The Minnesota Swarm created their final roster on Thursday, and they placed their second overall draft pick Brock Sorensen on the Physically Unable to Perform List. Sorensen is coming off of a torn ACL from his time with Ohio State and he did not participate in the Swarm scrimmages against Colorado or Rochester, and he will be missing the first part of the regular season for Minnesota. Minnesota also released three…
Top Ten NLL Players Changing Teams in 2013
Off season activity is common in the National Lacrosse League, and once again quality players will be changing their colors for a new season. Below are the top ten players who will be joining a new team in 2013. None of these include hold out players playing in the new year or draft picks. 1. Dan Dawson- Rochester Knighthawks Dawson is the best right handed shooter in the NLL and…
MLL Draft Preview: Hamilton Nationals
It was not an easy year for the Nationals, going from runners-up for the championship to runners-up for the worst record in the league. Still, there is quite a bit of talent on this team. They had six All-Stars last season and, when clicking, their offense can score with anyone. With the second overall pick in the draft they are in a good position to pick an immediate impact player…
Good Players Among NLL Cuts
After the NLL cuts have all been made for the season, the speculation will always be there the next day, especially when there were several surprise cuts. In the Western Conference, we can look to names like Jeff Zywicki and Ian Poole. Zywicki has been a solid player with the Washington Stealth for years, but the play maker has been marred by some injuries the past two seasons. Meanwhile, Poole…
Wings Fall to Bandits, Take on Rock
This is the second game for the wings this pre-season, last night the fell to the Bandits 20-12. The teams played 5/15 min quarters; Score was 16-11 after 4. Veterans Kevin Crowley played first half and Drew Westervelt played the second half, as the Wings played mostly the rookies and free agents to get them some time and made sure the veterans dint get injured. All players were involved even…
Roughnecks Bring Back Veteran Roster
The Calgary Roughnecks 2012 season saw them post an NLL best 12-4 record, finishing first in the west; only to be bounced from title contention by province rivals Edmonton Rush. When an obviously talented team like Calgary fails in such a manner, changes are bound to be made within the organization. After taking over for current Toronto Rock head coach Troy Cordingley in 2009, Dave Pym led the Calgary Roughnecks…
Sources: Kingfish Will Not Play at Boss Arena
According to multiple sources, the Rhode Island Kingfish will not be playing at Boss Arena at the University of Rhode Island. The team is currently trying to find another home arena to play in Rhode Island, but if that does not work out they will still play all of their road games scheduled. The team has been informed of this move. Rhode Island was set to host Baltimore on January…
NLL Continues to Hope for BC Expansion
NLL commissioner George Daniel still says that British Columbia ranks at the top of the list for possible NLL expansion, he told the Langley Times on Thursday. The exhibition game between the Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks drew just north of 4,000 in Langley, British Columbia, a potential home for an NLL team along with Vancouver, which has hosted NLL action before. From the story in the Langley Times: “We are…
Inferno Continue to Play With Fire
The Brampton Inferno have once again taken a risk and have played with fire. The Inferno have made a trade with The Barrie Blizzard exchanging Brandon McMullen, Shawn Udema, Brody Barfoot, Matthew Bennett and Eric Benesch plus the Inferno’s second round pick in the upcoming NLL supplemental draft in exchange for Barrie’s first overall pick in the supplemental draft. The Inferno hope that they will be able to land a star who has been cut by…
Wings Take on Bandits in Pre Season Action
Pre-season action gets underway for the Philadelphia Wings this weekend as they head north of the border to Toronto for 2 games. First of which is tonight against the Bandits, the same team they will face in the season opener on Jan 11. The Wings come in with 7 rookies and 13 new players total on there current 23 man roster. The team will get their first look at Rabil, Hartzell, Buchanan, &…