In the NFL draft the last pick is normally called Mr. Irrelevant being that he is a long shot at making the team and making an impact. Well in this past NLL draft the Rochester Knighthawks used the last pick of the draft on a player who is far from Irrelevant. Some people may know Zach Williams and most know his little brother, Zed Williams, a current sophomore on Virginia University lacrosse team. Zed…
Nick Carlson Retires from NLL
A career that spanned 12 seasons came to an end on Monday, as Nick Carlson formally announced his retirement from the National Lacrosse League. The transition player, who played all but one season of his professional career with the Mammoth, was a two-time All-Star who won the Champion’s Cup with Colorado in 2006. “I want to thank the Colorado Mammoth, and specifically Steve Govett, for giving me an opportunity of a…
Swarm Go 2-0 in Pre Season Contests
With both teams coming off wins in their Pre-Season debuts, the Minnesota Swarm and Calgary Roughnecks took to the floor to do battle, with largely different rosters from the previous nights game. Out for the Roughnecks where Shawn Evans, Jeff Shattler, Curtis Dickson, Jon Harnett, Curtis Manning and Tor Reinholdt, while Minnesota was without, captain Andrew Suitor and Logan Schuss. The Minnesota Swarm ultimately took the game by a score…
Video: Bandits vs Black Wolves
Our Dan Pattison was on scene for the Buffalo Bandits vs New England Black Wolves pre season contest this Saturday night, and he brings some footage from the game. Bandits vs BlackWolves
One on One With Paul Tutka: Part One
Paul Tutka is a multi-time winning NLL writer of the year award winner, and one of the smartest experts in lacrosse. However, after leaving NLL Insider a few years ago (pre IL Indoor era) he hasn’t been writing anywhere. Yet, his Twitter analysis of the league has taken the lacrosse world by storm, and I was lucky to speak with him about a few matters in the league in this…
Dave DiRuscio Gets a Shot with Bandits
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…