A rematch of the 2012 NLL Championship will take place tonight as the Rochester Knighthawks (4-5) host the Edmonton Rush(5-5) at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. The Knighthawks kicked off the second half of the season with a big win over the Colorado Mammoth while also making three moves at the trade deadline for their playoff push. The headline trade was sending veteran Casey Powell to Colorado for…
Bandits and Mammoth Square Off in Round Two
Once last week’s game ended, almost everyone’s minds quickly jumped to next week’s match-up. Once again the Colorado Mammoth and Buffalo Bandits face-off, this time in Denver. The league hopes that it doesn’t end the way last week’s game ended, with a 10 man brawl. All of the players involved besides Bandit David Brock have appealed their suspensions, so they will all be playing tonight. It will likely be the…
NALL: Stickhorses and Rockhoppers Battle for First League Title
Today the Kentucky Stickhorses will host the Boston Rockhoppers as they battle for the first ever North American Lacrosse League championship. Kentucky (2-5) is 0-3 this season against Boston (6-1). Boston will be without two of their best players in Ryan Hotaling and Tommy Palasek. Hotaling signed with the NLL’s Colorado Mammoth yesterday before the NLL’s roster freeze after the trade deadline. Meanwhile, their goaltender Vince Talbot is coming off…
Final NLL Moves Before Roster Freeze
The National Lacrosse League teams had to finalize their rosters yesterday before the roster freeze, and each team made some moves signing free agents. Check them all out below. Buffalo Bandits Assigned righty forward Luke Wiles to the practice roster and activated transition man Hayden Smith and defenseman Kevin Brownell. Rochester Knighthawks Released Matt Hummell and Tyler Burton and placed them on the practice roster. Released Brad Richardson from the…
Tar Heels in Limbo
As the season wages on the Tarheels of The University of North Carolina have landed themselves in a questionable state, with their record knotted up at 3-3. Their most recent loss coming at the hands of cross town rival Duke. The usual suspects played well, as can be expected, with Marcus Holman netting two goals and two assists, Bitter assisted twice and Snakey placed two in the back of the…
NLL: Stealth Battle with Swarm
The Washington Stealth will look to stay in first place on Saturday night as they take on the Minnesota Swarm. Last week the fell in Calgary 19-15 while Washington picked up a 16-10 win in Philadelphia. The Stealth will be without some players due to suspensions; Justin Pychal, Mitch McMichael and Jeff Moleski. Tim Henderson was also placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list this past week. If the…
Bandits Release Wiles, Active Smith and Brownell
As rumored for the past few days, the Bandits have released forward Luke Wiles and placed him on the team’s practice roster. They have also announced that Hayden Smith and Kevin Brownell have been placed on the active roster. This season Wiles has struggled when compared to his previous numbers, scoring ten goals and ten assists in ten games. Six of those goals were scored in two of the games. Last season Wiles was…
NLL Expands to 18 Games
The National Lacrosse League has announced that as part of a comprehensive strategic plan, the league’s Board of Governors have voted to increase the length of the regular season from 16 to 18 games for the 2014 NLL season.The comprehensive strategic plan includes findings from a recent survey conducted of NLL fans throughout North America.Among the survey’s findings was a desire by the fans for additional regular season games. …
Several NLL Players Suspended Following Week Ten
There were a lot of brawls last week, and that means lots of suspensions this week. Let’s review them team by team so we all know what is going on. Buffalo Bandits David Brock, Billy Dee Smith and Nick Cotter were each suspended one game. They each got a fighting major and match penalty on the floor at the 14:29 mark of their game with Colorado last week thus the…
Inferno Top Stars in Fight Night
The Brampton Inferno defeated the Toronto Shooting Stars in a game that was marred by a bench clearing brawl with just 35 seconds left in the game. There were 9 game misconducts handed out on the play and a total of 13 in the game. When the dust settled referee Brent McCauley signalled to the timekeeper to run the clock out, thus giving the Inferno a 9-7 victory and ending Toronto’s…