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Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The Calgary Roughnecks (6-5) journey to British Columbia to face the Vancouver Stealth (3-8) tonight. Both teams are on two-game losing streaks, so victory is critical to both squads. The Roughnecks were savaged by the Edmonton Rush last weekend, suffering a 15-7 beat down. They’ll be looking to bounce back and solidify their hold on second place in the West Division. The Stealth meanwhile are off…
With a little over half of the 2014 season now over, the Buffalo Bandits (8-2) are still the team to beat in the Eastern Division. Riding high on a three-game win streak, the Bandits continue to pour on the offensive pressure in the fourth quarter to close out games against their opponents. Heading into their Week 13 showdown against the undefeated West Division-leading Edmonton Rush (10-0) Friday night at the…
Who: Albany @ Penn State When: Saturday, March 22, 2014 Where: University Park, PA. PSU is gearing up for another outdoor home game this weekend in Happy Valley. After defeating Dartmouth 10-6 on Saturday, they’re hoping to channel that momentum into this weekend’s match. The Lions started this match a bit shaky, but were able to get into a great flow during the second half of the match. Sanders…
Today was the last day for NLL teams to sign players to their rosters for the remainder of the season and the Philadelphia Wings made a few big splashes. After releasing Kevin Ross yesterday, Philadelphia signed Luke Wiles, Kevin Croswell and Jesse Fehr. Wiles, long considered a top scorer in the NLL, was cut by the Buffalo Bandits before the season. He scored 21 points with Buffalo last season and…
It’s March Madness, so everyone will be watching college basketball for the next month. In the past few days since the bracket was announced we have seen brackets made up saying “what if it were college football teams?” which is an interesting exercise. But what if it was lacrosse teams? This is tougher because most of the teams on this bracket would be in the MCLA, which at times is…
John Galloway will return to action this season for the Rochester Rattlers. Galloway’s career at Syracuse puts him as one of the elite goalies in the lacrosse world. He is the NCAA Division I leader in career wins with 59, and compiled an impressive 7.33 GAA. His success in college led to his selection in the fourth round of the 2011 Collegiate Draft by Rochester. In his rookie year, he compiled…
For #50 – #41, click here. For #40 – #31, click here. For #30 – #21, click here. For #20 – #11, click here. And finally, here is last part of my first annual MLL Trade Value. For those stat geeks out there, here are a few numbers for you to digest. The top 50 included nine attackmen, 16 midfielders, eight defensemen, three short-stick midfielders, five long-stick midfielders, two faceoff…
The National Lacrosse League has announced that Universal Sports Network will broadcast seven NLL games over the remainder of the 2014 regular season. Universal Sports will showcase an NLL “Game of the Week” every Thursday from the previous week’s action beginning tonight at 5 p.m. ET with the Colorado Mammoth at Buffalo Bandits game from Saturday, March 15. “We are proud to be partnering with Universal Sports Network to showcase the NLL to even…
Well it’s hard to believe that the end of the regular season is just around the corner for us, but here we are 7 games in sitting at 2-5 with one game remaining against Barrie this Sunday at the Molson Center. As a team we are looking to finish the season on a winning note heading into playoffs as we have lost our last 3 games, losing to Barrie in…