The Toronto Rock host the Vancouver Stealth Friday night at the Air Canada Centre in an east meets west showdown between the Canadian franchises. Toronto Rock: Coming in, the Rock have just one win in three games, while the Stealth look to improve to 3-3. Toronto boasts a talent laden offense being led by future hall of famers Josh Sanderson and Colin Doyle. Slick sniper Garrett Billings and up and…
The Colorado Mammoth are set to take on the Minnesota Swarm this Saturday February 1, 2014 at The Pepsi Center in downtown Denver. The Mammoth just came off a spectacular win last Saturday against their Western Conference rivals the Calgary Roughnecks in OT by the score of 14-13. The Mammoth are coming off their most exciting game of the 2014 season and an on-the-road win in Calgary where the Mammoth…
from www.knighthawks.net (January 31, 2014)… Mike Accursi will have to pack a second bag when he travels to Edmonton this weekend, following his move from the front office to the front door with the Rochester Knighthawks. The 38-year-old forward signed a one-year deal with the back-to-back champs after serving as the Knighthawks Team Operations/Assistant Coordinator for the past six weeks. “It feels great. I still loved playing and being around…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that the Florida Launch will call FAU Stadium its home for the 2014 season. The MLL’s newest team will play all of its seven home games at the venue, bringing professional lacrosse back to FAU after two successful events in 2012 and 2013. “We are pleased to have the Launch play at FAU Stadium,” said MLL Commissioner David Gross. “MLL…
Overall intensity Nothing compares to competing for your country. When you don the red, white and blue, you don’t take off any plays. Every ride, every faceoff and every groundball brings out maximum effort from every player on the field. I can’t even imagine how psyched these guys get to tryout for the squad. They must have an adrenaline rush a thousand times greater than those produced by Toby Keith…
**Photo Credit: The Daily Collegian** The college lacrosse season has yet to start, but the UMass and Harvard teams are already making headlines. For UMass, this means being included in the preseason Top-20 polls, done annually before the start of the season. The polls, an Inside Lacrosse Media and United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches Polls, both included votes for the Minutemen squad. These polls are of course just estimates…
**Photo Credit to Colorado Mammoth Website** The Rochester Knighthawks announced today that they have signed forward Derek Hopcroft to the practice squad. The 27-year-old, who is entering his fourth season in the National Lacrosse League, admitted he has had some sleepless nights as he prepared to join his new team. “My first reaction was that I was thrilled to get picked up by a team. It was not only…
The Princeton Tigers are looking to improve on their 9-6 season starting with their home opener on February 22nd at 1 PM when they host Hofstra. Last season, the Tigers advanced to the IVY League Tournament Championship game but fell to the Yale Bulldogs 12-8 on May 5th. The Tigers will rely heavily on the MLL’s #1 overall pick in the 2014 Collegiate Draft; midfielder Tom Schreiber who led the…
**Photo Credit: Photo by Rene Schleicher** State of the Sport In honor of our President’s State of the Union Address, I give you the State of the Lacrosse Address. My fellow lacrosse fans, the state of lacrosse is strong. The 2013 season was a season of parity, the 2014 season will continue with the growth of upstart programs far and wide taking our sport to another level. That’s why my fellow…
As we conclude Week 5, we continue with more of the same amongst the leaders as well as some changes. Adam Jones maintains his spot at the top of the points category with 37. Behind him is John Grant Jr. with 32 and bringing up third place are Jordan Hall, Kyle Buchanan, and Shawn Evans with 28 points each. Adam Jones also holds the top spot in goals; he has…