The Calgary Roughnecks 2011 season was anything but expected. After some off season trades, which included shipping former captain Tracey Kelusky to Buffalo, the franchise entered their tenth season pegged by many as a guaranteed playoff miss. However, the new look Calgary squad went on to post a league’s best 11-5 record in the 2011 regular season before falling in the second round of playoffs. After a successful regular season…
Meet an NLL Prospect: Kyle Periera
We’ve shown you a lot of the prospects drafted to the Toronto Rock, and we continue today with Kyle Periera. What was draft day like for you? Draft day was pretty nerve racking for me, as im sure it was for all of the other prospects. Unfortunately being in school in Halifax I wasnt able to be there in Toronto, so I just went about my day as usual and…
Meet an NLL Prospect: Mike Lum-Walker
Mike Lum-Walker is known around the lacrosse community as a big body defender but on Monday night at the NLL draft, he felt like a little boy again. The Whitby Warrior product was selected 20th overall by his hometown team, the Toronto Rock. For many Ontario born players, the Rock’s dynasty during the 2000’s was the reason why they picked up the stick. If Lum-Walker can crack the Toronto roster,…
Young Goalies the New Norm in the NLL?
One thing that has been fact in the NLL for years has been it takes goaltenders a long team to become elite. Anthony Cosmo, Matt Vinc and others spent years as back ups before they emerged as top goalies. Last season we saw the amazing specter of Evan Kirk and Tyler Carlson in Minnesota. Nick Rose became a starter with the Toronto Rock, and Tyler Richards continues his great career in Washington. So…
MILA Making Their Mark in the NLL
When you think of developmental leagues for the National Lacrosse League, the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association is not the first league you think of. You would probably think of NALL or CLax or a league like that. At least two MILA players will be on the roster of the Colorado Mammoth this coming NLL season. Alex Demopolous and Cam Holding. Holding signed with the Mammoth before last season, becoming the…
Rush Announce Dave Jamieson as President
Bruce Urban, Owner of the Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Club, is pleased to announce the naming of Dave Jamieson as the new Team President. Jamieson joins the Rush after 14 years with the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos where he served as the Director of Communications and Marketing (1998-2010), and Vice-President of Communications and Broadcast (2010-2012). “We took a great deal of time selecting the right person to fill the role…
Outlaws Acquire Greer, Briggs to Long Island
We’ve all been wondering why the Long Island Lizards protected Zack Greer, someone who has not played Major League Lacrosse since 2010. Today we found out, with him being shipped to the Denver Outlaws. The Lizards in return get second year player Collin Briggs who played at the University of Virginia. Long Island also gets a draft pick from Denver in the 2013 Supplemental Draft. Greer has played in the…
Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse Happy With Year One
Only two teams will be facing off for the MILA Championship, and Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse was not one of them in season one. The expansion team, however, is happy with their first season on the turf. “The season has been a challenge, as I anticipated.” said Sean Murphy, the team owner.  “Getting players to commit to the travel involved is always challenging. With box lacrosse still being the lesser-known…
Kiel Matisz Ready to Prove Worth As Third Overall Pick
“I was just hoping that the Minnesota Swarm would take me as one of there draft picks.” says Kiel Matisz, one of the newest members of the Minnesota Swarm. Matisz was selected as the third overall pick, the second pick from Minnesota, on Monday night at the NLL draft in Toronto. “They are such a great organization from the players, to the coaches and to the front office.” Matisz continued….
Meet an NLL Prospect: Jaeden Gastaldo
Jaeden Gastaldo was drafted by the Colorado Mammoth on Monday night. I had the chance to speak with him, and this is what he had to say. What was draft day like for you? 1) I have Monday’s off of school and work. I didn’t do anything really differently then I would normally. Tried to keep up with school work and went to the gym. Then I watched the draft…