This week we learned of the newest American indoor lacrosse league, Premier Series Lacrosse. ILWT caught up with league founders Larry Fila, Ginny Capicchioni, Patrick Crosby, and Julian Maliszewski to discuss the league. QUESTION: What exactly is the PSL? “Premier Series Lacrosse is an entity that is BY Americans FOR Americans TO HONOR of our American Armed Forces.” Mission Statement: To honor, support and bring awareness to the brave men…
Bandits Sign Billy Dee Smith For One Year
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced the team has agreed to terms on a one-year contract with defenseman Billy Dee Smith. Smith had five points (1+4) and 32 loose ball recoveries while playing a career-high 17 games during the 2015 season. He is fourth all-time in Bandits history with 163 games played, and also ranks first in team history with 526 penalty minutes and 10th with…
Lakers Take 3-1 Series Lead
The Century 21 Lakers took a three games to one series lead over the Oakville Rock on Tuesday night at the Memorial Centre with a 9-7 win. The Lakers were led in the first period by a natural hat trick from Cory Vitarelli, and a spectacular solo effort recovery goal by Nick Weiss, ending the period at 4-1. Oakville outscored the Lakers 3-2 in the second period. Despite a herculean…
2015 NLL Mock Draft: 2.0
Following our first 2015 NLL Mock Draft, posted in late June, we bring you our second Mock Draft, that features the recently declared Derek Searle, along with many players whose stock has risen, and many players whose stock has dropped some as the 2015 summer season has wore on. Round 1 1. Georgia Swarm – Lyle Thompson (O) – Onondaga Redhawks (Can-AM Sr. B) While Thompson may have been surpassed…
NLL GM Files: Steve Dietrich
It’s the NLL’s version of Hot Stove season (to use a baseball term), and that means general managers are as active as ever. Leading up to the draft in September, we will be discussing the off season with as many general managers as possible. First up is Buffalo bandits general manager Steve Dietrich. Question: How did the Veltman signing come to fruition? We wanted to add an impact left handed scorer coming in…
2015 MLL Season Recap: New York Lizards
After the Lizards beat the Rattlers on Saturday in the MLL Championship, Greg Gurenlian shared what made this Lizards team different. “When you go into a fourth quarter like that and you feel like if I don’t do my job, I’m going to let my brothers down, it changes everything,” Gurenlian said in a postgame interview. From the moment the Paul Rabil trade became official, New York was the league’s…
Calgary Roughnecks Lose Daryl Veltman
The Buffalo Bandits have signed unrestricted free agent Daryl Veltman to a two-year deal, drawing the leftie forward away from the Calgary Roughnecks. This ends a five-year relationship between the Roughnecks and Veltman, who they acquired after the Boston Blazers folded. In five seasons with the Riggers, Veltman contributed 265 points (87 goals, 178 assists) with his biggest impact coming on the powerplay where he notched 30 goals and 75…
NLL Announces Draft Combine for September 27
The National Lacrosse League has announced the 2015 NLL Combine will take place on Sunday, Sept. 27 to open draft weekend at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre (TRAC) in Oakville, Ontario. The Combine begins at 9 a.m. ET, continues with day-long lacrosse activities, and culminates with the annual Prospects Game scrimmage. At the Combine, players will have the opportunity to showcase their skills in a practice setting through structured games and…
WILC Indoor Preview: Iroquis Nationals
The Iroquois Nationals will be the host team at this year’s World Indoor Lacrosse Championship that will be held on the Onondaga reservation in central New York. Coming off a third place finish at the field games in Denver last summer—it was the highest they have ever finished in field—Onondaga expects a higher finish with the box lacrosse games where they normally take second as Canada has never lost gold in…
Adanacs Punch Ticket to Minto
The Coquitlam Adanacs are adding a second leg of travel on their quest for a Minto Cup championship after sweeping Alberta’s Okotoks Raiders in three games to win the Western Canadian Finals on Saturday night. After two close games in which both teams felt each other out and with just three goals separating them through game two, Coquitlam put on a dominant display of defence and goaltending en route to a…