FIRST ROUND Saskatchewan (from Vancouver): Ryan Keenan, LF, Brooklin/Quinnipiac Son of Rush GM and coach Derek Keenan. However, that’s not the only reason Keenan would go first overall. This is a down draft year, and if the Rush didn’t hold this slot, there might not be a clear-cut number one. He posted 40 points in 13 games with the Redmen this season, and had 90 with Whitby last year over…
NLL Announces 2017 Schedule: Highlights
The 2017 National Lacrosse League season will kick off on December 29th, and for just the second time since 1993, the off season saw no team relocation or movement. Everyone from last season returns as the Saskatchewan Rush will look to defend their title. The season is full of plenty of interesting games, but here are the most intriguing. Week One Toronto @ Rochester, 12/29 7:30pm- The first game of…
Roughnecks Add Riley Loewen for Second Round Pick
The Saskatchewan Rush remained active on the trade front on Monday, shipping lefty forward Riley Loewen to the Calgary Roughnecks for a 2017 second round draft pick. Since the Rush are projected to use their first overall draft selection next week to take lefty forward Ryan Keenan, Saskatchewan was going to have to make room. The team already made another switch on the left side earlier on Monday when they…
Rush Acquire Adam Jones From Mammoth for Zack Greer
Ahead of next week’s National Lacrosse League draft, two teams came down with a surprising trade on Monday afternoon. The Colorado Mammoth acquired forward Zack Greer from the Colorado Mammoth in return for forward Adam Jones. Both Jones and Greer have been two of the most prolific scorers in the western conference for the past half decade. Both lefty forwards, the trade likely comes down thanks to location reasons. Jones…
Swarm Acquire Jordan Hall for Three Draft Picks
For the third time in as many years, Jordan Hall has been involved in a trade with the New England Black Wolves. On Friday afternoon, New England shipped Hall to the Georgia Swarm for three draft picks; the eighth, 14th, and 24th overall in the upcoming 2016 entry draft. The Black Wolves had been without a draft selection until the 29th overall before this trade. Previously, general manager Richard Lisk had…
Mann Cup: Series Even So Far Between Chiefs and Burrards
People in the East were salivating over the fact that the Mann Cup was coming back “home”. Whispers around the rinks were that the West just wasn’t strong this season. All the talent came back to the MSL this season, so the WLA champion would really just be an also-ran in the Mann Cup. The Maple Ridge Burrards are certainly proving that false. After two games against the Six Nations…
NLL Draft Preview: New England Black Wolves
The New England Black Wolves head into the 2016 NLL draft without a selection until the third round. That fact has made it difficult for general manager of the year candidate Richard Lisk and his team to prepare for the draft, and have a focus to use it for team building. “We’ve focused a lot on the free agency period,” said Lisk. “We wanted to get younger at goalie, we…
Mann Cup: Chiefs Play Host to Burrards Following Historic Series Win
They’re calling it the “reverse sweep.” When the Six Nations Chiefs completed their improbable comeback from an 0-3 deficit to the Peterborough Lakers in the MSL final this past weekend, they made history. No senior Ontario lacrosse team had been down three games in a series to come back and win four straight games until 2016. The Chiefs looked down and out after game three but an 8-1 win in…
Adanacs Bring Minto Cup West With Second Title in Six Years
For the first time since 2005, both of Canada’s most prized lacrosse trophies reside on the west coast. The Coquitlam Adanacs won their first Minto Cup since 2010, but it took an extra 10 minutes to put away a resilient Orangeville Northmen in five games. A monstrous Christian Del Bianco save with minutes on the clock preserved a 6-5 victory for the A’s, after trade acquisition Dereck Downs scored at…
New Chapter Begins for NLL Hall of Famer Josh Sanderson
It’s been quite a year for Josh Sanderson, and it’s only half over. The 39 year old Orangeville native, one of the best to ever play, earlier this year announced his playing retirement from the NLL. Since then, he has accepted a position as assistant general manager with the Toronto Rock, and this month was named to the NLL’s Hall of Fame. Sanderson was drafted 16th overall in 1997 by…