You may have heard of Marty O’Neill. He was a goaltender in the NLL in the 1990s, has been an NLL GM, most recently with the Minnesota Swarm, and is currently a lacrosse reporter. I got a chance to catch up with him and talk lacrosse with one of the greatest minds in the game. MI: The draft is months away but the prospects are always interesting. Who are some…
Although it may not be as hyped or eventful as the trade deadline in some other sports, the NLL Trade Deadline is a good chance for teams to address a need they might have before they go on their playoff run. For the Bandits, who now sit at 5-5, it’s hard to exactly pinpoint what that need is. Watching the Bandits towards the beginning of the season, it seemed very…
The Rochester Knighthawks have made a few trades out to Denver with star players recently. Two years ago it was John Grant Jr and now it’s Casey Powell being shipped to the Colorado Mammoth for defender Jon Sullivan and a third round pick. The NLL trade deadline is on Wednesday and Colorado and Rochester are the last place teams in their respective conferences. It’s rare to see moves these big…
Tonight Goods On Lacrosse returns on the Lacrosse Radio Network with a whole new revamped look, featuring a brand new logo. After a short hiatus from the network the show will be returning to its regular time slot of 6:00 eastern every Wednesday evening. The first show back will feature Toronto Shooting Stars forward and Buffalo Bandits practice squad member Derek Hopcroft. Hopcroft has been playing in the Canadian Lacrosse…
If you missed it, the Buffalo Bandits and Colorado Mammoth had an epic duel at the end of their game with five men fighting on each side. Video is below.
The Rock have seven wins and are in first place, and below we take a look at their three up and down for the season thus far. Garrett Billings After a record setting 114 point season last year, Billings has continued the momentum into the 2013 season. Billings 66 points currently leads the Rock and puts him behind only Shawn Evans of Calgary in the NLL point race. Billings’ seven…
Goaltending: Its obvious to anyone who can see that Coach Mouradian has very little if any confidence in Kevin Croswell. This past weekend proves my point. As Brandon Miller was getting beat, normally you see a coach pull the starter for a bit to re-focus. That never happened. My suggestion.. Nick Patterson. He is a free agent after his release from Washington I liked Patterson over Crosswell, but before the…
The NLL trade deadline is coming up, so we spoke with general managers throughout the league about what we might see happen. Today we spoke with the GM of the Calgary Roughnecks, Mike Board. Board says that he feels the offense is a strong point for the Riggers and that is not an area they would look to improve. “We feel our offence can compete with any team in the…
This weekend the Brampton Inferno and Durham TurfDogs played in Cobourg, Ontario in an effort to evaluate expansion possibilities. Rochester Knighthawks defenseman Brad Self was there to talk about Nationwide Lacrosse.
The Washington Stealth flew into Philadelphia and bombed the Wings 16-10. The Stealth were led by Rhys Duch (5G/3A) & Lewis Ratlcliff (4G/3A). The Stealth took a 4-2 lead after the first quarter and blew the game wide open by scoring six of the seven goals before half time making the score 10-3. Ratcliff’s third goal of the game at 12:02 of the second quarter was his 400th of his…