The Rockhoppers are one of just two teams from last season’s NALL carrying over to 2013 and they are bringing back nearly their entire roster along with some new faces that have a local flare. Are the Rockhoppers title contenders? Let’s take a look at what they have. SCHEDULE REVIEW Boston takes on the Kentucky Stickhorses this Saturday at Freedom Hall, their third game on the road against their rival….
Stealth, Knighthawks, Bandits and Wings on CBSSN This Season
The Washington Stealth are among just a handful of National Lacrosse League teams that will have a game broadcast live on the CBS Sports Network during the upcoming 2013 season. The Stealth’s home matchup with the Buffalo Bandits, Saturday, April 13 will be carried live on the CBS Sports Network beginning at 7 p.m. PT. The CBS Sports network is available to Comcast customers in the Seattle market on channel…
Stickhorses Announce 2013 Roster
The Kentucky Stickhorses are ready for the 2013 season as they have released their roster for their second campaign. Below are the players who made the team, but first some notes. Players you will not see on the roster are Joel Zalesky, Max Schmidt and Cody Johnson. Zalesky is currently holding out. Anthony Kelly: Kelly was a member of the ‘Horses last year and returns as one of the most…
NLL Season Preview: Colorado Mammoth
A strong returning core and a high powered offense will lead the Colorado Mammoth when they return to the Pepsi Center turf. Veterans Gavin Prout and John Grant Jr. highlight a potent Colorado offense that led the NLL in scoring last season. The reigning league MVP, Junior returns after a monumental 2012 season in which he set a new an NLL single season scoring record with 116 points, as well…
Stars Top Blizzard in Exhibition
With just under two weeks to go before the start of the 2013 Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) season the Barrie Blizzard and Toronto Shooting Stars met in an exhibition matchup on Sunday, December 30th at Stephen Leacock Arena in Scarborough ON. Barrie opened the scoring just under two minutes into the game, and added two more within a minute to lead 3-0 early. They would hold a 4-1 advantage after…
Twenty Questions Heading Into 2013 NLL Season
The National Lacrosse League season kicks off in just five days, but as training camp wraps up, we still have plenty of questions for the season. We bring you twenty of the most asked questions after the upcoming year. Can Scott Evans Bounce Back? Scott Evans struggled last season with the Edmonton Rush, with 47 points. But that wasn’t the problem. The problem was he didn’t play the last four…
Chris Attwood Traded to Ironmen
The Canadian Lacrosse League have announced a trade in which the Ohsweken Demons sent 2012 CLax MOP Chris Attwood to the Iroquois Ironmen for Wayne Van Every, Dan Vyse and Logan Kane. Attwood joins his brother Matt who is the goaltender with the Ironmen. Attwood had been drafted by the NLL’s Rochester Knighthawks this season but was cut from the team, so he will now be a member of the…
Training Camp Report: Rhode Island Kingfish
Reader Mike Vergano attended Rhode Island Kingfish Training Camp, and was kind enough to send us this report about it. As snow buried the northeast this weekend, the Rhode Island Kingfish held their official training camp in Warwick, RI. Thirty-four hopefuls braved the weather and traveled from as far as Canada to try and impress the coaching staff. Coaches Charlie Blanchard and Steve O’Donnell ran the prospects through two hours…
NLL Season Preview: Calgary Roughnecks
2012 Regular Season 12-4 PP 50.5% PK 58.10% GF 216 GA 170 Leaders: Shawn Evans 32G/47A.. 79pts Goalie Wins: Mike Poulin 10 The 2012 season for Calgary ended way too soon. After running through the regular season at 12-4, and dominating the Edmonton Rush 4-0 during the regular season, while outscoring them 50-33, the Roughnecks fell in the first round to the same Rush team 19-11. This will obviously be something the Roughnecks want to prevent in the 2013 season. During the…
Raiders Will Remain in RMLL
The RMLL Board of Directors (“the Board”) has considered the motion of the Junior A division made and passed with a 3/4th’s majority. We have reviewed the rationale for this vote as well as the counter arguments from the Raiders organization. The Board also listened to the testimony of several individuals during a phone conference call and subsequently reviewed the negotiated offers exchanged before the Junior A motion for expulsion was…