After two impressive road wins to open the season, the Toronto Rock will look to continue their momentum on home soil when the Philadelphia Wings visit the Air Canada Centre (ACC) Saturday night. Philadelphia opened their season with a 13-8 home win versus the Buffalo Bandits. Leading the Wings in the victory was the recently acquired Jordan Hall. Hall finished his Philly debut with 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists)….
Top Ten NLL Questions in Week Three
Now that every team has played a game, we know a lot more about what the NLL will look like this 2013 season. However, we still have questions, and look at what to watch for in the third week. Can the defending Champion Knighthawks bounce back after road loss in Washington in week one? Rochester is raising their banner on this night and face a Bandits team looking to move…
NLL Game Picks: Week Three
None of us have done so great at game picks this week with upsets running rampant. Well, we keep trying, so without further ado, our game picks.
Knighthawks Sign Angus Goodleaf
The Rochester Knighthawks announced tonight that they have signed goalie Angus Goodleaf to a one-year deal, pending league approval. In a related move, the Knighthawks released goalie Jake Henhawk. “It feels good. I have been waiting for this for a month,” said Goodleaf. The four-year pro spent his entire career with the Buffalo Bandits, where he posted a 10.86 goals-against average and .767 save percentage over three seasons. In 2012,…
NLL Conference Notes: BDS Out, Powell Questionable
The NLL coaches and media conference call yesterday had some interesting notes about the statuses of players and injuries from around the league. Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen said that he will know more about Casey Powell tonight during practice and if he will play this weekend against the Buffalo Bandits. With the Bandits, Billy Dee Smith will not play this week due to an injury he suffered at work….
Inferno look for Revenge against the Demons
This weekend the Brampton Inferno kick off their season as they visit the Oshweken Demons. The Demons are 1-0 on the season after defeating the Iroquois Ironmen 18-15 last weekend. The Demons proved last week that even without Chris Atwood that they could still get the job done. Jeff Powless was stellar in net while the player of the game for the Demons was Wayne Van Every who was named…
ILWT CLax Three Stars: Week One
The Canadian Lacrosse League opened it’s second season this past weekend and it did not lack action as their were 55 goals goals scored in just two games. ILWT’s Pat Gregoire breaks down the weekends match ups and selects his picks for the CLax Week 1 Three Stars. 1st Star: Wayne Van Every- Oshweken Demons Van Every found the back of the cage an impressive six times while adding two…
NALL Power Rankings: Baltimore Moves Up
The North American Lacrosse League has now seen all of their teams in action, and we see just one move up in the weekly power rankings. 1. Baltimore Bombers 1-0 Baltimore looked impressive in their road win against Boston this weekend. They won the game in overtime with two of their best players after not playing a game all season, while Boston was coming off of a road victory. This…
MLL Draft Review: New York Lizards
The New York Lizards were the talk of the 2013 MLL Collegiate Draft. They had the best draft night of any team in the league and that was without a selection until the fifth round. The Lizards used their picks (and midfielder Will Mangan) to walk away late Friday night with David Earl, Steven Waldeck and Mark Matthews. That’s not including Jack Reid, who was acquired earlier in the offseason…
Bandits Show Struggles, Signs of Promise
This weekend didn’t go entirely as planned for the Buffalo Bandits. There were some things that worked and looked very good, and other things that should make fans a bit worried. That being said, many of the issues were expected with the new faces in the lineup and there seemed to me a good amount of positives to balance things out. The Bandits are still in a good position at…