Charlotte Hounds (4-9) at Chesapeake Bayhawks (4-9) 7 p.m., Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md. The two finalists in last year’s Major League Lacrosse championship game aren’t in playoff contention this season, but the Hounds and Bayhawks do have something on the line in Saturday’s season finale – avoiding finishing last in the MLL standings. There is a benefit for Chesapeake if they do lose – the No. 1 overall…
NLL Free Agency: Swarm Re-Sign Three
The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Minnesota Swarm announced on Friday that the team has agreed to one-year contracts with forwardScott Jones, as well as defensemen Jordan Houtby and Reid Acton for the upcoming season. Jones, a first-round pick of the Swarm in the 2013 NLL Entry Draft (No. 7 overall), is set to return to Minnesota after collecting 21 points (6g, 15a) over 16 games in a promising rookie season. The 24-year-old from Port Coquitlam,…
Lizards Notebook: Lizards Have Chance at Hosting Playoffs
The Lizards end the season by taking on the Denver Outlaws at home on Saturday. Depending on the result of the game, the Lizards could get homefield advantage for the first of two semifinal games in the quest for the MLL Championship game or they could be on the road. Here is a full slate of all the latest news and notes for the Lizards heading into the season finale….
Cannons Need to Upset Rattlers for Playoff Hopes
The Rochester Rattlers and Boston Cannons square off in the final week of the 2014 MLL regular season this Saturday, August 9th @ 7 pm at Harvard Stadium. The Cannons need some help to clinch a playoff berth—they need both a win over Rochester and an Ohio loss to Florida on Saturday night. That scenario would leave the Cannons and Machine tied for 4th place with 7-7 records. The Cannons would…
Where Does Lacrosse Stand After the FIL?
Moments that will stand out to me are seeing a packed stadium for the final game between the U.S. and Canada, Uganda becoming the first team from Africa to compete in the championships (and securing a pair of wins), along with Israel coming together and playing tremendously despite everything that must have been on the players’ minds amidst what was happening back home. One (and possibly only) negative was pace…
Outlaws Notebook: Home Field on the Line
Photo Credit: Di Miller On August 6, the MLL held their weekly Coaches Conference Call and Denver Outlaws Head Coach B.J. O’Hara was asked about the team’s win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks last week. “We didn’t know what to expect when the game started from Chesapeake being that they weren’t playing for a play-off spot. We got up on them in the first half pretty good, and then at halftime…
MSL: Chiefs Can Sweep, Kodiaks Can Tie
Brooklin 0 Six Nations 3 After cruising through the regular season, the Brooklin Redmen suddenly find themselves in the unenviable position of being down 3-0 in their semi-final series against the Six Nations Chiefs. Even in front of a home crowd bolstered by OLA Festival patrons, the Redmen have been unable to muster any fight, losing games one (9-8) and three (10-6) at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. Game two,…
How Do Bayhawks Rebound from Disappointing 2014?
The defending champs will be left out of Championship Weekend for the first time in a number of years, leaving many to wonder what happened. The quest for a three peat was met with turmoil and inconsistency. The World Games didn’t help but delay the inevitable for them going down the stretch. Now where do they move on from here? The lineup is aging a great deal and their draft…
Stealth Re-Sign Cody Bremner
The Vancouver Stealth have announced the re-signing of forward Cody Bremner to a one-year contract agreement for the 2015 National Lacrosse League season, pending league approval. Bremner played in 12 games with the Stealth as a rookie in 2014, recording 23 points (9 goals, 14 assists) and 41 loose balls in 12 games. The former first-round pick scored at least one goal in six games and at least one point in…
Bandits Add Goaltender DiRuscio, Re-Sign Matthews
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced that the team has signed Joel Matthews, Corey Fowler and Dave DiRuscio all to one-year contracts. Matthews, Buffalo’s fourth-round selection (31st overall) in the 2012 NLL Entry Draft, made his NLL debut and appeared in a total of two games in 2014. The 23-year-old tallied two goals overall in his first season, both of which came against the Rochester Knighthawks on April…