After session one of the Buffalo Bandits training camp yesterday, lots of talk was about Luke Wiles and Bill Dee Smith, still not reported to Buffalo. Wiles and Smith are both free agents and were cornerstones of the 2012 teams. Smith bounced back from his knee injury to be a dominant defender again while Wiles had a career season scoring. The Bandits, however, are still not saying anything about these…
Mammoth Top Swarm in Exhibition
On Saturday evening the Colorado Mammoth defeated the Minnesota Swarm 11-6 in an exhibition game in Toronto, where both teams held their weekly training camps. Jordan McBride scored two goals for the Mammoth in the first half while rookie Jaeden Gastaldo scored a transition goal. Jordan MacIntosh of the Swarm also had a goal. A couple of altercations occurred in the game, including a Jovan Miller elbow to the head of MacIntosh…
NLL Training Camp: Lum Walker, MacIntosh, Belanger Injured
Two injuries came out of training camp yesterday. The first came to Colorado Mammoth goaltender Tye Belanger, who was placed on the PUP list on Friday afternoon. Belanger suffered a broken ulna bone in his arm playing volleyball and will be out for four weeks. The Mammoth now have four goalies in camp; Chris Levis, Mike Attwood, Matt Roik and Dan Lewis. Meanwhile, the Toronto Rock lost rookie defenseman Mike…
Wings Training Camp: Morning Report
Just like the free agent/rookie camp, the players did not disappoint the coaches. The Wings brought in 18 players from the free agent camp 2 weeks ago, and each player is aware that there first mistake could be there last. Players fighting for a roster spot, Will Harrington, Farrell, Rogowski have not only impressed the 15+ fans who came out early this morning, but also impressed the coaches had Wiedmaier, Erik…
CLax Previews: Barrie Blizzard
The Barrie Blizzard enter 2013 as the only expansion team in the history of the Canadian Lacrosse League, and after taking talent from the other rosters, they look pretty good. Antony Lackey, a former Toronto Rock player, was selected from the Brampton Inferno. Colin Boucher from Durham, Travis Bland from Toronto, Jason Mainer from Toronto and Brice Queener from Niagara are all players of note who were picked. However, Bland…
Rock Pick Mark Kirby for Exhibition Game in Montreal
The Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will face each other on Saturday, December 15th at 7:30pm at Montreal’s Bell Centre in an exhibition contest. The game will have an interesting twist as two free agent players were selected from the Quebec Lacrosse Showcase that took place on November 17 at the Club West Island in Beaconsfield, PQ to play in the game. Thirty-five players, all members of the Quebec Lacrosse…
NLL Training Camp Preview: Colorado Mammoth
The Colorado Mammoth dominated the regular season behind their MVP John Grant Jr, but the rest of the league has only improved this off season. Can the Mammoth be the best in the west again? Offense John Grant Jr dominates all as the best player in pro lacrosse today. His left handed unit also has Adam Jones, the 2012 rookie of the year, and veterans Jamie Shewchuck and Joel Dalgarno,…
Attwood, Van Every Released; Hartzell Protected, Hawksbee Hold Out
With NLL training camps now active around the league, transactions will come fast and furious in the coming weeks. A few of those moves came last night. The Rochester Knighthawks released rookie Chris Attwood and free agent signee Torey Van Every. Both participated in the rookie and free agent camp last weekend. Meanwhile, the Colorado Mammoth, who open camp today, have placed defenseman Ian Hawksbee on their hold out list….
NLL Training Camp Preview: Philadelphia Wings
As the Wings head into the start of camp this weekend the memory of losing six in a row (including playoff games) still lingers in the minds of players and fans. So you ask yourself; What can be done so this doesn’t happen again? Enter Jimmy Butler. Butler is the mastermind who helped build the Titans. In 2009, the Titans went to the East Conference finals to only fall 15-10…
NLL Training Camp Preview: Washington Stealth
The Washington Stealth struggled in 2012 with a 4-12 record but as they head into training camp they are hoping to turn things around. The Stealth held their preseason tryout last week and have identified five players who stood out above the rest and signed them to 1 year deals. The Stealth signed transition players Drew Snider and Mitch McMichael, defender Ben McCullough and forward Mark Negrin, as well as…