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Tavares Returns to Buffalo for 2015

September 30, 2014
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He’s back. The Buffalo Bandits have announced legendary forward John Tavares, the National Lacrosse League’s all-time leading scorer, will return to the team for a league-record 24th season after reaching a contract agreement earlier this month. “John wanted to make sure we wanted to have him back,” said Bandits director of lacrosse operations Scott Loffler. “Of course, we couldn’t say no.” The 46-year-old helped the Bandits return to the playoffs last year by posting 51…

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Rush Extend Small and Loewen

September 29, 2014
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General Manager and Head Coach Derek Keenan announced today the Rush have signed forward Corey Small to a three year agreement. “Corey Small is another foundation player who along with owner Bruce Urban shows long term commitment to the success of the Rush with the signing of multi-year agreement” states Keenan The Rush forward selected ninth overall in the NLL 2009 Entry Draft, did not play the 2014 NLL Season…

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Josh Sanderson Re-Signs with Toronto

September 29, 2014
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Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced the re-signing of veteran forward Josh Sanderson to a 1-year agreement. The contract is pending league approval. The Orangeville, Ontario native will be entering his 18th season in the National Lacrosse League in 2015. Sanderson has spent time with Rochester, Albany, San Jose, Calgary and Boston along with two stints in Toronto during his NLL career. The 37-year old offensive star surpassed…

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Tyler Burton Looking at New Start in Vancouver

September 29, 2014
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Tyler Burton is one of the better stories you will see in the National Lacrosse League. He made the Rochester Knighthawks roster on an open tryout and went on to win two titles as a defenseman with the club. Now a member of the Vancouver Stealth, Burton is playing with some of those Rochester teammates thanks to big draft day trades. “Joel [McCready] has been a really good friend of…

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Jamie Lincoln’s Impact on the Black Wolves

September 29, 2014
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We are seven days removd from the draft and the New England Black Wolves made a huge splash by trading Jordan Hall back to the Knighthawks to get back into the first round as well as trading their captain Brodie Merrill to Toronto as they started to build their draft picks. But 10 days prior to the draft the Black Wolves traded (T) Kyle Belton to Vancouver Stealth for (F)…

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2015 NLL Early Rookie of the Year Candidates

September 28, 2014
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With the 2014 NLL Draft now in the books we can start speculating about which of the rookies will stand out among the rest. Interestingly, only four times in the last decade has the Rookie of the Year also been the first pick overall: Logan Schuss this past season, Mark Matthews the previous year, Ryan Benesch in 2007 and Brodie Merrill in 2006. So getting picked first is no guarantee…

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Angus Goodleaf Solid Backup for Knighthawks

September 28, 2014
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When the Rochester Knighthawks defeated the Calgary Roughnecks to secure their third championship in as many years, it truly was a fitting way to end their incredible 2014 season. What makes this Rochester Knighthawks 2014 championship team truly special is that they are extremely solid from head to toe with nary a weak link in the armor. The Knighthawks offensive corps are led by 2014 National Lacrosse League MVP Cody…

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Stealth Sign McCready, Penney, Draft Picks

September 28, 2014
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The Vancouver Stealth have announced that the team has signed newly-acquired transition player Joel McCready to a three-year contract, goaltender Eric Penney and second-year forward Chris Wardle to one-year contracts. The Stealth also signed their entire 2014 NLL Draft class (Conrad Chapman, Brandon Clelland, Dan Keane, Jakob Doucet, Matt Delmonico, DJ Saari and Steve Ferdinandi) to one-year deals, all pending league approval. The Stealth traded for Joel McCready in a blockbuster deal,…

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Re-Evaluating the 2013 NLL Draft

September 27, 2014
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Minnesota Swarm: Logan Schuss, Jason Noble, Cam Flint, Scott Jones, Reid Acton, Zach Palmer, Jordan Houtby, Dominique Alexander, JJ Laforet, Nick Jonas 2013 Draft Grade: A Reality: A- Justin adding a minus to the A for no reason other than the face Acton, Palmer, Jonas and Alexander never played. Scott Jones wasn’t everything they hoped for but he was still a good player. Logan Schuss was the rookie of the year…

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2014 NLL Draft Analysis: Buffalo Bandits

September 27, 2014
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After riding a roller coaster of a regular season and being one post away from reaching the 2014 NLL Finals last year, Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich and head coach Troy Cordingley headed into the 2014 NLL Draft searching for that certain missing ingredient to their success. After the draft was over, it was pretty clear that the messing ingredient that Dietrich and Cordingley believed to be missing were…

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