Since its inception in 2001 Major League Lacrosse has proudly partnered, and continues to partner, with Cascade Lacrosse to provide the best players in the world with the safest and most innovative helmets available. Yesterday it was announced by NOCSAE® that the Cascade R helmet, along with the Warrior Regulator, were foundto be non-compliant with their standard ND041. Like everyone involved in the sport of lacrosse, we at MLL look for…
Toronto Rock Offense Preview: Righties
While Toronto Rock training camp will open Saturday without Colin Doyle as previously mentioned, also missing will be leading scorer Garrett Billings. The only player in league history to record 3 consecutive 100-point seasons is still recovering from a torn ACL suffered during the final month of the 2014 regular season. So much like the focus on the lefties and the challenges on that side of the offence, the righties…
Westervelt Brings Balance to the Mammoth Force
Colorado is known to be a left-handed player-heavy roster. John Grant Jr. and Adam Jones are two of the strongest lefties the NLL has to offer. With a one-year contract agreed upon, Drew Westervelt balances out the offensive roster. Drew brings balance to the Mammoth in another way from my perspective. Take a look back to the rocky road that was Colorado’s 2014 season. The first half of the season…
What Was Right? Reflecting on 2014 Predictions
Every year we make predictions at year’s end for the NLL, MLL, and other things. As we end the 2014 year, with no game play beginning again until 2015, let’s take a look at what we got right and wrong. What Was Right Outlaws Curse Broken- Brendan Staudt On January 22nd in Brendan’s MLL predictions post he mentioned this could be the year the Outlaws break the streak, led by…
Rush Sign Mydske for Three Years
According to NLL.com, the Edmonton Rush have signed defenseman Brett Mydske to a three year deal. The deal comes after a 2014 season where Mydske was part of a historically good defense that led the Rush to the top record in the league. In his five year career, Mydske has emerged as one of the best defensive players in the game, especially on an Edmonton unit that includes Chris Corbeil…
NLL Camp Report: Bandits Camp Shows New Faces
With the specter of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals loss to the eventual-champion Rochester Knighthawks still on their minds, the Buffalo Bandits are looking forward to wiping the slate clean during training camp and beginning the new season with a fresh start. On Saturday, the Bandits banded together once again at the First Niagara Center as they prepare for the 2015 NLL season. With 33 players and three goaltenders on…
Guardian National Announces Dates for 2015
Over 150 goalies from across the country will be converging on the Spooky Nook Sports Center in Manheim, PA, on July 27-30, 2015 to take part in the second annual Guardian National Championships. The Guardian National Championship, an invite only event, brings together the best lacrosse goalies from across the country to compete against each other and display their skills in front of 50 plus Division I, II and III college coaches….
Toronto Rock Offense Preview: Lefties
The Toronto Rock will open training camp on Saturday afternoon at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario. One very familiar face will be missing as captain Colin Doyle will miss the entire 2015 season due to a recently repaired torn rotator cuff. The offensive side of the roster breaks down like this. Typically, the Rock will dress 6 offensive players for each game – 3 left handed shooters…
Ethan O’Connor Ready for New Opportunity with Swarm
Ethan O’Connor, a first round pick in the 2013 NLL draft, shone in his rookie season with the Toronto Rock. However, he won’t be back in Toronto for 2015 after he was traded to the Minnesota Swarm for Brock Sorensen. “I am very excited to start camp with the Swarm.” said O’Connor. “It has been awhile since my last summer games with Oakville, which means I’ve had a lot of…
Keane Blog: Stealth Begin Camp Sessions
The Vancouver Stealth opened their first training camp sessions of the season this weekend. Stealth rookie Dan Keane has agreed to be one of our player-bloggers for this upcoming NLL season. Overall the camps were great this weekend. The atmosphere was competitive and everyone was extremely focused. Over the weekend we had three sessions. These session were focused on mainly conditioning, stick skills, and scrimmaging. A majority of the drills…