Unlike in other sports (except maybe baseball where it means home field advantage), the Major League Lacrosse all star game has meaning to it. Especially this year when Team MLL will be taking on Team USA, and it is USA’s last scrimmage before they get ready for the FIL in Denver. Match Ups Team MLL Attack Eric Law Logan Schuss Matt Danowski Drew Westervelt Team USA Attack Rob Pannell Brendan…
Rattlers Notebook: Galloway Steps Up Again
Offensively, the ball was well distributed as was predicted last week. At least eight different players found the back of the cage in their most recent game (and win) against the Charlotte Hounds. Most of those athletes scored multiple times each. Jordan Wolf continued to be a feeding nightmare against an opposing defense. He assisted five different times in the Hounds game alone and was one of the players to…
MLL ASG: Halftime Show Participants Announced
Major League Lacrosse has announced two events for its halftime show this year. The hardest shot contest returns along with the accuracy contest, though it was a bit altered. The fastest shot has a new twist to it this year as a fan who shoots the fastest at the MLL Fan Zone before the game will get to be a part of the event. MLL players in the event include…
Outlaws Notebook: Schwartzman the Face of the Outlaws
Photo Credit: Di Miller On June 18, the MLL held their weekly Coaches Conference Call and Denver Outlaws Head Coach B.J. O’Hara was asked about the team’s 9-6 win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Coach O’Hara said: “Well, I think sometimes you can get sidetracked a little bit in preparing. We were made aware on Friday that Chesapeake was going to be missing some guys—among them Brendan Mundorf, Michael Evans, and…
MSL: Kodiaks Prepare for Life Without Dhane Smith
Six Nations @ Peterborough, 8:00 pm Season series – 1-1 While Six Nations has played two games since last facing the Lakers, Peterborough will be seeing the Chiefs for the second game in a row. Last week the Lakers defeated the Chiefs 15-9 in an energetic matchup that saw Cody Jamieson held pointless and ejected for fighting. Expect Jamieson to come out firing to make up for last week. John…
CILL Season Opens August 2nd With Grand Rapids at Chicago
The Continental Indoor Lacrosse League announced their teams for 2014 yesterday, and now their schedule is out. The season gets underway with Grand Rapids facing their rival Chicago Outlaws, and the next week each team is in action, all in Grand Rapids. The defending champion Colorado Sabertooths play four games on the road. Saturday, August 2 Grand Rapids at Chicago, 6:00 PM Saturday, August 9 (at Grand Rapids, MI) Lansing at…
MLL ASG: This Time it Counts
This time it counts. That’s the slogan Major League Baseball uses to promote its All-Star Game. The league hoped to drum up interest in its midsummer classic by giving the winner home field advantage in the World Series. Major League Lacrosse is taking “this time it counts” in an All-Star Game to a new level. Baseball’s midsummer classic has come under a lot of scrutiny. The game can feel very…
MLL ASG: Team USA Enters FIL Denver with Overwhelming Roster
The days are getting ever closer to the World Games in Denver this July. The United States Team is on the verge of being announced and it will be a scramble for other teams to try to match up with this late knowledge going into the games. Each position is loaded with All Americans, a few Player of the Year Awards, and a couple Tewaaraton Award Winners. Here is the…
A Well Oiled Machine in Ohio
The Ohio Machine are 3-5 so far in 2014 but it hasn’t been because of a lack of offense. The Machine have scored 106 goals so far this season which is tops in the league. Dare I say it, they are well oiled machine. In 2013, this offense was putrid, awful, horrendous, unbearable, I think you get the idea. Essentially, any other synonym you have for bad is what the Machine’s…
Will Manny: Working on Shot Has Paid Off
Will Manny was the hero on Saturday night as he led the Boston Cannons to a 17-16 overtime victory over the Ohio Machine. He scored five goals in the game, and after the contest we asked him what has worked so well in 2014.