The Minnesota Swarm have stayed fairly quiet since the 2013 Entry Draft, where they had the most picks of any team and the most first round draft picks ever with four. The Swarm drafted a ton of young players that will be huge parts in the upcoming season. At the moment the Swarm have only a handful of spots on the team up for grabs. This means that the Swarm…
While signing RFAs in the NLL is a rarity, sometimes it happens and teams lose their top players. Teams this week qualified some of their studs to prevent them from becoming free agents.
The Vancouver Stealth announced that they have re-signed Coquitlam, B.C. native Matt Beers to a one-year contract, pending league approval. Beers, entering his fifth season with the Stealth, was originally selected by the Stealth 13th overall in the 2009 NLL Entry Draft and has played his entire career with the organization. In 62 regular season games, he’s tallied 42 points (10g, 32a) and 264 loose balls. Beers is one of…
The Calgary Roughnecks have re-signed goaltender Frankie Scigliano and signed 2013 draft pick Karsen Leung (second round, 10th overall) to one-year contracts for the 2014 National Lacrosse League season, pending league approval. Scigliano, a native of Coquitlam, British Columbia, has dressed for 27 games over two seasons with Calgary, posting a 12.00 goals-against average and .768 save percentage, allowing 38 goals on 164 shots-against in 189 minutes played. The Roughnecks…
Mitch McMicheal came out of nowhere last season to become an impact player with the Washington Stealth. Heading into year two, he just wants to help the club.
It has always been said that defense wins championships. Well, someone should inform the Colorado Mammoth of that. The Mammoth made it into the first round of playoffs last year with an unimpressive 7-9 mark to eventually lose to Calgary who has been the kryptonite that past couple of post seasons. Last year Colorado’s’ defense and goaltending was mediocre at best. Not at of it was necessarily their fault either….
The Vancouver Stealth announced that they have signed Burnaby, B.C., native Ilija Gajic to a two-year agreement as he enters his first season with the Stealth and 5th season of his National Lacrosse League career. Gajic played the previous 4 seasons with the Colorado Mammoth before being traded to the Stealth for Bob Snider this past August. With the 2014 season fast approaching, Gajic couldn’t be happier about the chance…
After nine seasons with the NLL, Rochester Knighthawks goalie Matt Vinc has made quite the name for himself as being the only goalie in league history to have won the Goaltender of the Year award three times in his career. Vinc’ career started when he was in high school where he helped his school’s team win two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal at the OFSAA…
The two-time defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks are in a rather comfortable situation as they begin their quest for a historic third Champion’s Cup in a row. Rochester recently made this situation even more ideal, locking up two key components of their recent success in captain Sid Smith and goaltender Matt Vinc. In just three seasons with the Knighthawks, Vinc has been named team MVP twice during his time…
Rochester Knighthawks Press Release (October 31, 2013)… One day after re-signing Matt Vinc and Sid Smith to multi-year deals, Rochester Knighthawks Owner and General Manager Curt Styres re-signed forward Dan Dawson to a seven-year contract. The deal is pending league approval. Dawson, who could have tested the open market as an unrestricted free agent, decided instead to remain a Knighthawk for the remainder of his National Lacrosse League career. “It…