Game three. Someone will go home with an advantage. Either a 2-1 lead, or a 3-0 lead, someone is leaving the floor with control. In the case of the Eastern Conference finals of Major Series Lacrosse, not only would the Peterborough Lakers have a lead in the series, but they’d have a stranglehold having already won the first two games. If the Brooklin Redmen expected to gain any ground, it…
Excelsiors Tie Series With Chiefs
The Brampton Excelsiors got a wake up call in their first game of the MSL Eastern Division finals. There’s no other way to put it after a 12-3 beat down. Even without Anthony Cosmo, Sandy Chapman and Mike Kirk, it’s an embarrassing loss after a strong series win against the Kitchener/Waterloo Kodiaks. After three days off between games and with their big guns back in the line up, including Dan…
Lizards Travel to Hamilton Thinking About Playoffs
It’s been a very exciting MLL season filled with unexpected wins and losses, and it all comes down to this week. There are two playoff spots and three times vying for those spots. Long Island and Boston are pretty much in a “win and you’re in†situation. The Lizards travel to Canada to take on the last-place Hamilton Nationals. Hamilton has not played well in recent weeks, but would love…
MLL Future In St. Louis?
Besides for Ohio, which is on the Eastern end of the Midwest, the region is relatively untouched by the MLL. One would expect the league would want to change that, especially with talks of the league trying to expand outside of the East. Could a city like St. Louis be a possibility down the road? Geographically it does make sense. It gives Denver a team that is closer than any…
Boston Cannons vs. Ohio Machine Unit By Unit
One week after the Boston Cannons defeated the Ohio Machine 19-13 at Harvard Stadium the teams will do it again, in Ohio, in the regular season finale. Should the Cannons complete the sweep they will clinch a spot in the MLL playoffs. But the Machine will be playing in front of a home crowd and trying to put on a good show for the faithful fans and for one of…
RIP Carney Johnson
The Lacrosse community has been hit with another tragedy as Six Nations Rebel’s Carney Johnson passed away Monday afternoon. The sudden death has shocked and hit the Six Nations community hard as they not only have lost a team member but a great young man. Comments on Twitter and Facebook described Johnson as someone who always was willing to help out someone in need and kind hearted. On the floor,…
WLA Playoff Recap: Coquitlam takes 2-0 lead over Victoria
On Wednesday night the Coquitlam Adanacs and Victoria Shamrocks played game 2 of their playoff series. Coquitlam looked to gain another win and take a 2-0 lead in the series while Victoria hoped to even up the series. Coquitlam got this game going early in the first period as Dane Dobbie scored just 45 seconds into the game to give Coquitlam a 1-0 lead. Just a minute later Coquitlam would…
Brett Hughes to Retire From MLL After Final Game
On May 5th, Ohio Machine defenseman Brett Hughes stepped out onto a Major League Lacrosse field for the first time since 2009. Twelve games later, Hughes will be stepping out onto the field for the last time in his career. At the end of “Fan Appreciation Night†on August 11th at Selby Stadium, Hughes will announce his retirement from Major League Lacrosse. “I can’t think of a better way to…
Max Schmidt 80 Yard Goal for Ohio Machine
Max Schmidt of the Ohio Machine had an amazing 80 yard goal last week in a losing effort to the Boston Cannons. However, it was still a great goal, and here it is for your viewing pleasure.
Buffalo Bandits Off-Season Analysis
One of the more active teams so far in the NLL Off-Season has been the Buffalo Bandits, who are going forward with new GM Steve Dietrich. It appears that Dietrich is trying to make his mark, already making many moves to retain players and acquire new ones. Today we’re going to be taking a look at those views and I’ll give you my spin on each of them. On offense…