy over the last month or so with the free-agent draft and the NLL Entry Draft. It was known that the team had some difficulties during the 2013-2014 season with the change in coaching staff; Casey Powell’s departure; the goalie controversy; and Adam Jones injury causing him to miss at least one month during the midseason. But the Mammoth have made some stellar moves…
In the first week of the “Best of the Rest” series we took a look at two recent Mann Cup winners in Scott DeFrancesco and Tom Montour. This week will take a look at one of the most potent point producers Ontario has to offer in lefty offensive threat Chris Attwood. Then will take a look at two guys who have a huge impact on the defensive side of the ball…