With the 2014 NLL season officially underway, the latest wave of rookie talent made their presence felt Saturday night. Out of the six squads to begin action over the weekend, all but the Rochester Knighthawks and Buffalo Bandits featured at least one rookie in the lineup. Minnesota The youthful Swarm dressed a trio of signees from their recent draft class in Saturday’s loss to Rochester. Leading the way for the…
Philadelphia Wings Right—Complete game was played. They won every quarter with no let up. Jordan Hall led the way 5G/2A. New Wings Kyle Buchanan 3G/5A, Tracey Kelusky 2G/4A, and Ryan Ward 5A made their presence known. Power Play 3-6. Moved ball well on inside and two man game. Solid performance by Evan Kirk. Wrong—Too many unnecessary penalties, need to be more dominant on the face-offs, getting beat one-on-one after losing…
Last night the Buffalo Bandits fell to the Philadelphia Wings in disappointing fashion 17-13. We spoke with their head coach along with others with the Bandits and the Wings. Troy Cordingley
The Minnesota Swarm took on the defending NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks last night in the their season opener and fell short of the win. The 8-6 final was the lowest scoring game of the NLL’s season openers, which saw a win by the Philadelphia Wings 17-13 over the Buffalo Bandits, and a 13-10 win by the Edmonton Rush over the Colorado Mammoth. The Swarm could never get much going…
Last night the Colorado Mammoth fell to the Edmonton Rush at home by a score of 13-10. Adam Jones was an offensive star despite the loss with six points, four of which were goals and he shot 14 times. After the game we caught up with him about the game.
The Rush overcame a slow start and a good initial push offensively by the Mammoth but came alive in the second quarter, outscoring Colorado 6-2 to to take an 8-6 lead at half time. Even though their offence had to make last minute substitutions for rookie Robert Church (illness) and Dane Stevens (unexpected family matter), they continued to roll in the third, opening the quarter with three straight goals to…
It was déjà vu all over again as the Buffalo Bandits were defeated in their season opening game by the Philadelphia Wings, 17-13. Jordan Hall led the Wings to their first victory of the season and was the recipient of the game’s first star honor as he recorded seven points on five goals and two assists. Buffalo Bandits head coach Troy Cordingley was not happy with his team’s results this evening. “We were taught…
Tyler Burton did not have long to celebrate his new two-year deal with the Rochester Knighthawks. Just one day later, Burton was at The Blue Cross Arena preparing for the team’s season opener. “I started here, I love the coaching staff and everything to do with this team,” said the fourth-year pro. “I am just really happy to be here.” The London, Ontario native has won back-to-back championships with Rochester…
Over the next nine days, we will be looking at the top nine stories of the year in lacrosse, based off of our most read and covered stories. Today is #4 looking at the new CBA deal with the National Lacrosse League. The National Lacrosse League had to renew their Collective Bargaining Agreement before the 2014 season, and they needed to avoid a lockout situation. The league had created a…
Week one of the National Lacrosse League season is here and we have our game picks ready to go. Three games are on tap with Minnesota at Rochester, Philadelphia at Buffalo and Edmonton at Colorado. Send your game picks to us via twitter @LacrosseWeTrust or leave them in the comments.