Canada Tops USA With John Grant Jr unable to play for Canada in the FIL, the team rallied around that and were able to breakout. USA stopped Canada in the first game of the tournament and didn’t look back, going 5-0 in pool play and dominating the playoffs. However, Canada proved to be too much. Thanks to Dillon Ward, USA could only score five times as Canada defeated them 8-5….
Davenport Goalies Face off in NLL
It’s not often that college teammates meet in the NLL, with so many of the players coming from junior ranks. It’s even rarer that it is two goaltenders, when most only play the box style. Yet, this happened when the Colorado Mammoth met the Minnesota Swarm in the pre season. On December 14th, former Davenport University goaltenders Zach Higgins and Alexis Buque faced off between the pipes. They split time…
Bill O’Brien Adds Toughness to Black Wolves
You don’t usually see many college football players go into the world of pro lacrosse. If anything, you see more lacrosse players go into the NFL, players such as; current Buffalo Bills, Chris Hogan and Houston Texan, Will Yeatman. One player, Bill O’ Brien has just made the jump into the NLL. O’Brien was a three-year starting defensive end and linebacker at the Division One AA, Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Growing…
Edmonton Rush Preseason Recap
The 2015 NLL season is just days away and the Edmonton Rush appear to be tuned up and ready to go. The Rush played two scrimmages in the preseason and won them both decisively. They beat the Vancouver Stealth on Dec. 8 by a 13-6 score, then took out their cross-provincial rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks, by an 11-3 score last weekend. All signs are currently pointing to the Rush looking…
Williams, Bryan, Among CLax Supplemental Picks
Todd Kozak was the top overall pick in the Canadian Lacrosse League supplemental draft to the Niagara Lock Monsters later in this week. The Burlington Chiefs product attended Rochester Knighthawks camp. The second pick of the two-round draft went to the Southwest Cyclops who drafted Dylan Webster. Webster was a draft pick of the Toronto Rock and attended their camp. He is also a member of the Brampton Excelsiors. Going third…
Player Profile: Pat Saunders #14 New England Blackwolves
Saunders was a sixth round selection of the Chicago Shamrox back in 2008. Since then he has spent time with the Minnesota Swarm, Rochester Knighthawks, Toronto Rock, and Philadelphia Wings in 2012. Last season Saunders was back again in Philadelphia and had a bang out year with 25 G, 14 A in 15 games. Prior to the start of last season Saunders came into camp on a mission. He was…
Matt Crough Welcomes Opportunity in New England
Making the practice squad in your first year is nothing to shake your head at. Matt Crough, of the New England Black Wolves, will spend his first season in the NLL practicing with the big club while he hones his skills to be able to make a dynamite impact as a sophomore. The 5’9″, 172 lb Peterborough native was drafted 15th overall in September. “I was thrilled about being drafted…
Greg Danseglio Joins Maryland
Maryland gets some help on defense with Virginia transfer Greg Danseglio. It looks like Greg will be playing for the Terps this spring if all goes right and will take part in helping Maryland win the first ever lacrosse Big Ten Championship. The Long Island native and former St. Anthony star spent the last three seasons playing defense for the Virginia Cavaliers where he was a third team All American…
New England Black Wolves Pre Season Recap
The New England Black Wolves pre season could have gone better. The first year team didn’t win a game, despite a close contest with Buffalo that ended with their 10-9 loss. As a new team, they are expected to have their struggles, and the young squad is certainly open to improvements. New England has 12 new players from last season when they moved from Philadelphia. They are also one of…
Calgary Roughnecks Mission 2015, Champion’s Cup
Last season Calgary came into Rochester up 1-0 in the Finals. Game 2 was as close as it can get for 45 minutes as Calgary was only down by a goal. All that was needed was the Roughnecks to win the final quarter by two goals to hoist the Champion’s Cup. But Rochester put up six goals to win 16-10, tying the series at a game each, forcing the mini-game….