Week three of the National Lacrosse League is in the books, and the league has announced their players of the week. However, we have our own three stars. John Grant Jr- Colorado Mammoth Grant had his usual spectacular game, scoring six goals with two assists as the Mammoth won on the road against the now 0-2 Calgary Roughnecks. He also picked up one loose ball in the overtime win. Brandon…
NLL: Swarm Face Off With Rock
Tomorrow night the Minnesota Swarm will travel to Toronto for the first of back to back games. The Swarm have only play one game this season compared to the Rocks three games. The Rock come into Friday night’s contest at 2-1, with wins over Calgary and Edmonton. While the Swarm come in at 0-1, losing in their season opener to the Buffalo Bandits. The only real recent news for the…
Stories to Watch in NLL Week Four
Philadelphia Wings: 17 Americans? “You can’t play the indoor game with a field team” That was the sound echoed as the Wings roster took shape for the 2013 season. If they were 0-2 there be “I told you so’s” all over the place. Instead they now sit at 2-0, after an 8-7 victory over the Rock in the final 10.9 seconds, and have some people wondering. Now this young team…
CLax Three Stars: Two in Niagara
ILWT’s Pat Gregoire breaks down week two of the CLax season and crowns the three stars for their outstanding play. 1st Star: Corey Fowler – Niagara Lock Monsters Fowler climbed into the top five scorers after his CLax debut on Sunday afternoon while scoring 4 goals and adding seven assists. Fowler has made an immediate impact and will look to continue his offensive prowess next week as the Lock Mosters…
Inferno Prepare for weekend double header
The Brampton Inferno have a busy weekend ahead of them as they play back to back nights against the Oshweken Demons and the Niagara Lock Monsters. The Demons and the Inferno faced off last weekend with the Demons walking away with the victory 16-8. In the first meeting between these teams Brampton started out strong as they were able to keep pace with the Demons to begin the game. At…
NALL Power Rankings: No Movement
After Boston and Baltimore picked up wins again this weekend, no teams are moving when it comes to the North American Lacrosse League power rankings. 1. Baltimore Bombers 2-0 The Bombers won their first home game against the Rhode Island Kingfish this weekend to remain undefeated on the season. Baltimore has now defeated Boston and Rhode Island and remains at the top of the rankings as the only team without…
Stone Blog: Big Win Over Kentucky
Things are starting to come together for the Rockhoppers, and there are exciting times ahead. We entered the season knowing that we have a team that can excel against any team in the NALL athletically, but we lack indoor lacrosse experience and knew there was a lot to learn. It is amazing to me how different the indoor and outdoor games are in terms of positions, strategy, movements, and skills….
MLL Draft Review: Hamilton Nationals
Briefly before the 2013 MLL Collegiate Draft the Hamilton Nationals changed their coach and General Manager; Dave Huntley and Stuart Brown named to those positions, respectively. The two made some immediate moves and changes in philosophy. The team traded away David Earl and Steven Waldeck, two young and talented players, to the New York Lizards in exchange for the No. 5 pick in the draft. Thus began a night of…
Monsters Destory Ironmen 22-13
The Niagara Lock Monsters opened their inaugural Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) season with a convincing 22-13 victory over the Iroquois Ironmen at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena Sunday afternoon. Rochester Knighthawks practice player Tom Montour opened the scoring for the Ironmen with an unassisted powerplay marker just under two minutes into the game. The Lock Monster’s Ryan Learn answered with a pair of goals to but Niagara up 2-1. After Lloyd…
Talbot Blog: Rockhoppers Win Two
Hello everyone. I’m glad to be back on In Lacrosse We Trust, this time blogging as a proud member of the Boston Rockhoppers of the North American Lacrosse League. Let me start off by saying how great I think the start of the season has been for our team but also for the league in general. It seems like every team is enjoying good coverage from their local media and…