The Ohio Machine still remain winless on the season following a 13-7 defeat at the hands of the Charlotte Hounds. The game was a hard fought battle from the two expansion seasons of last season. Eric Lusby led the Hounds to victory receiving the player-of-the-game award with a five goal effort. The Hounds now find themselves tied with the Rochester Rattlers for the fourth position in the standing at a…
The Minnesota Swarm are coming off back to back Division Finals. This year they finished the season as the last team in on the playoffs. The Swarm were lead by a big group of young talent which included Kiel Matisz and Shayne Jackson, both were selected to the NLL’s All- Rookie team. The Swarm are heading into the NLL 2013 Entry Draft with the most first round picks, once again….
Last season the Washington Stealth didn’t have a first round draft pick. This season they get the 8th overall pick after playing in the NLL Championship, losing to the Knighthawks.
This has been a busy weekend in the WLA and here are the results from this weekend’s games. New Westminster Vs Maple Ridge: The Maple Ridge Burrards came into this game as one of the hottest teams in the league but the New Westminster Salmonbellies were ready to cool them off. The Salmon Bellies took control of the game early as they held a 2-1 lead after one period of…
On June 28, 2012 the lacrosse world lost a great man, Chris Sanderson. Now on Jun 8, 2013 (345 days) later we mourn the passing of another. Kyle Miller passed away at the very young age of 31 after a long battle with Osteosarcoma cancer. Miller, an Orangville, Ontario native, was actually inspired to play goalie after seeing Sanderson, a native of the same town, doing it at the University…
The Rochester Rattlers evened their record to 3-3 with a win over the now 1-5 Boston Cannons in Atlanta on Friday night.
Tonight in the WLA the Coquitlam Adanacs(1-4) host the New Westminster Salmonbellies (3-2). The Adanacs are coming off a complete domination of the Nanaimo Timbermen a game they won 18-7. The Salmonbellies in their last game ended Maple Ridge’s four game winning streak with 10-8 victory. In their last meeting the Salmonbellies offense exploded as the Salmon Bellies defeated Coquitlam 14-6. Expect Coquitlam to be ready to give the Salmon…
In a Mile-High matchup between the final two unbeaten teams in Major League Lacrosse, the Denver Outlaws (5-0) host the Hamilton Nationals (5-0) June 8 for the top spot in the MLL. “We expect to be playing a 5-0 team that certainly is playing well and has a lot of different weapons,” Head Coach Jim Stagnitta said. “They play a unique style of play – a little different from…
Both the Boston Cannons and Rochester Rattlers have been team of disappointment in 2013. The Cannons are just two years removed from their championship run while the Rattlers barely missed the 2012 playoffs. Instead, Rochester is 2-3 and Boston is 1-4. Last week the Rattlers defeated the 0-5 Ohio Machine while the Cannons were blown out against the 5-0 Denver Outlaws. This game will be the first ever professional lacrosse…
Seeing as though the Rochester Knighthawks recently celebrated winning their second consecutive Champion’s Cup title, the first team to repeat as league champions in a decade, it would be a safe assumption that there will be little change to the current roster heading into next season. However, with owner and general manager Curt Styres at the helm, nothing can ever be be disregarded. Since taking over the team in…