It has always been said that defense wins championships. Well, someone should inform the Colorado Mammoth of that. The Mammoth made it into the first round of playoffs last year with an unimpressive 7-9 mark to eventually lose to Calgary who has been the kryptonite that past couple of post seasons. Last year Colorado’s’ defense and goaltending was mediocre at best. Not at of it was necessarily their fault either….
The Vancouver Stealth announced that they have signed Burnaby, B.C., native Ilija Gajic to a two-year agreement as he enters his first season with the Stealth and 5th season of his National Lacrosse League career. Gajic played the previous 4 seasons with the Colorado Mammoth before being traded to the Stealth for Bob Snider this past August. With the 2014 season fast approaching, Gajic couldn’t be happier about the chance…
After nine seasons with the NLL, Rochester Knighthawks goalie Matt Vinc has made quite the name for himself as being the only goalie in league history to have won the Goaltender of the Year award three times in his career. Vinc’ career started when he was in high school where he helped his school’s team win two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal at the OFSAA…
Alex Urquhart This year’s Fall Ball has seemed to fly by, but maybe that’s because of the outstanding games that took place. Along with these amazing games the Lacrosse community had a little bit of a heartache when it was announced that Cornell would participate in any scrimmages this fall, due to a hazing incident. Fortunately for the Lacrosse community was saved by the Orangemen of Syracuse, who took…
The two-time defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks are in a rather comfortable situation as they begin their quest for a historic third Champion’s Cup in a row. Rochester recently made this situation even more ideal, locking up two key components of their recent success in captain Sid Smith and goaltender Matt Vinc. In just three seasons with the Knighthawks, Vinc has been named team MVP twice during his time…
Rochester Knighthawks Press Release (October 31, 2013)… One day after re-signing Matt Vinc and Sid Smith to multi-year deals, Rochester Knighthawks Owner and General Manager Curt Styres re-signed forward Dan Dawson to a seven-year contract. The deal is pending league approval. Dawson, who could have tested the open market as an unrestricted free agent, decided instead to remain a Knighthawk for the remainder of his National Lacrosse League career. “It…
With the Wings having locked up there goaltending position with Miller and Kirk, its time to start looking at the offense and defense. As camps start in the next couple weeks and roster size shrinking, there may be players released that may be invited to camp. The new CBA has been in place for just over a week and players have been signed at such a pace that the ink…
The Colorado Mammoth signed two of their young players to multi year deals.
The Vancouver Stealth continued their signing spree earlier today with several free agent signings.
The Calgary Roughnecks have agreed to terms with seven players as well as designating Geoff Snider as a franchise player in preparation for the 2014 National Lacrosse League season. The Roughnecks have re-signed forwards Jeff Shattler (three years) and Dane Dobbie (one year) and defencemen Jon Harnett (two years) and Dan MacRae (two years). Calgary also signed 2013 draft selections Garrett McIntosh (third round, 24th overall) and Jake Hayes (fifth…