It’s going to be yet another busy weekend in the National Lacrosse League. Many teams are set up for close, down to the wire games while others are expected to be blowouts. Here are the predictions from the staff here at ILWT: Dan Pattison’s Predictions: Rush over Roughnecks Stealth over Mammoth Wings over Swarm Rock over Knighthawks Roughnecks over Stealth Bandits over Mammoth Swarm over Wings
In The Dirt: Face Offs
The most key part of any lacrosse game is the face off. It starts the field battle and limits the number of involved players. A lot of dirty tricks are easily snuck past officials, and the task calls for dynamic low-to-the-ground mobility. On my high school team, my coach would always seek wrestlers for face offs because of their training with body and space manipulation under tight circumstances. Many coaches…
Stealth Place Kyle Sorensen on Injured Reserve
The Vancouver Stealth announced this morning that they have placed Captain, Kyle Sorensen, on the 21 day Injured Reserve with an undisclosed injury. Sorensen has appeared in both games for the Stealth this season collecting 1 assist, 2 loose balls and 17 minutes in penalties. With Sorensen being place on IR the Stealth have activated rookie Josh Hawkins from the Practice Roster. Hawkins, a graduate of Loyola College (MD) was…
NLL Preview: Roughnecks Travel to Edmonton for Battle of Alberta
The Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) journey north to Edmonton to take on the Rush (2-0) on Friday. This is the first game of the annual Battle of Alberta in which the two teams duke it out for supremacy in the NLL standings. The Roughnecks hold a 23-5 advantage over the Rush all time and beat Edmonton three times in four tries in 2013 so you might think they have the advantage….
Mammoth Still Have Hopes of a ‘W’ Against Stealth
The Colorado Mammoth are set to take on the Vancouver Stealth on Friday January 17, 2014 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC. The last time these two teams met was on Saturday January 4, 2o14 at The Pepsi Center in Denver. The Mammoth were victorious by a score of 13-12. Now the Mammoth travel to the Stealth’s home turf in the hopes of another victory against the Stealth….
Rock Move Eric Law to Active Roster
Craig England Will Serve One Game Suspension Saturday Vs. Rochester TORONTO, ON – Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson confirmed today that the Professional Lacrosse Player’s Association (PLPA) has withdrawn the appeal of the one-game suspension assessed to Rock defender Craig England. England will now serve a one-game suspension this Saturday when the Rock travel Rochester after the PLPA’s appeal had allowed the rookie defenceman to play last week against Buffalo. After…
Brampton Ships O’Connor to Oakville for Belanger
The second Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) trade of 2014 took place Wednesday as the Brampton Excelsiors traded transition player Ethan O’Connor to the Oakville Rock for goaltender Tye Belanger. O’Connor leaves a struggling Brampton squad to join the only team to finish behind them in the standings. With only two regular season wins the Rock finished dead last and their mere 140 goals for was the worst in the league….
NCAA Preseason Scrimmages
As colleges kick back into spring sessions, lacrosse practices are starting up. Along with those practices are scrimmages, because no team can hope to be successful without two things: knowing their competition and properly preparing. Provided by laxpower.com, here are a list of preseason scrimmages as of January 10: Date Time Home Away Location Jan. 18 1:00 pm Delaware Mercyhurst Newark, DE 12:00 pm Ohio State Hill Academy Columbus,…
Preview: Battle of Alberta, Chapter 1
Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) at Edmonton Rush (2-0) 2014 Battle of Alberta, Part 1 of 4 Friday, January 17, 9:30pm ET Crystal Glass Field at Rexall Place W2W4 Friday night will be an important one for the Edmonton Rush organization and the local lacrosse community as Jimmy Quinlan’s #81 will be retired. One thing that teams always have to guard against when it comes to pre-game ceremonies are sluggish starts and…
Lisi Blog: All About Modeling
There has been a recent buzz surrounding the “culture” of lacrosse. I go back and forth on the overall direction lacrosse is headed given its recent history and “trends.” There’s no doubt that a lot of people at a variety of levels have given the gift of lacrosse to a lot of people. Our sport is growing at an amazing clip. Whether it’s handing a stick to a young person…