The Calgary Roughnecks today announced that the National Lacrosse League club has re-signed forward Curtis Dickson to a two-year contract and defenceman Scott Carnegie to a one-year deal, pending league approval. Dickson, a native of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, recorded a team-leading 42 goals while adding 20 assists and collecting 50 loose balls in his third season with the Roughnecks last year. The 25-year-old forward, selected by Calgary third overall…
Iroqouis Back with Blue Division
With a two-third majority vote, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) officially placed the Iroquois Nationals in the top Blue Division of the 2014 World Championships, which will be played this upcoming July in Denver, Colorado. The Iroquois’ promotion means that someone is going to be left out. Typically, the Blue Division is comprised of top six teams from the previous World Championship. However, in 2014 that will not be…
The Rock look to make a statement against the Knighthawks.
On Saturday night the Toronto Rock play their second pre season game as they face off against the defending 2013 NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks. As the regular season draws closer the Rock have begun to cut their team down as they have released 6 players so far including Scott Evans, Bradley Kri, Alex Lubczuk, Eric Pitre, Roger Vyse and Mike Hobbins. So with this matchup against the defending champions it…
TurfDogs Name New GM
The Durham TurfDogs are pleased to announce Dave Colbourne as their new General Manager for the 2014 Season. The team would like to thank Jonas Derks for the work that he has done over the past two seasons. They wish Jonas all the best in his future and his continued involvement with Oshawa Minor Lacrosse. Dave Colbourne spent last season as Vice President/Assistant General Manager of the Niagara Lock Monsters…
Rock Release Roger Vyse, Mike Hobbins
Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced the release of two more players from training camp. Forward Roger Vyse and defenceman Mike Hobbins have been released. “Every decision in camp is incredibly difficult,” said Rock Head Coach John Lovell. “We won a championship with Mike in 2011 here in Toronto and Roger came in last season and did a great job for us. We thank them for their contributions to our success…
Women’s Power Rankings: New England Teams
The NCAA lacrosse season is approaching, and we get ready with some very early power rankings. 1. Massachusetts- In 2013, Massachusetts outshined all of New England in lacrosse, finishing their season at 18-3. Keeping pace from last year is definitely in the forefront for 2014. 2. Dartmouth- among Ivy League, Dartmouth was impressive in 2013, but an 11-8 record was a slight disappointment. Improvement on offense…
NLL Player Profile: Steven Fryer
For everyone involved with the Buffalo Bandits organization, the 2013 National Lacrosse League season was definitely a season to forget. The Bandits last season were tied for the most goals allowed with 211, second last in goals scored with 171 and worst of all, the Bandits at 6-10 had the worst win-loss record and the only team in the league not to qualify for the playoffs. Due to this, the…
Cannons Supplemental Draft: Running Diary
Here are my Boston-biased, minute-by-minute reactions to the trades and key picks of the 2014 MLL Supplemental Draft: 2:29 pm: Major League Lacrosse headquarters send the interns for coffee. There is a 50-minute wait at Dunkin Donuts. The interns miss the entirety of the draft and fail to provide fans with live twitter updates. A free-for-all for updates ensues. 2:33 pm: Three-team trade: New York sends picks #2 and #28…
2014 MLL Supplemental Draft Recap
Bill McGlone (Maryland) was selected with the first overall pick by the Ohio Machine in the MLL 2014 Supplementary Draft. After much chatter of the possibility of the first women to play in the professional league, two-time Women’s World Cup Champion Goaltender Devon Wills was not taken in the draft. New York once again made some bold trades during the off-season. Coach Spallina’s team acquired all-star long pole Kyle Hartzell…
Florida Launch 2014 Supplemental Draft Recap
Yesterday was a big step for the newly acquired MLL franchise in Florida as the Supplemental Draft took place at 2:30 p.m.n The Florida Launch added twelve new faces to their already strong squad that will consist of many Hamilton Nationals from 2013 with the accession of Casey Powell who was part of the Joe Walters trade with Chesapeake. Florida has added good talent to their ranks with guys who…