Mark Matthews

Net Impact – How Players Playing in Multiple Leagues Benefits the NLL

John Grant Jr. of the Colorado Mammoth spends his summers playing in the MLL, currently with the Chesapeake Bayhawks. His teammate, rookie goaltender Dillon Ward, divides time between the MLL’s Hamilton Nationals (now the Florida Launch) and the KW Kodiaks of the MSL. Mark Matthews of the Edmonton Rush likewise divides his summers between the MLL’s New York Lizards and the WLA’s Langley Thunder. Many pro lacrosse players compete in…

February 11, 2014
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Better Than The Super Bowl: Rush Take Down KHawks

The most anticipated game in the National Lacrosse League was exactly as advertised as the two-time defending champion Rochester Knighthawks entered the home turf of the undefeated Edmonton Rush. Aaron Bold and Matt Vinc supplied outstanding goaltending, both defences smothered and made life very uncomfortable for the offences, the intensity and nastiness was at a perfect level and when the guys on offence were able to get the ball by…

February 3, 2014
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Reasons Edmonton is Rushing Out Early

The Edmonton Rush are off to their best start since entering the National Lacrosse League in 2006. Four straight wins to start the season has them atop the league standings after Week 5 and even though Head Coach and GM Derek Keenan has stated that it is too early to get excited about any team’s successes or failures, we are still going to take a look at what has the…

January 26, 2014
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Denver Outlaws 2012 Season Review

August 20, 2012
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During the off-season the Denver Outlaws made a number of roster changes, but they were ones that had some fans worried and media members questioned the quality of the team. They hired Jim Stagnitta as the new head coach and traded away Max Seibald and Drew Westervelt. The Outlaws had made the playoffs in each of their first six seasons in the league. With so much turnover in the offseason…

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