The Charlotte Hounds’ first season is in the books; and it will definitely be considered a successful one. The Hounds finish the season with a 5-9 record and had the fourth highest average attendance in the league. The Hounds started off the season slow, but really came together towards the end of the season and finished strong, on a two game winning streak. For having such great attendance in their…
Hamilton Nationals 2012 Season Review
One year removed from an appearance in the Major League Lacrosse championship game the Hamilton Nationals are sitting at home in 2012 singing a different tune. The lone Canadian franchise finished 4-10, in the penultimate position in the standings, and finished last in the league in attendance. The Nationals lost their first three games of the season while many of the players, including their top six scorers—Joe Walters, Kevin Crowley,…
Rascals Sign Nick Schroeder
Aug 13th, 2012 | Trenton, NJ – The New Jersey Rascals, proud members of the Professional Lacrosse League (PLL) announce today they have come to terms with goaltender Nick Schroeder. Schroeder, a Vancouver, British Columbia native is a veteran of the National Lacrosse League where he suited up for the Philadelphia Wings for five seasons between 2001 and 2006 before finishing up with the New York Titans in 2007. Nick…
Curt Malwasky Named Roughnecks Head Coach, Bruce Codd Joins Staff
After letting go of their head coach a few weeks ago, the Calgary Roughnecks have announced former assistant coach Curt Malawsky will be the new head coach of the team. Bob McMahon will remain on the staff as an assistant coach and former Roughneck Bruce Codd will retire as a player and join the Roughnecks staff. He played with the Toronto Rock in the 2012 NLL season. Malawsky has won…
NLL Announces Draft Date of October 1st in Toronto
The National Lacrosse League has announced that the 2012 NLL Entry Draft will take place on Monday, October 1 in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle. Â The draft starts at 7pm Eastern and will be broadcast live on The NLL Network at NLL.com. Â The Edmonton Rush currently hold the first overall selection in the Draft. Â The current order of selection for the six round draft is listed below. Attendance is…
Philadelphia Wings Trade David Brock to Buffalo for Kevin Buchanan
According to the team, the Philadelphia Wings have traded David Brock and Mike Hominuck to the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for restricted free agent Kevin Buchanan. The Wings also acquire the Bandits third round pick for the 2013 NLL entry draft. Philadelphia trades away one of their top lefty shots in Hominuck, but they replace him with Buchanan, another lefty. It hasn’t been said if the Wings signed Buchanan, who…
MLL 2012 Attendance Averages
With the 2012 MLL season now in the books, it is time to look at the average attendances of the eight member clubs. Who led the league? Who was a surprise? Who disappointed? From the MLL Pointstreak page: TEAM YESTERDAY TOTAL GAMES AVERAGE Boston 67,534 7 9,647 Chesapeake 66,668 7 9,524 Denver 59,471 7 8,495 Charlotte 39,988 7 5,712 Rochester 25,548 7 3,649 Ohio 24,876 7 3,553 Long Island 17,147…
MLL Three Stars
That’s all she wrote for the 2012 MLL regular season. With cheers of happiness and tears of sadness, the postseason teams are set for battle. Here are my three stars from this past weekend. Head Coach Mike Cerino and the Charlotte Hounds are awarded the first star. They were the spoilers from this past weekend, ending the Rochester Rattlers playoff dreams. Winning their last game of the season, and the…
WLA Final Preview: Who will Langley Face?
With the Langley Thunder advancing to the WLA final last week there is only one question on their mind who are they going to face. Coquitlam and Victoria are still battling to advance to the finals. Coquitlam looked like they were on their way to a sweep by winning the first two games of the series but Victoria has come back to tie up the series. So let’s take a…
Ian Pierno Talks to Geoff Snider, Eric Lusby and Matt Danowski
Last night Ian Pierno had the chance to talk to a few players post game after the Charlotte Hounds defeated the Rochester Rattlers. He talked to rookie Eric Lusby, faceoff man Geoff Snider and attackman Matt Danowski.