Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced today that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Billy Dee Smith on a two-year contract, pending league approval. “We are pleased to have Billy back for another two years,” Dietrich said. “He is one of the premiere defenders in the NLL and we look forward to Billy being a core piece in a revamped defensive unit that we hope will lead us back…
The second player blog of this NLL pre season will be Toronto Rock defenseman Mike Lum-Walker, who is returning from missing 2013 with a torn ACL. After tearing my ACL during the first day of training camp with the Toronto Rock last season I was ready to get back on the lacrosse floor. I spent the past year rehabbing and getting ready for this season, and it was about to…
The Buffalo Bandits will play host to the Philadelphia Wings in pre-season action Saturday, December 7 at the First Niagara Center. The matchup marks the first exhibition game for either team. Troy Cordingley will get his first chance to familiarize himself with the view from the Buffalo bench. The Bandits have shied away from exhibition games in recent years after their infamous 2010 bench clearing brawl with the Toronto Rock…
The Calgary Roughnecks are spending their second weekend of training camp in the Vancouver area as they continue to prepare for the upcoming 2014 season. In addition to their workout schedule, they’ll be playing a scrimmage against the re-tooled Vancouver Stealth squad on Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre. Both teams are still busy locking down their outstanding free agents—Calgary re-signed defenseman Mike Carnegie to a two-year deal just…
When the Buffalo Bandits released their training camp roster for the 2014 season, the list contained the names of thirty six lacrosse hopefuls giving everything they can of themselves in a chance to make that final active roster. One of these participants vying for a spot on the team is Cliff Larkin. Larkin’s burgeoning career is distinguished by a profound sense of versatility, adaptability, and motivation to build the skills…
Edit: It has been confirmed, Kevin Crowley has been signed by the Wings. 11:04 pm 12/6/13 Fresh off the signing of Brett Manney for the 2014 season, the rumor winds started to howl again. Word is from some very reliable sources that Wings forward Kevin Crowley has signed a new two year deal with the franchise. A Crowley signing would obviously bolster the offense of the Wings, who have already…
The Rochester Knighthawks have re-signed local lacrosse product Joe Walters for two more seasons. The former West Irondequoit High School star enters his sixth season with the Knighthawks in 2014 after enjoying back-to-back NLL Championships. “I am happy that the front office has done an outstanding job keeping our team together, which I am sure was one of their main goals” said Walters. “I am grateful to be a part…
This will be the question that is asked all year long: Who would you take to build a new team off of Logan Schuss or Mark Matthews? Matthews was taken first overall by the Edmonton Rush in the 2012 Entry Draft, he went on to win the 2013 Moe’s Rookie of the Year award. He finished his first season with 38 goals and 31 assists, for a total 69 points….
I guess the best way to start this is to do a little intro on who I am! My names Colin Boucher, known as Bouch to most; I’m from a little town in the great white north, Huntsville, Ontario. According to national geographic, Huntsville was listed as the #1 vacation place in the world, in 2011. So that’s fun! The winters get long, cold and thick with snow tho… which…
Last night the Philadelphia Wings locked up defenseman Brett Manney for the 2014 season. Brett enters his sixth season in the NLL, fourth with the Wings. Bringing Manney back will obviously strengthen the defense, but will also bring leadership on the floor and in the locker room. Manney spent his first two seasons with the Stealth before being acquired by the Wings prior to the 2011 season. Manney was a…