Casey Powell and Drew Snider scored four goals a piece as USA cruised to a 22-2 victory over Ireland to vault them into a semi-final matchup against the Iroquois Nation. The Iroquois defeated the USA 13-9 in the preliminary game earlier in the tournament. This was total domination by the USA. Ireland would finally get on the board eight minutes into the game to trail 4-1. That’s as close as…
PT Lacrosse Club’s Annual Bingo Fundraiser
Early this year, the PT Lacrosse Club once again showed their dedication to making the world a much better place by supporting fledgling athletes at the Peters TWP High School Boys Lacrosse Team. The guys at the PT Lacrosse Club held its 11th Annual Bingo Night on February 28th where they raised thousands of dollars to support the needs of said boys club. There are lots of sports clubs that…
Swarm Sign Third Goalie Grant Crawley
The Georgia Swarm announced on Friday that they had signed goalie Grant Crawley to a one year contract. Crawley last played in NLL in 2008 for the Rochester Knighthawks. His career stats are 16.36 goals against and a .471 save percentage in 18 games. Although his NLL stats are relatively lacklustre the Brampton, ON native has spent the last number of years playing Senior A in the summers and in…
2015 NLL Draft Preview: Vancouver Stealth
The Vancouver Stealth are hoping an injection of new talent, both on and off the floor, will be able to improve their team dramatically. The team has added several free agents while retaining their core group of players. They now have one of the deeper rosters in the league, a breakaway from the talent level in the previous two years. On Tuesday, general manager Doug Locker also announced the hiring…
WILC 2015: USA vs Ireland
The United States came out strong, keeping their game against the Iroquois close. They then went on to gain two victories over England and Czech Republic. Unfortunately they received the other side of the sword when they went up against Canada and were dismantled by their northern neighbors. Tony Resch’s group sits at 2-2 and looks to make the semi finals. Ireland has had a strong presence at the WILC’s….
Rochester Knighthawks Sign Jake Crans
The Rochester Knighthawks have announced today that they have signed Jake Crans to a one-year deal. The 24-year-old defenseman will join the Knighthawks at their 2015 National Lacrosse League Training Camp. The contract is his second in the NLL after inking a preseason deal with the Colorado Mammoth in 2014. “I am just super excited. It was really unbelievable to get an opportunity last year with Colorado,” he said. “To…
2015 NLL Draft Preview: Colorado Mammoth
In what is expected to be one of the most talented drafts in NLL history, the Colorado Mammoth are looking like one team that won’t be doing much—they don’t pick until the fourth round and have just three selections overall. Perhaps because of this, the Mammoth front office has made some significant moves in the free agent market. They acquired forward Callum Crawford on Aug. 19, giving them what might be one…
Canada Deep Freezes USA 18-7
Canada Earns Semi-Final Berth and Top Seed with Victory. USA faces Ireland in Quarter Finals Thursday. If you were to look at the stat sheet after the final buzzer, you would see that not only did the USA out shoot Canada 44-40, but also picked up 68 ground balls to Canada’s 57. But unfortunately for USA those numbers were not the ones you go by to decide a winner…
WILC 2015: USA vs Canada
Onondaga Arena Hosts USA & Canada Match Tonight at 7:30; Winner earns Semi-Final Berth. Tonight USA (2-1) will face Canada (2-0). The winner will lock up a spot in the semi-finals, a Canada win will give them the top seed overall in the Blue Division. After an opening night loss to Iroquois 13-9, USA has come back to defeat the Czech Republic 14-7 and England 13-9. USA is led…
Walters Leads USA Attack Over England 13-9
In a game that USA was heavily favored, England goalie Nick Rose had different ideas as he stood on his head to keep his team in range, but the firepower from USA was too much as USA (2-1) defeated England (0-2) 13-9. USA opened up a 3-0 just ten minutes into the contest with goals from Casey Powell (2G/4A), Garrett Thul (3G/2A), and Joe Walters (2G/6A), but England battled back…