The Major League Lacrosse playoffs are just over a week away and the top four teams will compete for the league title. Some of the best players will be competing, and we asked some of them how they prepare for playoff intensity.
Major League Lacrosse has recognized Drew Snider for his 2013 performance with the Denver Outlaws, awarding him with Warrior Most Improved Player honors as voted on by the League’s coaches and general managers. WATCH: Drew Snider Highlights “This award means a lot to me,” said Snider. “We’re having an awesome season and the credit goes to my teammates, my supportive coaching staff and this wonderful organization. I couldn’t…
The Bayhawks have played in the MLL since the league’s inception in 2001. The Bayhawks are the MLL’s second winningest franchise of the league. The franchise has won four MLL Championships and four division titles throughout their history in the league. In 2001, the Bayhawks won the National Division crown, but fell short in the championship game to the Long Island Lizards. In 2002 the Bayhawks repeated as National…
On Wednesday night the WLA championship kicked off as the Langley Thunder hosted the Victoria Shamrocks in game one of their series. The first period started off quiet with neither team being able to breakthrough. At the eight minute mark Jeff Shattler would take a 2 minute penalty putting Langley on the power play. It would be Victoria though that would score first as Tyler Haas scored short handed to…
The Hamilton Nationals (9-5) have had a very successful season finishing tied for second place in the regular season standings. They have advanced to the Final Four Weekend in Philadelphia where they will play the defending champions Chesapeake Bayhawks (9-5) at 4 PM. The Nationals have been led by a trio of players offensively this season with Kevin Crowley leading the team in scoring with 38 goals, 3-2PT goals and…
The migration of talent from north of the border continues and is finding more success each year. The graduations of Cam Flint, Jason Noble, Jake Hayes, Reid Acton, Robert Church, and the list goes on and on, prove that Canadians are successfully putting their stamp on the American Collegiate Lacrosse game. The infusion of their talents are not taking as long as had it been. Here is a list of…
Tonight in the WLA the WLA final kicks off as the Langley Thunder host the Victoria Shamrocks. Both teams are coming off sweeps in the first round as Langley decimated Coquitlam and Victoria swarmed over Burnaby. These two teams faced off three times this season with Langley winning the season series 2-1. Langley landed the most dominant victory as they beat Langley 11-6 in the regular season. Langley’s offense has…
Major League Lacrosse is proud to announce Denver Outlaws’ Coach Jim Stagnitta as the 2013 Brine Coach of the Year. Coach Stagnitta led the talented Outlaws squad to the first perfect season in MLL history, ending the regular season with an unprecedented 14-0 record. WATCH: Denver Outlaws Sounds of the Game “Receiving this award is a great honor and the culmination of the hard work of many people,”…
Shawn Evans has added the Jim Murphy Award for the league’s most valuable player to the Bucko McDonald award he earned as Major Series Lacrosse’s leading scorer, MSL has announced. Evans won the scoring title by putting up 7 points in the last game of the season to overtake Shawn Williams. Evans wound up with 29 goals and 77 assists for 106 points while Williams finished with 27 goals and…
The MLL season is coming to a close, so we are going to take a look at the four best signings from earlier this season. Josh Hawkins, Cam Flint, John Haus, and JoJo Marasco are all rookies, but they have made huge impacts on their teams this season. Josh Hawkins and John Haus both play for the Charlotte Hounds, who are going into their first Championship weekend. Now Hawkins…