The National Lacrosse League announced their 2015 season schedule this afternoon, with the season opening January 2nd when the Buffalo Bandits play the first game ever in Connecticut. It is also the first back to back of the season as they go home to play Edmonton that night. Rochester also opens at home in week one against Toronto on January 3rd. Colorado, Vancouver and Edmonton have their home openers in…
Toronto Trades for Brodie Merrill
The Toronto Rock and recently-relocated Connecticut-based franchise have completed a blockbuster deal pending league approval. The trade involves the Rock acquiring superstar transition player Brodie Merrill along with a 2nd round pick in the 2015 NLL Draft in exchange for forward Mike Burke, defenceman Craig England, Toronto’s 2nd round pick (17th overall) in the upcoming 2014 NLL Draft, Toronto’s 1st round pick in the 2015 NLL Draft and Toronto’s 2nd…
CILL: Bye Week With Chicago and Grand Rapids Leading Charge
The Continental Indoor Lacrosse League is heading into its first bye week of the season and thus far, the season has been what was expected. The Chicago Outlaws and Grand Rapids Dragonfish are both in first place with a 5-1 record. Chicago leads the league with 133 goals scored. Milwaukee is in third place by themselves at 3-2 on the season, and where they have struggled is goaltending with 81…
Atlanta MLL Team Nearly a Reality
Everyone in lacrosse knows that Major League Lacrosse wants to add a team to Atlanta. After an attendance of 8,000+ at this year’s championship game between Rochester and Denver, it is becoming closer to a reality. During halftime of the game broadcast commissioner David Gross was interviewed by CBS Sports Network, where he stated that there would be no MLL expansion in 2015. However, he did say that Atlanta is…
Dominican University Moves to MCLA
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Dominican University of California has announced that men’s lacrosse will no longer be an NCAA-sponsored sport. The program is also withdrawing from the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (WILA) for the upcoming 2015 season. Instead, the program will look to join the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association. The MCLA is a national organization of non-NCAA college lacrosse programs. The association currently operates in the United States and Canada…
Stealth Extend Stevens and Hass
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie On Tuesday afternoon the Vancouver Stealth continued to make moves by signing two new players to contract extensions. Earlier in the month they had traded away defenseman Mike Grimes to Minnesota for transition player Tyler Hass and forward Dane Stevens. Today, they locked those players up. Stevens, who spent one season in Minnesota after playing in Edmonton, was a restricted free agent and signed to stay…
CUFLA Season Preview: Brock University Badgers
The most decorated program in Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) history, the Brock Badgers are currently experiencing a Baggataway Cup drought. The Badgers have been crowned National Champions 18 times, but they have yet to bring the hardware home to St. Catharines, ON since 2009. Head Coach Justin Kennedy and his squad have high expectations after training camp just over the past two weeks. “Our expectations are to learn…
Chiefs Take Commanding Lead on Lakers
The Six Nations Chiefs took a three games to one lead over the Peterborough Lakers Monday night with a 9-7 Game Four win at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville. The Chiefs, the defending Mann Cup Champions, can clinch the series Tuesday night. As in their previous two games, the Chiefs jumped out to an early first period lead, up 5-1 after the opening frame. Jeff Shattler scored first for…
Outlaws First Championship Memorable for Organization
On Saturday August 23 in front of 8,149 lacrosse fans, the Denver Outlaws (10-4) would face the Rochester Rattlers (11-3) in Kennesaw, Georgia on the Kennesaw State University Campus. It was clear that the Outlaws had the most fans at the stadium by the number of people cheering them on. This game was much anticipated as all eyes were on the Outlaws to see if they could for the first…
NLL Free Agency Update: Stealth Make Moves
After a couple busy weeks of signings in the NLL. this past week was fairly quiet, with only a handful of free agent signings while the Toronto Rock and Minnesota Swarm swapped transition players. The Vancouver Stealth locked down Chris O’Dougherty, Tim Henderson and Brandan Smith, all with one-year contracts. O’Dougherty played in five games last season, picking up five assists and 33 loose balls along the way. Smith has…