Lacrosse saw yet another big year at the pro and college levels, with new leagues and new champions and new records. What were the biggest stories of the year? We have ten big stories here, make sure to vote on which one you think is the biggest. NLL Hold Outs We saw several hold outs in the NLL this season. First it was Athan Iannucci holding out before his trade…
It was not an easy year for the Nationals, going from runners-up for the championship to runners-up for the worst record in the league. Still, there is quite a bit of talent on this team. They had six All-Stars last season and, when clicking, their offense can score with anyone. With the second overall pick in the draft they are in a good position to pick an immediate impact player…
The Supplemental Draft doesn’t (always) net a team the biggest names in MLL, but it’s a nice place to add depth to a team. Given the right opportunity, a player who may not have had a chance with another squad could really flourish with his new team. Some names that were scooped up in last year’s draft were Chazz Woodson, MLL Defender of the Year Lee Zink, Ari Sussman and…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that CBS Sports Network will feature 20 live, nationally televised games throughout the 2013 season. “We’re excited to be able to continue and expand our relationship with CBS Sports Network,” said MLL Commissioner David Gross. “We’ll now have one third of all MLL games on the Network which will really service our fans and their appetite to watch the best…
The Hamilton Nationals signed four players from the MLL player pool last night after the Supplemental Draft last week. They signed Matt Vinc, who is a goaltender with the NLL’s Rochester Knighthawks but in MLL is a defender. Vinc has played six games in his MLL career, including his last four in 2011. He has never scored a point, but he has four career penalty minutes. They also picked up…
The Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse announced today that they are re-branding and changing their name to New York Lizards. An updated website and new logos will accompany the re-brand. The change comes on the heels of the Lizards extending their regional footprint to include New York City, Westchester County, New Jersey and southern Connecticut. “When the new ownership group took over the Lizards in May of this…
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…
The Boston Cannons have three picks in the top 14 picks of the draft. Those picks could really rejuvenate this franchise, which some media members have pointed out is getting older and doesn’t have enough young guys to supply fresher legs. While names like UMass attackman Will Manny and Johns Hopkins defender Tucker Durkin would be very appealing to the Cannons for various reasons, they are appealing to many other…
The Denver Outlaws had some of the most successful rookies in the league last year. Sure, not all of them were drafted by the Outlaws, but draftees Mark Matthews and Colin Briggs combined with Drew Snider and Chris Bocklet, whom the team acquired in trades, gave Denver a very talented first-year class. Briggs was traded this off-season but the other three will be core members of the 2013 Outlaws squad….