The Rochester Rattlers are in an interesting spot heading into the MLL collegiate draft. They finished last regular season with the best record in the league and found themselves in the championship game. In the offseason, they only lost one regular player in Kevin Leveille. The biggest gaps in their roster are only due to NLL commitments as most of their players who also coach NCAA lacrosse did not have…
MLL Draft Needs: Boston Cannons
What a tumultuous offseason the Boston Cannons had in 2015. They decided to trade away the most popular and possibly best lacrosse player in the world in midfielder Paul Rabil while also acquiring a lot of help on the defensive end of the field. With the MLL Collegiate Draft a little over a week away, let’s take a look at what the Cannons need to address in order to improve…
Teeter Impresses in Debut, Barrie Turfs Durham 14-10
Mike Teeter scored four goals and added an assist to help the Barrie Blizzards knock of the Durham Turfdogs 14-10 at the General Motors Centre on Saturday afternoon. The Orangeville,ON native joined the team this week replacing Colin Boucher after he was called up to the Vancouver Stealth. Brad Levick continued to impress his new club, netting a goal and three assists in his second game with the Blizzard. The…
Henderson Needed on Stealth Defense
Tim Henderson made his return to the Vancouver Stealth lineup Saturday night, albeit in a limited capacity, after missing all of last season with commitments to the US Military Academy. Henderson, deployed to Afghanistan last year, didn’t play a whole lot in his season debut, but was noticeable physically and looked fit and ready to test the rigors of the NLL regular season. Henderson graduated from Army, where he played…
MLL Draft Needs: Denver Outlaws
Photo Credit: Di Miller The 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft is coming up this Friday January 23 and we take a look at what positions the Outlaws will consider in their nine draft picks. Being the 2014 MLL Champions, of course they have the eighth pick in each of the eight rounds, however they also have a third round pick in the seventh round courtesy of the Chesapeake Bayhawks. According to…
Bandits Top Stealth 14-13
In the week’s only NLL action the Vancouver Stealth fell to 1-2 on the season in a 14-13 loss to the Buffalo Bandits. With their second straight one-goal victory Buffalo moves to 2-1 on the season. The game started off much like it finished with Buffalo grabbing the early lead off a Ryan Benesch goal. Cliff Smith would follow up for the Stealth a little more than a minute later,…
Roughnecks Bye Week Report: Reflecting on Losses
After the Calgary Roughnecks (0-2) started the season the exact opposite they expected it doesn’t seem that anyone in the club is panicking and it’s not like the team has been out of games. They lost a back and fourth affair against the Vancouver Stealth 18-14 they went to Colorado to lose a heartbreaker in OT 15-14 after making a late second half push to even get that game to…
Mike McNamara, Paul Dawson Suspended One Game
The only suspensions in the NLL from week two will go to New England Black Wolves defenseman Mike McNamara, who was suspended one game following the New England win over Rochester, and Knighthawks defenseman Paul Dawson. Brett Manney and Sid Smith had an altercation at the end of the game and McNamara left the Black Wolves bench to be a part of it, which is the reasoning for the suspension….
NLL Stories to Watch in Week Three
With only one game on the schedule for this week, all eyes in the lacrosse world will be focused on Langley, British Columbia as the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) will face off against the Vancouver Stealth (1-1). The Bandits return to action after being off last week. Buffalo played their first two games of the season opening weekend splitting both games. Friday January 2nd they fell 12-8 to the New England…