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Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson confirmed today that the Professional Lacrosse Player’s Association (PLPA) has withdrawn the appeal of the one-game suspension assessed to Rock defender Craig England.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…
One on One with: Brett Schmidt and Dave Lawson
We continue our series of one on ones from the 2014 US Lacrosse Convention with two members of team USA: Brett Schmidt of the Charlotte Hounds and Dave Lawson of the Rochester Rattlers. Brett Schmidt—Charlotte Hounds How did you get into the sport? In Philadelphia, it was just this sport I started seeing around more and more. Not that many people played it but I fell in love with it…
MLL Draft Recap: Denver Outlaws
In the 2014 MLL Collegiate Draft the Outlaws acquired some exceptional players that will add depth, speed and agility to their already strong roster of veteran players and draft picks from the Supplemental Draft as well. I asked Outlaws General Manager Tony Seaman about each of their draft picks and here’s what he had to say. “The college draft is always a very interesting situation which we try to go…
MLL Draft Recap: Rochester Rattlers
The Rochester Rattlers looked to fill some holes in their offence in last week’s MLL Collegiate draft and they certainly found some answers. The Rattlers held the second overall pick in 2014 and selected Duke Blue Devil Jordan Wolf. The top attackman in this year’s draft will fill the whole left by former Duke alumni Ned Crotty. Wolfe led the Blue Devils to a 2013 NCAA Championship last spring after posting…