 The Washington Stealth announced today that veteran forward Dean Hill has signed a one-year contract for the 2013 season, pending approval by the National Lacrosse League. Hill will be entering his eighth NLL season and his second with the Stealth in 2013. Hill, 27, was signed by the Stealth as a free agent prior to the 2012 season. He played a significant role in the Stealth offense, recording 38 points on 17…
The Iroquois Nationals have announced their roster for the Third Annual Bowhunter Cup, which will take place at The Blue Cross Arena on Saturday, October 13th at 8:00 p.m. The Iroquois Nationals will take on the United States in the International Exhibition at the home of the National Lacrosse League Rochester Knighthawks. “We look forward to an exciting game, between two highly talented teams with stacked rosters,†said Iroquois Nationals General…
Name:Â Carter Bender Position:Â Forward Teams:Â Rochester Rattlers, Brampton Excelsiors Points:Â 25 Bender played his college lacrosse with the Hartford Hawks. A field and box lacrosse player, Bender has shown the ability to play both levels of lacrosse at a high level. “I prefer box lacrosse because of the fast paced and compact game style.” says Bender. “Although I do enjoy some of the structure to field lacrosse, and love playing outside in the…
Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced the signing of three players. Â Mike Hobbins, Brenden Thenhaus and Nick Inch have all signed one-year agreements with the Toronto Rock. Defender Mike Hobbins returns for a fifth season with the Rock. Â The 28-year old native of Peterborough, ON scored 8 points (2 goals, 6 assists) in 14 regular season games in 2012 while also collecting 39 loose balls. He has played…
After analysis, research and talking with players, agents, coaches and general managers, we have a second National Lacrosse League mock draft for more information. 1. Edmonton- Mark Matthews We talked to Matthews this week, and we know he is ready to play professional indoor lacrosse. He said he thinks MLL and NLL will be very different, although they are both pro leagues. We’ve seen what he can do in the…
urtis Dickson scored two of his game-high four goals in the fourth quarter as Canada pulled away for an 11-9 victory over the United States in the Duel in Denver, a men’s lacrosse exhibition game played before 4,583 fans at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park will also be the home for the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship, a 10-day event that will draw up to…
This has been a real crazy year for professional lacrosse, especially when it comes to “growth”. It appears that suddenly everyone wants to make greater efforts to spread the sport, and their method seems to be by starting new leagues. In the past year we have seen the introductions of the NALL, CLax, PLL, MILA, and now the new Prospects Lacrosse League. Its too early to say much about the…
Rochester Knighthawks transition man Travis Hill will be back to help the team defend their 2012 National Lacrosse League Championship after agreeing to a new one-year deal. “It feels great to be back to defend the Cup,†said Hill, who won his first Champion’s Cup in May. Hill finished the 2012 season with a career-high four goals, and collected 25 loose balls in nine games. The Six Nations product was…
The Calgary Roughnecks general manager Mike Board announced today that the National Lacrosse League club has re-signed right-handed forward Scott Ranger to a one-year contract. Defencemen Matt Leveque and Brad Richardson have also signed one-year agreements. Ranger recently completed his eighth season in the National Lacrosse League. He recorded 24 goals and 37 assists for 61 points and collected 30 loose balls over 16 games with Calgary during the 2012…
Name: Joe Resetarits Position: Forward Team(s): Brampton Excelsiors, St. Catharines Athletics, Hamilton Nationals Stats: 28 points (Sr A) Joe Restarits has seen experience at multiple levels of lacrosse. He has professional field lacrosse experience with the Hamilton Nationals. He won a Mann Cup in 2011 with the Brampton Excelsiors. And he dominated Jr A with the Athletics. Is Resetarits a projected first round pick? Some have him there, and some don’t.  “I’ve been watching the NLL…