The Champion Rochester Knighthawks signed restricted free agent Mac Allen to an offer sheet. Allen only played two games last season for the Mammoth due to injury and registered 7 penalty minutes along with 6 loose balls. Allen over his career has 22 points, 283 loose balls, 174 penalty minutes in 62 regular season games. Allen is the first RFA to sign an offer sheet with a team this off…
The Vancouver Stealth announced that they have locked up their top scorer for next season as Rhys Duch re-signs for another year, pending league approval. Duch is entering his 6th season in the NLL, and has spent his entire career with the Stealth, competing in a total of 89 regular season and playoff games. “The most clutch player in the NLL, there is no doubt that Rhys is the best…
1:11pm- The Edmonton Rush matched the offer sheet and will retain the rights to Ryan Dilks, according to the league. The Buffalo Bandits have made the second RFA offer of the off season today, signing former Toronto Rock and Edmonton Rush defenseman Ryan Dilks. The Rush have 72 hours to match the offer and retain the rights to Dilks, the deadline being 8:30pm on Thanksgiving night. Dilks is one of…
The late October signing of Sid Smith to a seven-year contact opened the floodgates for a November that has seen the Rochester Knighthawks ink contracts with close to twenty players, including nine members of their championship squad from last season. Rochester’s signing spree was not only notable in quantity, the player caliber and length of the deals was also prominent. Captain Sid Smith’s contract was replicated in duration for the…
Philadelphia Wings have signed Pat Saunders to a one year deal. Saunders had a cup of coffee with the Wings in 2012. Saunders also has spent time with the Minnesota Swarm and Toronto Rock. Saunders was a sixth round selection of the Chicago Shamrox back in 2008. Saunders took part in the Wings free agent camp on November 17th and earned a spot on the 40 man camp roster with…
I had the privilege of being located near Hatfield, PA where the Philadelphia Wings hold their annual training camps at BucksMont Indoor Sports Complex courtesy of a season ticket-holding fan. I not only got to see good lacrosse (considering it’s training camp) but also had the chance to make many observations and be educated on the Wings specifically. I spoke with Rocco Granato, the ILWT representative who writes about the…
The Toronto Rock concluded their rookie and free agent camp on Sunday and with it signed most of their draft picks and several free agents. Of their draft picks they signed defender Ethan O’Connor (9th overall), Mike Woods (15th), Alex Lubczuk (44th) and Eric Law (28th). The Rock also signed defenseman Bradley Kiri, a second round pick defenseman from the 2012 draft. He spent time on the practice squad last…
BUFFALO, NY (November 25, 2013) — Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich has announced that the team signed the following players all to one-year contracts: Dhane Smith, Rory Smith, Mike McNamara, Steve Priolo, Joe Resetarits, Dylan Goddard, Jay Thorimbert and Andrew Watt. In addition, Buffalo has also agreed to terms with Ryan Benesch on a two-year deal. Dhane Smith enters 2014 on the heels of a stellar rookie season last year in which he finished atop all Bandits players with 24…
NLL PRESS RELEASE 11/25/13 The National Lacrosse League is proud to announce Under Armour (NYSE:UA) as the league’s new exclusive supplier of performance apparel, footwear & equipment through the 2016 season. NLL players will proudly compete in the new Under Armour® apparel and equipment when the 2014 season begins on December 28. Under Armour will provide NLL athletes with state-of-the-art performance training apparel, baselayer and footwear including the UA Micro…
The Buffalo Bandits began preparations for the upcoming NLL season kicking off their training camp at the First Niagara Center. Despite finishing in last place and missing the playoffs in 2013, the attitude at camp was nothing but enthusiastic and confident. “We made some moves last year that didn’t pan out the way we thought, but brought in some really good players this year” said General Manager Steve Dietrich. “With…