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According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will play a pre season game in Montreal, Quebec on December 15th at the Bell Centre, the home of the Montreal Canadiens. The last time there was a pro lacrosse team in Montreal was 2002. There had been talks of a Montreal team in CLax, but it never came to suffice. There have been pre…

Grade: B- Picks: Joe Resetarits, Matthew Dinsdale, Jackson Decker, Chad Cummings, Curtis Pridham, Miles Dennit. The Roughnecks already were a pretty solid team, with the goaltender of the year, some solid defensive players and a very good offense. They could have used someone to set some picks and create some space (ahem Carter Bender), but overall they got some pretty good players in the draft last night. They had their eyes on…

Winners Minnesota Swarm- Hard not to have a good draft with four first rounders and three of them being in the top four. Minnesota got a stud defender in Brock Sorensen plus two elite scorers in Kiel Matisz and Shayne Jackson. They also got Matt Gibson, the MLL rookie of the year and he has experience in the WLA as well. Sam Bradman was a risky pick but he could…

The Washington Stealth added seven players in the 2012 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft, which was held in Toronto, Ontario earlier this evening. The Stealth held five of the first 23 picks in the draft, including three in the second round. With the Stealth’s first round pick traded to Edmonton during the 2012 season, the team first came to the podium to open the second round. With the 11th overall selection, the Stealth…

Welcome to the NLL Draft Live Blog- Follow Below for Updates 1. Edmonton Rush- Mark Matthews 2. Minnesota Swarm- Brock Sorensen 3. Minnesota Swarm- Kiel Matisz 4. Minnesota Swarm- Shayne Jackson 5. Buffalo Bandits- Dhane Smith 6. Calgary Roughnecks- Joe Resetarits 7. Calgary Roughnecks- Matthew Dinsdale 8. Edmonton Rush- Curtis Knight 9. Colorado Mammoth- Colton Clark 10. Minnesota Swarm- Alex Crepensik Second Round 11. Washington Stealth- Tyler Garrison 12. Washington…

Coming as no surprise, the Edmonton Rush selected Mark Matthews as the first overall pick in the NLL draft tonight. Matthews played at the University of Denver and with the junior Whitby Warriors and Coquitlam Adanacs, along with the Denver Outlaws of MLL. Here is the team press release. The Edmonton Rush have selected Denver University standout Mark Matthews with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 National Lacrosse…

The 2012 World Champion Rochester Knighthawks have five selections in tonight’s National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. Fans can follow the draft live from Toronto on NLL.com, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Tonight’s draft will take place in the Westin’s Metro East Room. Fans are welcome to attend the Draft free of charge. Barring a trade, the Knighthawks will begin their portion of the draft in the third round as they select…