Yesterday the North American Lacrosse League announced that it was suspending operations. I caught up with players throughout the league to get their thoughts on what it was like playing in the league.
With another week of WLA action in the books here are this week’s power rankings 1.Victoria Shamrocks: The Shamrocks still remain the team to beat in the WLA with a 6-2 record. The Shamrocks split their weekend games dropping one to Burnaby while avenging their early season loss to Maple Ridge. The Shamrocks were powered by Corey Small as Small had a ten point night on Friday and earned player…
When it comes to grading, expectation is taken into affect. Look at some years in the NFL; the Cleveland Browns might be 8-8 and that fanbase would consider it a great season, but if the New York Giants finish at that, there could be outrage. Same goes with lacrosse.
Yesterday I spoke with Continental Indoor Lacrosse League commissioner Russ King about the state of the league heading into their third season.
Quick, name some of the top men’s programs in Division One lacrosse. I’m sure teams like the defending national champion Duke Blue Devils came to mind. I’m also sure that teams like Syracuse and Notre Dame also came to mind.
Earlier today the North American Lacrosse League announced that they were suspending operations. After a little over two years of being in the news and working towards being the elite American lacrosse league, too many obstacles led to its demise.
Brian Davies, our resident scouting expert, talks The Philadelphia Wings have always had a connection in drafting players from the United States Collegiate ranks into the National Lacrosse League. The time I was a scout with the organization was no different and proudly where my name could do the most within the organization. My first draft had high hopes coming out of the American talent pool available. Unfortunately the time…
Last week saw a number of players begin their MLL careers with others getting another taste of the professional level. Week 7 in the pros featured some notable debuts from guys like Hamilton National’s goalie Dillon Ward and Hounds midfielder Jake Tripucka. As for the rest of the rookies, let’s see how they fared after this past week of action. Charlotte Hounds Mike Sawyer A Loyola– Sawyer added a goal…
The Peterborough Lakers (6-3) captured their third win in a row Sunday, defeating the Brampton Excelsiors (2-6) by a score of 8-5. With the win, the Lakers move into first place in Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) standings. Brampton was able to establish an early lead in the first period off of goals from Dustin Carvallo and Shane Scott, chasing Lakers goalie Tyler Carlson from the net just over six…
For the second consecutive week, the Denver Outlaws (7-0) established themselves as the top team in Major League Lacrosse with a 13-9 road victory over the defending champions Chesapeake Bayhawks (4-3). “Last time we played them they completely took us apart,” Stagnitta said about the 2012 MLL Championship game Denver lost to Chesapeake. “Some of the things we’ve tried to do while building a team were to try to…