Week six in the NLL saw wins from Washington, Rochester (twice), Calgary and Minnesota. In those games several stars shone, but we have the top three. Tyler Richards, Washington Stealth/Matt Vince, Rochester Knighthawks Richards had the best game of any NLL goaltender this season on Saturday night, when he stopped 51 Colorado shots out of 57. It is the second week in a row Richards has allowed seven goals or…
NCAA Review: UMass, Duke, High Point Get Wins
The first weekend of NCAA Men’s lacrosse is in the books, providing both thrillers and blow outs. We saw a lot of firsts with High Point getting their first win in program history and Bryant taking Colgate into overtime. It was an exciting weekend of lacrosse at every division. In division 1 contests, High Point University, the new kid on the block, went 1-2 overall. First losing to Delaware 12-10…
Mammoth Succeeding with Roik Between the Pipes (For Now)
The Colorado Mammoth went into the 2013 season with a tough goaltender situation, with veteran Chris Levis coming in as the starter and Matt Roik as the backup. Roik had been coming off a terrible season starting with the Toronto Rock while their other backup Tye Belanger is out with a knee injury. Colorado resigned Dan Lewis who had played in a few minutes of action last season, but Roik…
MCLA: Santa Barbara Bounces Back
Over the weekend we had a number of games, including a top 15 match- up between Cal Poly and UC- Santa Barbara. This past week was the first real weekend with a substantial number of games. The Oregon Ducks played their D2 counterparts the Western Oregon Wolves on Wednesday. Both are the defending PNCLL Champions and National Tournament teams. The game was played in Eugene at the University of Oregon….
Komer Blog: Blizzard Fall to Brampton
I was supposed to get the day off on Saturday. Derek Collins played well as my relief in our previous game (when I somehow ended up in net as a ghost), so he got the nod for Saturday’s game against Brampton. I suppose a different way to look at it is that I was blessed with the opportunity to run the one door on the bench. A few problems there……
CLAX Three Stars: Week Five
It was another eventful week in CLAX but unfortunately a Friday night Blizzard cancelled some ofthe week 5 games. The three CLAX Stars of the week are 3. Zach Higgins- The TurfDog goalie stepped up this week as he held off the Niagara Lock Monsters enabling the TurfDogs to pick up the win. Higgins made 49 saves on the night and was able to hold off one of the most…
Turf Dogs top Monsters in Niagara Opener
Although their team was defeated by Durham, the fans were treated to some great lacrosse in the Niagara Lock Monsters home opener Sunday night. 537 people took in the inaugural game at the Seymour Hannah Centre in St. Catherine’s Ontario, a good turnout for the city’s first CLax game. A slow start by Niagara had them trailing 7-1 in the second quarter and the Monsters were unable to recover from…
NLL Power Rankings: Calgary the New Kings
What an exciting weekend of lacrosse action. If this past weekend doesn’t prove that the 2013 NLL season is packed with excitement each week, nothing will! We have a new #1, the defending champions sweep there weekend road games and played like the team that won the title last year. The Battle of Alberta was just that, as the Rush stayed with the Roughnecks for 60 minutes. The Swarm sting…
MLL Prospects in the NCAA: Week One
Major League Lacrosse has several players playing in Division One lacrosse after this January’s draft, so we check in on who had the best weeks of future MLL stars. Massachusetts 16 Army 9 UMass has several players going pro after this season, including Will Manny to the local Boston Cannons. Yesterday he scored one goal. Garret Thul, drafted to the Hamilton Nationals, had a goal and an assist in the…
Hopkins Gets First Win Over Siena; High Point Gets First Ever Win
John Hopkins controlled Siena through out the course of the game; midway through the third quarter, Hopkins scored 4 goals in a span of 3 minutes to secure their lead. Give credit to Siena, in the first half, they had figured out how to stop the Hopkins scoring attack. They did this by slowing up the pace of the game. Siena did not let Hopkins gets into their offensive strategy….