Last night Dave Cottle joined LaxWorm Radio on The Lacrosse Radio Network, and while he spoke about the Chesapeake Bayhawks 2012 championship and the upcoming 2013 season, he also talked about none other than Casey Powell. Powell retired from MLL at the end of last season after not playing with Hamilton near the tail end of the season. He was drafted in the supplemental round by the Bayhawks despite this,…
NLL: Will Rock Roll or Wings Fly?
When the Toronto Rock (10-5) and Philadelphia Wings (6-8) get together for a NLL game it is going to be second to none. Saturdays afternoon matchup from the Wells Fargo Center is expected to be a classic (CBS Sports Network 4:30pm). Toronto can clinch home field throughout the NLL Playoffs with a victory, while the Wings can clinch a playoff berth with a victory. The Wings are also shooting for…
Bellarmine Goalie Dillon Ward Speaks on Season, NLL Draft
The Bellarmine Knights have been one of the stories of the season in the NCAA, and leading them all year long has been goaltender Dillon Ward. We talked to the top goalie prospect in lacrosse, and he said he has loved this season with the Knights. “Season has been great so far. The guys are really excited about our success so far and were striving for our season goal of…
Mag: Stars Find Home in Historic Stadium
The April edition of InLax Magazine saw Pat Gregoire take a look at the Toronto Shooting Stars historic stadium. Kaleb Toth’s legendary 2000 NLL Championship winning goal against the Rochester Knighthawks would be known as the last professional goal scored at the Maple Leaf Garden. That is until lacrosse returned to the newly revamped MLG, now called the Mattamy Athletic Centre. The MAC has become the new home of the…
Stories of the Week: NLL Dominates
The CLax playoffs are here and there are just two weeks left in the NLL season. Here are the top ten stories we learned about this week. Demons and Ironmen in Rematch Ohsweken’s regular season was book ended with two wins over Iroquois but they also suffered a loss against them mid-season. The Demons have had an up and down season and have probably been the most inconsistent team in…
CLax Playoffs: Demons Face Rival Ironmen
The Canadian Lacrosse League quarter finals are set to begin with two games this weekend. The first game is on Friday night when the Durham TurfDogs face the Brampton Inferno while the second game goes Sunday and sees the Ohsweken Demons take on their biggest rivals, the Iroquois Ironmen, in a rematch of last year’s Creator’s Cup final. Ohsweken’s regular season was book ended with two wins over Iroquois but…
NLL: Western Division Playoff Picture Remains Unclear
With just two weeks remaining in the NLL regular season, three teams have punched their ticket to the postseason, but the remaining two still have a legitimate shot at finding a way in and the seeding of the division remains wide open. The Calgary Roughnecks, Edmonton Rush and Washington Stealth are all knotted at the top with identical 8-6 records. But it isn’t quite as simple as that. The Stealth…
Nationals look to rebound from horrible 2012
Last year was a year to forget for the Hamilton Nationals. The Nationals finished with a record of 4-10 on the season. The Nationals finished second last in the MLL and will look to rebound in 2013. The Nationals have brought back head coach Dave Huntley and hope he will have what it takes to get this team in line. The team also named Stuart Brown GM of the team….
NLL Stories to Watch: Playoff Races Heat Up
We are now down to the final two weeks of the NLL Regular Season. Is it me or did it seem like yesterday we were talking about the Wings and their American push, along with the struggles Minnesota would have being so young with the 4 picks in round 1. When we started the month of March, I remember saying that we could have all the playoff spots wrapped up…
Cory Vitarelli Talks Knighthawks on Over and Back
Rochester Knighthawks forward Cory Vitarelli joined Over and Back with Scott Arnold on Monday night to talk about his season with the Hawks, coming off a championship and playing with the Peterborough Lakers. “It’s heat of the moment” he said about his trademark diving goals. “Every time that I have to score doing that I’m happy it goes in” “The Minto in 2006” Vitarelli said of which championship was the…