The North American Lacrosse League has hit its midway point of the season with Baltimore, Boston and Kentucky each playing five games. After intensive research (and help from Scott Pestridge, Tim Thomas and Sean Murphy) we were able to come up with some season stats for you. Due to having so many less games and not being a playoff qualifying team, we do not have any Rhode Island Kingfish stats….
Toronto Lights up Barrie 18-10
This weekend in CLAX the 1-1 Toronto Shooting Stars took on the 0-1 Barrie Blizzard. Toronto was coming off an overtime win over the Durham TurfDogs while the Blizzard lost in a gutsy effort to the Oshweken Demons. The Stars were motivated to get their first win at home in this game as the failed in their first attempt this season but a Blizzard warning was in effect for Toronto…
CLax Three Stars: Durham Dominates
1st Star: Nic Grasby – Durham Turfdogs Grasby had a career game totaling an impressive 10 points en route to a 14-13 victory over the Iroquois Ironmen. The former Halton Hills Bulldog netted a hat-trick while adding seven assists. The double digit night brings Grasby’s total to 15 good enough for ninth league scoring. 2nd Star: Scott Defrancesco – Durham Turfdogs Defrancesco filled the net at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena…
Stickhorses Salvage Weekend, Defeat Bombers 11-10 in OT
The Kentucky Stickhorses split the weekend with the Baltimore Bombers with an 11-10 overtime win yesterday afternoon. Kentucky had fallen to the Bombers on Friday night 17-14. Kentucky was led by three point performances from Travis Bland, Jesse Guerin and Brandon Dube. Chazz Woodson also scored his first goal as a Stickhorse, and Spencer Lyons made 41 saves in net. Dewey Porter scored the biggest goal on the night with…
NLL Power Rankings: Toronto Stays On Top
Toronto Rock stays at #1 this week with there 14-12 defeat of the Buffalo Bandits. Captain Colin Doyle tallied 8 pts (4G), and Garrett Billings 7pts (5A), Josh Sanderson 6pts (5A) move the Rock to 5-1 in the East. Next Opponent Feb 8 @ Minnesota 8:30 Calgary Roughnecks move up to the #2 spot with their victory over the Edmonton Rush 18-15. After starting 0-2, this Roughneck team has won…
Rockhoppers Stay in First, Defeat Rhode Island
The Boston Rockhoppers remain in first place in the North American Lacrosse League. Now at 4-1, the Rockhoppers are ahead of the 3-2 Baltimore Bombers. Last night’s win was over the 0-3 Rhode Island Kingfish in decisive fashion, 20-7. It is the second game in a row where the ‘Hoppers scored 20 goals after they defeated Baltimore last weekend. Leading the way for the Rockhoppers in this game was Vince…
Rock Get to Five Wins, Beat Bandits
The Toronto Rock (5-1) retained their position at first in the Eastern Division standings with a 14-12 road win versus the Buffalo Bandits (3-2). After the Bandits got out to an early advantage, the Rock took over establishing a 7-2 lead halfway through the second quarter. However, Toronto would see this margin diminish before the end of the quarter, when a three goal Buffalo rally saw the score sitting at…
Post Game Video: Bombers vs Stickhorses
On Friday night the Baltimore Bombers defeated the Kentucky Stickhorses 17-14. Kassandra Young spoke with three of the scorers with Baltimore along with the Kentucky goaltender, and a newcomer.
Mammoth Defeat Swarm to Even Record
On Saturday night the Mammoth handed the Swarm their 3rd loss of the season, 15-9. The Swarm have now dropped all of their road games this season. The Swarm jumped out to a 3-1 lead , half way through the 1st quarter. By the end of the 1st quarter the Mammoth had taken the lead back at 5-3, they never relinquished it for the rest of the game. John Grant…
Knighthawks Get First Win, Top Surging Stealth
The Rochester Knighthawks got their first win of the season Saturday night as they defeated the Washington Stealth 7-6 in a very defensive battle. Rochester is now 1-3 on the season and Washington drops to 3-3. Brad Self started the scoring six minutes in to give the Knighthawks a 1-0 lead. Lewis Ratcliff quickly answered a half a minute later to tie it at one. Cory Vitarelli had the only…