On Thursday it was announced that the 2010 NLL Champions the Washington Stealth would be moving north of the border for the 2014 NLL season. The Stealth will be moving to Vancouver British Columbia and will play out of the Langley Events Centre (LEC) home to the WLA’s Langley Thunder. The Stealth have been one of the most successful teams over the last five years in the NLL having reached…
The 2013 season saw the Colorado Mammoth fail to advance past the first round of playoffs for the second consecutive season. Moving forward the Mammoth will look to improve weaknesses in their roster by any means, including the NLL Entry Draft. Colorado has benefited from a youthful resurgence of fresh faces into their line-up in recent years. This includes a core group of sophomores in Adam Jones, Jamie Lincoln,…
Which NLL players need to improve before the 2014 season? Read on to find out.
With the draft about three months away and the Philadelphia Wings not picking until round 3 (19 & 22 overall) the wish list is kind of thin. This draft the Wings could have had the fourth and thirteenth overall pick, but they will go to the Edmonton Rush via the Brodie Merrill trade and the Kevin Ross deal respectively. So fans will be saying we could have had….but then they…
The Calgary Roughnecks finished the 2013 regular season in first place in the NLL West Division for the third straight year. And for the third straight year, they did not win the Champion’s Cup. Going into this year’s draft, Roughnecks’ management will be seeking to find the piece or two that will finally put them over the hump and bring home another title. Calgary has the sixth pick in every…
Brian Davies, our resident scouting expert, talks The Philadelphia Wings have always had a connection in drafting players from the United States Collegiate ranks into the National Lacrosse League. The time I was a scout with the organization was no different and proudly where my name could do the most within the organization. My first draft had high hopes coming out of the American talent pool available. Unfortunately the time…
With Darris Kilgour out in Buffalo, they need to start looking at their next coach. Toronto fired Troy Cordingley in favor of John Lovell, but even with those two on the market, there are several NLL level coaches available.
The Mammoth are coming off of a disappointing season, one where their high-power offence, which dominated the competition the year before, just could not perform the same way. Even with the addition of former league MVP Casey Powell, the Mammoth struggled. So what will they do in the offseason? As it stands now, Colorado has the third overall pick in the 2013 NLL entry draft. They will make player selections…
Darris Kilgour was fired as head coach of the Buffalo Bandits yesterday, and he isn’t taking too lightly to it.
As declining ticket sales have caused some turmoil and uncertainty regarding the future of the Edmonton Rush franchise, a significant effort is being made to ensure upcoming on-floor successes. The Rush have already began to make moves in preparation for next year in Edmonton, renewing general manager and head coach Derek Keenan’s contract or the next two years. Edmonton also fired team president Dave Jamieson after just one season…