Last season, the Minnesota Swarm were second in the NLL in goals scored. Only Calgary was higher. This season, they are off to a much slower start. Through 16 games last season, they scored 219 goals, an average of 13.7 goals per game. Through 2 games this season, they have scored 11, an average of 5.5 goals per game. This has them on pace for 99 goals for the…
Last season the Wings invited eight goalies to training camp, by camp’s end Kevin Croswell was signed as a free agent and the Wings thought Kevin Croswell was the answer as the back up to Brandon Miller. Well when Croswell saw action it was a disaster. He faced 35 shots and allowed 11 goals in 33 minutes of floor time and a 19.87 GAA. So it was obvious the Wings…
The Rochester Knighthawks announced today that they have added veteran defenseman Jon Sullivan to the active roster from the holdout list. Sullivan was acquired from the Colorado Mammoth at the 2013 Trade Deadline, along with a third-round pick in the 2014 NLL Entry Draft, for veteran forward Casey Powell. Sullivan made his Rochester debut on March 30th against the Toronto Rock, but was then placed on the holdout list due to his…
Athan Iannucci has found a home. Today the Colorado Mammoth have signed the free agent righty forward to a one-year deal. Iannucci had been playing with the Washington Stealth for the past two seasons. Iannucci began his career with the Philadelphia Wings before he was traded to the Edmonton Rush. He held out and ended up getting traded to Washington, where he had success. This season’s Vancouver Stealth training camp…
After the Philadelphia Wings 12-11 loss to the Buffalo Bandits on Sunday afternoon, we spoke with head coach Blaine Harrison and forward Ryan Ward, who scored four goals. Blaine Harrison
It all seemed like a Cinderella story in the making at the WellsFargo Center in Philadelphia last night. Ending with a sudden death overtime score of 12-11, the Bandits were able to shoot down the Wings in their comeback attempts. The 4:30pm game started off in Philadelphia’s favor. They led the first half of Period 1 in shots taken over Buffalo and seemed to come out strong. At the end…
With over 7,300 fans in attendance at the Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia Wings came from behind to drop their home opener in overtime to the Buffalo Bandits 12-11. With the US Lacrosse Convention in town, what better way to treat the fans, coaches and players of the fastest game on two feet than to a thrilling competition of the sport itself? Fans at tonight’s game got exactly what they…
A goalie carousel in Colorado, an influence of B.C.-born rookies for the Alberta squads, and Vancouver’s inaugural draft class stepping up in the franchises’ victorious home debut highlight Week 3 of NLL action for the 2014 rookie class. For the third time in as many games, goalie Tye Belanger was chased from the Colorado Mammoth cage in favor of rookie tender Dillon Ward. After relieving Belanger of his duties during…
Saturday night the Vancouver Stealth held it’s first home game as a franchise when they hosted the Minnesota Swarm in a game that Vancouver would win 8-5. Stealth goaltender Tyler Richards would set a new career best for goals against, holding the visiting Swarm to just 5 goals on 49 shots. Captain Kyle Sorensen and the Vancouver defense successfully limited 1st overall pick Logan Schuss and the Swarm offense to…
On Friday night the Buffalo Bandits won their first game of 2014 when they beat the Toronto Rock 12-10. We spoke with head coach Troy Cordingley after the game.