Many people have wondered why Steve Toll opted to play in the Canadian Lacrosse League this season instead of the National Lacrosse League. He played with the Edmonton Rush last season and still has some great ability. So why chose CLax? According to the Brampton Guardian, who spoke to the Inferno coach, Brian Beisel. Beisel said that Toll instead chose to play CLax because his new job in the Brampton area…
Undrafted NLL Players Can Make an Impact, Though Rare
Every so often in sports, someone makes an unexpected impact. Look at the NFL, where undrafted players like Arian Foster and Wes Welker have become super stars. In MLB, Daniel Nava had a season to remember after playing independent. It’s not an uncommon thing to see. However, in lacrosse, it can be a lot harder to break the system. Most of the biggest stars of the National Lacrosse League came…
Meet a NALL Player: Nick Schroeder
As we continue our series talking to players around the North American Lacrosse League, today we speak with one of the most experienced players in the league, Nick Scroeder, who has played goaltender throughout the NLL, WLA and other levels. Read on to read some of the facts about the career of Schroeder. Name: Nick Schroeder Position: Goaltender Team: Boston Rockhoppers Former Pro Teams: Philadelphia Wings, New York Titans, Langley Thunder Favorite Lacrosse Memory: The…
Barrie Blizzard look to be a contenders in Inaugural season
The Canadian Lacrosse League this year introduced a new franchise in the form of the Barrie Blizzard. The Blizzard completed their supplemental draft over the weekend so what better time than now to analyze their team. From Brampton the Blizzard selected Dave Campbell, Mike McLeod, Tyler Patterson and Anthony Lackey. Campbell will be a solid defenseman on the Barrie defense and will be the anchor of the Barrie defense. Mike Mcleod will be…
What Could Have Been: 2005 NLL Draft Class
Earlier today, I was looking at NLL draft classes for a post coming later this week (self promotion!) and was talking with a few other lacrosse people about it (shoutouts to Graeme Perrow, Rocco Granato, Chad Faifoull and Marty O’Neill). Rocco, who writes for this site, sent me the 2005 first round of the NLL draft, and after looking at it, I decided to take a look at some draft…
Machine’s Gadgets For 2013
2012 wasn’t what Coach Garber and the Ohio Machine were looking for. However, it was looked over since the team is in their first year and players are just learning how to play with each other. Going 2-12 will make anyone agitated, but for the Machine fans, they stuck through the highs and the lows and showed their support. Not many fans would do that. Luckily for the Ohio fans,…
Wolfpack Move to Newmarket
According to reports, the Junior C Ontario team Innisfil Wolfpack will be moving to Newmarket and be changing their name to the Newmarket Saints. The Wolfpack have had a horrid go of it in their five years in Innisfil, going 13-71, and the best record they ever had was still just 5-11. The new Saints will move from the central division to the western division with the move to a…
Kingfish Try to Win on Local Talent
The Rhode Island Kingfish are at a disadvantage somewhat with bringing in local talent. Players from the New England area would likely prefer to stay closer to Boston. No problem for Rhode Island, except they have the Boston Rockhoppers to compete with. No matter, the Kingfish still brought in local talent, and their roster is mostly built off of that. While teams like Baltimore and Kentucky are getting the fanfare, Rhode…
Miller Rusbridge Looks to Bring Impact to Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks have signed defenseman Miller Rusbridge to a one year deal this week. Rusbridge will be joining the Knighthawks training camp later this month. Knighthawks coach Mike Hasen likes what he sees in Rusbridge. Hasen has coached him with MSL’s Brampton Excelsiors the past two seasons, and they won the Mann Cup in one of those years. The 24 year old defenseman has played with some Knighthawks players…
Best of the Best in the Baggataway
2012 Baggataway Cup weekend in Peterborough saw many great players from Ontario and Quebec at the Canadian University level go head to head to battle for the CUFLA title. Pat Gregoire selects his picks for the 2012 All Baggataway Team. 2012 All Baggataway Team Attack: Jordan Daradick- Guelph Jordan Weedmark- Brock Alex Rohrbach- McGill Midfield: Jishan Sharples – McGill Curtis Knight- Guelph Sam Neeb- Western Defence: Eric Pitre- Western Steve…