Calgary Roughnecks forward Scott Ranger announced today his retirement from the National Lacrosse League. Ranger, a member of the Roughnecks for eight seasons (2007-14), has played over 145 NLL regular season and playoff games combined. “It was a difficult decision to step away from a game that I love but I have a young family and would like to commit to spending more time at home,” said Ranger. “I am…
Bandits Sign Priolo for Three Years
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced the team and defenseman Steve Priolo have agreed to a three-year contract, pending league approval. “We are thrilled to have Steve re-sign with the Bandits for three years,” Dietrich said. “Steve has proven to be one of the top defenders in the league and his sole focus is to help the Bandits bring the Champions Cup back to Buffalo.” Drafted by Buffalo…
Will Steve Priolo Repeat Last Year’s Success?
When the time came for the Buffalo Bandits to make their decision on the 21st overall selection in the 2009 draft, GM/head coach Darris Kilgour placed his faith in 6’5” 235lb defenseman Steve Priolo from St. Catharines, Ontario to one day become the team’s defensive linchpin they deserved. Heading into his sixth season with the Bandits, Priolo has finally proven himself to his coaches and the rest of the league…
Mammoth Release Three Defensemen
The Colorado Mammoth announced on Wednesday that the team has trimmed its roster to 32 following the opening weekend of training camp. Three defensemen – DJ Giacobbo, DJ Lubs and Zach Rogers – were released, leaving 12 at the position still in the mix. Colorado must reduce its roster by 12 players by late-December, per NLL rules. The Mammoth continues training camp the first weekend of December in Vancouver, British…
CLax Draft Prospects Bring Out Interesting Names
The Canadian Lacrosse League draft and combine is a few days away, and with that, a few interesting names have emerged as far as who is in the draft and could be on a roster in 2015. Good Players who Should be Picked Connor Eustace: Was a prospect in the NLL draft who wasn’t selected but has had a decent career in Brampton. Seems like the perfect CLax type of player….
Casey Jackson Has a Shot with Roughnecks
With the Calgary Roughnecks coming so close to the ultimate goal last year, they really didn’t need to change much but to keep the core and add a little more depth to an already talented roster. This is where Casey Jackson comes into the picture. The Victoria native who plays his summer ball for the Burnaby Lakers is one player who could really be a dominant dark horse for an…
Toronto Rock Sign Draft Picks
The Toronto Rock have signed all four of their 2014 NLL Draft picks to one-year agreements, pending league approval. The signings come just over one week before the Rock open training camp on Saturday, November 29th at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario. The first of the four signings is right shooting forward Brandon Benn, selected in the 4th round, 33rd overall. Benn’s greatest success in junior came…
Black Wolves Unveil Uniforms for 2015
Today the New England Black Wolves unveiled their uniforms for the 2015 season, road and away. We have some pics from their social media pages below.
Prout Impact on Knighthawks
Prior to the draft the three-time champion Rochester Knighthawks shipped 21 year old Johnny Powless, Joel McCready, 9th & 23rd selection in the 2014 draft to Vancouver for the 2nd (Jeremy Noble) and 11th overall in this years draft as well as a number one in 2015 and 2017. Questions started to be asked as to who would take the place of the young star Johnny Powless. That was…
What We Learned: Colorado Mammoth Camp
NLL training camps have opened, and that means we are finally starting to learn how team rosters will take shape. The Colorado Mammoth were the second team to open camp. Here is what we learned. Rookies Better than Expected: Steve Govett said it, and so did a lot of other players after camp ended. Robert Hope and Eli McLaughlin are looking like studs early. It sounds like McLaughlin looks even better than…