Lacrosse in the sunshine state, sign me up! Major League Lacrosse should be moving to Florida for the 2014 season. The Hamilton Nationals would be moving to south Florida where an All-Star game was played. I believe this would be a good move for the MLL. When word first came out of the MLL moving to either Georgia or Florida I highly questioned the Georgia proposition, I do believe that…
Mike Sawyer vs. Steph Curry
This post is part of a series geared toward generating hype for the upcoming MLL season. Non-lacrosse and non-MLL fans can get to know the league’s stars better through these comparisons to NBA, NFL and NHL players. Some analogies are based on playing styles and others are based on off-field personality, but none are based on spending habits. We aren’t quite at the point where MLL players can drop $5,000…
ILWT’s 2013 CUFLA Awards and All-Canadians
Although the Canadian University Lacrosse Associations have crowned the 2013 Baggataway Cup champions and named their All Canadians, ILWT’s very own Pat Gregoire names his own picks for the 2013 CUFLA season. MVP: Kyle Davis (Brock) – Despite leading Canadian university lacrosse in scoring and goals, senior attackman Kyle Davis fell short of the CUFLA All Canadian West Division list. The Caledon, ON buried 34 goals, added 28 assists for…
Stealth Keeping Richards Around
The Vancouver Stealth are proud to announce the re signing of 27 year old goalie Tyler Richards. Richards will be expected to be the starting goaltender this season and the NLL veteran is expected to have another solid season. He has been a big part of the Stealth being in the champions cup final for 3 times in the past 4 seasons. The Vancouver netminder is 24-25, in his NLL…
Hasen goes for three-peat; Signs 4 Year Deal
Rochester coach has led team to back-to-back NLL Championships Rochester Knighthawks press release (November 12, 2013)… The Rochester Knighthawks announced today that Head Coach Mike Hasen has agreed to a four-year deal. The Brampton, Ontario native enters his fourth season behind the bench after leading the team to back-to-back National Lacrosse League Championships (2012-13). Hasen was excited to re-sign with an organization that he has been a part of for…
Bayhawks Acquire Peet Poillon
In what seems to be an influx of trades the past couple of days, Chesapeake has gone and re-acquired Peet Poillon prior to handing in their 23-man protected roster.
MLL Releases Protected Rosters
Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, has announced that each team has submitted its 23-Man Protected Roster for 2014. All players left unprotected will be entered in the player pool for the 2014 season. Each MLL team will have the opportunity to fill their 40-man rosters in the upcoming 2014 MLL Supplemental Draft, which will be held on December 4, 2013, and the 2012 MLL Collegiate Draft…
Toronto Signs Rose, Sanderson & Leblanc
November 12, 2013 ROSE, SANDERSON & LEBLANC AMONG 7 ROCK SIGNINGS Defenders Chapman, Greer, Gamble & Lum-Walker Also Inked Toronto – Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced the signing of 7 more players including goaltender Nick Rose to a three-year agreement. The Rock will open up their main training camp on Saturday, November 30th at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville. Rose will enter his 3rd season with the…
Will Crotty Bring Lizards to Promise Land?
For the second consecutive year, the Lizards are the talk of the offseasons’ biggest moves. First, they sent veteran midfielder Stephen Peyser to the Ohio Machine in exchange for john Austin and the 13th overall pick in the 2014 MLL Collegiate Draft. Austin can be a good complimentary piece on New York’s midfield but he is not expected to blow anyone away. The former University of Delaware and Shoreham, NY…
NJIT Set To Join Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse in 2015
Division 1 lacrosse continues to grow, slowly but surely. Late last week, the New Jersey Institute of Technology announced that they will become the 69th men’s Division 1 lacrosse program and will be set to compete in 2015. NJIT is a public technological school located in University Height Newark, New Jersey. With the announcement NJIT becomes the 11th school to join Division 1 lacrosse since 2010. NJIT will also join…