The Century 21 Lakers are adding another brother act to the team trading a second and third round draft pick to Kitchener for defensive specialist Mike Kirk, older brother of goalie Evan Kirk. That gives the Lakers three sets of brothers: Scott and Brad Self, Shawn and Scott Evans, but more importantly another steady defender for the Lakers. The Kirks will be dressed tonight in what may be the first…
MLL Breakout Players of 2015: Half Way Point
The term “breakout player” is so vague that it is hard to define who truly have broken out this season in Major League Lacrosse. The way we’ve gone about it is selecting players playing better than expected and making more of an impact than they have for their team in the past. Obviously, rookies who came aboard two weeks ago cannot be considered. Davey Emala- Boston Cannons The Cannons were…
MLL Finalizes All Star Roster for Houston
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, has finalized the gameday roster for the 2015 MLL All-Star Game to be held on June 13th at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas. The MLL is sending thirty-nine of it’s most elite players to the 2015 MLL All-Star Game. The overall roster consists of eight attackmen, ten defensemen, four goalkeepers, thirteen midfielders, and four face-off position midfielders. MLL All-Star Roster by…
One on One With Edmonton Rush Owner Bruce Urban
One of the most polarizing stories in lacrosse over the past two weeks have been the story of the Edmonton Rush. This comes at a time where we’ve seen a Tewaaraton winner, the MLL all star game, Canadian season opening, and the Minnesota Swarm moving south. Still, the Rush have captured our attention. They announced they might move from the city while playing in the western conference finals, then they…
College Check-Up: Transfers Continue
The NCAA season has concluded, but that doesn’t mean teams sit around doing nothing for the summer. Coaches and players are moving, and recruiting for the future is in full swing as well. In this edition of College Check-Up, the transfer moves continue. Until Fall practices start up in late August and early September, I’ll be giving you the latest updates in the world of College Lacrosse on a weekly…
Making the Case for the Rush to Stay in Edmonton
Now that the Edmonton Rush have captured the 2015 Champions Cup, there is one more piece of business left for them to take care of. They need to secure a venue to play the 2016 season. Their current lease agreement expires at the end of this season and they have yet to complete a deal with The City of Edmonton to play at Rexall place and Rogers Place once it…
NCAA Lacrosse: Top Ten Players of 2015
The 2015 NCAA lacrosse season brought us excitement and history for a span of nearly four months. It started with High Point defeating Delaware on the first day of February. After months of exciting games filled with various weather conditions, Denver defeated Maryland in perfect weather conditions to win their first ever National Championship. In the next part of my look back at the 2015 college lacrosse season, I take…
McDaniels: MLL Contenders and Pretenders
The Major League Lacrosse All-Star break is here so what better time to see who are the contenders and pretenders in the league. Pretenders Florida- The Launch have some great offensive firepower, but they don’t seem to have much chemistry at this point. It is something that needs to be developed and they have six more games to figure out how to best use the Thompson’s with McArdle and Powell….
MLL At The Break: New York Lizards
Heading into All-Star Weekend, now is a good time to reflect on the 2015 MLL season so far. There is no argument that the New York Lizards have been the best team, leading the MLL standings with an impressive 8-0 record. Their record has come as a result of their offensive firepower and dominating goaltending The Lizards were picked as the pre-season favorites to come home with the Steinfeld Cup,…
Aaron Wilson Traded to Kodiaks
Major Series Lacrosse has another deal that has gone down. Aaron Wilson has been traded to the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks in exchange for a 2016 fifth round draft pick going back to the Peterborough Lakers. Wilson was acquired by the Lakers last season in exchange for goaltender Davide DiRuscio, who has been the starting goalie for the Kodiaks this season. While with the Lakers, Wilson had a solid run. He…