All Star Game? The National Hockey League just held what may have been its best all star game to date. The last time the National Lacrosse League held an all star exhibition was in 2012, four seasons ago. The game was played in Buffalo. Before 2012, the all star game had been played consistently every year since 2004 (other than 2010). With the exception of the 2011 game, which was…
Rock Make Coaching Change, Relieve Ladouceur
Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick has announced that he has relieved assistant coach Dan Ladouceur of his duties effective immediately. Ladouceur’s main responsibility was coaching the defence and he was in his third season as an assistant coach with the Rock. “I am not pinning our 0-5 start on Dan,” said Dawick. “Being in the position we’re in, I felt like making a change was necessary. I…
NLL Week Five Three Stars: Powless and Swarm Explode
Third Star: Evan Kirk—New England Black Wolves Although offence stole the headlines in Week 5, Evan Kirk‘s dominance in between the pipes reminded us lacrosse isn’t all about filling the net. Kirk continued his dominant start to 2016, making an impressive 56 stops en route to a 15-11 win over Buffalo on Saturday night. Kirk currently leads all goaltender in goals against average with 8.25, nearly 2.00 better than the…
Week 3 CLax Three Stars: SouthWest Sweep
Third Star: Gage Board—SouthWest Cyclops Southwest Cyclops transition player Gage Board had a big performance in the Cyclops 17-9 win over the Barrie Blizzard on Friday night, netting two goals and four assists for six points. The Brampton, ON native now has eight points on the year. Second Star: Brady Heseltine—SouthWest Cyclops Brady Heseltine had no problem finding the back of the cage on Friday night, tallying five goals. Each…
Black Wolves Score 15, Top Bandits
The New England Black Wolves kept up the pace as the top team in the eastern conference on Saturday with a 15-11 victory over the Buffalo Bandits. Kevin Crowley scored six goals and Evan Kirk made 56 saves in the win. The Bandits provided an onslaught of 67 shots total and Kirk was able to hold them to just 11 goals. Leading the goal scoring effort for Buffalo was three…
Roughnecks Win Second in a Row
Two teams that have been struggling to score found their offensive mojo on Saturday night, with the Calgary Roughnecks taking the 15-13 victory over the Vancouver Stealth. The Roughnecks improve to 2-2 on the season while the Stealth drop to 1-3. Calgary got out to an early lead, scoring the first two goals of the game and staking themselves to a 5-3 first-quarter lead. Vancouver would bounce back, however, outscoring…
Swarm Sweep Weekend With Victory Over Rochester
Despite a second-half spark, the Rochester Knighthawks fell 13-9 against the Georgia Swarm Saturday night at Connors & Ferris Field at the Blue Cross Arena. Craig Point led the team in scoring with five points (3+2). Cory Vitarelli had two goals and added an assist while Joe Resetarits, Scott Campbell, Adam Bomberry and Cody Jamieson each pitched in a goal in the effort. “You always want to be the first…
Bandits Travel to New England to Face Black Wolves
The Buffalo Bandits (2-1) and the New England Black Wolves (2-1) will face off in the first of three important divisional showdowns during the 2016 NLL regular season tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The last time these two teams met was a 2015 week 18 battle at the First Niagara Center where the Bandits emerged victorious with the 20-10 home victory. As the old saying goes, that was then…
The Toronto Rock Are In Even More Trouble
The Toronto Rock are 0-5. That sentence alone is enough to make the head of a lacrosse fan spin. The Toronto Rock lost last night to the Georgia Swarm even though they scored 17 goals. The Toronto Rock had 25 goals total before the output of 17 last night. I am so confused that I cannot format this story properly. The Rock’s 0-5 start is now the story of the NLL…
Rush End Mammoth Undefeated Run
The Edmonton Rush got their first home win of the season defeating the Colorado Mammoth 12-10 on Friday night in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd of 8,624 at Sasktel Centre. The win also ends the Mammoth’s four game winning streak. It was a hard fought battle that did not see the Rush take a lead until the ten-minute mark of the final frame. The crowd was silenced early…