It goes without saying that one of the players to watch weekly is rookie sensation Mark Matthews of the Edmonton Rush. So here are 10 others to watch for this week. Luke Wiles: Only 3 goals and 6 assists in 4 games? WOW… With John Tavares out of the lineup this week with a calf injury the Bandits will be looking to Wiles to be one of the main goal scorers….
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week award winners for Week #4 of the 2013 NLL regular season, as seven games highlighted the busiest weekend on the schedule. After two convincing wins on the road, the Calgary Roughnecks had three players, Shawn Evans, Geoff Snider and Mike Poulin, win the weekly award at their respective positions, while the Minnesota Swarm‘s Kiel Matisz won Rookie of the Week….
Brock Sorensen was a highly sought after prospect in the NLL for the past few years. The Minnesota Swarm selected him with the second overall pick in the 2012 draft, and he has now played three games as a member of the Swarm. “It was great experience to play in Minny for the first time.” said Sorensen about playing with the Swarm in St. Paul last weekend. “There as a…
The Toronto Rock took ownership of top spot in the Eastern Division after their 2-0 weekend. After a 13-12 come from behind home win over the Minnesota Swarm, the Rock travelled to Rochester where they picked up their third road win of the year in the form of an 11-7 victory over the Knighthawks. Garret Billings led the Rock in the wins with an 8 point performance versus Minnesota, followed…
After a 1-2 start and giving up the second most goals against in the Western Conference, the Colorado Mammoth have decided to release veteran goaltender Chris Levis. This season, Levis has a goals against average of 18.92 in three games played. Over Levis’ career, which began in 1998, Levis has a respectable GAA of 11.64. However, in the past three years there is no doubt he has struggled. Matt Roik,…
On Friday night the Edmonton Rush played their third game of the season, and they fell to the three win Washington Stealth. Despite their 1-2 start, defenseman Brett Mydske says that nobody is panicking yet. “Obviously being 1-2 is how we wanted to start the season, but nobody is panicking. We haven’t been playing terribly, but I think playing a full 60 mins is key. In this league you can’t…
As the 2013 season started the Philadelphia Wings won their first 2 games surprising many lacrosse experts. After a heartbreaking loss in Buffalo Saturday night, the Wings returned home only to be defeated 16-8 by the Calgary Roughnecks. The Roughnecks where led by Dane Dobbie 4G/2A, Curtis Dickson 3G/2A, and former Wing Geoff Snider 3G/1A. The game did not start off well for the Wings as 15 seconds into the game…
The Minnesota Swarm opened their home schedule last night with a 15-14 win over the first place Washington Stealth. They were led by Ryan Benesch and rookie Kiel Matisz who each scored three goals in the win. Goaltender Evan Kirk made 44 saves on the Stealth in the victory including 16 alone in the fourth quarter. For the Stealth, goaltender Tyler Richards was back in action and he made 37…
The Rochester Knighthawks, one of the favorites going into this NLL season, are now 0-3 after falling to the Toronto Rock last night 11-7. Rochester is the only winless team in the league after Minnesota lost last night and are in last in the Eastern Conference. The Knighthawks are the reigning NLL champions and boosted their attack this off season with Dan Dawson and Casey Powell. However, they have scored…
Today the Wings try to rebound from their first loss of the 2013 season as they face the Calgary Roughnecks. Calgary is coming off a dominating 19-12 victory over the Mammoth Friday night, as the Roughnecks showed how balanced this team truly is. Calgary was led by Shawn Evans 4G/9A. But it isn’t only Evans the Wings have to worry about. Dane Dobbie 4G/3A, Jeff Shattler 3G/5A, Scott Ranger 3G/3A,…