The Colorado Mammoth have begun their cuts, and in doing so, have released some surprising names. Along with cutting draftee Terry Ellis and free agent signee Jake Crans, they have cut veteran Joel Dalgarno and 2012 first round pick Colton Clark. Clark was a first round pick in 2012 and has widely been a disappointment for the Mammoth. In his two seasons he has a combined nine points and only…
NLL Cuts: Alton, McAvoy, Lum-Walker
Photo: Garrett James The first wave of NLL cuts appear to be through as several teams have released players in the past two days. Starting with the Edmonton Rush, who released draft picks Mike DeGiorlamo and Mitch McAvoy along with defenseman Ben Snider. The Rochester Knighthawks released goaltender Don Alton, leaving Brandon Styres on the roster as the third goalie. He did play this weekend against Minnesota. They also released…
String King Named Mesh Provider of the NLL
The National Lacrosse League has announced StringKing as the official mesh supplier of the NLL for the 2015 season. When the league opens its 29th year on January 2-3, the world’s top lacrosse players will be exclusively outfitted with StringKing mesh and stringing supplies. “We’re proud to team up with StringKing for the 2015 National Lacrosse League season,” said NLL Commissioner George Daniel. “With our sport requiring such power and…
Ben McIntosh Has Strong Debut for Rush
The Edmonton Rush soundly defeated the Vancouver Stealth 13-6 in their first scrimmage of the preseason. The Rush were led by Mark Matthews, who scored a hat trick, while sophomore Robert Church added a pair of goals. But the player many people had their eyes on was the first overall pick in this year’s draft, Ben McIntosh. The rookie forward did not disappoint, adding two goals of his own in…
American Presence in the NLL in 2015
Americans in the National Lacrosse League are hard to come by. The indoor/box game primarily belongs to both the Canadians and Iroquois players. In an article written by ILWT CEO and President, Marisa Ingemi, an NLL executive stated, “To play defense in box lacrosse takes more athleticism, which field lacrosse players have, but they lack the skills of scoring in box lacrosse from lack of playing.” This seems true with…
Can Zach Williams Make an Impact in Rochester?
In the NFL draft the last pick is normally called Mr. Irrelevant being that he is a long shot at making the team and making an impact. Well in this past NLL draft the Rochester Knighthawks used the last pick of the draft on a player who is far from Irrelevant. Some people may know Zach Williams and most know his little brother, Zed Williams, a current sophomore on Virginia University lacrosse team. Zed…
Nick Carlson Retires from NLL
A career that spanned 12 seasons came to an end on Monday, as Nick Carlson formally announced his retirement from the National Lacrosse League. The transition player, who played all but one season of his professional career with the Mammoth, was a two-time All-Star who won the Champion’s Cup with Colorado in 2006. “I want to thank the Colorado Mammoth, and specifically Steve Govett, for giving me an opportunity of a…
Swarm Go 2-0 in Pre Season Contests
With both teams coming off wins in their Pre-Season debuts, the Minnesota Swarm and Calgary Roughnecks took to the floor to do battle, with largely different rosters from the previous nights game. Out for the Roughnecks where Shawn Evans, Jeff Shattler, Curtis Dickson, Jon Harnett, Curtis Manning and Tor Reinholdt, while Minnesota was without, captain Andrew Suitor and Logan Schuss. The Minnesota Swarm ultimately took the game by a score…
Video: Bandits vs Black Wolves
Our Dan Pattison was on scene for the Buffalo Bandits vs New England Black Wolves pre season contest this Saturday night, and he brings some footage from the game. Bandits vs BlackWolves
One on One With Paul Tutka: Part One
Paul Tutka is a multi-time winning NLL writer of the year award winner, and one of the smartest experts in lacrosse. However, after leaving NLL Insider a few years ago (pre IL Indoor era) he hasn’t been writing anywhere. Yet, his Twitter analysis of the league has taken the lacrosse world by storm, and I was lucky to speak with him about a few matters in the league in this…