Now that the 2015 NLL schedule is out, it’s time to take a look at what each week brings as far as milestones and notes to watch for as the season begins. There are no NHL schedule conflicts all season. Week Day Date Matchup Time (ET) 1 Fri 2-Jan Buffalo at Connecticut 7:00PM 1 Sat 3-Jan Edmonton at Buffalo 7:30PM 1 Sat 3-Jan Toronto at Rochester 7:30PM 1 Sat 3-Jan…
The National Lacrosse League announced their 2015 season schedule this afternoon, with the season opening January 2nd when the Buffalo Bandits play the first game ever in Connecticut. It is also the first back to back of the season as they go home to play Edmonton that night. Rochester also opens at home in week one against Toronto on January 3rd. Colorado, Vancouver and Edmonton have their home openers in…
The Toronto Rock and recently-relocated Connecticut-based franchise have completed a blockbuster deal pending league approval. The trade involves the Rock acquiring superstar transition player Brodie Merrill along with a 2nd round pick in the 2015 NLL Draft in exchange for forward Mike Burke, defenceman Craig England, Toronto’s 2nd round pick (17th overall) in the upcoming 2014 NLL Draft, Toronto’s 1st round pick in the 2015 NLL Draft and Toronto’s 2nd…
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie On Tuesday afternoon the Vancouver Stealth continued to make moves by signing two new players to contract extensions. Earlier in the month they had traded away defenseman Mike Grimes to Minnesota for transition player Tyler Hass and forward Dane Stevens. Today, they locked those players up. Stevens, who spent one season in Minnesota after playing in Edmonton, was a restricted free agent and signed to stay…
After a couple busy weeks of signings in the NLL. this past week was fairly quiet, with only a handful of free agent signings while the Toronto Rock and Minnesota Swarm swapped transition players. The Vancouver Stealth locked down Chris O’Dougherty, Tim Henderson and Brandan Smith, all with one-year contracts. O’Dougherty played in five games last season, picking up five assists and 33 loose balls along the way. Smith has…
The Vancouver Stealth have announced the re-signing of defensemen Chris O’Dougherty and Tim Henderson along with transition player Mitch McMichael, all to one-year contracts for the 2015 National Lacrosse League season, pending league approval. O’Dougherty has spent his entire five-year NLL career with the Stealth recording 9 points (1+8), while collecting 134 loose balls in 49 games. The 27-year-old from Kinneton, New Jersey was selected in sixth round of the 2009 NLL…
Edmonton Rush General Manager/Head Coach Derek Keenan announced today that the club has signed transition players Adrian Sorichetti and John Lafontaine to three-year contracts starting with the 2014 National Lacrosse League season. Sorichetti will be entering his second season with the Rush while Lafontaine begins his fifth campaign in the black and silver. “I am very happy to have both Adrian and John signed for 2014 and beyond as they…
Less than one month ago, Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced that the team had re-signed starting goaltender Anthony Cosmo to a new one year deal. With the Bandits locking in their 2014 finalist for NLL Goaltender of the Year for another season, the team’s focus shifts now to who will be backing up Cosmo for the 2015 season. With only one open position and three solid potential backups…
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Minnesota Swarm today announced that the team has re-signed defenseman Greg Downing to a one-year contract.Downing, 29, appeared in all 18 games with the Swarm in 2014, and ranked second on the team with 28 forced turnovers. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound lefty defenseman also notched eight points(3g, 5a) and collected 69 loose balls in his third full season with the Swarm, sixth in the NLL. Downing has totaled 51…
The Minnesota Swarm now have a small goalie situation because the team trade Tyler Carlson, who was more or less the default starting goalie for the last two seasons, for Brodie MacDonald now formerly of the Edmonton Rush. This creates a bit of a dilemma for the coaches. Macdonald has shown in a few games to have the goods to produce as a number one in the NLL, but it…