While the Toronto Rock’s success is predominantly attributed to their core group of established NLL players, the Rock’s consistency in acquiring young talent via draft or free agent signings has also been integral in the squad’s success. With rookies such as Jesse Gamble, Scott Johnston and Damon Edwards all seeing playing time last season, coach Troy Cordingley and staff have shown no hesitations including first time NLL players as part…
Wings: No Hartzell, Dawson, Sealock or Wray At Camp
Saturday night started the way the morning session ended. Miller and Fryer where manning the nets along with Brett Perras, Scotty Komer , Chris Collins, Chad Peiper. Once again the rookies did not disappoint the coaches or the fans in attendance. Veterans Westervelt, Crowley, Ross, Buchanan showed their mid-season form, Miller and Fryer where true to form as well. But we all know what the veterans can do. The story…
Training Camp Report: Minnesota Swarm
Minnesota held their first full camp session on Saturday, and it was a rather eventful day for them. They saw some injuries and are one of just two teams to play in a game. Who stood out, who needs to do better, and who is hurt? Game Results Minnesota fell to the Colorado Mammoth 11-6 in an exhibition. Their goaltending was good but offense struggled as physicality prevailed. While exhibitions are…
Audio: CJ Costabile, Ethan Farrell
Last night at Philadelphia Wings training camp, we spoke with rookie CJ Costabile and free agent signee Ethan Farrell. Costabile played MLL with the Long Island Lizards and won a title at Duke, while Farrell is a veteran of the Vermont Voyageurs and played with the Charlotte Copperheads. C.J. Costabile Ethan Farrell
Ten Things We Learned at NLL Training Camp
Week one of NLL camp is in the books, and we have learned a lot about teams and players. What are the ten biggest stories from camp? Keep reading on for the top stories. 1. Kyle Hartzell Hold Out? According to our Rocco Granato, Kyle Hartzell is not happy with the trade to Philadelphia and coaches think he has a problem with his role. Hartzell was recently placed on the…
Bandits Quiet on Wiles and Smith
After session one of the Buffalo Bandits training camp yesterday, lots of talk was about Luke Wiles and Bill Dee Smith, still not reported to Buffalo. Wiles and Smith are both free agents and were cornerstones of the 2012 teams. Smith bounced back from his knee injury to be a dominant defender again while Wiles had a career season scoring. The Bandits, however, are still not saying anything about these…
Mammoth Top Swarm in Exhibition
On Saturday evening the Colorado Mammoth defeated the Minnesota Swarm 11-6 in an exhibition game in Toronto, where both teams held their weekly training camps. Jordan McBride scored two goals for the Mammoth in the first half while rookie Jaeden Gastaldo scored a transition goal. Jordan MacIntosh of the Swarm also had a goal. A couple of altercations occurred in the game, including a Jovan Miller elbow to the head of MacIntosh…
NLL Training Camp: Lum Walker, MacIntosh, Belanger Injured
Two injuries came out of training camp yesterday. The first came to Colorado Mammoth goaltender Tye Belanger, who was placed on the PUP list on Friday afternoon. Belanger suffered a broken ulna bone in his arm playing volleyball and will be out for four weeks. The Mammoth now have four goalies in camp; Chris Levis, Mike Attwood, Matt Roik and Dan Lewis. Meanwhile, the Toronto Rock lost rookie defenseman Mike…
Wings Training Camp: Morning Report
Just like the free agent/rookie camp, the players did not disappoint the coaches. The Wings brought in 18 players from the free agent camp 2 weeks ago, and each player is aware that there first mistake could be there last. Players fighting for a roster spot, Will Harrington, Farrell, Rogowski have not only impressed the 15+ fans who came out early this morning, but also impressed the coaches had Wiedmaier, Erik…
Rock Pick Mark Kirby for Exhibition Game in Montreal
The Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will face each other on Saturday, December 15th at 7:30pm at Montreal’s Bell Centre in an exhibition contest. The game will have an interesting twist as two free agent players were selected from the Quebec Lacrosse Showcase that took place on November 17 at the Club West Island in Beaconsfield, PQ to play in the game. Thirty-five players, all members of the Quebec Lacrosse…