The Colorado Mammoth squeaked into the 2013 playoff picture on the last day of the regular season before being dispatched in the first round by the Calgary Roughnecks. Their slow start to last year’s campaign and finish near the bottom of the standings may have some teams going into the 2014 season without worrying about the Mammoth. But that would be a mistake. The Mammoth won five of their last…
It’s not every year that the defending champs can add two former league MVPs to their lineup. That’s a rarity in any sport. Yet, the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks did just that this offseason, adding former National Lacrosse League MVPs Dan Dawson and Casey Powell for their title defense. “It seems like a long time coming. The group made it tough on us and they worked hard right to the…
Tonight the National Lacrosse League tries to take a step closer to getting a franchise back to Montreal as the Rochester Knighthawks take on the Toronto Rock. Last week the Rock fell at home to the Edmonton Rush, while the Knighthawks picked up a home pre season victory against Minnesota. Both teams look a lot different, however. In action for Rochester will be the newly acquired Dawson brothers, and they…
The MLL Supplemental Draft has come and gone, and teams now have a lot more players to add to their 40 man rosters. We take a look at what some of the teams did, and who came out on top. Rochester Rattlers- B The Rattlers get a solid B here, and if there was more certainty, maybe an A. The Mark Millon pick first overall is rather confusing, even though…
Imagine being a Major League Baseball fan, and you just heard that Jeff Bagwell was coming back to play. What would your first reaction be? That’s probably similar to how we feel about Mark Millon being drafted to the Rochester Rattlers yesterday. Millon is one of the greatest lacrosse players ever, in both Major League Lacrosse and the National Lacrosse League. He hasn’t played any pro lax since 2007, so…
First Round 1 Rochester (from Ohio) Mark Millon Attack Millon is one of the best MLL players of all time but at age 41, this is an interesting pick. Corey McLaughlin from Lacrosse Magazine reports that he is trying to make a comeback. Last playing in 2007, Millon had an extensive MLL career with Baltimore, Washington, Boston and Long Island with 357 career points. 2 Hamilton Kevin Cunningham Midfield Cunningham was drafted…
The Rochester Knighthawks began the quest to defend their NLL title with an 11-10 preseason victory over the Minnesota Swarm. The game marked the first NLL action to take place at Blue Cross Arena since the 2012 championship game. Two stand out performances of the night came courtesy of players absent from the Knighthawks 2012 roster. Former NLL MVP Casey Powell showed no signs of rust after sitting out last…
Today is the day for the teams of Major League Lacrosse to begin filling out their roster for the 2013 season, as they draft free agents from the league in the Supplemental Draft. Here are some names to watch for, and who might project to go where. Round 1 1 Rochester (from Ohio) 2 Hamilton 3 Charlotte 4 Ohio (from Rochester) 5 Long Island 6 Boston 7 Denver 8 Hamilton…
Rankings this week took a change. We have a new #1, and a big leaper of 4 places. Three games where played this weekend. First game was the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks facing off against the young Minnesota Swarm. Rochester came out on top 11-10 on a penalty shot by Johnny Powless after the Swarm where called for a bench minor with under 2 minutes to play in the game. We…
With three pre season NLL games now in the books, we learned plenty about several players and teams. One game is left to go next week, but here are ten things NLL fans learned this week in the exhibition action. Jordan McBride is the Real Deal After scoring two goals against Minnesota last week we thought that Jordan McBride looked like an improved player. But after scoring four goals against…