2013 NLL Players to Watch

December 20, 2012

Philadelphia Wings–  The obvious choices here would be Paul Rabil, Kyle Hartzell Ross & Buchanan.  But the player to watch this season will be Kevin Crowley.  After a fantastic rookie season in 2012, the sky is the limit for this second year player from New Westminster.  Crowley tallied 36 goals and 35 assists for 71 points in helping to lead the Wings their first playoff appearance since 2008.  In last years playoffs Crowley notched 4 goals…

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Bandits Roster Includes Several New Faces

December 20, 2012

The Buffalo Bandits have announced their roster for the 2013 season after making several cuts yesterday. Their Injured Reserve has Jamie Rooney, Jordan Critch and Mat Giles to start the season while they have Jimmy Purves on the PUP. The Practice Squad has rookie Kevin Brownell, Craig England and Derek Hopcroft, whom the Bandits had acquired from Colorado. The roster is below. Forwards (9): Carter Bender, Nick Cotter, Chad Culp, Mike…

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Kaleb Toth Retires from the Roughnecks

December 20, 2012

The Calgary Roughnecks announced today the retirement of Kaleb Toth. The longest serving member of the Roughnecks was acquired from the Toronto Rock prior to the 2002 NLL season and has spent the last eleven seasons in a Calgary uniform after his first two seasons with Toronto. Toth is a veteran of over 200 NLL regular season and playoff games combined. “It has been an honor for me to have…

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Rush Sport New Look Roster

December 20, 2012

The Edmonton Rush have announced the roster of players that will wear the silver and black heading into the 2013 National Lacrosse League season. General Manager/Head Coach Derek Keenan announced the team today that will suit up as the Rush defend their NLL West Division title and aim for the franchise’s first Champion’s Cup. (Roster below) The Rush open their 2013 NLL schedule on Sunday, January 13 when they host…

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Rush, Bandits and Knighthawks Place Players on Hold Out List

December 20, 2012

Today we will see plenty of roster moves as NLL teams need to cut their rosters down to 23 and we are already seeing some moves from Buffalo, Edmonton and Rochester. The Bandits placed transition man Scott Stewart on the Hold Out List. The Bandits had recently signed Stewart after he had been released by the Colorado Mammoth. They also placed Jordan Crtich and Jamie Rooney on the Injured Reserve….

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Stealth Make More Roster Moves

December 20, 2012

The Washington Stealth have released defenders Eric Martin and Kyle Ross, completing a series of pre-season roster moves in preparation for its season opener Jan. 5th against the defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks. The moves make way for a new class of players acquired through the draft and free agency. General Manager Doug Locker expects this will boost his defensive unit and help the Stealth return to the success it enjoyed…

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NLL 2013 Cut List: Where The Cuts Play Now

December 19, 2012

We will be keeping up with all of the NLL players cut after they were released by their teams before the roster deadline Thursday. Here is all of the notable players without homes, along with where we could see them end up. Angus Goodleaf (Buffalo) There are a lot of goalies out there who are able to play a backup role, but over the years Goodleaf has been reliable as anyone in…

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Bandits Cut Goodleaf, Sign Billy Dee Smith

December 19, 2012

The Buffalo Bandits are beginning to make their cuts before their last pre season game on Friday against Philadelphia. They cut long time backup goalie Angus Goodleaf along with other players. They cut lose Travis Gibbons, Brandon Francis, Mitch Barnard, Jordan Daradick, Travis Irving, Kyle Schmelzele, Wenster Green and Brendan Doran. Green was drafted to the Bandits but also the Iroquois Ironmen of the Canadian Lacrosse League, so there is…

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NLL Three Stars: Rock vs Knighthawks

December 19, 2012

The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks in some pre season action this past Saturday to get their pre season record to 1-1. Here are some of the best performances from the game. Scott Evans- Toronto Evans put on the Toronto Rock uniform for the first time and put up four goals for Toronto in their 14-10 win over Rochester. Evans missed the playoffs with Edmonton last year, but he…

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