The Washington Stealth will inch closer towards finalizing their 2013 roster this weekend, as the squad travels to British Columbia for their third round of training camp. The Stealth will hit the floor at the Langley Event Centre (LEC) Saturday and Sunday. Home of the Western Lacrosse Association’s Langley Thunder, the LEC turf will be familiar territory for Lewis Ratcliff, Brett Hickey and Athan Ianucci, all of whom helped lead…
Training Camp Report: Calgary Roughnecks
Calgary has a (not so) new coach at the head of the realm and are coming off two of the best years for any team in the league. They have some of the strongest units in the league and are possibly the deepest team in camp. Tomorrow night they have a pre season game in Langley after a camp session last week. The Roughnecks recently signed veteran right handed forward…
Training Camp Report: Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush are coming off of a season where they represented the west in the Champions Cup, but a trade still left them with the top draft pick in the league. Edmonton traded off some of their studs like Aaron Wilson and Shawn Williams, but are looking to make up that production. Edmonton has a pre season tilt with Toronto on Saturday and they have had one session of…
MLL Supplemental Draft: Midfielders
Midfielders are valuable in Major League Lacrosse, helping out the attack with the scoring and turning around and playing some defense. As teams try to strengthen the middle of their field, they will have these options in the Supplemental Draft next week. Carter Bender- Out of Hartford University and now a member of the NLL’s Buffalo Bandits, and played a game with MLL’s Rochester Rattlers last season. Scored 25 points in…
MCLA: The Podesta Proposal
With the MCLA Executive board having met this last weekend in Dallas, TX and one of the big topics was the restructuring proposal. The proposal is headed up by Gary Podesta, former head coach at UC Santa Clara and Chair of the Competition Committee. This proposal, which I have come to call the Podesta Proposal, has a nice ring to it don’t ya think, mainly deals with separating the current…
Training Camp Report: Rochester Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks will return to Blue Cross Arena for the first time since capturing the 2012 NLL title this Saturday, as they host the Minnesota Swarm in pre-season action. New additions and NLL hopefuls will get their first chance to play alongside returning players to determine the Knighthawks final roster. A point of interest during the game will be Rochester’s goalie situation. While Matt Vinc is cemented as the…
Stealth Re-Sign Iannucci
The Washington Stealth have signed NLL veteran forward Athan Iannucci to a one-year agreement. Iannucci (Port Moody, B.C.) is entering his seventh NLL season after appearing in11 games for the Stealth in 2012. He was acquired in the February trade with Edmonton for Paul Rabil. “Athan has proven that he is a dominant offensive threat and will be a major factor for us this coming season,” said Stealth general manager…
Bandits Officially Trade for Hopcroft, Sign Six Others
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced that the team has acquired forward Derek Hopcroft from the Colorado Mammoth in exchange for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2014 NLL Entry Draft. “Derek brings more depth to our right side,” Dietrich said. “He has a great outside shot and continues to work on the other dimensions of his game. He will come into our second weekend of training camp…
Supplemental MLL Players to Watch: Attack
The MLL Supplemental Draft is in a week, so today we take a look at Attackmen that we could see crack an MLL roster. Some of these Canadian players are interesting, because in the summer they play Canadian box. How many of them will actually play MLL? Matt Alrich: Has played with the Boston Cannons, Baltimore Bayhawks and San Francisco Dragons. Played NLL with the San Jose Stealth and New York…
Report: Bandits Acquire Derek Hopcroft
According to Steve Bermel of IL Indoor, the Buffalo Bandits have traded for forward Derek Hopcroft of the Colorado Mammoth. According to the report, they give up a conditional fifth round draft pick. As Hopcroft is a right handed shooter, this could be another sign that the Bandits will not be signing Luke Wiles. They already picked up Aaron Wilson from Edmonton, but Hopcroft could just be more proof that…