Wings Acquire Goaltender Evan Kirk
The Philadelphia Wings have been wheeling and dealing all day long, and now they have added a goaltender.
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Mammoth Acquire Westervelt for Hotaling, Picks
The Colorado Mammoth have acquired Drew Westervelt from the Philadelphia Wings for faceoff man Ryan Hotaling and the 12th and 18th picks in the draft.
Rush Hire Jeff McComb as Offensive Coach
General Manager and Head Coach Derek Keenan announced today Jeff McComb will join the Rush coaching staff as Offensive Coach. “Jeff McComb has a proven track record of coaching productive offense at every level of lacrosse. He is a multiple Canadian Champion at the Jr. A level and has 5 years of NLL experience under his belt as an offensive coach. He is progressive and innovative and is familiar with…
History of NLL First Overalls
In just 4 days the 2013 National Lacrosse League Draft will take place, and we will see who will be the #1 overall pick. Percentages leaning toward Logan Schuss, as the Minnesota Swarm again have four picks in round one. Below are the # 1 overall picks since 1988. Just looking at some of the names, these # 1 overall picks for the most part have improved their game each…
NLL Draft Needs: Vancouver Stealth
The 2013 season ended in heartbreak for the Washington Stealth, as the team suffered their second loss in the Champion’s Cup finals in three years. After an off-season relocation, the franchise will select their first official draft class as the Vancouver Stealth on Monday, September 16. Vancouver did not deal or acquire any draft picks via trade and will select once each round as per their finish from last season….
2013 NLL Draft: Draft Profiles and Official Scouting
We have the most complete analysis of the 2013 NLL draft with scouting reports, stats and interviews with the players themselves. Reports come from our exclusive scouts.
NLL Draft Needs: Minnesota Swarm
Alex Urquhart The Minnesota Swarm are coming off another year in which they made it to the Divisional Finals. The Swarm had a rough regular season only going 7-9. With the NLL 2013 Draft coming up the Swarm will need to look at their deficiencies and try to resolve them before the regular season starts on 28 December against the reigning NLL Champion Knighthawks. The Swarm are going into…
How do NLL and MLL Playoff Formats Affect Each Other?
When Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse/MILL/NLL started in 1987 we had four teams and all made the playoffs. In 1988 we still had four teams and only three made it with the first place team getting a bye to the championship. In 89-90 same format but we had six teams in the league. As the league grew the playoff format was tinkered with over and over. In 1998 they went to…
Knighthawks Host Open Tryouts in October
The Rochester Knighthawks will hold their annual Open Tryouts from Friday, October 18th through Saturday, October 19th at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville, Ontario. The tryouts have been a valuable tool for the back-to-back World Champions, producing three players on the 2013 Championship team. Veteran defenseman Ian Llord was the latest player to use the Open Tryouts to make the Knighthawks roster. It was the tryouts that reenergized the…
Buffalo Bandits 2013 Draft Needs
A disappointing 6-10 record in the 2013 season led to the Buffalo Bandits finishing at the bottom of the NLL standings and missing the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. During this offseason many changes have occurred in Banditland to ensure that the franchise will get back on track next year, bringing in the likes of Rory Smith, Ryan Benesch and a new bench boss in Troy…