The National Lacrosse League, in partnership with The Lacrosse Network, has announced that the league’s online game broadcasts will air on YouTube during the 2013 season. The entire 2013 NLL season will be broadcast worldwide and live on YouTube (subject to territorial blackout restrictions for some games). NLL’s YouTube broadcasts will begin with the season opener on January 5th when the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks take on the Washington Stealth. “We’re…
Meet a NALL Player: Ryan Licht
Name: Ryan Licht Height: 6’0 Team: Rhode Island Kingfish Pro Teams:Philadelphia Wings, Anaheim Storm, NJ Pride, San Francisco Dragons, Jacksonville Bullies, Irish National Team Favorite Lacrosse Memory: Winning the National Championship at Nassau Community College and my experiences with the Irish National Team; traveling the world and competing for Ireland. Favorite Pro Players: A lot of my strengths have come from learning from some of the best players and coaches in lacrosse. I learned important…
Luke Wiles Not Signed in Buffalo
According to reports, Buffalo Bandits forward Luke Wiles is not yet signed for the 2013 season. The report comes from IL Indoor where Wiles’ agent Chaka Bainbridge said that Wiles is farther away from signing than Dhane Smith was before he signed on Saturday. Ironically, the fate of another Bainbridge client could affect where Smith winds up playing. Luke Wiles, the team’s second-leading scorer in goals and total points last year,…
Toll Playing CLax Due to New Job
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…