Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced a series of roster moves leading up to Friday’s season opener against the Calgary Roughnecks at Air Canada Centre. Veteran defender Chris White has been placed on the Injured Reserve List with a lower body injury sustained in training camp. White is out indefinitely and the earliest he would return to action would be January 31st when the Rock host the Vancouver Stealth. …
League Leaders: The Best of NLL Players Week One
There were 3 games in the opening weekend for the NLL. The Swarm took on the Knighthawks in Rochester; the Buffalo Bandits faced the Philadelphia Wings in Buffalo; the Edmonton Rush took down the Colorado Mammoth in Colorado. I’m going to look at the standouts from each game. The Knighthawks took down the Swarm 8-6 on the night they raised their Champions Cup banner. Standing out in this game, first…
Best of Lacrosse Awards 2013
Last week we asked you who was the best of the best in every aspect of lacrosse. The results are in, and today we look at all of them. MVP of Lacrosse- Cody Jamieson Jamieson was a member of two championship teams in 2013, winning his second straight National Lacrosse League title with the Rochester Knighthawks and winning the Mann Cup with the Six Nations Chiefs. He was the MVP…
Scott Ranger Might Miss Entire 2014 Season
The Calgary Roughnecks are starting the 2014 season with righty forward Scott Ranger on the Physically Unable to Perform list and it looks like he might not be back until next year. According to Calgary head coach Curt Malawsky, Ranger suffered a broken jaw during the offseason and is on the shelf indefinitely. “He’s on a list to get the surgery done, so he’s basically on the injured reserve,” said…
Lacrosse Stories of the Year #3: Duke Takes NCAA Title
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