The Rochester Knighthawks have re-signed defenseman Scott Campbell to a two-year deal. “It feels good,” he said. “There is no place I would rather be than in Rochester trying to continue the success we have had the past few seasons.” Campbell, who enters his 11th season in the NLL, has won three straight Champion’s Cups with the Knighthawks. In 2014, Campbell played in 17 games, notching two goals, five assists…
The Colorado Mammoth announced that the team has signed restricted free agent Alex Turner. Minnesota had the right to match Colorado’s offer to the veteran forward, but opted against it. “Our offense has a lot of talented players with the ball in their sticks, but there was a need for a guy who will go inside and set picks and bang bodies; Alex will do that for us,” said Mammoth president &…
Last night the Chesepeake Bayhawks and the Charlotte Hounds closed out the season just like they did last year. Only this time it wasnt for the champioship. This was the final game of the regular season for both teams , and the loser wuld receive the first overall pick in the MLL draft. Well the Bayhawks didnt disappoint the over 6,000 plus in attendance y controlling the game from start…
The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Minnesota Swarm announced on Friday that the team has agreed to one-year contracts with forwardScott Jones, as well as defensemen Jordan Houtby and Reid Acton for the upcoming season. Jones, a first-round pick of the Swarm in the 2013 NLL Entry Draft (No. 7 overall), is set to return to Minnesota after collecting 21 points (6g, 15a) over 16 games in a promising rookie season. The 24-year-old from Port Coquitlam,…
The Vancouver Stealth have announced the re-signing of forward Cody Bremner to a one-year contract agreement for the 2015 National Lacrosse League season, pending league approval. Bremner played in 12 games with the Stealth as a rookie in 2014, recording 23 points (9 goals, 14 assists) and 41 loose balls in 12 games. The former first-round pick scored at least one goal in six games and at least one point in…
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced that the team has signed Joel Matthews, Corey Fowler and Dave DiRuscio all to one-year contracts. Matthews, Buffalo’s fourth-round selection (31st overall) in the 2012 NLL Entry Draft, made his NLL debut and appeared in a total of two games in 2014. The 23-year-old tallied two goals overall in his first season, both of which came against the Rochester Knighthawks on April…
The Colorado Mammoth announced on Wednesday that the team has signed defenseman Dan Ball and two non-roster free-agent defensemen, marking the organization’s first contracts of the NLL’s signing period. Ball appeared in 17 games with the Mammoth in his first season with the team in 2014, scoring four goals and four assists while forcing eight turnovers. Colin Boucher, at 6-foot-5-inches and 235 pounds, was on the Bandits’ practice squad last…
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…