The Brampton Inferno have once again taken a risk and have played with fire. The Inferno have made a trade with The Barrie Blizzard exchanging Brandon McMullen, Shawn Udema, Brody Barfoot, Matthew Bennett and Eric Benesch plus the Inferno’s second round pick in the upcoming NLL supplemental draft in exchange for Barrie’s first overall pick in the supplemental draft. The Inferno hope that they will be able to land a star who has been cut by…
Wings Take on Bandits in Pre Season Action
Pre-season action gets underway for the Philadelphia Wings this weekend as they head north of the border to Toronto for 2 games. First of which is tonight against the Bandits, the same team they will face in the season opener on Jan 11. The Wings come in with 7 rookies and 13 new players total on there current 23 man roster. The team will get their first look at Rabil, Hartzell, Buchanan, &…
Rabil and Hartzell Highlight Wings Roster
The Philadelphia Wings were the last team to announce their 2013 roster yesterday afternoon, with new comers Kevin Buchanan, CJ Costabile, Kevin Croswell, Ethan Farrell, Joel White, Paul Rabil, Kyle Hartzell and others highlighting it. Meanwhile, Jordan Hall starts the season on the IR. 1) Buchanan, Kevin 2) Costabile, CJ 3) Crotty, Ned 4) Crowley, Kevin 5) Croswell, Kevin 6) Farrell, Ethan 7) Joel White 8) Harrington, Will 9) Hartzell,…
Toronto Releases Rookies Glebe, Kiri
The Toronto Rock have completed their roster for the 2013 season, and in doing so they released rookie goaltender Tyler Glebe and rookie defender Bradley Kiri. They also let go of Brendan Thenhaus and Scott Johnson. Johnson, Thenhaus and Kiri will all be on the Toronto Practice Squad. Mike Lum-Walker was also moved to the Injured Reserve as he undergoes knee surgery. Meanwhile, right handed shooter Dan Carey retired from…
Two Thirds of Former Boston Big Three Set for Knighthawks Season
It’s not every year that the defending champs can add two former league MVPs to their lineup. That’s a rarity in any sport. Yet, the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks did just that this offseason, adding former National Lacrosse League MVPs Dan Dawson and Casey Powell for their title defense. “It seems like a long time coming. The group made it tough on us and they worked hard right to the…
2013 NLL Players to Watch
Philadelphia Wings– The obvious choices here would be Paul Rabil, Kyle Hartzell Ross & Buchanan. But the player to watch this season will be Kevin Crowley. After a fantastic rookie season in 2012, the sky is the limit for this second year player from New Westminster. Crowley tallied 36 goals and 35 assists for 71 points in helping to lead the Wings their first playoff appearance since 2008. In last years playoffs Crowley notched 4 goals…
Mammoth Place Demopolous on Practice Squad, Belanger on PUP
As the Colorado Mammoth continue to make their roster moves for the 2013 season, they have announced their roster with rookie Alex Demopolous on the Practice Squad and goaltender Tye Belanger on the PUP to start the season.
Bandits Roster Includes Several New Faces
The Buffalo Bandits have announced their roster for the 2013 season after making several cuts yesterday. Their Injured Reserve has Jamie Rooney, Jordan Critch and Mat Giles to start the season while they have Jimmy Purves on the PUP. The Practice Squad has rookie Kevin Brownell, Craig England and Derek Hopcroft, whom the Bandits had acquired from Colorado. The roster is below. Forwards (9): Carter Bender, Nick Cotter, Chad Culp, Mike…
Kaleb Toth Retires from the Roughnecks
The Calgary Roughnecks announced today the retirement of Kaleb Toth. The longest serving member of the Roughnecks was acquired from the Toronto Rock prior to the 2002 NLL season and has spent the last eleven seasons in a Calgary uniform after his first two seasons with Toronto. Toth is a veteran of over 200 NLL regular season and playoff games combined. “It has been an honor for me to have…
Rush Sport New Look Roster
The Edmonton Rush have announced the roster of players that will wear the silver and black heading into the 2013 National Lacrosse League season. General Manager/Head Coach Derek Keenan announced the team today that will suit up as the Rush defend their NLL West Division title and aim for the franchise’s first Champion’s Cup. (Roster below) The Rush open their 2013 NLL schedule on Sunday, January 13 when they host…