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…
CLax: TurfDogs Hit the Road Against Demons
The Durham Turfdogs (5-4) will battle the Ohsweken Demons (6-5) at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena Friday night at 8 p.m . This game is critical for the Turfdogs as they sit two points back of the Demons. The Turfdogs are coming off a 15-12 victory over the Brampton Inferno on March 9th, which saw Nic Gasby collect three goals and five assists with complimentary scoring from Scott Defrancesco, who tallied…
NLL: Rock Travel to Philadelphia
The eastern division leading Toronto Rock (7-3) will look to secure a playoff spot when they take on the Philadelphia Wings (5-4) Saturday at 1 p.m. on the Wells Fargo Center turf. With a win over Philadelphia, as well as a loss from either Minnesota or Colorado, Toronto would clinch a playoff berth with over a month remaining before the post-season begins. Philadelphia held a 2-3 record early in February…