Drafted 8th overall. Victoria, British Columbia native Cody Bremner is looking to crack the Vancouver stealthʼs roster this season. Selected in the first round (8th overall) of the 2013 NLL Entry Draft the right hander has the confidence of the Stealth with good reason. Cody plays for the Nanaimo Timbermen in the Western Lacrosse Association where in 2012 was selected as the WLA top rookie after scoring 69 points (24…
After a disappointing first season as the Buffalo Bandits general manager, Steve Dietrich has been making some notable offseason moves to bring success back to Bandit Land. Dietrich and new head coach Troy Cordingley will have some new faces vying for their chance to dawn the black and orange for the 2014 season. Leading the new crop of Bandits are offseason acquisitions Ryan Benesch and Rory Smith. Benesch has spent…
The back-to-back National Lacrosse League Champion Rochester Knighthawks have re-signed unrestricted free agent Brad Self to a four-year deal today. “It’s great knowing I will be back in Rochester for the next four years,” said Self. “To get it done before camp, get it out of the way and be able to focus on lacrosse is nice.” The Knighthawks will open camp on Saturday, November 23rd in East Rochester at…
The NLL does not pay multi-million dollar salaries. Players make between nothing but paid expenses to a rare maximum of $30,000. Almost every player in the league holds a full time or a few part time jobs on the side. Some are teachers, others are contractors/landscapers and bartenders, to name a few. Games and practices mostly take place on weekends, and some players fly/long distance travel to participate. Most athletes…
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – The Colorado Mammoth were the first NLL team to commence training camp, in preparation for their home opener against the Edmonton Rush on Dec. 28. Colorado brought a 30-man roster into this weekend’s training camp. The Mammoth’s 2013 draft class features five rookies, including third overall pick Dillon Ward. “Dillon Ward had a very good weekend. We’re very excited about his future,” Mammoth head coach Bob…
When the clock strikes 10 tomorrow morning, A.J.Mason, Tucker Durkin, James Delaney, Don Alton, and Rob Pannell will join Kyle Buchanan, Patrick Crosby, Eric Holt and others as rookies and free agents report for a three hour camp. This is step number one for most of these players as they try to make it on to a National Lacrosse League roster. The players that are fortunate enough to make it…
With the announcement of six signings on Friday, the Calgary Roughnecks have finally made a big push to lock down their outstanding free agents. In their first announcement in almost two weeks, the Riggers revealed that they have signed forward Matthew Dinsdale and defenseman Greg Harnett to three-year contracts, while one-year contracts have been made with forward Darrren Kinnear, transitions Travis Cornwall and Curtis Manning, and defenseman Barclay Hickey. That…
The Edmonton Rush selected Mike Burke in the third round of the 2012 NLL draft, 28th overall, as a talented forward from Hofstra University and the Brampton Exclesiors of the OLA. Burke played in just two games in his rookie season, scoring once. That made his first NLL season considerably less auspicious than that of fellow Rush rookies Mark Matthews (38 G, 31 A, Rookie of the Year Award) and…
The Colorado Mammoth sent a press release this morning announcing the retirement of defenseman Richard Morgan from the National Lacrosse League.
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced today that the team has signed John Tavares and eight additional players all to one-year contracts for the 2014 season. “I’m excited to be back for another season in ‘Bandit Land’,” Tavares said. “After a disappointing season collectively and individually I am looking forward to helping the team get back to the top of the league.” In addition to Tavares, the…