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Rock Move Eric Law to Active Roster

Craig England Will Serve One Game Suspension Saturday Vs. Rochester TORONTO, ON – Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson confirmed today that the Professional Lacrosse Player’s Association (PLPA) has withdrawn the appeal of the one-game suspension assessed to Rock defender Craig England.  England will now serve a one-game suspension this Saturday when the Rock travel Rochester after the PLPA’s appeal had allowed the rookie defenceman to play last week against Buffalo. After…

January 17, 2014
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Preview: Battle of Alberta, Chapter 1

Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) at Edmonton Rush (2-0) 2014 Battle of Alberta, Part 1 of 4 Friday, January 17, 9:30pm ET Crystal Glass Field at Rexall Place W2W4 Friday night will be an important one for the Edmonton Rush organization and the local lacrosse community as Jimmy Quinlan’s #81 will be retired. One thing that teams always have to guard against when it comes to pre-game ceremonies are sluggish starts and…

January 16, 2014
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Minnesota Having Issues Swarming Opponents’ Net

Last season, the Minnesota Swarm were second in the NLL in goals scored. Only Calgary was higher. This season, they are off to a much slower start. Through 16 games last season, they scored 219 goals, an average of 13.7 goals per game. Through 2 games this season, they have scored 11, an average of 5.5 goals per game.   This has them on pace for 99 goals for the…

January 16, 2014
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Wings Backup Goalie: Is Don Alton the Answer?

Last season the Wings invited eight goalies to training camp, by camp’s end Kevin Croswell was signed as a free agent and the Wings thought Kevin Croswell was the answer as the back up to Brandon Miller. Well when Croswell saw action it was a disaster.  He faced 35 shots and allowed 11 goals in 33 minutes of floor time and a 19.87 GAA.  So it was obvious the Wings…

January 16, 2014
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Bayhawks Acquire Peyser from Machine

The Chesapeake Bayhawks just acquired Stephen Peyser and the Ohio Machine will receive the second round draft pick of the 2015 collegiate draft and the first round pick in the Supplemental Draft. Who really won here?  Bayhawks. Peyser is a standout midfielder from John Hopkins and six-year veteran of the MLL. He has accumulated playing time in 70 games, and completed 103 goals and 18 assists. Last season, he averaged…

January 15, 2014
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Denver Outlaws Trade MJ Kiekebelt

On Monday January 13, 2014, the Denver Outlaws traded M.J. Kiekebelt, defenseman from RIT who they acquired in the 62nd round of the Supplemental Draft on December 11, 2013 to the Rochester Rattlers in exchange for midfielder Dan Groot. I asked Outlaws General Manager Tony Seaman the reason for the trade. He said, “The only reason we traded M.J. Kiekebelt is because he just was hired at Cornell as an assistant…

January 15, 2014
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MLL Draft Recap: Ohio Machine

With the first overall pick in this past Friday’s 2014 MLL Draft, the Ohio Machine selected midfielder Tom Schreiber out of Princeton.  Schreiber was the consensus number one pick in the draft and will obviously be a huge piece for the Machine as they look to rebuild following a disappointing 2-12 season in 2013. “I’m very excited,” Schreiber said in a Princeton news release. “It’s a great honor. There had…

January 14, 2014
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Who Won The MLL Draft?

January 14, 2014
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The 2014 MLL Draft came and went this past Friday as teams strove to continue to get better for 2014. Some teams like the Charlotte Hounds and Rochester Rattlers did just that, while others such as Denver and Boston did just OK. Now that we have had time to digest everything that happened this past weekend in Philadelphia here are the teams that really made a difference for their franchise….

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MLL Draft Recap: New York Lizards

January 13, 2014
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The MLL Draft came and went this past Friday and for the New York Lizards, there wasn’t much to build on. After a busy offseason that included adding a lot of offense and midfield help in the acquisitions of attackman Ned Crotty, midfielders Steve DeNapoli and Matt Striebel as well as long stick midfielder Kyle Hartzell. As the Lizards headed into the draft there wasn’t much that needed to be…

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