Mohegan Sun and the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA) announced today it has purchased half of the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team will relocate to Uncasville, Conn., and will begin play in December at Mohegan Sun Arena. This is the second professional sports team acquired by the Mohegan Tribe and MTGA, which has owned the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA since 2003. It is the…
“We will work diligently to secure a new ownership group and arena deal for the Philadelphia market. I believe the Philadelphia market will once again be a successful NLL market in the near future. To all of the Philadelphia Wings fans, keep the faith.” – NLL Commissioner George Daniel The Philadelphia Wings have officially moved to Connecticut but it might not be the end of professional indoor lacrosse in Philadelphia. Yesterday it was…
After finishing second in the Western conference for only the second time in five years, the Roughnecks proved it’s no fluke with players like Andrew McBride and Scott Ranger. Since joining the team in 2002 as the fourth overall pick by the Calgary Roughnecks, Andrew McBride has shown how solid and consistent a stay-at-home defenseman (if there’s such a thing in the NLL these days), can be. He has missed…
In Lacrosse We Trust has learned that Johnny Mouradian, the general manager of the Philadelphia Wings, will not return to the franchise when they move to Connecticut. The team will announce the move to Mohegan Sun Arena in a press conference tomorrow. Mouradian has been the GM of the Wings since 2011 and was also the head coach of the team in 2012. He has remained their general manager even…
The transition for an America to play in the NLL is tough. A few years ago, a host of Duke and Virginia graduates were drafted and not a single one made an opening day roster. That season, a few Americans made the Philadelphia Wings, but only after a few years of working on their indoor game. With the fall season coming closer, the NLL draft is approaching. There will be…
Last month we reported that the Philadelphia Wings were looking at Connecticut as a possible relocation and on Wednesday it appears the franchise will make the move official. TheDay.com reported on Monday afternoon that Mohegan Sun, who owns the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, will announce the Wings as their newest franchise on Wednesday. Our own sources also confirmed this report. The Wings announced last month that they were moving…
After a very disappointing season by the Minnesota Swarm, in which the team went 4-14 and scored fewer than 200 goals on the season, the Swarm have been one of the more active teams in this offseason. They have already thrown out their usual playbook of acquiring as many draft picks as possible and started to trade away some of their horded surplus of picks. Sticking to the game plan…
With the worst division record, barely holding the tiebreaker over Minnesota for the worst record in the league the Vancouver Stealth were in dire need of an overhaul this offseason. With franchise, free agency, unrestricted free agents, and the trade deadline looming the Stealth made some moves to keep the heart and soul of their defense. Statistically they struggled in their 2014 campaign, but as we all know numbers do…
The Calgary Roughnecks made a bit of a splash before the free agent period in the NLL got underway as they announced a two-year contract extension for goaltender Mike Poulin, who would have become a restricted free agent otherwise. Locking down their all-time leader in minutes played the day before the free-agency period began takes one headache out of the equation as the busy part of the offseason gets going. Calgary…
This past NLL season history was made when the Rochester Knighthawks became the first team to three-peat in the 28 year history of the league. Other teams have come close, Toronto Rock, Buffalo Bandits and the Philadelphia Wings. With a new playoff format the Knighthawks overcame losing the first game in the Eastern Finals and Championship to force the 10 minute mini-game, and even came from behind in both to…