The Canadian Lacrosse League teams have announced their rosters for the 2013 season, all except the Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen. Below are the rosters of the teams who submitted them. Five teams are league operated (Niagara Lock Monsters, Barrie Blizzard, Brampton Inferno, Toronto Shooting Stars and Durham Turfdogs) and the other two are privately owned (Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen). The league operated team rosters are as follows: Toronto…
Rockhoppers vs Stickhorses Post Game Video
After the Rockhoppers 10-9 win over Kentucky this Saturday, we talked to Boston’s Nick Schroeder, Andrew Kirkaldy and Peter Vlahakis along with Kentucky’s Eric O’Brien, Pete Schroeder, Mike McClellan and Anthony Kelly.
Billy Dee Smith and Andrew Suitor Lose Appeals, Will Miss First Two Games
The National Lacrosse League announced that both Billy Dee Smith of the Buffalo Bandits and Andrew Suitor of the Minnesota Swarm have lost their appeals and will serve two game suspensions to start the 2013 season. Suitor is suspended for being the instigator in a fight in a playoff game against the Edmonton Rush and it was his third game misconduct of 2012, resulting in an automatic suspension. He got…
Top MLL Prospects: Goalie
The draft is deep in talented attackmen but there’s a fine crop of goal stoppers rivaling them. Here are some goalies to look out for in Friday’s MLL Draft. John Kemp, Notre Dame He was named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team and was a First-Team All-American last season. He had a .637 save percentage last season. Pierce Bassett, Johns Hopkins He’s a 2013 preseason All-American honorable mention. His six-foot-three-inch and…
NLL Season Preview: Toronto Rock
With arguably the most well-rounded roster in the NLL, the Toronto Rock enter their 15th season focused on capturing their 7th Champion’s Cup title. Leading the Rock offensively will be Garrett Billings. Billings has performed incredibly since beginning his career with the Rock in 2010. After a monstrous 2012 season that saw him set the franchise record in points with 114 and the NLL record for assists with 82, the…
One on One: James Synowiez, Baltimore Bombers
The Baltimore Bombers open their 2013 campaign this Saturday when they travel to Boston to face the Rockhoppers. I caught up with James Synowiez about how training camp has been going and his thoughts on the opener. On Training Camp: Training camp has been nothing less than exciting. Men of all ages putting their best effort forward, from recent college grads to NLL veterans it has been a great experience….
Inferno Defeat Stars in Pre Season
With the Clax Season beginning next weekend the Brampton Inferno took on the Toronto Shooting Stars in pre-season action at the Stephen Leacock Arena in Scarborough. Brampton’s current line-up showed early jitters in this game as they had only practiced together twice and got into some early penalty trouble. The Inferno were already down 1 0 but were able to kill off the penalties. The Inferno then swung this momentum in their favor as they scored…
Blizzard, Demons and Ironmen Win Pre Season Contests
In Canadian Lacrosse League pre season action yesterday afternoon, we saw wins come from the Barrie Blizzard, Ohsweken Demons and Iroquois Ironmen. The first win came when the Blizzard downed the Durham Turf Dogs by a score of 19-11. Mike Vertolli led the Blizzard with three goals while Mike Teeter had two. Scott Defrancesco had four goals for Durham in the loss. Tyler Patterson and Spencer Janes each also had…
Rockhoppers Open NALL Season With 10-9 Win
The Boston Rockhoppers picked up their first win of the North American Lacrosse League season with a 10-9 victory over the Kentucky Stickhorses, repeating their performance when they defeated them to close out last season. Goaltender Nick Schroeder led the Rockhoppers with 40 saves in the win to counter the 37 saves from losing goaltender Spencer Lyons. Kentucky had 49 shots on goal to the Boston 47. Andrew Kirkaldy scored…
Iannucci’s Late Goal Helps Stealth Upend Knighthawks
The Washington Stealth pulled an early season upset in front of 7,023 fans in Everett as they defeated the Rochester Knighthawks by a score of 13-12. Athan Iannucci tiptoed around the crease to score with 1:23 left in the contest to give the Stealth the lead and they did not look back as they start their season 1-0. The Knighthawks, who were without Casey Powell, fall to 0-1. Cliff Smith…