When Minnesota travels to New England, the Black Wolves lay their undefeated start on the line and hope to make it 3-0 in their inaugural season. It would be great for the franchise to open with three straight home wins to begin creating a fan base. This should be a fantastic game. With regards to styles, these teams match up well in that it should be an extremely fast paced…
Rock Stay Undefeated, Beat Bandits
The Toronto Rock (3-0) delivered on Rock owner Jamie Dawick’s guarantee of a home opener win by defeating the Buffalo Bandits (2-2) by a score of 13-11 at Air Canada Centre on Friday night. “I thought we started the game very well,” said Rock Head Coach John Lovell. “I thought of the three games we’ve played so far we made the most mistakes (tonight). I credit Buffalo, they were working…
MLL Announces All Star Game in Houston
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today the locations for its marquee special events, the 2015 All-Star Game and the 2015 Championship Game. The 2015 All-Star Game will be hosted at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston Texas on Friday, June 13. This will be the first ever MLL event held in the city of Houston. The MLL season will culminate once again in Georgia on Saturday,…
MLL 2015 Live Draft Blog
Welcome to the Major League Lacrosse draft! We will be updating pick by pick all night. FIRST ROUND Florida- Lyle Thompson, Albany Florida- Connor Buczek, Cornell Charlotte- Will Haus, Duke Boston- Ryan Tucker, Virginia Boston- John Glesener, Army Rochester- Jesse King, Ohio State Rochester- Jack Near, Notre Dame Denver- Nikko Pontrello, Loyola Charlotte- Joey Sankey, UNC SECOND ROUND New York- Micheal Pellegrino, Hopkins New York- Ryan Walsh, Colgate Boston- Wells…
NLL Week 4 Staff Predictions
STAFF Bandits v Rock Swarm v Black Wolves Rock v Knigthawks Rush v Roughnecks Stealth v Mammoth Ian Neadle Ryan Zunner Rocco Granato George Fourlaris Mike Mackley Kris Handley Pete Crowley
Bandits Hope to Lasso Rock in Toronto
After their first defeat of the 2015 season against the New England Black Wolves, the Buffalo Bandits (2-1) are starting to gain some ground in the Eastern Division standings. Riding a two game win streak and a half game out of first place heading into their week four matchup against the Toronto Rock (2-0) Friday night at the Air Canada Centre, Buffalo will try to play spoiler on the Rock’s…
MLL Top 40 Prospects: 10-1
1. Lyle Thompson, Albany Great Danes Attack- By far the consensus top pick in the draft and also an obvious pick for the Florida Launch. One of the famous Thompsons, Lyle might actually be the best of them all. Lyle has an opportunity to play with stars like Casey Powell and 2014 rookie of the year Kieran McArdle. 2. Wes Berg, Denver Pioneers Attack- Berg is another star attackman coming…
Mikelinich Leads Rise in Prominence
Lukas Mikelinich has progressed as a student, athlete and all-around person, much like the Lehigh men’s lacrosse program he’s now leading. Often overlooked, Mikelinich has used a hard-working attitude to become an All-League defenseman and senior co-captain for a Mountain Hawks’ program with high aspirations entering the 2015 season. He embodies the type of attitude, mindset and identity that head coach Kevin Cassese wants in his program. “In high school,…
NLL Roster Stability: How Safe Are Jobs Season-to-Season?
Before the NLL season began, I looked into how year to year roster continuity affected on field performance (https://inlacrossewetrust.com/tracking-the-roster-stability-of-the-nll/). The quick summary is that while championship teams are slightly more stable from previous years, there is a very large range which does not indicate the presence of a statistically signification correlation. Rebuilding teams can also have immediate success unless they dip dangerously low into the range of about 30 percent…
Minnesota’s Goaltending Conundrum
The Minnesota Swarm are two games into the 2015 season and are already struggling between the pipes. In the offseason the Swarm swapped goalies with the Edmonton rush, trading Tyler Carlson and in return getting Brodie MacDonald. Macdonald got the start in the season/ home opener on January 3rd against a very talented Colorado Mammoth team. While Macdonald spent most of the game keeping the Swarm in the contest, they…