The Toronto Rock (0-2), a perennial contender for an NLL title, have scored 14 goals in two games this season. One of those losses came at the hands of the Georgia Swarm who had surrendered 16 goals the week before. The other loss? Also a Rochester team coming off of a 16 goal loss. There have been five total goal scorers for the Rock this season; Rob Hellyer, Brett Hickey,…
Rock Offence Struggles Continued in Loss to Knighthawks
The offensive woes continued for the Toronto Rock(0-2) as they fell 12-7 to the Rochester Knighthawks(1-1) in their home opener at the Air Canada Centre. The Rock failed to score double digit goals in back to back games for the first time since 2011. Depth scoring has been an issue in the early stages for Toronto thus far as just five different players have found the back of the cage…
ILWT’s NCAA Lacrosse Pre Season Poll
Votes were conducted by the ILWT college lacrosse staff, which includes Marisa Ingemi, Brendan McDaniels, Chris Jastrzembski, Brendan Staudt, Alex Urquhart, Paul Schwedelson, Miles McQuinn, Brendan Chamberlain, Jeff Werner, Andrew Baker, and Max Belmont. Notre Dame Denver Maryland Duke Johns Hopkins Syracuse North Carolina Virginia Yale Brown Cornell Albany Loyola Harvard Georgetown Ohio State Navy Towson Marquette Stony Brook Receiving Votes: High Point, Colgate, Villanova, Penn State, Princeton, Lehigh, Bryant
2016 MLL Draft Preview: Defense and Goalies
The Major League Lacrosse College Draft is Friday, January 22 at 8:30 p.m. at the US Lacrosse Convention Center in Baltimore. The general consensus this year is Myles Jones and Matt Kavanagh are the must have products and the rest of the draft is a toss up. Part three focuses on the defense and goalies. Defense 5) Robby Haus, Ohio State Haus is one of the most underrated defenders in…
Rock and Knighthawks Both Seek First Win
Tonight the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will face off in the Air Canada Centre seeking their first victories of 2016. Rochester fell at home in week two to the Colorado Mammoth, while the Rock lost in the first ever home game for the Georgia Swarm. Rochester saw plenty of positives in its loss, including 14 goals despite losing and also a strong night from Cody Jamieson returning from a…
NLL Power Rankings: Week Two
What an exciting week. The Colorado Mammoth put up another 16 goals, this time Rochester was the victim, but the defense allowed 14. Defense needs to tighten up a bit or the offense will need to do this each week. New England seems to have the key cog in Shawn Evans after posting a 17-7 victory over Vancouver. Lets see if it continues. Georgia outplays the Rock as Josh Sanderson is…
NLL Weekly Grades: High Marks for Wolves
Pat Saunders: A+ When Saunders got his three year deal to stay in New England, it was questioned if he could repeat his breakout 2015. When the Wolves’ reacquired Kevin Crowley and added Shawn Evans, it was questioned how often Saunders would get chances to score. Evidently, he could have an even bigger 2016 after putting up nine points in Vancouver on Saturday night. Shawn Evans: A Evans apparently is…
2016 MLL Draft Preview: Midfield
The Major League Lacrosse College Draft is Friday, January 22 at 8:30 p.m. at the US Lacrosse Convention Center in Baltimore. The general consensus this year is Myles Jones and Matt Kavanagh are the must have products and the rest of the draft is a toss up. Part two of our preview breaks down the midfield. 5) Colin Woolford, Denver Woolford’s role has increased each year and he really stepped…
Relocations in Sports
The St. Louis Rams are moving to Los Angeles. The National Football League has not had a presence in the second biggest market in the United States for years, and we knew that at least one team would move there for 2016. While it is great for the league to have a team back in LA, and it will ridiculously profitable, there is also a side not often discussed out…