Yesterday the National Lacrosse League welcomed Rochester Knighthawks goaltender Pat O’Toole to the hall of fame. We were there and caught up with some of the speakers from the ceremony.
NLL Pre Season Preview: Swarm Take on Knighthawks
The preseason games have officially gotten underway for the Minnesota Swarm. The Swarm took on the Colorado Mammoth in Oakville, ON last night, Dec. 6th, and came out with the 14-10 win. The Swarm only dressed 18 runners in the game and treated the game as they would any regular season game. Jordan MacIntosh led the way for the Swarm with the hat trick. Shayne Jackson, Kiel Matisz, and rookie…
Swarm Defeat Mammoth 14-10 in Pre Season
The first NLL pre season game concluded last night with the Minnesota Swarm taking a 14-10 victory over the Colorado Mammoth at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario. Jordan MacIntosh led the Swarm with three goals, followed by second year players Shayne Jackson and Kiel Matisz and rookie Scott Jones who each added two goals. Rookie Logan Schuss, the first overall pick in this year’s draft, also added…
NLL Pre Season Preview: Mammoth Play Rock at TRAC
The Colorado Mammoth are set to play their second pre-season game against the Toronto Rock on Saturday December 7, 2013 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. The Mammoth have made some outstanding acquisitions during the off season. They signed Dillon Ward who is the first goaltender to be selected in the top three picks in the NLL Entry Draft in 14 years. Steve Govett, President & GM of the Mammoth…
Audio: Bandits Pre Game Interviews Before Game vs Wings
We are live at the First Niagara Center today for the pre season game between the Buffalo Bandits and Philadelphia Wings, but we caught up with several of the players before the game.
Bandits Re-Sign Billy Dee Smith
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced today that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Billy Dee Smith on a two-year contract, pending league approval. “We are pleased to have Billy back for another two years,” Dietrich said. “He is one of the premiere defenders in the NLL and we look forward to Billy being a core piece in a revamped defensive unit that we hope will lead us back…
NLL Player Blog: Lum-Walker Looking for Strong Return
The second player blog of this NLL pre season will be Toronto Rock defenseman Mike Lum-Walker, who is returning from missing 2013 with a torn ACL. After tearing my ACL during the first day of training camp with the Toronto Rock last season I was ready to get back on the lacrosse floor. I spent the past year rehabbing and getting ready for this season, and it was about to…
NLL Pre Season Preview: Bandits Host Wings
The Buffalo Bandits will play host to the Philadelphia Wings in pre-season action Saturday, December 7 at the First Niagara Center. The matchup marks the first exhibition game for either team. Troy Cordingley will get his first chance to familiarize himself with the view from the Buffalo bench. The Bandits have shied away from exhibition games in recent years after their infamous 2010 bench clearing brawl with the Toronto Rock…
Three CLax Teams Won’t Return in 2014
The Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) will enter into the 2014 season with a five team league featuring the Barrie Blizzard, Durham TurfDogs, Ohsweken Demons, Niagara Lock Monsters, and a travel team based out of Southwestern Ontario called the SouthWest Cyclops. Additionally, each team will play one game versus the Tuscarora Tomahawks based out of Cattaraugus, New York over the course of the season. The 2014 season will begin in early…
Pre Season Preview: Roughnecks vs Stealth
The Calgary Roughnecks are spending their second weekend of training camp in the Vancouver area as they continue to prepare for the upcoming 2014 season. In addition to their workout schedule, they’ll be playing a scrimmage against the re-tooled Vancouver Stealth squad on Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre. Both teams are still busy locking down their outstanding free agents—Calgary re-signed defenseman Mike Carnegie to a two-year deal just…