After a disappointing first season as the Buffalo Bandits general manager, Steve Dietrich has been making some notable offseason moves to bring success back to Bandit Land. Dietrich and new head coach Troy Cordingley will have some new faces vying for their chance to dawn the black and orange for the 2014 season. Leading the new crop of Bandits are offseason acquisitions Ryan Benesch and Rory Smith. Benesch has spent…
The back-to-back National Lacrosse League Champion Rochester Knighthawks have re-signed unrestricted free agent Brad Self to a four-year deal today. “It’s great knowing I will be back in Rochester for the next four years,” said Self. “To get it done before camp, get it out of the way and be able to focus on lacrosse is nice.” The Knighthawks will open camp on Saturday, November 23rd in East Rochester at…
Team Canada once again came out on top over the Iroquois Nationals in the battle of the indoor lacrosse powerhouses, this time in a 12-11 thriller in front of 7,000 fans at the Bell Centre in Montreal,QC. Canada jumped out to a early 4-1 lead with goals from Stephan Leblanc(2), Jordan McIntosh, and Ryan Benesch. A highlight reel coast to coast rush to crease dive goal by Tom Montour helped…
It sure has been a busy couple weeks in the MLL. There have been blockbuster trades and we’re still over a month away from the Collegiate Draft, with the Supplemental Draft just about two weeks out. Rochester was in the mix of humongous barters with the New York Lizards. Most recently, the Rattlers acquired the big man on attack, Mark Matthews, which sent Steve DeNapoli and a fourth round supplemental…
The NLL does not pay multi-million dollar salaries. Players make between nothing but paid expenses to a rare maximum of $30,000. Almost every player in the league holds a full time or a few part time jobs on the side. Some are teachers, others are contractors/landscapers and bartenders, to name a few. Games and practices mostly take place on weekends, and some players fly/long distance travel to participate. Most athletes…
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – The Colorado Mammoth were the first NLL team to commence training camp, in preparation for their home opener against the Edmonton Rush on Dec. 28. Colorado brought a 30-man roster into this weekend’s training camp. The Mammoth’s 2013 draft class features five rookies, including third overall pick Dillon Ward. “Dillon Ward had a very good weekend. We’re very excited about his future,” Mammoth head coach Bob…
BIO: Corning East (Upstate NY) Defenseman, Finger Lakes Community College Midfield/Attack, Niagara Hawks (CanAm Senior B) Transition/Defense, US Indoor Lacrosse Defenseman, Kentucky Stickhorses Defenseman 2011/2012 Each week we will explore various skills and how each skill is critical to the sport of lacrosse. I believe that in order to continually get better, an athlete must have the ability to be self-aware and have a passion for continuing to learn…
The Rochester Rattlers have been making huge moves this off-season, most notably trading Max Striebel and Ned Crotty to the New York Lizards. The one that probably is of more importance than that trade, at least to the New York Lizards, is the trading away of Steve DeNapoli. The Lizards gave up Mark Mathews, the young Canadian and Denver grad, and a fourth round pick in the Supplemental draft….
There’s a new force to be reckoned with as Division I NCAA Men’s Lacrosse adds a new member to its ranks in the University of Richmond Spiders. Over the fall season, the Spiders took part in the Play for Parkinsons tournament in Alexandria, VA. The team, led by head coach Dan Chemotti, went 0-2 on the day, but took Towson to a 9-7 final and fell to Georgetown 11-3. Corey…
When the clock strikes 10 tomorrow morning, A.J.Mason, Tucker Durkin, James Delaney, Don Alton, and Rob Pannell will join Kyle Buchanan, Patrick Crosby, Eric Holt and others as rookies and free agents report for a three hour camp. This is step number one for most of these players as they try to make it on to a National Lacrosse League roster. The players that are fortunate enough to make it…