The Rochester Knighthawks will play the Toronto Rock in a best of 2 series starting tonight at the Blue Cross Arena, faceoff set for 7:30 pm. The Knighthawks are fresh off a 14-11 victory in round 1 where they defeated the Buffalo Bandits. The Rock are the top seeded team in the East, so they had a bye in the first round. Coming into this season, I think a lot…
Rush Take Game One of Western Finals
The Edmonton Rush have taken a 1-0 lead in the NLL Western Division Finals over the Calgary Roughnecks with a 10-8 victory. Tonight’s battle of two Alberta teams lived up to its pregame hype, and then some. Both squads showed enormous intensity as they played a hard fought game one of a two game plus a 10-minute tie breaking mini game if needed series. The first half of…
Launch Seek Second Win; Face Defending Champ Denver
Denver takes its talent to South Beach on Saturday. Well, an hour or so north of South Beach, really, but you get the idea. Florida is coming off their first win of the year. If the MVP is understood as the individual who is the most important to their team, is Kieran McArdle not that person? Most people’s knee-jerk response would be Paul Rabil, but put him on a different…
Hounds and Machine Both Need Rebounds
A pair of 1-3 teams are set to square off Saturday night at Selby Stadium in Delaware, OH, as the Ohio Machine and the Charlotte Hounds are both coming off of losses in their games last week. Ohio was dealt their loss at the hands of the Florida Launch in Boca Raton last Saturday by a 15-12 final score. The Machine were led once again by Peter Baum and Jimmy…
All Eyes on Denver in Quarter Finals
BUILD UP Denver, the Lacrosse Capital of the West, is going nuts this week. As are we media personnel due to the movement in the last week. As Bill Tierney once told me in an interview, “The entire west region kind of looks to DU as their ‘home’ team.” Families are taking off weekend work, players asking for early birthday presents as tickets, and coaches preaching for their teams to…
OJBLL Power Rankings: Week One
1. Six Nations Rebels (7-0) – The Six Nations Rebels have made a big statement early in why they are favourites to win the Founders Cup for the fifth straight summer. Through seven games, the Rebels are unbeaten and have outscored their opponents 94-36. Newly acquired Garret Vyse-Square has led the Rebs offensively with 16 goals, 16 assists for 32 points. Six Nations has received solid goaltending in Briley Miller. Miller…
NCAA Quarter Finals: Denver vs Ohio State
Denver (14-2, 5-0 Big East), looking to advance to its fourth NCAA Tournament semifinal in the last five seasons on Saturday, will have to go through an Ohio State team that beat them 13-11 in Columbus in mid-March. This time around, Denver will be the home team, with the game set to take place at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Buckeyes (12-6, 3-2 Big Ten), are trying to…
Logan Schuss to Miss MLL Season
Bad news for Ohio Machine fans as today the team announced their star Logan Schuss will miss the entire MLL season due to work related issues. Ohio Machine attackman Logan Schuss will miss the remainder of the 2015 Major League Lacrosse season, it was announced today by Ohio Machine Vice President & Head Coach Bear Davis. “Logan has been an integral member of our team since we drafted him out…
Arrows Take Down Calgary in Jr A Clash
The Six Nation Arrows might have lost the great Johnny Powless along with Quinn Powless and a few other players who aged out. As well they lost Brandon Mountur to the NHL, but it looks like it will not stop the Arrows from defending its crown as Minto Cup champs. This team is still stacked with talent much of it was on display during the Arrows exhibition meeting with the…
OLA Junior A Season Preview: Can Whitby Keep Pace?
The 2015 OLA Junior A lacrosse league season got underway just over a week ago, as the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves welcomed the Burlington Chiefs to town. The Braves went on to win the season opener by a score of 10-5, and since then every team except the Brampton Excelsiors and defending Minto Cup Champion Six Nations Arrows have seen at least one game of action. With many players still trickling back…