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…
Swarm Dominate Weekly Honors Again
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…