Saturday night, the Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) play host to the Vancouver Stealth (3-6). It will be the second of four meetings between these two clubs in the 2014 schedule and is critical to both team’s aspirations for the playoffs. The Roughnecks have had an up-and-down season so far, not yet finding enough rhythm to win consecutive games. They have, however, earned two of their three victories at home, so that…
Swarm Look to Sting Undefeated Rush
Tonight the Edmonton Rush (6-0) will travel to the twin cities and face the struggling Minnesota Swarm (1-5) at 7 pm ET. When the season started the Swarm had a shut down defense, but the offense was failing to produce. Now the offense is starting to click but the defense has more holes then swiss cheese at times. Currently the Swarm are 0-2 at home going into tonight’s contest. The…
NLL Preview: Stealth at Mammoth
The Vancouver Stealth will travel to Colorado tonight to take on the Mammoth in their fourth meeting of the season. This is the final time these teams will meet. The game is tonight at 9:00 ET at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Colorado has won two of the matchups and Vancouver has won one; each game has been decided by one goal. For the Mammoth, Adam Jones is out…
Where Will They Go? A Look As to Where the LXM Players Could Wind Up
The MLL may be in the offseason but that didn’t stop big news from occurring in the lacrosse world. Yesterday, the MLL announced that it will be merging with the LXM Pro Tour and Adrenaline lacrosse to allow players from both leagues to play without repurcussions. The news is huge for the growth of the game as stars from both leagues will now be able to help grow the game….
CLax Preview: Cyclops at Demons
The SouthWest Cyclops (0-1) will look to avenge a season opening loss to the Oshweken Demons (1-0) when they hit the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA) turf tonight. The game will serve as the Cyclops inaugural home opener in the franchise’s temporary accommodations at the ILA, a facility which also serves as home to the Demons. This will be the second meeting of the season between the two Canadian Lacrosse League…
Nat St. Laurent Named First Ohio Northern Coach, Leaving Washington & Lee After 2014
The Polar Bears will begin play in 2016 as a member of the OAC.
Patrick Merrill Activated from IR
Jeff Swift Released; Mike Lum-Walker Signed To Practice Roster TORONTO, ON– The Toronto Rock have made several roster moves in advance of Saturday night’s home game against the Rochester Knighthawks at 7pm at Air Canada Centre.Veteran defender Patrick Merrill has been cleared to play this weekend and will see his first game action of the 2014 season. Merrill began the season on the injured reserve and has missed each of…
Game Preview: Wings vs Bandits
This week the Philadelphia Wings (3-5) shuffle off to Buffalo (or should we say shovel after the latest snow storm), to face the Bandits (5-2) at 7:30 pm Saturday night. The Wings are coming off a lost weekend where they fell 20-10 to Toronto, and then fell 8-6 in a defensive battle against the Edmonton Rush. The Bandits are coming off a 9-6 loss to Rochester which saw their five…
MLL Wants to “Unite the Sport”
Possibly the biggest lacrosse news of the year to this point was yesterday when Major League Lacrosse partnered with the LXM Pro Tour. This is one of the first times we have ever seen two lacrosse leagues team up to work together for the good of the game, something that MLL wants to do. “We’ve made the industry aware that we want to work with everyone to unite the sport,”…
Five Stories to Watch in NLL Week Eight
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie Week 8 of the NLL season is coming towards us, and tonight the Colorado Mammoth face off with the Vancouver Stealth. We have the top storylines of that game along with the others for this weekend. Number Five—Can Dillon Ward do it Again? Dillon Ward has been the man for the last three wins of the Colorado Mammoth. They play tonight against a hungry Vancouver Stealth…