David DiRuscio is a player’s player. The 6’5, 300lb goaltender is an intimidating sight upon first glance, but spend a few minutes with him and you’ll come to know a gentle but determined human being, who is a fierce teammate and always has time for the fans. DiRuscio was highly touted for the 2012 NLL draft, but bad luck prevented him from being drafted as he suffered a broken leg…
Bandits Squeeze by Black Wolves
After being down 9-8 midway through the fourth quarter, the Buffalo Bandits came together as a team and rallied back against the New England Black Wolves to come away with the 10-9 victory in their opening preseason game of the 2015 NLL season against the New England Black Wolves Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. Aaron Wilson led the Bandits to their first preseason victory of the year and…
Roughnecks Cruise Past Rock 14-5
The Calgary Roughnecks started their quest for the 2015 Champion’s Cup on Saturday at the TRAC in Toronto, well, sorta… It was exhibition but lacrosse is still lacrosse. Roughnecks opened the preseason with a tilt against the Toronto Rock with a strong showing by everyone on the floor in a 14-5 romp on a five-goal performance from sophomore forward Marty Dinsdale. The Rock opened the scoring with two early goals…
Audio: Rance Vigneux, Aaron Wilson
Last night the Buffalo Bandits defeated the New England Black Wolves 10-9 behind a six point night from Aaron Wilson. After the game we caught up with him and winning goaltender Rance Vigneux. Aaron Wilson Rance Vigneux
Rush Take Pre Season Opener 13-6
Photo by Garrett James The Vancouver Stealth could only net six goals as they fell to the Edmonton Rush 13-6 on Saturday night in their first preseason game of the year. The Rush were led by goals from Robert Church, Ben McIntosh, Mark Matthews, and Tyler Melnyk. Matthews scored the hat trick to be the leading scorer in the game while Church and McIntosh had two each. It was the…
Swarm Sting Hawks 14-8 in Pre-Season Opener
In what has become an annual event, the three-time defending champion Rochester Knighthawks fell to the Minnesota Swarm 14-8 in front of 10,073 fans at The Blue Cross Arena. Tickets for the game were free on a first come first serve basis, just as they did in the past 3 years for the pre-season game. It’s obvious the focus was on Miles Thompson. Thompson ended the night with 4 goals…
Swarm and Roughnecks Battle After Victories
Both winners on Saturday night, one team will improve their preseason record to 2-0. Minnesota defeated Rochester 14-8, while Calgary downed Toronto 14-5. Minnesota is coming off a disappointing 2014 season in which they missed the playoffs after upsetting Toronto in 2013 to make it to the semifinals. A lot of changes were made to the core roster in the offseason, with goaltender Tyler Carlson being shipped to Edmonton for…
Mammoth Have Much to Test in First Preseason Game Afainst Stealth
The Vancouver Stealth fell last night to the Edmonton Rush 13-8, and now they face the Colorado Mammoth in their first game of the pre season. While the Stealth lost last night, they still saw promising signs with goals from rookie Dan Keane and newcomer Dane Stevens. Colorado comes in without many changes to their offense other than the departure of Casey Powell and the addition of Alex Turner along…
NLL Games Not on YouTube?
Photo: Garrett James Two NLL pre season games will be broadcasted tonight; Toronto against Calgary and Minnesota against Rochester. However, both games will not be on The Lacrosse Network, the YouTube channel that hosted NLL games the past two seasons. According to John Hoffman from Swarm It Up, the league might not be going with YouTube as their broadcast partner this season. It appears as if their broadcasts are going…
Two Very Different Approaches for Solving De-Certifications
Cascade has been working around the clock to remedy their recent decertification. At the end of this week (two days ago), they released a statement saying they expect to have answers and solutions in the next ‘coming days’. So, I project by Christmas. Just like your iPhone/Mac, or iPod, or vehicle or whatever else, you can register your product online. Go to R.CascadeLacrosse.com and you can register your Cascade helmet….