Over the next nine days, we will be looking at the top nine stories of the year in lacrosse, based off of our most read and covered stories. Today is #3 with the Duke Blue Devils NCAA championship. Duke lacrosse won their second title in the last five years when they defeated the Syracuse Orange this year to win the 2013 NCAA lacrosse championship. Their road was not an easy…
Bandits Come Up Flat Against Wings
After the final horn had sounded and the game concluded against the Wings, the scoreboard told the final tale of the contest. The Philadelphia Wings emerged victorious with a 17-13 victory over the Buffalo Bandits last night before a crowd of 13,564 at the First Niagara Center. What occurred last night for me seemed to bring up feelings of déjà vu, especially from those late games in the 2013 season…
2013 CLax Entry Draft Results
After speculation of the Canadian Lacrosse League folding, CLax took a positive step forward by conducting its third entry draft, this year at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. With the National Lacrosse League downsizing rosters, this leaves great talent off the floors of the big leagues and will boost the talent pool for CLax in the 2014 season. After a tough season in 2013, the Barrie Blizzard held the first overall…
NLL Rookie Report: Schuss, Loewen Step Up
With the 2014 NLL season officially underway, the latest wave of rookie talent made their presence felt Saturday night. Out of the six squads to begin action over the weekend, all but the Rochester Knighthawks and Buffalo Bandits featured at least one rookie in the lineup. Minnesota The youthful Swarm dressed a trio of signees from their recent draft class in Saturday’s loss to Rochester. Leading the way for the…
NLL Week One: What Went Wrong, What Went Right
Philadelphia Wings Right—Complete game was played. They won every quarter with no let up. Jordan Hall led the way 5G/2A. New Wings Kyle Buchanan 3G/5A, Tracey Kelusky 2G/4A, and Ryan Ward 5A made their presence known. Power Play 3-6. Moved ball well on inside and two man game. Solid performance by Evan Kirk. Wrong—Too many unnecessary penalties, need to be more dominant on the face-offs, getting beat one-on-one after losing…
Video: Post Game Bandits Locker Room
Last night the Buffalo Bandits fell to the Philadelphia Wings in disappointing fashion 17-13. We spoke with their head coach along with others with the Bandits and the Wings. Troy Cordingley
Knighthawks Begin Title Defense, Defeat Swarm
The Minnesota Swarm took on the defending NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks last night in the their season opener and fell short of the win. The 8-6 final was the lowest scoring game of the NLL’s season openers, which saw a win by the Philadelphia Wings 17-13 over the Buffalo Bandits, and a 13-10 win by the Edmonton Rush over the Colorado Mammoth. The Swarm could never get much going…
Audio: Adam Jones After Mammoth Loss
Last night the Colorado Mammoth fell to the Edmonton Rush at home by a score of 13-10. Adam Jones was an offensive star despite the loss with six points, four of which were goals and he shot 14 times. After the game we caught up with him about the game.
Rush Open Season With 13-10 Win Over Mammoth
The Rush overcame a slow start and a good initial push offensively by the Mammoth but came alive in the second quarter, outscoring Colorado 6-2 to to take an 8-6 lead at half time. Even though their offence had to make last minute substitutions for rookie Robert Church (illness) and Dane Stevens (unexpected family matter), they continued to roll in the third, opening the quarter with three straight goals to…
Hall’s Seven Points Lead Wings to Opening Night Win
It was déjà vu all over again as the Buffalo Bandits were defeated in their season opening game by the Philadelphia Wings, 17-13. Jordan Hall led the Wings to their first victory of the season and was the recipient of the game’s first star honor as he recorded seven points on five goals and two assists. Buffalo Bandits head coach Troy Cordingley was not happy with his team’s results this evening. “We were taught…