NLL Week 9 Pix; ILWT Staff
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Net Impact: Will Indoor Leagues Ever Merge?
The indoor lacrosse landscape is dotted with leagues right now, each with its plusses and minuses, each competing to retain as much of the available talent as possible, and each fighting to survive in a sports world that barely knows lacrosse exists. The granddaddy of them all is still the National Lacrosse League, which is now more than a quarter century old and seems to be enjoying some much-deserved stability….
Have Shortened NLL Rosters Made an Impact?
When the new NLL Collective Bargaining Agreement was signed over the fall, roster sizes were reduced, shrinking to 20 players from 23, with practice rosters expanding from three to four. Now that we are more than a third of the way through the schedule, it’s time to have a look back and see if the reduced rosters have affected the game. There are a couple metrics we can look at…
Top Ten NLL Plays of Week Eight
The results are in, and the Lacrosse Network has named their top ten plays of NLL week eight. Which do you like? Are there any plays that should have made the cut?
Swarm Look to Right Ship Against Rock
The Minnesota Swarm are going into this weekend as the worst team in the East and the worst team in the NLL at 1-6. The Swarm have dropped four straight, three of which were at home in St. Paul Minnesota. The Last time the Swarm won a game was in Philadelphia on January 18th in an 11-10 win over the Wings, this also was the first game of a double-header…
NLL Three Stars Week Eight: Bucktooth Returns
Week 8 of the National Lacrosse League featured five blowout games in what was possibly the least exciting weekend that we’ve seen thus far in the 2014 season. The usual suspects were at it again including Colorado Mammoth John Grant Jr. (3 goals, 5 assists), Calgary Roughnecks Shawn Evans (4 G, 7 A) and Rochester Knighthawks Cody Jamieson (5 G, 5 A) but its three other standouts that have found…
NLL Rookie Report: Wilde Debuts, Digby Collects 9pts.
Rush rookies remaining unbeaten, Digby’s scoring prominence, and a Wilde debut highlight Week 8 of NLL rookie action. The Edmonton Rush maintained their perfect record with a 14-9 win over the Minnesota Swarm thanks to help from their rookie tandem of Riley Loewen and Robert Church. Loewen had two goals, including a third quarter tally that proved to be the game winner for Edmonton. Robert Church continued his steady production…
Trend of Defensive Play Highlights Americans in 2014 NLL
Going into the 2014 season, we expected to see a down year for American players with so many of them opting to instead play just MLL and with Team USA. However, those few Americans who have played this season have been very impressive. Still, with so few Americans left in the NLL, let’s take a look at how they have all fared. Philadelphia consistently has the most Americans in the…
Bandits, Stealth Face Long Breaks
Both the Buffalo Bandits and Vancouver Stealth are facing an oddity in the National Lacrosse League as both teams will not play for three weeks, not back in action until March 8. Vancouver this weekend is coming off of a win and a loss while Buffalo is coming off of a blowout win over Philadelphia. Both teams are heading in drastically different directions as they head to this break. Buffalo…
NLL League Leaders Week Eight: Mammoth Have Good Week
After two weeks out, Adam Jones still holds the lead in goals. John Grant Jr. took his point total from 45 to 53 to maintain the top spot in points. Rhys Duch has moved into second place; the Stealth forward added 15 points in two games over the weekend to bring his total to 50. Despite the addition of five points, Garrett Billings dropped to the third spot at 49….