Photo Credit: Ian Neadle The UAlbany men’s lacrosse team will look to shine in the Lone Star State as it takes on Cornell on February 28th, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. The teams will meet on the campus of Southern Methodist University for the Saturday game. The time of the game is to be announced. This will be the second matchup of the in-state squads and first in the regular season. …
Swarm Re-Sign Mitch Belisle
The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Minnesota Swarm today announced that the team has re-signed D Mitch Belisle to a one-year contract. Belisle, 28, spent the 2012-13 seasons with the Swarm, but did not play last season. The Swarm also signed free agent D Pat Laconi to a one-year deal. “Mitch’s energy on the floor and in the locker room was certainly missed last season,” Swarm Owner and Governor John Arlotta…
Dube Blog: USA Camp Wraps Up First Week
Day 2 is in the books, we’re hitting the road a bit earlier than scheduled. It’ll be nice to get home before 2 am even though I could have scrimmaged for at least another hour. 7:30 am came pretty quick this morning but a coffee and a Red Bull later I felt alive again. We hit the floor for warmup a bit after 9 then got some shooting practice in….
Ohio Machine Players Turning Gears for NLL Season
There’s a particular aspect of professional lacrosse I have always noticed, and that is there’s multiple leagues with the same names participating. Numerous athletes play two different styles (indoor and outdoor) at opposing annual frequencies. Even more participate in Canadian leagues. This is the biggest attraction, and yet largest flaw, for lacrosse. For many, including myself, it is very challenging to follow a player across leagues, year round, who they’re…
NLL Offseason Recap: Minnesota Swarm
Like the majority of the other teams in the NLL, the Minnesota Swarm began looking for ways to improve, as soon as the offseason started, be it through the draft, trades, or free agency. Beginning in June, the Swarm and the Edmonton Rush worked out a deal that sent goaltender Brodie MacDonald and the third overall pick in the 2014 draft to Minnesota in exchange for Tyler Carlson and the…
Dube Blog: USA Indoor Tryouts Open
Its great to have a LAX weekend. Since we lost in the playoffs my weekends have been working on the house, chopping wood and getting ready for winter. While I like doing it and my wife likes to have me home there’s just something about a weekend of good intense lacrosse. Plus it’s a bye week for the Pats so I might as well hit the road. That being…
NLL Offseason Recap: Colorado Mammoth
It’s that time of year again when the NLL is getting ready for training camp and the preseason. This year the Colorado Mammoth have already made some bold key moves. Of course we know that John Grant Jr. will be back for another year; and the Mammoth just announced that they have signed Drew Westervelt, Sean Pollock, Jamie Shewchuk, D.J. Lubs, Bob Snider and Colton Porter to one-year agreements. The…
Ron Henry Named Demons Head Coach
The Ohsweken Demons are pleased to announce Ron “Mouse” Henry will be taking over as Head Coach for the 2015 season; joining Henry behind the bench will be Roger Chrysler. Ron Henry returns to CLax after coaching the Iroquois Ironmen in the 2013 season, leading them to a Creator’s Cup victory. Henry comes to the Demons with a strong coaching background having coached with the NLL’s Buffalo Bandits, the Iroquois…
Projecting 2016 NLL Rosters: Eastern Conference
We haven’t even seen the 2015 NLL rosters yet, but it’s interesting to take a look at how teams might look AFTER this season. We’ve been tracking every player transaction of each NLL player, so we know who will be free agents when. That allows us to take a look at each roster and how it may look in 2016. This is assuming no cuts this preseason and only looking…
CUFLA Playoffs Open Tonight
Tonight the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association playoffs begin at 6pm with Guelph vs Bishop’s and then Western vs Queen’s. Our Pat Gregoire will be one of the commentators, so be sure to check it out.