The migration of talent from north of the border continues and is finding more success each year. The graduations of Cam Flint, Jason Noble, Jake Hayes, Reid Acton, Robert Church, and the list goes on and on, prove that Canadians are successfully putting their stamp on the American Collegiate Lacrosse game. The infusion of their talents are not taking as long as had it been. Here is a list of…
Clash of the Titans begins in game one of the WLA final
Tonight in the WLA the WLA final kicks off as the Langley Thunder host the Victoria Shamrocks. Both teams are coming off sweeps in the first round as Langley decimated Coquitlam and Victoria swarmed over Burnaby. These two teams faced off three times this season with Langley winning the season series 2-1. Langley landed the most dominant victory as they beat Langley 11-6 in the regular season. Langley’s offense has…
Stagnitta Wins Coach of the Year
Major League Lacrosse is proud to announce Denver Outlaws’ Coach Jim Stagnitta as the 2013 Brine Coach of the Year. Coach Stagnitta led the talented Outlaws squad to the first perfect season in MLL history, ending the regular season with an unprecedented 14-0 record. WATCH: Denver Outlaws Sounds of the Game “Receiving this award is a great honor and the culmination of the hard work of many people,”…
Shawn Evans wins MSL MVP
Shawn Evans has added the Jim Murphy Award for the league’s most valuable player to the Bucko McDonald award he earned as Major Series Lacrosse’s leading scorer, MSL has announced. Evans won the scoring title by putting up 7 points in the last game of the season to overtake Shawn Williams. Evans wound up with 29 goals and 77 assists for 106 points while Williams finished with 27 goals and…
Best Signings of the MLL Season
The MLL season is coming to a close, so we are going to take a look at the four best signings from earlier this season. Josh Hawkins, Cam Flint, John Haus, and JoJo Marasco are all rookies, but they have made huge impacts on their teams this season. Josh Hawkins and John Haus both play for the Charlotte Hounds, who are going into their first Championship weekend. Now Hawkins…
Smith Blog: Nationals Come to an End
The National Championships concluded this past weekend, after a week of exciting and action-packed lacrosse. Each province who sent a team represented their provinces very well and all teams played the game the right way. The Peewee and Midget gold medal games were between Team Ontario and Team Iroquois, and both games were wild finals, with the Midget game being decided in overtime. There was a crew of 12…
Redmen Look to Avoid Elimination
The Brooklin Redmen will look to fight off elimination Wednesday night when they host the Peterborough Lakers in Game 6 of their first round Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) playoff series. Peterborough took a 3-2 lead in the series with 15-9 home win Monday night. Gavin Prout would open the scoring under two minutes into the game to give the Redmen an early lead. After Shawn Evans got the Lakers…
Rob Pannell Wins 2013 MLL Rookie of the Year
For the second year in a row, the Lizards are excited to announce one of their players has been named Cascade Rookie of the Year. Matt Gibson took home the award in 2012, and today, Major League Lacrosse announced that Rob Pannell will take over the title. Playing in just ten games, Rob scored 25 goals and added 17 assists for 42 points, putting him at number nine among the…
Q and A with Cannons GM Kevin Barney
The Boston Cannons had one of their worst years in franchise history, and changes seem inevitable. We caught up with the general manager Kevin Barney.
MLL Trades of 2013 About Quality, Not Quanity
While trades can happen at any time throughout the season, many trades that make headlines happen on one of two days: draft day and trade deadline day. 2013 was no different as a few trades were made between draft day and the start of the season, between the start of the season and the trade deadline, and during the offseason, but let’s take a look at two trades in particular,…