The National Lacrosse League season ended two weeks ago (Friday) and the Edmonton Rush are your 2015 Champions. After a year apart, Church and McIntosh were reunited and looked as if they didn’t miss a beat the entire season. During the 2015 season Church and McIntosh scored 37 goals each, but Robert edged out Ben in the assists 55-49. Combined this dynamic duo accounted for 30.7 percent of the team’s…
MSL Power Rankings: Week Four
1. Peterborough Lakers (5-0) Last Week: 8-3 W vs Brooklin, 8-5 W vs Oakville, 9-6 W vs Oakville The Lakers proved they could score, and score in bunches in their first two games of the 2015 season, picking up 32 goals in their wins over Brooklin and K-W. This past week the Lakers continued their winning streaking, picking up three consecutive wins, in defeats of Brooklin and Oakville twice. While…
Projecting the 2015 NLL Free Agent Class
Disclaimer: This is not the official list, and no insider gave any of this information. This was done through rigorous research and analysis of known and public NLL contracts. There may be slight inaccuracies. Updated July 31, 2015 It’s the NLL off season again, and that means moves can happen at any time. Free agency will begin sometime in July (or August, it depends on when they feel like it it seems)…
NCAA Team Reviews: Canisius Golden Griffins
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 faired this season and what…
NLL Off Season Plan: Calgary Roughnecks
In spite of a challenging regular season in which they just barely squeaked into the playoffs, the Calgary Roughnecks were leading the tie-breaker of the West Division Final with less than seven minutes remaining on the clock. The Edmonton Rush would go on to win the tie-breaker 4-1 and then sweep the Champion’s Cup. All things considered it was a bittersweet ending that still has to be considered a success, but…
Will Hampton University Improve Lacrosse’s Diversity Problem?
Note: This article is the result of a collaboration between In Lacrosse We Trust writers Jason Myers and Ryan Conwell On May 5th, Hampton University announced they will be adding men’s lacrosse as a Division I varsity sport, starting in the 2016 season. This will make them the 71st team to enter the sport at this level, following Cleveland State’s similar announcement earlier this year. There are two things…
MSL Rookie Report – Week Three
1. Kyle Whitlow – Brooklin Redmen The 2015 fourth round pick of the Brooklin Redmen has made a seamless transition from the junior ranks, as he currently sits third in Brooklin Redmen scoring, behind only Shawn Williams and Mike Teeter. Whitlow has been a consistent offensive threat for a Redmen squad that is having trouble finding the back of the net this season. This past week Whitlow picked up three…
Mark Steenhuis Tears ACL; Out For MSL Season
In some rather unfortunate news for both the Peterborough Lakers and Buffalo Bandits, Mark Sttenhuis has torn his ACL and will be out for the rest of the Major Series Lacrosse season. Training camp in the National Lacrosse League typically is around November and December, so there’s no chance Steenhuis would be ready for that and there’s a good chance he misses the entire season with Buffalo. The report on…
NLL Announces Defensive Player of the Year Finalists
The National Lacrosse League has announced a trio of finalists for the 2015 NLL Defensive Player of the Year award. For the second-straight year, two defensemen from the 2015 NLL champion Edmonton Rush, Chris Corbeil and Kyle Rubisch, join Buffalo Bandits defender Steve Priolo as the top three vote recipients for best defenseman in the league. Corbeil finished fourth among all NLL defensemen in both points (18) and assists (11),…
NCAA Team Reviews: Manhattan Jaspers
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 faired this season and what…