There’s not a whole lot of college action Tuesday, but more than last week and with better matchups. There are eight matchups on the docket, with the majority of them starting at 7 PM or a little later, but I’ll take a deeper look at four of them: Harvard vs. Boston: 7 PM If you’re a fan of college hockey, this would be a fantastic game to watch. If you’re…
Ales Hrebsky Previews: Group A
The Ales Hrebsky memorial tournament in the Czech Republic takes place this year on April 23. To get you ready, we are previewing each group. Group A Group A has foreign feel with three fascinating teams; the Turku Titans of Finland, Goldstar Tel Aviv from Israel, and Bundeswer Lacrosse from Germany. Turku Titans The Finnish team is entering their seventh year of the tournament. They were in the top eight…
MLL Announces 2015 Rosters
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional lacrosse league, announced today that teams have released their active rosters for the 2015 season, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. Teams had until 12:00 p.m. Noon (ET) Monday to submit rosters to the League office. Teams were allowed to host training camps for the 2015 season with a maximum of 40 players in their Pre-season Active Rosters (PSAR). Rosters had to be narrowed…
Ohio State Tops Hopkins At The ‘Shoe
Attackmen Carter Brown’s career six goal outing, along with Jesse King five goals, led the Ohio State Buckeyes over the visiting Johns Hopkins Blue Jays by a score of 15 -12. Johns Hopkins Ryan Brown ended the game with eight goals, but it was not enough for the Jays to get the win at the famed Horseshoe in Columbus. Junior attackman Ryan Brown opened the scoring with his 29th goal…
NCAA Power Rankings: April 6
The rankings this week had a large amount of self-contained insanity. Just about every team from last week’s top 5 and last 5 all won, with seemingly everyone in between losing. This meant that I didn’t drop anyone this week, but there was plenty of shuffling. Oh, and the Patriot and Ivy Leagues continue to baffle me. Records and scores are including games from April 5. 1 Maryland Record:…
Week 14 Power Rankings: Rock Starts to Crumble, But Still #1
This past week was exciting on all fronts. Trade deadling was on Tuesday and a number of teams made some moves to help them in the playoffs this season and the future. Then we had some huge games on the floor with two more teams clinching playoff spots, and another record being made, but not in a good way. This week will be just as exciting as things heat up…
Knighthawks Historic Victory Keeps Them in Second
Last week the talk was “What happened to Rochester”, referring to the 16-3 thrashing by the Rush which tied a NLL record for least number of goals in a regular season game. They came into this weekend facing Toronto on the road and then returning home with something to prove to the hometown crowd. Mission one was accomplished Friday night with an 11-7 win over Toronto. But this win would…
Roughnecks Keep Playoff Hopes Alive With Win Over Mammoth
The Calgary Roughnecks moved a game closer to their quest of making the playoffs with a decisive 14-9 victory over the Colorado Mammoth last night in Calgary. With the win, the Roughnecks improve to 4-10 on the season, just a half game back of the Vancouver Stealth for the final playoff spot in the West Division. The Mammoth drop to 8-6 but remain solidly in second place in the division…
NCAA Saturday Recap: Notre Dame Knocks Down Duke
No. 12 Marquette 14, St. John’s 12 The Golden Eagles’ magical season continued on Saturday with a 14-12 win over St. John’s. Marquette is now 9-2 and for the second time this year, followed a loss with a win. MU held a narrow 7-6 halftime lead but exploded for six third quarter goals to break open the game. After the game was tied at eight, Marquette went on a 6-1…
Rush Complete Weekend Sweep Of Stealth
The Edmonton Rush completed a weekend sweep of the Vancouver Stealth with a blow out win Saturday evening at Langley Events Centre in front of 3,365 disappointed Stealth faithful. After an exciting overtime thriller on Friday back in Edmonton, the Rush made sure there would be no extra time tonight. Although Edmonton got off to a slow start they managed to eventually take command of the game and clinch themselves…