After guiding the Rochester Knighthawks to their third National Lacrosse League championship in franchise history, the team’s eldest player and captain has decided to go out on top. Pat McCready, a veteran of 17 seasons in the NLL, held off retirement to make his return to the Knighthawks’ lineup. His storied career came full circle when he hoisted the Champion’s Cup in same city as he did 15 years prior….
In Act 1 on February 8th the Knighthawks came into the Wells Fargo Center and used an eight goal second quarter, and a nine goal second half to exit stage left with a 20-10 victory. Dan Dawson who had 11 points coming into the game, registered 11pts (4G/7A). In Act 2 on February 23rd in Rochester NY, the Wings battled back from a four goal deficit in the first…
As the number of weeks left in the regular season, the teams, chances, and scenarios increase for the teams to make the 2013 NLL Playoffs. Last week with two wins the Wings would of clinched, instead they dropped both. The Stealth could of clinched, but they lost. Toronto (clinched playoff spot) could have wrapped up home field throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs with two wins, they split giving them nothing…
Washington Stealth head coach Chris Hall on goaltender Tyler Richards’ five minute major penalty. “I really don’t have a comment on it until I see the tape but obviously it was a game-changing play. We could have still tied it up. We made some mistakes in the last 10 minutes by some veteran guys that were costly.” Stealth rookie defender Mitch Jones on his first career NLL goal. “I felt…
Here are the top ten plays of the week from the National Lacrosse League, where we see the Toronto Rock captain Colin Doyle deliver with the top play of the week.
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #13 of the 2013 NLL regular season which featured five games this past weekend. Three Minnesota Swarm players won awards in their respective categories for their performances in a decisive 20-11 home win over the Philadelphia Wings that improved their position in a tightly-contested playoff race. Swarm forward Callum Crawford, ranked fifth in the NLL with 41…
After getting off to a solid 3-1 record early in the season, the Bandits have seen their season slowly fall apart. Now tied for the worst record in the NLL, the Bandits seem to really be in that rebuild that it looked like they may endure. The problems with the Bandits have depended on the day. Sometimes the defense looks horrendous, other times it seems that the team just can’t…
Last night Minnesota Swarm goaltender Evan Kirk joined The Lacrosse Radio Network’s show Wings Nest to discuss the Swarm’s season and their win over the Philadelphia Wings last week. Kirk spoke about auctioning off his goalie mask which pays homage to former NLL goalie Chris Sanderson. “It’s on auctions.mnswarm.com and on my twitter. To buy it now is $4,000. It only has a couple weeks. Not only does the mask…
The playoff races are heating up as teams fight for positions. This is the time of year players become legends with their performances. Below are the best three players from week thirteen in the NLL. Matt Vinc, Rochester Knighthawks Vinc might be the best goaltender in the world, and he showed why on Saturday night against Toronto. The Rochester netminder made 47 saves in the win. It also happened to…
1. Edmonton Rush 8-5 After a weekend sweep and clinching a playoff berth, the Rush were on a bye this past week. Last 3 games at home. First up Colorado Saturday night 9pm 2. Toronto Rock 9-5 Weekend split (Win 18-11 v Buffalo, Loss 12-8 Rochester)secures a home playoff game. Win over Rochester this weekend secures the NLL East.. Next game Sun April 7 vs Rochester 3pm 3. Calgary Roughnecks…