Tomorrow night the Calgary Roughnecks face the Edmonton Rush in round two of the yearly Battle of Alberta. Curtis Dickson, now in his third year in the league, says that these games do have something a little extra. “There’s always a little extra incentive playing against your provincial rival. We see these guys four times a year and it’s always a battle so its always a huge two points when…
White In Tonight, Edwards Out
The Toronto Rock will have the services of defender Chris White available tonight as his appeal hearing is not scheduled until next week. At the other end of the spectrum, defenceman Damon Edwards will not be in the lineup this evening and will serve his one game suspension this evening. White received a match penalty upon league review for a hit on Rochester’s Casey Powell on January 26th. There was…
NLL Who’s In Who’s Out: Week Six
Last week several teams struggled with injuries, some to some bigger star players like Callum Crawford who missed with an injury. Below are some who’s in and out for this week. Today we saw Mike Accursi with Rochester get his first action since opening week. Buffalo Bandits OUT: John Tavares (Calf) Mike McNamara (IR) Mat Giles (IR) Jordan Critch (IR) John Tavares will be missing his second straight week with…
NLL: Round Two of the Battle of Alberta on Saturday
The Battle of Alberta got underway last weekend in Edmonton with the Calgary Roughnecks taking an 18-15 victory. The two teams travel south on Saturday to Calgary for the second of four meetings this year. The winner of the four-game series the Roughnecks and Rush will play this year will take home the Homes By Avi Battle of Alberta Cup, so there’s some hardware on the line this year in addition…
NCAA: Fairfield, Stony Brook Open Saturday
Stony Brook The Good: Stony Brook is 5-2 all-time against Fairfield. Sophomore Mike Rooney led the team with 34 goals and 47 points last year, earning America East Rookie of the Year. Rooney also led the team last year with three goals in Stony Brook’s season opener vs. Fairlfield last year. The Bad: Despite a bid into the NCAA Tournament and a loss to Hopkins, Stony Brook will have to…
Both CLax Games Cancelled Friday
Both Canadian Lacrosse League games taking place tonight have been cancelled due to inclement weather in the north east. The league released this statement this morning. Due to severe weather the Canadian Lacrosse League has cancelled both scheduled games for Friday February 8. The Toronto Shooting Stars at the Ohsweken Demons and the Iroquois Ironmen at the Brampton Inferno games will be rescheduled for a later date. All tickets purchased…
NCAA GameDay Preview: High Point Looks For First
Lots of teams are kicking off their 2013 seasons this weekend. While some are already on their second or third games of the year. Here’s a look at what’s to come this Friday in NCAA Men’s Lacrosse competition: Friday, February 8 D1: High Point vs. Towson – High Point (0-1) put up a good fight against Delaware last Saturday, but came up short dropping the competition to the blue Hens…
NLL: Wings Face Hawks in Morning Matinee
Friday morning the Philadelphia Wings will face-off against the Rochester Knighthawks, that’s right Friday MORNING. The Wings will hold a business person/kids education special at 11am. The Wings luck against the Knighthawks is anything but good. Last time the Wings defeated the ‘Hawks you have to go back to January 10,2009 as the Wings won 16-13. The last time the Wings beat the ‘Hawks in Philadelphia, you need to go…
Synowiez Traded to Rhode Island; Otto Signs As Well
The Baltimore Bombers and Rhode Island Kingfish got busy on Thursday afternoon, making a trade and a few more transactions. In what can be said to be the first trade in North American Lacrosse League history, the Bombers sent James Synowiez to the Kingfish for a fifth round draft pick next season. Synowiez has two goals so far this season with Baltimore, who play Rhode Island on Saturday night. Meanwhile,…
NLL: Rock Look for Sixth Against Swarm
The Minnesota Swarm will look to get back on track and gain vengeance over the first place Toronto Rock at home Friday night. The last time the two teams met, the Swarm had a convincing 12-8 lead late in the third quarter. The Rock made a huge comeback and scored five unanswered goals to pick up the victory to a 13-12 score. Garrett Billings is building off his record breaking…