I like to consider myself an optimistic and sympathetic person. In addition, I find myself very analytical. On the latter subject of analysis, what in the lacrosse god’s name were the Bandits thinking when drafting Eric Penney this year? As my favorite NFL Monday Night Countdown hosts like to say, “C’mon, man!” The kid is 19 years old out of Rexdale, Ontario, a metropolitan area sitting geographically north…
Good NLL Free Agents Still Available
Since establishing a new collective bargaining agreement, NLL teams have been busy locking up prospects for their potential 2014 roster. Here are a few of the notable names still unsigned. The defending champion Rochester Knighthawks, who recently signed draft picks Mark White and Taylor Northway, have two key members of their championship team remaining as unrestricted free agents in Brad Self and Mike Accursi. Peterborough, ON native Self, a…
Wings Sign Rookies Delaney and Alton
Draftees Come To Terms 11/06/2013, 2:00pm EST By Wings Staff James Delaney and Don Alton Come to Terms with the Wings PHILADELPHIA WINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH TWO FOR 2014 SEASON WINGS COME TO TERMS WITH ROOKIES JAMES DELANEY AND DON ALTON The Philadelphia Wings, of the National Lacrosse League (NLL), have agreed to terms with draft picks James Delaney and Don Alton. Both were selected by the Wings in…
NCAA Lacrosse: Pre Season Ivy league Rankings
The Ivy League has been one of the strongest conferences in Division 1 Men’s lacrosse. They sent two teams to the NCAA tournament this past season in Yale and Cornell. Both went on to win their first round games with Cornell downing Maryland and Yale upsetting Penn State. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs would fall to runner up Syracuse and Cornell would go on to the Final Four, where they lost a…
Canada Announces Roster for Montreal Game
Just a week after naming Dan Dawson, Sandy Chapman and Jordan Hall captains for the red and white, the Canadian Lacrosse Association (CLA) and Team Canada Lacrosse are pleased to announce the full Team Canada roster for the November 17 international exhibition game against the Iroquois Nationals. Headlining the roster are names familiar to Canadian lacrosse fans. Stephan LeBlanc, Matt Vinc, Brodie Merrill and Patrick Merrill will all wear the…
Bandits Sign Colin Boucher For Two Years
Colin Boucher is a 25 year old coming from the Canadian Lacrosse League. Standing in on defense at 6’5” and 235 lbs, he is a big boy. It makes sense the Bandits would sign more defensemen as they focused heavily on forwards and transition players for the majority of the offseason. I have to ask, though, is Boucher a good fit for the Bandits? Boucher comes to Buffalo…
Philadelphia Wings: Stepping Up for 2014
In just 53 days (Dec 28) the NLL along with the Philadelphia Wings will open their 28th season. And since 2001 the Wings have only made it to the first round of the playoffs four of the last twelve years, and only in 2008 they finished with a record above .500 (10-6). The teams of 2001 and prior are gone; the fear of opponents coming to Philadelphia is gone, and…
Rush sign Knight to a three year agreement
Edmonton, AB–Edmonton Rush General Manager and Head Coach Derek Keenan announced today that the team signed last season rookie forward Curtis Knight to a three year agreement, goalie Brodie MacDonald to a two year agreement, defenders John Lintz, Jeff Cornwall, Mitch Banister, forwards Dane Stevens, Alex Turner and goalie Dave Marrese to one year agreements. Additionally the Rush have agreed to one year agreements with 2013 draft picks Ben Snider…
The Swarm’s Expectations for Carlson
Alex Urquhart Tyler Carlson is the Swarm’s lone goalie, this season, that has game experience from last season. Although Carlson is the only goalie on the roster with experience in the NLL, he will have to step up from his performance last season. Carlson went 4-6 last season with a goals against average of 11.04 over those 10 games and a save percentage of 77.1 percent. These numbers landed…
How We’d Fix It: 2-Point Line
In the early stages of a professional sport, it is common to see duopolistic competition. First it was the AFL and NFL, then the ABA and NBA. Now, we have Major League Lacrosse and the LXM Pro Tour. Although it is the Tour that provides an ABA-esque flash, it is MLL that has attempted to revolutionize the game with its 2-point line. Everyday I wish that Tour players like Kyle…