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…
Josh Sanderson has been a staple of the Toronto Rock since 2012. In his first season with the Rock, Sanderson notched 22 goals and 42 assists for 64 points. Sanderson has continued to produce offensively since his very first season. Last year Sanderson had 22 goals and 48 assists for 70 points in a season. Sanderson will have to take on more responsibility this year with Garrett Billings out for…
The New England Black Wolves have signed their own free agent goalie Evan Kirk to a three-year deal to stay with the team. Kirk, whom the Philadelphia Wings had acquired from the Minnesota Swarm before last season, had been an RFA. Philadelphia moved to Connecticut this offseason where they will be known as the New England Black Wolves and that will be Kirk’s new team. Last season Kirk finished on…
In spite of having one of the top three goaltenders in the NLL and a veteran backup, the Edmonton Rush selected two more goalies in the entry draft last month. With their second pick, 13th overall, the Rush chose Alberta native Adam Shute. Shute played junior box for the Coquitlam Adanacs where he helped get the team to the postseason after a slow start. Interestingly, he also played attack for…
After their offense began struggling midway through the 2013 NLL season, the Buffalo Bandits organization came to the conclusion that injecting some fresh offensive blood was needed to help bring the franchise back from the brink. Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich and then-current head coach Darris Kilgour believed that the best place to start this new resurgence would be the upcoming 2013 NLL trade deadline. During the trade deadline, the…
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced the team has agreed to terms on three-year contracts with Ryan Benesch and Dhane Smith, and signed Jordan Dance, Jamie Rooney and Jerome Thompson to one-year deals. Benesch and Smith were first and third, respectively, in scoring last season for the Bandits. Their contracts are still pending league approval. In his first season with the Bandits, Benesch paced the team with 78…
The Edmonton Rush gave up the fewest goals (157) in the NLL last season en route to a league-best 16-2 record. Although they came up shy in the playoffs, getting bested by the Calgary Roughnecks in the West Division finals, the Rush looked invincible at times, especially on the defensive end. Scarily enough, they could actually get better on the back end in 2015. Edmonton had at least one representative…