he Washington Stealth announced today the signings of defenseman Chris McElroy and forward Cliff Smith for the 2013 season. Both McElroy and Smith will be entering their third seasons with the Stealth. McElroy, 30, will be entering his ninth season in the National Lacrosse League. He joined the Stealth prior to the 2011 season after spending five seasons with the Edmonton Rush, a team he captained for two seasons. In…
Fletcher: MLL Wrap-Up
Major League Lacrosse wrapped up another successful season just a few weeks ago, and it certainly was a season to remember. The two new expansion teams, the Charlotte Hounds and Ohio Machine, both saw success and fan dedication in their first season. The league tested the waters of a possible new expansion site by having the All-Star game in Boca Raton, Florida and announced next year’s will be in Charlotte,…
Pat Campbell Named Rock Goaltending Coach
After retiring earlier this summer, former Rock goaltender Pat Campbell has been named goaltending coach for the lacrosse club.  Campbell’s 14-year NLL career saw stops in Columbus, Rochester, Edmonton and Calgary along with beginning and ending his journey with the Toronto Rock franchise. The Rock had a vacancy on the coaching staff after Steve Dietrich left the team to become the General Manager of the Buffalo Bandits.  Dietrich, much like…
MLL To Add Instant Replay
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional lacrosse league, announced today that the league will implement limited instant replay for the upcoming 2013 MLL season. Players expressed interest in creating an instant replay system and the idea was approved by the MLL Board of Managers this summer. The scope was finalized by the MLL Coaches and GM’s and the league is on course to start the 2013 season using limited instant…
Langley Thunder: Keys to Mann Cup Victory
The Langley Thunder surprised many when they made the Mann Cup last year. They silenced those critics this year by not only finishing as the top seed in the Western Lacrosse Association, but also winning the league losing just two games throughout the playoffs for a total of ten all season. They face the unenviable task of having to fly to Ontario to face the Peterborough Lakers at the Memorial…
What is the Prospects Lacrosse League?
Yesterday we learned about yet another new lacrosse league coming to fruition in the next year. The PLL. No, not that PLL, a different PLL. The Prospects Lacrosse League. Unlike the other new lacrosse leagues, this is an outdoor league. The Prospects Lacrosse League will be a collegiate summer league for NCAA and club players from throughout the country, and it will try to serve as a minor league to…
World Indoor Championships of 2015 to be in Buffalo
The Iroquois Nationals announced they will host the 2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship at Tsha’Hon’nonyen’dakhwa’ Onondaga Nation Arena near Syracuse, N.Y., and First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., in September of 2015. According to the Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau, the six-day-long portion of the event at the Onondaga Nation, which is expected to attract over 300 athletes and 15,000 fans, will generate nearly $4 million in local travel spending. “The…
Analyzing the 2013 NLL Schedule: Knighthawks
This NLL schedule has the season starting and ending with 10pm games. It has a Thursday night game for the first time since 2009. Most importantly, it’s the first schedule with all the same teams since 1992. But who has the easiest schedule? Or the hardest? Let’s go team by team. Rochester Knighthawks The Knighthawks start out the season on the road at Washington to start out the entire NLL…
Meet a Future NLL Star: Mark Matthews
Name:Â Mark Matthews Position: Forward Team(s):Â Denver Outlaws, Whitby Warriors Shoots:Â Left Season Stats: 28 MLL points Projected: Top Overall Easily the top pick overall in the draft, Mark Matthews has been talked about as an NLL super star for three years now. If, or when, he is the top pick in the draft he will be a member of the Edmonton Rush. “I have seen and heard a lot of rumors about…
PLL: All Quiet On The Western Front
We are nine days away from the PLL season, but things seem rather quiet. To some, a tad too quiet. None of the teams rosters have been announced yet. We assume that Charlotte and Jacksonville have groups together since they’ve had a great deal of time, but its a very different story for the league’s two newest franchises. New Jersey has managed to sign six players to their roster (one…