Freshmen are coming onto campus more and more expecting to play right away. Gone are the days where development would allow for a year or two before someone could crack into the lineup. A lot of rookies are going to be asked to contribute heavily to guide their teams to the heights of Division I lacrosse. Joel Tinney – Johns Hopkins – Midfield Sure Stanwick has to live up…
NLL Best of the Rest: Mallory, Murphy, Garland
In the first two weeks of our “Best of the Rest’ series we’ve focused on Ontario based players, this week will take you out to the West Coast and take a look at a couple Maple Ridge Burrards, an a recent WLA Champion from the Victoria Shamrocks. The WLA has an abundance of talent just waiting to get their shot at the NLL level. Some knock the Western league because…
Bandits Match New England Offer for Petkoff
The Buffalo Bandits have matched the New England Black Wolves’ offer sheet to restricted free agent defenseman Drew Petkoff for a one-year contract for the 2015 National Lacrosse League season. Buffalo had 72 hours to match New England’s offer for the defender who possesses a scoring touch. Petkoff spent his first four seasons with the Toronto Rock before joining the Bandits where he was inactive for the 2013 season and…
Fall Ball Checkin: UMass Lowell
Every team has to start somewhere. UMass Lowell will be entering their inaugural year on the Division I level. They will be led by first year coach Ed Stephenson who was the associate head coach at UMBC, University of Maryland Baltimore County. However the closer we get to the fall, the more curious i become with this River Hawks squad. For one, the team is compiled of primarily freshman and…
USA Tops Notre Dame in Seatown Classic
In their first game back together since the World Championships in July the U.S. Mens National Team took the field to defeat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 17-14 at the Seatown Classic in Tukwilla, WA. The Fighting Irish dominated the faceoff circle and scoreboard in the opening quarter of action, jumping out to a seven-goal lead. Matt Kavanagh seeming to have his way, he would go on to score three…
2015 NLL Breakout Players: Brodie MacDonald
Brodie MacDonald is the Swarm’s newest goalie. The 25-year-old Vernon, B.C. native was acquired by the Swarm in a trade with the Edmonton Rush, prior to the NLL Entry Draft. In the trade the Swarm sent Tyler Carlson and draft picks. With trading last year’s starting goalie for the young back-up from Edmonton, the Swarm have opened the door for MacDonald to start making a name for himself as a…
Jr A Breakout Players in 2015
Each year, hundreds of Canadian box lacrosse players take to the floor to compete for a spot on one of the 19 Junior A teams in British Columbia and Ontario. We are deep into the offseason now, with the NLL season just around the corner, we thought that it would be a good idea to take a look at the next up and coming players to watch in the BC…
Wenster Green Newest Breakout Player for Stealth
Free agent Wenster Green was signed by the Vancouver Stealth on October 3, adding depth to their transition unit. Green was drafted by the Buffalo Bandits in 2012 but failed to make the team. The 21-year-old transition spent last year on the practice roster for the Rochester Knighthawks and, during the offseason, played for the Iroquois Ironmen in CLax and was a member of the Minto Cup winning Six Nations…
Outlaws To Scrimmage Pioneers in 6th Annual Colorado Lacrosse Showcase
Photo Credit: Denver Outlaws On Saturday October 18, the Denver Outlaws are set to scrimmage the Denver University Pioneers for the Annual Colorado Lacrosse Showcase. In last year’s scrimmage, the DU Pioneers defeated the Outlaws by the final score of 10-5. Unfortunately, the Outlaws were without many of their players due to Team USA tryouts in Pennsylvania, but gave it their all. This year the Outlaws roster consists of: Defense—Chris…
Kyle Sorensen To Miss 2015 Season
According to a report from The Province, Vancouver Stealth captain and defenseman will undergo knee surgery this month and miss the entire 2015 season in Vancouver. Sorensen missed much of last season and has struggled with knee injuries. It was general manager Doug Locker who told The Province of the news. The report also states that defenseman Matt Beers might not return if he gets hired by a fire department…