Saturday night will be a big night at the Blue Cross Arena, as the 0-2 Rochester Knighthawks host the 2-1 Toronto Rock. The struggling defending champion Knighthawks have lost two one-goal games so far. The Hawks dropped a 13-12 contest to the Stealth on Opening Night, then lost a heartbreaking 14-13 game on Banner Night against the rival Bandits last Saturday. Toronto started out 2-0 before dropping a tough 8-7…
NALL: Bombers Face Boston Again
The Boston Rockhoppers face the Baltimore Bombers in a rematch of the Bombers season opener this Sunday at 3pm. Both teams are coming off of week three wins, and a loss for Baltimore would send them behind Boston in the standings. Last weekend Boston picked up their second win of the year over Kentucky, led by six goals from Ryan Hotaling and a big game from Vincent Talbot in net….
Boys’ recruit: St. Anthony’s (NY) sophomore midfielder Jones commits to Johns Hopkins
From TopLaxRectruits.com St. Anthony’s (NY) sophomore midfielder Danny Jones has made a verbal commitment to play Division I lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University. Read More–
Hummel to IR, Llord Activated by Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks have activated veteran defenseman Ian Llord from the practice squad. In a related move, the Knighthawks have placed transition man Matt Hummel on the injured serve list. “I am very excited,” said Llord. “It feels good. It means I was doing some things right and keeping a positive attitude.” Llord arrived in Rochester after spending five of his six seasons in the NLL with the Knighthawks’ thruway…
NLL: Swarm Face Off With Rock
Tomorrow night the Minnesota Swarm will travel to Toronto for the first of back to back games. The Swarm have only play one game this season compared to the Rocks three games. The Rock come into Friday night’s contest at 2-1, with wins over Calgary and Edmonton. While the Swarm come in at 0-1, losing in their season opener to the Buffalo Bandits. The only real recent news for the…
Stories to Watch in NLL Week Four
Philadelphia Wings: 17 Americans? “You can’t play the indoor game with a field team” That was the sound echoed as the Wings roster took shape for the 2013 season. If they were 0-2 there be “I told you so’s” all over the place. Instead they now sit at 2-0, after an 8-7 victory over the Rock in the final 10.9 seconds, and have some people wondering. Now this young team…
Stone Blog: Big Win Over Kentucky
Things are starting to come together for the Rockhoppers, and there are exciting times ahead. We entered the season knowing that we have a team that can excel against any team in the NALL athletically, but we lack indoor lacrosse experience and knew there was a lot to learn. It is amazing to me how different the indoor and outdoor games are in terms of positions, strategy, movements, and skills….
MLL Draft Review: Hamilton Nationals
Briefly before the 2013 MLL Collegiate Draft the Hamilton Nationals changed their coach and General Manager; Dave Huntley and Stuart Brown named to those positions, respectively. The two made some immediate moves and changes in philosophy. The team traded away David Earl and Steven Waldeck, two young and talented players, to the New York Lizards in exchange for the No. 5 pick in the draft. Thus began a night of…
Monsters Destory Ironmen 22-13
The Niagara Lock Monsters opened their inaugural Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) season with a convincing 22-13 victory over the Iroquois Ironmen at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena Sunday afternoon. Rochester Knighthawks practice player Tom Montour opened the scoring for the Ironmen with an unassisted powerplay marker just under two minutes into the game. The Lock Monster’s Ryan Learn answered with a pair of goals to but Niagara up 2-1. After Lloyd…
Talbot Blog: Rockhoppers Win Two
Hello everyone. I’m glad to be back on In Lacrosse We Trust, this time blogging as a proud member of the Boston Rockhoppers of the North American Lacrosse League. Let me start off by saying how great I think the start of the season has been for our team but also for the league in general. It seems like every team is enjoying good coverage from their local media and…