There have been far more teams that have folded/relocated in the National Lacrosse League than there haven’t. Currently, those teams are Rochester, Buffalo and Calgary. Colorado is formerly Washington and Baltimore. Toronto comes from Ontario. Edmonton is formerly Ottawa and Syracuse. And Vancouver comes from Everett, WA, San Jose, CA and Albany, NY. The Colorado Mammoth are the oldest franchise as the original Baltimore Thunder. However, the Philadelphia Wings were…
FIL: USA Takes on Australia
Photo Credit: Di Miller It’s Day Three of the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, in Commerce City, Colorado. Team USA who were the World Champions in the 2010 FIL games, will face-off against Team Australia who placed third in 2010. Both teams were victorious in their opening games, USA defeated Canada 10-7; and Australia took their game against Japan into triple over-time with Australia winning…
New Zealand and Russia Playing Debuts Like Veterans
These two newcomers to the international lacrosse scene are no less prepared or conditioned for a big fight down a long road. Being less affiliated with lacrosse than the ‘blue group’ (USA, Canada, Japan, etc.) means a longer journey to a potential championship; much more exciting also. THE TEAMS New Zealand is a team based around brotherhood and team work. The players have a pre game ritual performing a war…
FIL Day Two: Israel Impresses, Finland Pitches Shutout
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo Yesterday in the FIL tournament teams made their first marks of the tournament including impressive showings from Israel, Finland and the Iroquois. Netherlands 19 China 4 Scott Janssen led Netherlands with six goals to lead the Dutch past first year China. In their first ever game internationally China only could put up four goals. Tyler Buchan scored four of them. Switzerland 10 Latvia 5 Switzerland opened…
Israel shocks No. 10 Sweden19-4
Photo Credit: Larry Palumbo COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO — Ari Sussman scored five goals and one assist to lead the Israel men’s national team past 10th-ranked Sweden, 19-4, to open the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships on Friday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.Sussman scored Israel’s first-ever goal in the World Championship just 42 seconds in, and the blue-and-white never trailed, jumping out to an enormous 13-0 lead before Mattias Eklund finally but Sweden…
FIL: Canada and England Look to Rebound
Photo Credit: Di Miller Team Canada (0-1) and Team England (0-1) will search for their first victory at the 2014 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships when the two nations meet Saturday, July 12 at 10 p.m ET (8 p.m. MT). Canada previously dropped a tournament opening matchup versus rival Team USA, losing the game 10-7. While there were lingering questions surrounding the Canadian squad entering the tournament, offensive…
Bunker Blog: Cannons At the Break
Hi ILWT Readers, First off, I need to apologize for the amount of time between posts. Amid multiple commitments with my full time job and family, I haven’t had the time to truly sit down and recap our recent games. In an attempt to speed up the process, I will list the Cannon’s recent results since my last post: Week 5, 11-10 loss to the New York Lizards Week 6,…
Connecticut Looks Like Possible Suitor for Wings
With the news of the Philadelphia Wings relocating today, rumors have surfaced regarding their potential location. There have been mentions of Cleveland, Saskatoon, Montreal, and Long Island. However, the strongest destination seems to be Connecticut. Rumors began two years ago with talk of the Boston Blazers former NLL team moving to Mohegan Sun Arena in Hartford, Connecticut. However, this never came to fruition. Now reports, along with sources of ILWT,…
MLL At the Break: Ohio Machine
What a difference a year makes! After posting the worst record in the MLL and having the worst offense in the league by a wide margin, the Ohio Machine are just one game back behind from being at MLL Championship Weekend. With a big 16-14 win over the defending MLL Champion Chesapeake Bayhawks, the Machine have a real shot at making it to the dance at the end of the…
Philadelphia Wings Plan to Relocate
Ownership of the Philadelphia Wings, one of nine teams in the National Lacrosse League (NLL), plan to re-locate the franchise for the 2015 season. The organization is currently taking part in discussions with a new strategic partner for re-location, pending NLL Board of Governor approval. Fans that have placed deposits or paid in full for the 2015 season will be issued a full refund in the same manner in which…