For everyone involved with the Buffalo Bandits organization, the 2013 National Lacrosse League season was definitely a season to forget. The Bandits last season were tied for the most goals allowed with 211, second last in goals scored with 171 and worst of all, the Bandits at 6-10 had the worst win-loss record and the only team in the league not to qualify for the playoffs. Due to this, the…
Cannons Supplemental Draft: Running Diary
Here are my Boston-biased, minute-by-minute reactions to the trades and key picks of the 2014 MLL Supplemental Draft: 2:29 pm: Major League Lacrosse headquarters send the interns for coffee. There is a 50-minute wait at Dunkin Donuts. The interns miss the entirety of the draft and fail to provide fans with live twitter updates. A free-for-all for updates ensues. 2:33 pm: Three-team trade: New York sends picks #2 and #28…
2014 MLL Supplemental Draft Recap
Bill McGlone (Maryland) was selected with the first overall pick by the Ohio Machine in the MLL 2014 Supplementary Draft. After much chatter of the possibility of the first women to play in the professional league, two-time Women’s World Cup Champion Goaltender Devon Wills was not taken in the draft. New York once again made some bold trades during the off-season. Coach Spallina’s team acquired all-star long pole Kyle Hartzell…
Florida Launch 2014 Supplemental Draft Recap
Yesterday was a big step for the newly acquired MLL franchise in Florida as the Supplemental Draft took place at 2:30 p.m.n The Florida Launch added twelve new faces to their already strong squad that will consist of many Hamilton Nationals from 2013 with the accession of Casey Powell who was part of the Joe Walters trade with Chesapeake. Florida has added good talent to their ranks with guys who…
Lacrosse Radio Network to Become 24-Hour Station
The Lacrosse Radio Network is excited to announce it will become the first ever 24 hour radio network in the history of lacrosse. LRN will run programming non stop every day, all day long starting next Monday. The network was founded in 2010 and has become the ideal platform for listening to lacrosse content on the internet. It was the first all lacrosse radio station ever, and while others have…
2014 MLL Supplemental Draft Results
The Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft has come to an end, and we have the results below. Some surprises included JJ Morrissey, Ken Clausen andKyle Rubisch while some like Chazz Woodson and Bill McGlone will be great additions to their rosters. Stay tuned for more on the draft including draft grades later on.
Ken Clausen Returns to Outlaws; Morrissey Selected
In surprise news out of the Major League Lacrosse supplemental draft, the Chesapeake Bayhawks drafted retired midfielder JJ Morrissey while the Outlaws selected oft-injured Ken Clausen. Clausen was originally an Outlaw and a member of the Colorado Mammoth NLL team, but knee injuries derailed his career and he has not played in the past three seasons. Morrissey, meanwhile, had played with the Boston Cannons and announced his retirement before 2013…
Lizards Trade Gibson, Acquire Kyle Hartzell
The New York Lizards continued making moves today acquiring some big name players and sending some away. First they traded for Kevin Copper and Matt Delonte of the Chesapeake Bayhawks for the second pick (Cam Holding) and 28th pick in today’s draft. Then the Lizards traded both Cooper and Delone to the Ohio Machine for defenseman Kyle Hartzell. New York also traded former MLL rookie of the year Matt Gibson…
MCLA Conference Preview: PCLL
Each week I am going to be breaking down different conferences within the MCLA and what will be expected within and from those conferences in the 2014 season. I will start this off with the PCLL, which consist of teams from the Northeast. In division one we have SUNY Buffalo, Northeastern, University of Connecticut, University of New Hampshire, University of Rhode Island, and last years champion Boston College. I believe…
Rock Sign Billings. Release Evans; Knighthawks Make Moves
Today the National Lacrosse League continued making moves today as the Toronto Rock signed forward Garrett Billings for one year while releasing forward Scott Evans. Toronto also released Eric Pitre, Bradley Kiri and Alex Lubczuk. Meanwhile, the Rochester Knighthawks signed goaltender Mike Thompson, creating an even more interesting goalie situation. Matt Vinc is their obvious starter but behind him they have Angus Goodleaf and now Thompson after they released Ian…