The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #14 of the 2013 NLL regular season, which featured six games this past weekend as the postseason race heats up. For the second-straight week, the Minnesota Swarm had three players win awards in their respective categories, as they helped a resurgent Swarm team get back into the playoff mix with a weekend split, including a franchise record-setting…
Kiel Matisz Bringing Poise to Swarm as a Rookie
The Minnesota Swarm are the youngest team in the NLL and have four first round draft picks playing every game. One of these players is third overall pick Kiel Matisz who is having a fantastic year with the Swarm. “I’m glad to be a part of such a great league, and even more so a great team in the Minnesota Swarm.” said Matisz. “I have enjoyed my experience in Minnesota…
CLax Playoffs: Inferno Look to Burn TurfDogs
The Canadian Lacrosse League playoffs kick off on Friday night when the 4th ranked Brampton Inferno host the 5th ranked Durham TurfDogs at the Powerade Centre. This quarter final matchup will mark the fourth time these teams have met with the visiting team winning all three regular season games (one of the games was in Cobourg but the Inferno were technically the home team). Brampton won the season series but…
Top 50 Lacrosse Prospects: 19-10
11. Jason Noble- Transition L Cornell/Orangeville Noble was the second overall pick to the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks in the MSL draft, and while a bit smaller than his brother, he can still put up the points as a lefty transition man. He was also named the OLA junior’s defender of the year. 12. Keegan Bal- Transition R Lake Erie/New Westminster Bal plays division two lacrosse with the Lake Erie Storm, but…
Top Ten NALL Plays of the Year
We compiled some of the best plays of the year and made a video about it! Check out some of the best plays you’ll see from the NALL in 2013.
Hounds vs Cannons First MLL ESPN Game of 2013
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) announced today the ESPN television schedule for the 2013 season. ESPN2 and WatchESPN will show six nationally televised games on ESPN2 in addition to 25 games on ESPN3. “ESPN has been a strong partner for the last decade,” said MLL Commissioner David Gross. “We are thrilled to continue this partnership bringing some of the best league matchups to the world’s leading sports network.” The first game…
MLL Season Preview: New York Lizards
The New York Lizards, previously known as the Long Island Lizards are looking to improve on their 8-6 record and semi-final loss to Denver Outlaws this upcoming season. New York will open the season at home when they host the Boston Cannons on April 28th. New York added several new players to boost their roster for the 2013 season. In the 2013 Collegiate Draft, the Lizards selected Syracuse’s leading goal…
NLL: Home Floor Disadvantage?
You must admit, the 2013 season has been full of surprises, and very exciting no matter who is your favorite team. Edmonton’s Mark Matthews seems to be locking up the Rookie of the Year, and is only two goals away from tying John Grant Jr rookie goal scoring record. Matthews currently has 36, the record is 38 and he has two games left to do it. Garrett Billings is only…
Mag: One on One with Jovan Miller
InLax Magazine spoke with Charlotte Hounds midfielder Jovan Miller in the April edition. Randy Maykrantz conducted the interview, and you can read it below. ILWT: All right It took a while in the making but here we go. So the Hounds have made a lot of moves in the offseason. I know we have not traded for any Syracuse players but what do you think of the new prospects? JM:…
Oakville Trades for Brendan Thenhaus
According to the team, the Oakville Rock have made their first trade with Terry Sanderson as their general manager. They picked up forward Brendan Thenhaus and a fourth round 2014 draft pick from the Kithcener-Waterloo Kodiaks in exchange for Craig England. The Rock, located in Ajax the past few years, will move to Oakville for the 2013 Major Series Lacrosse Season. They named Toronto Rock GM Terry Sanderson their general…