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 #8 with the American hold outs in the National Lacrosse League. The National Lacrosse League has historically been a Canadian league but some star American players have broke through. In 2014, that seems it will not be the case, as…
Today we previewed the Rochester Knighthawks season in our NLL video preview series. Check it out below!
The Colorado Mammoth added an additional defenseman to their roster today when they signed Dan Ball. Ball has spent his last two seasons with the Minnesota Swarm but was cut after this year’s training camp. To make room for him on the roster, the Mammoth released defenseman Chet Koneczky and placed him on their practice roster. They also signed former Buffalo Bandit Mike McNamara to their practice roster. Ball has…
The Minnesota Swarm are going into their tenth year of existence this year, this is also the year that the Swarm are going into the season with the largest amount of anticipation and notoriety. This offseason the Swarm acquired Logan Schuss, Scott Jones, Cam Flint, Jason Noble , and Jordan Houtby. All five came by way of this year’s entry draft. To go along with these five rookies the Swarm…
The National Lacrosse League has announced that TSN / TSN2 will broadcast eight National Lacrosse League games across Canada during the 2014 regular season. Live coverage of NLL Lacrosse begins on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 9 p.m. ET on TSN2 as the Vancouver Stealth face the Colorado Mammoth. The broadcast schedule continues on Friday, Jan. 31 with an all-Canada matchup as the Toronto Rock host Vancouver on TSN2 at 7:30…
With the 2014 NLL season kicking off this week let take a look at the Toronto Rock and what to expect from the team in 2014. Roster Forwards (6): Kasey Beirnes, Garrett Billings, Colin Doyle, Rob Hellyer, Stephan Leblanc, Josh Sanderson Defencemen (12): Kyle Belton, Sandy Chapman, Craig England, Jesse Gamble, Damon Edwards, Bill Greer, Stephen Hoar, Scott Johnston, Rob Marshall, Patrick Merrill, Ethan O’Connor, Chris White Goaltenders (2): Zak…
With rosters smaller for the 2014 National Lacrosse League season, we have seen some surprising roster cuts as teams are looking to infuse energy into their lineup with new blood. However, some of the players released have been stars in their day and there is no doubt they will soon return to pro lacrosse action. Gavin Prout has been a staple as an NLL scorer for his entire career, but…
The Toronto Rock defeated the Philadelphia Wings 12-9 in exhibition play at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville on Saturday night. In the opening quarter, Philadelphia opened the scoring with a pair of goals in the first 3 minutes of play to lead 2-0. The Rock answered with a pair but the Wings got those two goals back in short order to restore their two-goal edge. Rock defender Damon Edwards scored…
We are now less then a week away from the start of the 2014 NLL season. The Philadelphia Wings once again have a turnover of major proportions for this season. The Wings will have ten new faces on the active roster from last season. This is mainly due because of the World Outdoor Lacrosse Championships in Denver this coming July. Its no secret the Wings were heavily loaded with talented…
Tonight the Philadelphia Wings travel north of the border for their final rehearsal before the start of the regular season. The Philadelphia Wings will play their third and final pre-season contest tonight when they visit the Toronto Rock at 7pm ET at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario. Just five days ago final rosters where handed in as teams had to be down to 20 active and 4…