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Buffalo Bandits veterans Mike Thompson and Darryl Gibson today announced their retirement from the National Lacrosse League. Thompson joined the Bandits in 2007, going 5-4 in his first full NLL season after appearing in eight games with the Ottawa Rebel in 2001. In just his second year with the team, Thompson backstopped the Bandits to the 2008 Champion’s Cup Final, where he made 39 saves to bring Buffalo its fourth…

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Swarm today announced that the team has signed free agent forwards Jesse Guerin and Aaron Grayson to one-year contracts. Guerin, 24, posted a career-high 59 points (22g, 37a) in 14 games with the MSL’s Ajax Rock this summer. The lefty forward from Fleming College ranked second in the MSL in all three major scoring categories (points, goals and assists) during the regular season and twice posted 10-point efforts against…

The Washington Stealth announced today that the team has agreed to a contract with Eric Martin that will have the defenseman back in Red & Black for the 2013 season, pending approval by the National Lacrosse League. Martin has spent all of his eight NLL seasons with the Stealth and has established himself as one of the team’s all-time greats. Martin, 30, was originally drafted 12th overall by the Stealth…

The Toronto Rock have re-signed defender Jesse Gamble to a one-year contract pending league approval.  Gamble was the Rock’s top pick in the 2011 NLL Entry Draft after being selected in the 2nd round, 17th overall. The 24-year old cracked Toronto’s opening night roster in 2012 and played in a total of 11 games.  He scored 3 goals and added 6 assists for 9 points while collecting 55 loose balls….

After letting go of their head coach a few weeks ago, the Calgary Roughnecks have announced former assistant coach Curt Malawsky will be the new head coach of the team. Bob McMahon will remain on the staff as an assistant coach and former Roughneck Bruce Codd will retire as a player and join the Roughnecks staff. He played with the Toronto Rock in the 2012 NLL season. Malawsky has won…

The National Lacrosse League has announced that the 2012 NLL Entry Draft will take place on Monday, October 1 in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle.  The draft starts at 7pm Eastern and will be broadcast live on The NLL Network at NLL.com.  The Edmonton Rush currently hold the first overall selection in the Draft.  The current order of selection for the six round draft is listed below. Attendance is…

According to the team, the Philadelphia Wings have traded David Brock and Mike Hominuck to the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for restricted free agent Kevin Buchanan. The Wings also acquire the Bandits third round pick for the 2013 NLL entry draft. Philadelphia trades away one of their top lefty shots in Hominuck, but they replace him with Buchanan, another lefty. It hasn’t been said if the Wings signed Buchanan, who…

Buffalo Bandits Director of Lacrosse Operations Scott Loffler today announced the team has signed All-Pro forward John Tavares to a one-year contract. “I am extremely excited to be back for another year and looking forward to turning things around,” said Tavares. “We had an off year last season, but that will change in 2013. Banditland and the city of Buffalo deserve another championship and we are going to do everything we can to bring…

One of the more active teams so far in the NLL Off-Season has been the Buffalo Bandits, who are going forward with new GM Steve Dietrich. It appears that Dietrich is trying to make his mark, already making many moves to retain players and acquire new ones. Today we’re going to be taking a look at those views and I’ll give you my spin on each of them. On offense…

Rochester Knighthawks Owner and General Manager Curt Styres announced today that the team has re-signed defensemen Kyle Laverty and Jamie Batson. The contracts are pending league approval. Laverty enters his fifth season with the Knighthawks after agreeing to a one-year deal. The gritty defenseman capped off the 2012 season with the Knighthawks by winning a World Championship. “Over the last four years there have been a lot of changes to…