The first game of the regular season is in Rochester as the Knighthawks will look to find a way back to the post season and the Toronto Rock debut their new roster. Both teams have plenty of changes, and this will be the first look at both of them in regular season action head-to-head. For the Knighthawks, they’ll spend most of the season without former MVP Cody Jamieson. In his…
New England Black Wolves Top Returner: Shawn Evans, forward Newcomers: Chad Culp, Jay Thorimbert, Doug Jamieson, Reilly O’Connor, Seth Oakes, Matt Spanger Breakout Potential: Sheldon Burns, defense X Factor: Goaltending This is a team looking to contend for a championship in its third season in New England, and their timing could not be better. With teams like Rochester and Toronto in a rebuild mode and likely to have down years,…
East: New England: 13-5 Buffalo: 11-7 Georgia: 10-8 Toronto: 8-10 Rochester: 7-11 West: Saskatchewan: 14-4 Colorado: 12-6 Calgary: 10-8 Vancouver: 7-11 MVP: Shawn Evans, New England Black Wolves Goalie of the Year: Aaron Bold, Saskatchewan Rush Rookie of the Year: Mike Messenger, Saskatchewan Rush Coach of the Year: Glenn Clark, New England Black Wolves Defender of the Year: Graeme Hossack, Rochester Knighthawks Executive of the Year: Rich Lisk, New England Black Wolve Breakout Player: Christian…
The National Lacrosse League season is just around the corner, and teams have finally narrowed down their rosters. There is a lot to be excited about, but here are just a few things to keep an eye out for. Three Americans in Toronto One of the biggest stories out of training camp is a trio of Major League Lacrosse players joining the Toronto Rock in league MVP Tom Schreiber, Connor…
With so much lacrosse talent and only nine teams in the current National Lacrosse League, it’s easy to say there could be double the amount of teams in the league before the competition level became watered down. Using cuts from this year’s preseason only, there are two team possibilities that us at ILWT could come up with. Team One Goalie: Cody Hagedorn, Zach Higgins Defense: John Ranagan, Mike Triolo,…
Whether or not you like the new National Lacrosse League logo isn’t really the point. The league revealed its first logo change since 1998 on Saturday, and reactions to the actual design have been mixed. Gone is the silhouette of a lacrosse player and in its place, a shield logo with a four pointed star to honor the league’s original four teams. If the design is good or not? It’s…
The Toronto Rock ended their preseason on a high Saturday night defeating the Buffalo Bandits 15-13 for their third consecutive win. They finished the preseason 3-0 and will now prepare for their season opener in Rochester on December 29. Toronto built a 9-3 lead in the second quarter but their rivals from Buffalo wouldn’t be denied and kept coming. Mark Steenhuis, Ryan Benesch, and Connor Brown each had a…
It may have been preseason, but don’t tell that to the 12,000 plus fans who packed into the SaskTel Centre on Friday night to watch the Saskatchewan Rush defeat the Calgary Roughnecks 9-6. With moments remaining in the fourth quarter a brawl broke out that included both the team’s goalies. Greg Harnett was sent to the box late in the game for five minutes after it appeared he targeted the head…
Last week, one of the all-time great retired from the game. Shawn Williams (Willy), announced his retirement from the National Lacrosse League, and Major Series Lacrosse. Williams leaves the game ranked in the top ten in four offensive categories. 257 games played is 7th all time, 444 goals places him 7th, 708 assists 6th all time and 1,152 total points is good for the 7th slot all-time. Williams’ career in…
The Toronto Rock moved to 2-0 in NLL pre-season play with a 15-9 win over the Colorado Mammoth Saturday night at the TRAC in Oakville. Hundreds of fans packed the TRAC for the Rock’s second of three home pre-season games. Last week the Rock defeated the Georgia Swarm 10-8 and next week they will host their division rival Buffalo Bandits. The Rock rolled out to a 5-2 lead after the…