Kiel Matisz Bringing Poise to Swarm as a Rookie

April 11, 2013

The Minnesota Swarm are the youngest team in the NLL and have four first round draft picks playing every game. One of these players is third overall pick Kiel Matisz who is having a fantastic year with the Swarm. “I’m glad to be a part of such a great league, and even more so a great team in the Minnesota Swarm.” said Matisz. “I have enjoyed my experience in Minnesota…

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NLL: Home Floor Disadvantage?

April 9, 2013

You must admit, the 2013 season has been full of surprises, and very exciting no matter who is your favorite team.  Edmonton’s Mark Matthews seems to be locking up the Rookie of the Year, and is only two goals away from tying John Grant Jr rookie goal scoring record.  Matthews currently has 36, the record is 38 and he has two games left to do it.  Garrett Billings is only…

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NLL Three Stars: Western Dominance

April 9, 2013

Toronto and Washington have clinched while Edmonton lost, Philly and Buffalo continued to struggle. However, today we look at the three best players of the week, and none from those teams. Callum Crawford, Minnesota Swarm Crawford has been the MVP of the Swarm all season long and they got a scare last game when his knee seemed to give out. But luckily, he scored six goals and twelve assists in…

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NLL Power Rankings: Toronto Rocks the Charts

April 9, 2013

Once again the Toronto Rock have claimed the #1 spot in our  INLACROSSEWETRUST.COM POWER RANKINGS.  The Rock this past weekend clinched the Eastern Conference Regular Season Title and a win on Saturday over Philadelphia will give Toronto home floor throughout the NLL Playoffs.  The top 4 teams have clinched a playoff berth.   Toronto Rock  10-5  Clinched NLL EAST with a 10-9 win over the Knighthawks. They can clinch best…

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Wings Avoid Disaster, Swat Swarm

April 8, 2013

The Philadelphia Wings and their fans knew this weekend would be tough at the start of the season, but coming in on a five game losing streak, and the chance to clinch a playoff spot dwindling, this weekend was huge. Saturday night the Wings headed to Rochester to face the defending champion Knighthawks who have recently started to click. This game was big for both teams as they were playing…

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Rock Defeat Knighthawks, Clinch East Title

April 8, 2013

The Toronto Rock (10-5) clinched the regular season eastern division title with a 10-9 win over the Rochester Knighthawks (6-7) Sunday afternoon at the Air Canada Centre. The game marked the third and final meeting between Rochester and Toronto this year, with the Rock taking the edge in the season series 2-1.   Toronto jumped out to a 3-0 lead under ten minutes into the game and would never trail…

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Cross Checks: NLL Week Fourteen

April 7, 2013

Philadelphia and Buffalo are slumping, Toronto, Rochester and Colorado are hot while Minnesota gets it going without Andrew Suitor and the Rush struggle at home. We have all of the info on NLL Week 14 right here.

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NLL: Stealth Outlast Roughnecks in Rubber Match

April 7, 2013

Tyler Richards turned aside 48 shots to lead the Washington Stealth to a 12-11 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks Saturday night. One week after costing his team a win by taking a five-minute major in the fourth quarter that gave the Roughnecks a chance to take an insurmountable lead, T-Rich was on his game from start to finish, shutting down the vaunted Calgary offense. He also got a ton of…

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Stories of the Week: NLL Results Highlight Week

April 7, 2013

Wings Road Woes The Philadelphia Wings lost this week in Rochester after suffering losses to Minnesota and Colorado on the road last week. They finally get a chance back at home today where they face the Swarm again, who by the way scored 21 goals against Buffalo last night. Ironmen Clinch The final Canadian Lacrosse League playoff spot was going to go to either the Iroquois Ironmen or the Barrie…

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NLL: Swarm and Wings face off

April 7, 2013

On Sunday the Philadelphia Wings (5-8) face off against the Minnesota Swarm (6-7). Both of these teams are in need of a win in order to keep their playoffs hopes alive. So expect for the two teams to be hungry for a win which should make for an exciting game. In the last meeting between these teams the Swarm dominated the Philadelphia Wings and won the game 20-11. The keys…

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