This weekend the Colorado Mammoth look to clinch a playoff spot with a win over division rival Minnesota Swarm, who also have a 6-8 record. The Swarm are coming off of a 13-15 loss to the Philadelphia Wings. The Swarm are lead by Ryan Benesch and captain Callum Crawford on offense. Both players have over 70 points this season. Crawford is fourth in the league in assists (53) and fifth…
When the Toronto Rock (10-5) and Philadelphia Wings (6-8) get together for a NLL game it is going to be second to none. Saturdays afternoon matchup from the Wells Fargo Center is expected to be a classic (CBS Sports Network 4:30pm). Toronto can clinch home field throughout the NLL Playoffs with a victory, while the Wings can clinch a playoff berth with a victory. The Wings are also shooting for…
The Bellarmine Knights have been one of the stories of the season in the NCAA, and leading them all year long has been goaltender Dillon Ward. We talked to the top goalie prospect in lacrosse, and he said he has loved this season with the Knights. “Season has been great so far. The guys are really excited about our success so far and were striving for our season goal of…
The CLax playoffs are here and there are just two weeks left in the NLL season. Here are the top ten stories we learned about this week. Demons and Ironmen in Rematch Ohsweken’s regular season was book ended with two wins over Iroquois but they also suffered a loss against them mid-season. The Demons have had an up and down season and have probably been the most inconsistent team in…
With just two weeks remaining in the NLL regular season, three teams have punched their ticket to the postseason, but the remaining two still have a legitimate shot at finding a way in and the seeding of the division remains wide open. The Calgary Roughnecks, Edmonton Rush and Washington Stealth are all knotted at the top with identical 8-6 records. But it isn’t quite as simple as that. The Stealth…
We are now down to the final two weeks of the NLL Regular Season. Is it me or did it seem like yesterday we were talking about the Wings and their American push, along with the struggles Minnesota would have being so young with the 4 picks in round 1. When we started the month of March, I remember saying that we could have all the playoff spots wrapped up…
Rochester Knighthawks forward Cory Vitarelli joined Over and Back with Scott Arnold on Monday night to talk about his season with the Hawks, coming off a championship and playing with the Peterborough Lakers. “It’s heat of the moment” he said about his trademark diving goals. “Every time that I have to score doing that I’m happy it goes in” “The Minto in 2006” Vitarelli said of which championship was the…
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #14 of the 2013 NLL regular season, which featured six games this past weekend as the postseason race heats up. For the second-straight week, the Minnesota Swarm had three players win awards in their respective categories, as they helped a resurgent Swarm team get back into the playoff mix with a weekend split, including a franchise record-setting…
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…
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…