The Vancouver Stealth were narrowly defeated in their season opener Saturday night losing a close back and forth game with the Colorado Mammoth 13-12. The Mammoth relied on some big saves late from goaltender Dillon Ward who came in to relieve Tye Belanger of duties for the second time in two games. Colorado opened the scoring with back to back Drew Westervelt goals that looked almost identical from John Grant Jr. and Jordan McBride…
The Vancouver Stealth open the 2014 season on the road tomorrow versus the Colorado Mammoth on “Star Wars” night at the Pepsi Center. Both teams are evenly matched and goaltending could be a determining factor in the outcome as both teams possess some potent offenses. Leading the Colorado Mammoth is newly appointed captain John Grant Jr. He comes in to the game 3rd in National Lacrosse League all time points and will command attention from…
A lot of people are probably wondering what the top players and coaches do to prepare for professional lacrosse games. The truth is that a good chunk of the “base” preparation is done well before players and coaches reach the pro level. Almost all professional lacrosse players have superior levels of talent and skill relative to their positions. Aside from excellent skills and abilities, having a high level of understanding…
A rough start for the Calgary Roughnecks was the difference in the Toronto Rock’s home opener on Friday night. The Rock jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and never looked back, controlling the majority of the game. Dane Dobbie sniped two back to back power play goals in the first to close the gap to 3-2 and it looked as though the Roughnecks were going to make a it…
The Colorado Mammoth are set to take on the Vancouver Stealth at The Pepsi Center Saturday night. This is the season opener for the Stealth and game number two for the Mammoth. With the Mammoth coming off an exciting but disappointing season-opening loss to the Edmonton Rush on December 28, 2013 by a score of 13-10, what types of changes will the Mammoth have in store to be more productive…
During the team’s historic 20th season, the Rochester Knighthawks are turning back the clock on Hall of Fame Night with the induction of the team’s founder, Steve Donner. On Saturday, January 11th, Donner will become the 12th member of the Knighthawks’ prestigious club. “I was almost speechless when I got the call,” said Donner, who now lives in Florida with his wife and kids. “It is something that is really…
The second week of the NLL season opens tonight with the Toronto Rock hosting the Calgary Roughnecks. Below we have come up with five interesting storylines between that game and also Vancouver vs Colorado on Saturday night. Number Five- Roughnecks without Ranger The Calgary Roughnecks will be without forward Scott Ranger this week, and they will probably be without him for the year. The top scoring forward has a broken…
The Calgary Roughnecks travel to Toronto to face the Rock in the Air Canada Centre on Friday, Jan. 3 to kick off the 2014 season for both teams. Both Toronto and Calgary had Week 1 of the NLL schedule off, so they have had an extra week to prepare for this game. “Like every team we’re very excited,” said Roughnecks head coach Curt Malawsky. “It’s a big challenge for us…
This week’s NLL game picks are in! We have two National Lacrosse League games on tap for week two with the Vancouver Stealth opening on the road at 0-1 Colorado and the Calgary Roughnecks and Toronto Rock both starting their seasons. Last week Colorado lost to Edmonton, so that’s all we have to go off of with them; the rest of the teams we have only seen in the pre…
The Rochester Knighthawks began their quest for a National Lacrosse League record third consecutive Champion’s Cup with an 8-6 win over the visiting Minnesota Swarm. This favorable start is in contrast with the Knighthawks’ early season woes of 2013, when Rochester followed their first of back-to-back championships with a 0-3 record to start the year. The game marked the second time the teams had met on The Blue Cross Arena…