Rumor Mill: NLL Coaching Rumors
Rumor Mill is a weekly feature looking at the could-bes in the lacrosse world from the past week.
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MSL Checkin: Excelsiors Have Three
Brampton @ Brooklin – June 12th – 8 PM The Brampton Excelsiors (1-4) will be looking for their second win of the season when they travel to Brooklin to take on the Redmen (4-1). This will be the first meeting between these two teams this season. In 2012, Brampton and Brooklin split their season series with one win a piece. Oakville @ Peterborough – June 13th – 8 PM Peterborough…
Off Season Wish List: Colorado Mammoth
The Mammoth are coming off of a disappointing season, one where their high-power offence, which dominated the competition the year before, just could not perform the same way. Even with the addition of former league MVP Casey Powell, the Mammoth struggled. So what will they do in the offseason? As it stands now, Colorado has the third overall pick in the 2013 NLL entry draft. They will make player selections…
Kilgour: Take My Number Down
Darris Kilgour was fired as head coach of the Buffalo Bandits yesterday, and he isn’t taking too lightly to it.
Lakers Crush Rock
On Monday Night the Oakville Rock (1-3) hosted the Peterborough Lakers (3-3). The Lakers were looking to rebound after losing two of their last three while Oakville were looking for their second win of the season. The Rock kicked off the scoring in this game as Russell Poulton scored just 59 seconds into the game to make it 1-0 Oakville. The Lakers though would come back strong as Brock Sorensen…
Chiefs Down Brampton
The Six Nations Chiefs continued their outstanding start to the 2013 season as they downed the Brampton Excelsiors 13-7. It was all Six Nations in the first period as they came out to a 4-0 start. Cody Jamieson and Marty Hill each scored a goal while Tom Montour added a pair of goals. Brampton hit the floor flying as they opened the frame with three goals, bringing the Excelsiors within…
Miller to Practice Squad
Charlotte Hounds midfielder Jovan Miller has been moved from the starting roster to the team’s practice squad, said Miller on Twitter. Earlier today, Miller tweeted “As of today, the [Charlotte Hounds] has placed me on the Practice Squad as I said before for reasons I do not know.” The former Syracuse star was an MLL All-Star last year in 2012 with the Hounds, but hadn’t seen much playing time this…
Bandits Fire Kilgour
The Buffalo Bandits have let go of head coach Darris Kilgour after not making the 2013 NLL playoffs.
Steve Duffy Out as Cannons Coach
According to reports the Boston Cannons have fired head coach Steve Duffy and replaced him with assistant John Tucker. The Cannons are off to a 1-5 start this season.
MLL Rookie Recap: Week Seven
With the college lacrosse season officially over as Memorial Weekend crowned Duke University its champion, it is time now for the college seniors to take their game to the next level. Since the professional league started at the end of April, most of the college players drafted have not been able to play much with their teams. Some players have played as many as three games with their franchises while…