The first week of NLL action had surprises across the league. The two that shocked the most may have been the New England Black Wolves winning their opener over the Buffalo Bandits and almost 400 miles to the east, the three time defending champion Rochester Knighthawks lost their opener to the Toronto Rock. In week two, these teams will see each other in another home game for New England. Regarding…
Hopkins Reconfirms Use of Cascade
A source closely involved with Cascade has reconfirmed with Johns Hopkins that they will wear Cascade helmets this 2015 season. Cornell has also been reconfirmed to use Cascade, but will sport STX Stallions as well throughout the season. Penn is confirmed to wear STX Stallions, as well as Ohio State. This has been an update from the ILWT Gear crew.
Garrett Billings Could be Back February 13th
In an interview with the British Columbia newspaper The Province this week, Toronto Rock forward Garrett Billings said that he thinks he should be back from his ACL tear on February 13th. “It’s been weird for me,” said Billings, admitting he’s getting antsy for action. “I wouldn’t say that it was easy last year, but I knew I couldn’t play. This year, I’m getting closer and closer every week.” Last season…
Five Players to Watch in NLL Week Two
Week two of the NLL season is almost here, and we saw a lot of players step up last week. Who will be on their game this week? 1. Ben McIntosh F Edmonton 1st Overall Pick, Rookie, natural hat trick in first career game, will help Edmonton in much needed situations as he did this past weekend. 2. Miles Thompson F Minnesota Rookie, hat…
Kevin Barney: “I Traded Away The Most Popular Player” in Rabil Trade
The Boston Cannons have had a busy past week, trading away their star player Paul Rabil. We caught up with their general manager Kevin Barney to discuss the moves they have made. Marisa: How difficult was it to trade Paul Rabil? Kevin Barney: I traded away the most popular player on our team. That is never an easy decision. There were numerous conversations between Coach Tucker, myself and ownership over the…
NLL Rookie Report: Thompson Shines in Week One
With the NLL season kicking off last weekend, it was our first chance to see the likes of first overall pick Ben McIntosh, the highly touted Miles Thompson, towering athletic defender Robert Hope and many other elite level rookies making their NLL debut. The likes of McIntosh, Thompson and Hope did not disappoint all having very solid opening games, while less heralded guys like Mark White, Caleb Wiles and Sheldon Burns all also preformed admirably for their…
Lock Monsters and Turf Dogs Open CLax Season
The defending Creators Cup Champions kick off the 2015 Canadian Lacrosse League season against the Durham Turfdogs at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa,ON. The Lock Monsters welcome back ten players from last year’s championship squad. Niagara will look to Corey Fowler to help lead the offense once again. The Niagara-on-the-Lake native netted 33 points(10 G, 23A) in 8 games, good enough for sixth among CLax scorers last season. Fellow…
Ilija Gajic Emerges in Stealth Win
Last week kicked off the start of the 2015 NLL season with some pretty great matchups. The Vancouver Stealth faced off against the Calgary Roughnecks, and even though things started off a bit slow and sloppy for the Stealth they were able to comeback and pull out the win. In doing so the Stealth gave fans and the opposition a preview of what’s to come. Once the newly revamped defense…
Cyclops Acquire Alex Lubczuk
The Southwest Cyclops and Barrie Blizzard completed the first trade of 2015 recently. Southwest will be receiving Alex Lubczuk from Barrie in exchange for 5th round pick in the 2015 entry draft. Lubczuk, 22, spent five consecutive seasons playing Junior A with the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves. Most recently he spent a season in Major Series Lacrose (MSL) with the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks before being drafted by the Toronto Rock in the 6th…
Patrick Merrill Activated by Rock
Toronto Rock President, Owner & GM Jamie Dawick announced a series of roster moves on Wednesday leading up to Saturday night’s game in Langley, BC against the Vancouver Stealth. Veteran defender Patrick Merrill has been moved from the Physically Unable to Perform List to the Active Roster. To make room for Merrill on the 20-man Active Roster, transition player Mark White was released from the Active Roster and signed to…