If you’ve followed my work, you must know by now that I am obsessed with the idea of expansion. There is nothing I like more than the thought of the sport of lacrosse being spread to new markets for new people to see. Whether it is the NLL, MLL, or any of the new leagues starting up the idea of new teams is one of my favorite aspects of lacrosse….
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…
The Ohio Machine franchise has completed its first season in MLL play and that’s a victory in and of itself. It will need to be because there weren’t too many on the field victories to go by due to a league worst 2-12 record. The team allowed a league-high 204 goals against and were sixth in the league in goals for. Ohio was last in the league in ground balls…
August 14th, 2012 It seems like so long ago that the unfamiliar green and white were cutting down the nets of their hard work and pride after a blowout win over crosstown rival Maryland. Leading that attack was the dark horse, number twelve Eric Lusby. How can a player that scored 54 goals while still racking up 17 assists be a dark horse? Eric Lusby wasn’t even considered in the…
One year removed from an appearance in the Major League Lacrosse championship game the Hamilton Nationals are sitting at home in 2012 singing a different tune. The lone Canadian franchise finished 4-10, in the penultimate position in the standings, and finished last in the league in attendance. The Nationals lost their first three games of the season while many of the players, including their top six scorers—Joe Walters, Kevin Crowley,…
The Major League Lacrosse regular season could not come to a more exciting conclusion. On the last game before the playoffs the Denver Outlaws (10-3) will travel to play the Chesapeake (10-3) Bayhawks with the No. 1 seed in the playoffs on the line. Although Championship Weekend will be at a “neutral†site (the games are being played at Harvard Stadium, home of the Boston Cannons who have a good…
One week after the Boston Cannons defeated the Ohio Machine 19-13 at Harvard Stadium the teams will do it again, in Ohio, in the regular season finale. Should the Cannons complete the sweep they will clinch a spot in the MLL playoffs. But the Machine will be playing in front of a home crowd and trying to put on a good show for the faithful fans and for one of…
In the MLL match-up with the strongest playoff implications on Saturday the Denver Outlaws will travel to Rochester to take on the Rattlers. The Outlaws (9-3) are tied for first in the league and with a win would clinch a playoff berth. The Rattlers (7-5) are tied with the Boston Cannons for fourth in the MLL standings and they can’t clinch the final playoff spot with a win, but a…
The Denver Outlaws (8-3) can clinch a playoff spot on Saturday with a win against the Hamilton Nationals (3-8) and a loss by either the Boston Cannons or Rochester Rattlers. The Nationals—eliminated from playoff contention—have lost five of their past six games while the Outlaws have won five of the past six games. Obviously two teams are going in different directions, but how do the teams match up when they…
One week after tying a season-low in goals the Charlotte Hounds once again set a new low-mark. The Hounds (3-8) were shut-out in the fourth quarter en route to losing to the Rochester Rattlers (6-5) 14-5. Matt Striebel scored two goals and added two assists to tie for the team lead in points with four and earned Player of the Game honors. It was Striebel’s 133rd career MLL game, passing…