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  • NLL: Rock overcome early deficit to beat Thunderbirds in OT
  • NLL: Cook scores OT winner for Roughnecks on Marvel SuperHero Night

Iroquois Nationals Announce Bowhunter Cup Roster

The Iroquois Nationals have announced their roster for the Third Annual Bowhunter Cup, which will take place at The Blue Cross Arena on Saturday, October 13th at 8:00 p.m. The Iroquois Nationals will take on the United States in the International Exhibition at the home of the National Lacrosse League Rochester Knighthawks. “We look forward to an exciting game, between two highly talented teams with stacked rosters,” said Iroquois Nationals General…

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Mike Thompson MVP Highlights Mann Cup

In a Mann Cup where coaches were suspended and controversy surrounded potential doping, there was a positive story that came out of the Peterborough Lakers 2012 Mann Cup victory. That positive was goaltender Mike Thompson, who came in and won the Lakers four straight games. The Lakers goalie had been Tyler Carlson when Peterborough lost the first two games of the series to the Langley Thunder. Thompson replaced Carlson midway through Game…

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Copperheads Victorious Over Jax In Opener

The PLL season started with a bang this weekend as the Charlotte Copperheads defeated the Jacksonville Bullies on the road by a score of 19 to 14 in front of 1,850 fans at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. The big guns for both sides stepped up to the occasion, but the Bullies in the end fell just short. The first goal in PLL history belongs to Copperheads forward Ethan Farrell…

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Peterborough Lakers 2012 Mann Cup Champions

Two coaches were suspended, multiple other players were drug tested and one sprinkler system was abused by a frustrated goalkeeper while his counterpart was thrown into action just in time to salvage the series. The Mann Cup offered Canadian lacrosse fans countless story lines and subplots, but unfortunately the Tom Clancy-esque drama was beginning to overshadow what, surprisingly, was a stellar lacrosse series. Coming into the Mann Cup, few gave…

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Suspended Coaches Jamie Batley and Rod Jensen Still Coaching Mann Cup

Yesterday it was announced that Langley Thunder head coach Rod Jensen and Peterborough Lakers head coach Jamie Batley had been suspended for not cooperating with the CCES doping testing during the Mann Cup. Well, now they can coach during the Mann Cup, as CLA president Joe Harris has “stayed” the suspension pending further investigation, according to IL Indoor. Both coaches appealed the suspensions and the CLA decided to stay them. This means…

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Charlotte and Jacksonville Launch PLL Season

After a great deal of turmoil over months and months the day has finally come. Tonight the Charlotte Copperheads and Jacksonville Bullies play their first ever in league game, and its been a long time coming. These two teams were announced almost a year ago now, but that’s for another time. Today is all about getting out on the floor and playing some lacrosse. The Copperheads head to Jacksonville with…

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Maryland Terrapins Reload Coaching Staff

The University of Maryland men’s lacrosse team has promoted one coach and added two. Former All-American lacrosse player for the Terps, Ryan Moran, has been promoted to UMD’s first ever Associate head coach. He joined Maryland as an assistant coach in the fall of 2008, making this his fifth season with the Terps coaching staff. Maryland has seen Moran help the Terps to a 2011 ACC Championship, four NCAA tournament…

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Iwanusa Blog: PLL Season set to Kickoff

Getting ready for this PLL season to kickoff, clearly everyone involved is pretty excited about it. Having the chance to get this league and season kicked off is nice for both Franchises who have waited a year to see their teams in action. Most of our guys arrived late last night, shoot around in the AM and game time at 7. While everyone on both the Bullies and Copperheads recognizes the…

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Mann Cup: Lakers Take 3-2 Lead

Game five of the Mann Cup was held Friday night. As a writer, when you’re asked to recap a game, you try to fit the key plays, highlighting the top players and turning points, while at the same time touching on the biggest storylines that game produced. With this in mind the question following game five was, where do we start? As fans began to enter the building, there was…

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Mann Cup Game 6 Preview

On Friday night the Peterborough Lakers defeated the Langley Thunder 9-5 to take the lead in the Mann Cup 3-2. The Thunder came out strong in the game scoring 4 goals in the first period in order to take a 5-0 lead after the first period. The Thunder though came apart in the second period as Peterborough scored 7 unanswered goals and held Langley scoreless in the period. Heading into…

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