Major League Lacrosse is coming off a weekend to remember with four one-goal games, including two ending in overtime. Here are three stars from the weekend that was. 3) Joey Sankey (Charlotte) – 2 goals, 2 assists Joey Sankey is getting the edge as the #3 star due to the magnitude of his team’s win, a thrilling 13-12 victory at the previously undefeated New York Lizards. There were several great…
MLL Week 10 Power Rankings: Pre-Playoff Playoff Push
Coming off the All-Star break there are five teams that are battling for their playoff lives. University of Denver head coach Bill Tierney talks about there being multiple seasons within the season, and in MLL right now most of the teams are in a pre-playoff playoff. If the race to the end of the line is as consistently good as this past weekend’s games then we’re all in for a…
OLA Jr A Three Stars: Week Four
First Star- John St. John- Toronto Beaches By taking the literal definition of Most Valuable Player, there’s no arguing that John St. John has made a serious case to be crowned the 2015 OLA Jr. A MVP. He continued his impressive season this past week with 17 points in three games. The Ajax,ON native sits fourth in scoring(70), third in goals(38) and fifth in assists(32), all while leading the Beaches…
Oakville Adds Critch, Ships Adams and Corbett to Kitchener
The Oakville Rock and Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks have made another trade. The Rock have sent forwards Shayne Adams and Patrick Corbett to the Kodiaks in exchange for lefty forward/transition player Jordan Critch. Oakville also gets back its 3rd round pick in the 2016 MSL draft, which KW had received in an earlier deal. Adams is a 24-year-old lefty who had a solid junior career with the St. Catharines Athletics and scored…
Playoff Waters Muddy after Logjam Reforms
As I am writing this my fiancé is not having a good Monday. Greg Gurenlian’s New York Lizards lost 13-12 to the Charlotte Hounds, the Florida Launch lost in the last seconds to the Boston Cannons 19-18, the Ohio Machine lost in overtime to the Chesapeake Bayhawk 12-11s, and the Rochester Rattlers lost to the Denver Outlaws in that Seventies overtime game22-21. Mel’s team loyalties lie with her favorite players…
NCAA Team Reviews: Delaware Blue Hens
For the better part of four months, many of us watched some exciting college lacrosse, whether it was on TV, online, or in person. There were good games, which included all of Championship Weekend, and there were bad games, such as low scoring affairs and of course, the horrendous winter weather. I take a look back at all 69 Division I teams and how they fared this season and what…
NLL Rookie of the Year Candidates: Who Will They Be?
Although the Rookie of the Year nominees won’t be revealed until tomorrow, we can still take an educated guess at to who the candidates will be. Third pick overall Miles Thompson had a great rookie season for the Minnesota Swarm with 27 goals and 62 points. Thompson was second on the Swarm in both categories and 28th overall in the NLL. His strong rookie campaign bodes well for his ability…
NCAA Team Reviews: Siena Saints
For the better part of four months, many of us watched some exciting college lacrosse, whether it was on TV, online, or in person. There were good games, which included all of Championship Weekend, and there were bad games, such as low scoring affairs and of course, the horrendous winter weather. I take a look back at all 69 Division I teams and how they fared this season and what…
Oakville Rock Finally Get First Win
The Oakville Rock’s roster, on paper, looks pretty good. They added Wes Berg from the west, even. But despite these facts, they started the season with seven straight losses. Last night they finally reached their first victory of the 2015 season. Just days after Matt Sawyer took over as the new head coach of the team, results finally showed on the box score. Oakville defeated the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks 14-8…
NLL Hall of Fame: Elections 2015
With all of the NLL award candidates being revealed, its also time to start thinking of which players should and could get elected to the hall of fame in September. A plethora of legends have recently retired, leaving us with a huge pool to decide from. In 2014, the elections were former Toronto Rock and Colorado Mammoth player Pat Coyle and former Calgary and Vancouver head coach Chris Hall. Before…