The Rockhoppers are one of just two teams from last season’s NALL carrying over to 2013 and they are bringing back nearly their entire roster along with some new faces that have a local flare. Are the Rockhoppers title contenders? Let’s take a look at what they have. SCHEDULE REVIEW Boston takes on the Kentucky Stickhorses this Saturday at Freedom Hall, their third game on the road against their rival….
Stealth, Knighthawks, Bandits and Wings on CBSSN This Season
The Washington Stealth are among just a handful of National Lacrosse League teams that will have a game broadcast live on the CBS Sports Network during the upcoming 2013 season. The Stealth’s home matchup with the Buffalo Bandits, Saturday, April 13 will be carried live on the CBS Sports Network beginning at 7 p.m. PT. The CBS Sports network is available to Comcast customers in the Seattle market on channel…
Official NLL Pre Season Power Rankings
Training camps are done, pre-season games played, and the rosters have been finalized. We are now only 4 days until the opening of the 2013 NLL season. There are new faces in the league, old faces on new teams, and some faces that have been left off the rosters. This should be a very exciting 2013 Season. Calgary Roughnecks…(2012– 12-4… Western Div Champion Regular Season) One of the most balanced teams in…
Stickhorses Announce 2013 Roster
The Kentucky Stickhorses are ready for the 2013 season as they have released their roster for their second campaign. Below are the players who made the team, but first some notes. Players you will not see on the roster are Joel Zalesky, Max Schmidt and Cody Johnson. Zalesky is currently holding out. Anthony Kelly: Kelly was a member of the ‘Horses last year and returns as one of the most…
NLL Season Preview: Colorado Mammoth
A strong returning core and a high powered offense will lead the Colorado Mammoth when they return to the Pepsi Center turf. Veterans Gavin Prout and John Grant Jr. highlight a potent Colorado offense that led the NLL in scoring last season. The reigning league MVP, Junior returns after a monumental 2012 season in which he set a new an NLL single season scoring record with 116 points, as well…
Stars Top Blizzard in Exhibition
With just under two weeks to go before the start of the 2013 Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) season the Barrie Blizzard and Toronto Shooting Stars met in an exhibition matchup on Sunday, December 30th at Stephen Leacock Arena in Scarborough ON. Barrie opened the scoring just under two minutes into the game, and added two more within a minute to lead 3-0 early. They would hold a 4-1 advantage after…
Twenty Questions Heading Into 2013 NLL Season
The National Lacrosse League season kicks off in just five days, but as training camp wraps up, we still have plenty of questions for the season. We bring you twenty of the most asked questions after the upcoming year. Can Scott Evans Bounce Back? Scott Evans struggled last season with the Edmonton Rush, with 47 points. But that wasn’t the problem. The problem was he didn’t play the last four…
Chris Attwood Traded to Ironmen
The Canadian Lacrosse League have announced a trade in which the Ohsweken Demons sent 2012 CLax MOP Chris Attwood to the Iroquois Ironmen for Wayne Van Every, Dan Vyse and Logan Kane. Attwood joins his brother Matt who is the goaltender with the Ironmen. Attwood had been drafted by the NLL’s Rochester Knighthawks this season but was cut from the team, so he will now be a member of the…
Training Camp Report: Rhode Island Kingfish
Reader Mike Vergano attended Rhode Island Kingfish Training Camp, and was kind enough to send us this report about it. As snow buried the northeast this weekend, the Rhode Island Kingfish held their official training camp in Warwick, RI. Thirty-four hopefuls braved the weather and traveled from as far as Canada to try and impress the coaching staff. Coaches Charlie Blanchard and Steve O’Donnell ran the prospects through two hours…
CLax Season Preview: Iroquois Ironmen-
Last year the Iroquois Ironmen finished with a record of 6-8 and made the playoffs. The Ironmen though surprised everyone in the playoffs knocking off the top team in Clax last year the Durham Turfdogs. The Ironmen fell though in the Creator’s cup final to the Oshweken Demons 15-10. This year the Ironmen hope to make it back to the Creator’s Cup final but do they have the team to make the journey? The Ironmen…