The National Lacrosse League has announced that as part of a comprehensive strategic plan, the league’s Board of Governors have voted to increase the length of the regular season from 16 to 18 games for the 2014 NLL season.The comprehensive strategic plan includes findings from a recent survey conducted of NLL fans throughout North America.Among the survey’s findings was a desire by the fans for additional regular season games. …
There were a lot of brawls last week, and that means lots of suspensions this week. Let’s review them team by team so we all know what is going on. Buffalo Bandits David Brock, Billy Dee Smith and Nick Cotter were each suspended one game. They each got a fighting major and match penalty on the floor at the 14:29 mark of their game with Colorado last week thus the…
The eastern division leading Toronto Rock (7-3) will look to secure a playoff spot when they take on the Philadelphia Wings (5-4) Saturday at 1 p.m. on the Wells Fargo Center turf. With a win over Philadelphia, as well as a loss from either Minnesota or Colorado, Toronto would clinch a playoff berth with over a month remaining before the post-season begins. Philadelphia held a 2-3 record early in February…
There was very little activity on the Wings front as far as trades as the deadline came and went yesterday. But today the Philadelphia Wings traded a 3rd round conditional pick in the 2013 entry draft to Buffalo for the playing rights of Goaltender Mikey Thompson. In 97 career games Thompson has a 11.53 GAA. This is a win/win situation for the Wings, If Thompson decides to play, he could…
Yesterday we spoke with Brad Self from the Rochester Knighthawks and Shawn Evans of the Calgary Roughnecks about their foundation, Nationwide Lacrosse.
On Friday NLL teams will not be able to make any more moves on their roster, so teams will be active these next few days. Here are some needs and available players for some teams. Buffalo Bandits Buffalo was active yesterday trading away Scott Self and Jimmy Purves. The trade of Purves leaves the left handed transition slot empty. They added Alex Kedoh Hill to the right side of transition…
Former Buffalo Bandits goaltender Mike Thompson retired after last season, but the Philadelphia Wings still traded for his rights according to NLL.com. The Bandits traded the rights for Thompson to Philadelphia for a conditional third round pick. In related news, Buffalo GM Steve Dietrich traded a sixth round pick to the Toronto Rock for the rights to himself. On paper that might seem crazy, but the NLL has a roster…
The NLL trade deadline has come and gone, and we saw three moves happen in the week ahead of time. All three moves included the current last place team in the east and the reigning champions, the Rochester Knighthawks. First, the Hawks traded former MVP Casey Powell to the Colorado Mammoth for defenseman Jon Sullivan and a third round pick. They lose 22 points in Powell, but the Hawks have…
Just when we thought the trade deadline was over, Scott Self was shipped off to the Rochester Knighthawks in exchange for Alex Kedoh Hill. Self spent the afternoon at Nationwide Lacrosse camp and as of 5pm had no idea that he had been traded. In Lacrosse We Trust heard about the trade from his younger brother Brad who received the news from Knighthawks GM Curt Styres just before 5pm. Brad…
The Bandits have had an interesting season so far, sitting at 5-5 with their new look roster this season. With more than half the season gone, today we look at who the three players are that are on the upswing and the three that aren’t looking nearly as good. Three Up Dhane Smith- He’s lived up to all expectations people should have had for him. The Bandits have had trouble of…