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…
Veteran Mike Kirk renegotiated the final year of his previous contract as part of a new four-year deal with the two-time defending National Lacrosse League champions, making him a Rochester Knighthawk through the 2017 season. “Anytime you re-sign with the team that’s won the last two championships, that’s a place you want to be, and where you want to be for the future,” Kirk said. “It’s just an honor to…
The Minnesota Swarm Captain is back to work with the Swarm. Andrew Suitor was once again named the captain of the Minnesota Swarm. Suitor suffered a devastating knee injury last season, that required major surgery to repair. Suitor was at the Swarm’s opening camp this last weekend in Oakville, ON, and while there he got back on the floor for the first time with the team since he went…
With only 24 days before the start of the season, here is the current list of Free Agents (Restricted/Unrestricted) PPL–Protected Player List…………..PUP– Physicaly Unable to Play Ryan Ward was signed by the Wings, number of years undisclosed at time of post
When camp opened for the Rush at the Leduc Recreation Centre last Thursday, the changes made behind the bench in the off season were front and centre as new coaches Jeff McComb and Jimmy Quinlan led twenty seven runners and three goalies through transition drills and system work over the course of the weekend. It goes without saying that Quinlan is very familiar to the players. His transition from team…
According to reports from IL Indoor, the Philaelphia Wings have signed Ryan Ward. Ward, a ten year NLL veteran, had been playing with the Edmonton Rush but he has not been at training camp as an unrestricted free agent, creating speculation that he might not return to the club. The Rush had offered Ward a contract according to IL Indoor and ILWT sources this past weekend at training camp, but…
The Toronto Rock opened training camp last weekend and everything has gone pretty smoothly for the team so far. On Saturday the rock announced that they has signed super star Garrett Billings to a new contract along with resigning Roger Vyse, Kyle Belton and goalie Zac Boychuk to one year deals. Billings has led the Rock in scoring the past two season along with being a runner up for the…
We continued to follow the Calgary Roughnecks training camp last weekend where we spoke with the league MVP Shawn Evans and top faceoff man Geoff Snider.
When the new NLL CBA was signed this off-season, every team in the NLL would have to reduce their active rosters from 23 to 20 players and increase their practice rosters from three to four. The new active roster reduction means that the league’s best lacrosse players would be battling it out even more rigorously this year for every coveted roster spot during training camp and exhibition games. Head coach…
Training camp has been competitive and fast paced with many talented players battling for spots. The Players have all really shown the intensity and effort the coaching staff has been looking for and the players have all worked really hard. Knowing how competitive things are, guys gave it there all. Rookies, Nick Weiss, Cody Bremner and Chris Wardle had really good weekends making an impression with strong showings. Management loved what they…