The Calgary Roughnecks have been busy this week—like everyone else—locking down their free agents. Since the NLL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement was announced on Oct 22, the Roughnecks have signed forward Jeff Shattler to a three-year deal, defensemen Dan McRae and Jon Harnett to two-year deals, and forward Dane Dobbie and goaltender Frankie Scigliano to one-year contracts. Calgary has also signed draft picks Garrett McIntosh, Jake Hayes and Karsen Leung. Free…
Team USA Profile: Joe Fletcher
Joe Fletcher Position: Defense College: Loyola Height: 6’2″ Weight: 185 lbs Team USA is working hard to get down to 23 guys to take to the FIL Games in Denver, CO in July of 2014. There is only one remaining Loyola Greyhound on the roster in Joe Fletcher and he just happens to be the only candidate left that is still in college. Via his profile on Loyola’s website, Joe…
NLL Free Agent Watch: Minnesota Swarm
The Minnesota Swarm have stayed fairly quiet since the 2013 Entry Draft, where they had the most picks of any team and the most first round draft picks ever with four. The Swarm drafted a ton of young players that will be huge parts in the upcoming season. At the moment the Swarm have only a handful of spots on the team up for grabs. This means that the Swarm…
How to Improve in 2014: Michigan
In their inaugural season to the Division 1 level of Men’s lacrosse in 2012, the Michigan Wolverines went 1-13, defeating Mercer 14-4 for their only win. Going into 2013, things seemed hopeful for the Blue and Gold, with the return of Senior Thomas Paras, who was second in scoring in 2012 with 23 points. Enter new crop of rookies and a brand new season. Recruiting helped out the Blue in…
Several Top NLL Players Qualified
While signing RFAs in the NLL is a rarity, sometimes it happens and teams lose their top players. Teams this week qualified some of their studs to prevent them from becoming free agents.
Team USA Profile: Mike Poppleton
Mike Poppleton Professional Team: HamiltonNationals Position Midfield Height 6′ 1″ Weight 200 lbs. College: Johns Hopkins University Talking about having a good year. Mike Poppleton has emerged as one of the strongest candidates to replace some old favorites at the face off X. Not to mention that this is a position that has brought a lot of attention to it since the decision to leave Paul…
Stealth Re-Sign Matt Beers
The Vancouver Stealth announced that they have re-signed Coquitlam, B.C. native Matt Beers to a one-year contract, pending league approval. Beers, entering his fifth season with the Stealth, was originally selected by the Stealth 13th overall in the 2009 NLL Entry Draft and has played his entire career with the organization. In 62 regular season games, he’s tallied 42 points (10g, 32a) and 264 loose balls. Beers is one of…
Roughnecks Sign Scigiano, Leung
The Calgary Roughnecks have re-signed goaltender Frankie Scigliano and signed 2013 draft pick Karsen Leung (second round, 10th overall) to one-year contracts for the 2014 National Lacrosse League season, pending league approval. Scigliano, a native of Coquitlam, British Columbia, has dressed for 27 games over two seasons with Calgary, posting a 12.00 goals-against average and .768 save percentage, allowing 38 goals on 164 shots-against in 189 minutes played. The Roughnecks…
Mitch McMicheal Prepared for Second Year With Stealth
Mitch McMicheal came out of nowhere last season to become an impact player with the Washington Stealth. Heading into year two, he just wants to help the club.
Off Season Outlook: Colorado Mammoth
It has always been said that defense wins championships. Well, someone should inform the Colorado Mammoth of that. The Mammoth made it into the first round of playoffs last year with an unimpressive 7-9 mark to eventually lose to Calgary who has been the kryptonite that past couple of post seasons. Last year Colorado’s’ defense and goaltending was mediocre at best. Not at of it was necessarily their fault either….