ROB HELLYER MOVED TO ACTIVE ROSTER Brandon Benn Moved To Injured Reserve With Lower Body Injury Oakville, ON – When Toronto Rock forward Rob Hellyer went down with an upper body injury on March 21st against the Edmonton Rush, he was on pace to break the NLL’s single season scoring record and finish the season with somewhere around 127 points. The NLL veteran, in his 5th season with the Rock,…
After last week’s games wrapped up, the BIG East Tournament Championship is now seeded. Denver comes in at No. 1, Georgetown No. 2 (win over St. John’s), Marquette No. 3 (loss to DU) and Villanova at No. 4. The real matchup to watch is Marquette against Georgetown. Both teams are similar in caliber and playing style. Marquette was on track to be a second-half cinderella team by out-shooting and out-scoring…
One week to go. Edmonton has clinched the west, Colorado is the number two seed. In the east, Buffalo is locked at number three, but the story in the east is who will be number one. A Rock win on Friday (or a Rochester loss Saturday) and they have home floor throughout the playoffs. Should the Rock lose and Rochester win, Rochester is number one in east and Toronto will…
A busy Sunday of Major League Lacrosse action saw three close games that were all decided by four points or less. There was tremendous play across the board. Here’s my three stars of the weekend. 3. P.T. Ricci (Florida) – 1 goal, 1 assist, 9 groundballs This is an out-of-the-box selection for the weekend’s No. 3 star, but look at P.T. Ricci’s stat line and it’s hard to argue….
When you sit back and think about it MLL is more of an “any given Sunday” type of league than the NFL. If you’re a team that wants to get a runs for its money than the competition in MLL is for you. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Week 3 were two Week 2 rematches, completing two home-and-home series as Chesapeake took on Florida in Annapolis, and Rochester visited…
The conference tournaments started off with a big bang this weekend, with Colgate defeating Army 11-8 to win the Patriot League Championship, followed seconds later by nearby power Syracuse holding off Duke 15-14 to take the ACC Championship. Both of these teams play Saturday at Colgate at 3:30. The ACC Tournament began Friday with Duke defeating #1 Notre Dame 13-8. The game was scoreless for the entire first quarter, before…
Week three provided some intriguing storylines as well as entertaining games. Chesapeake won its one hundredth game, the first MLL team to reach this milestone. Florida attempted a comeback in this game with backup goalie Adam Fullerton but fell short. The loss leaves the Launch 0-2 and with more questions now than ever before. Boston almost failed in their comeback bid and their hundred victory milestone must wait till next…
After three weeks, the one absolute in Major League Lacrosse is New York is by far the best team in the league. For the first time in the early season, they had to grind out a win against Rochester, but the balance on offense has been impressive. The Lizards are spreading the ball well and have 12 different players score at least a goal. They also have three players with…
00 With the Bandits locking up the third and final playoff spot in the Eastern Division Saturday with the 17-9 victory at home against the Vancouver Stealth, the Buffalo Bandits were playing for pride and a little bit of revenge against the New England Black Wolves Sunday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena. With New England winning the first two contests and both teams having back-to-back games for the weekend,…
Paul Rabil’s five-point game (four goals, one assist) propelled the New York Lizards to a 14-12 victory over the Rochester Rattlers on Sunday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium. Rabil, a seven-time Major League Lacrosse (MLL) All-Star, had arguably his finest game as a Lizard, mixing crisp passing with fancy footwork and smart shot selection. Rabil was nearly unstoppable, but Rob Pannell (three goals, one assist), Matt Gibson (two goals,…