When Steve Dietrich joined the Buffalo Bandits as general manager he said he was prepared to bring change to the organization. With the completed 23 man roster that came out earlier this week he stuck to his word. There are eleven players on the roster that weren’t on the team last year, nearly half the squad. Three of these new players are rookies playing for a team that is usually…
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…
The Minnesota Swarm created their final roster on Thursday, and they placed their second overall draft pick Brock Sorensen on the Physically Unable to Perform List. Sorensen is coming off of a torn ACL from his time with Ohio State and he did not participate in the Swarm scrimmages against Colorado or Rochester, and he will be missing the first part of the regular season for Minnesota. Minnesota also released three…
Off season activity is common in the National Lacrosse League, and once again quality players will be changing their colors for a new season. Below are the top ten players who will be joining a new team in 2013. None of these include hold out players playing in the new year or draft picks. 1. Dan Dawson- Rochester Knighthawks Dawson is the best right handed shooter in the NLL and…
After the NLL cuts have all been made for the season, the speculation will always be there the next day, especially when there were several surprise cuts. In the Western Conference, we can look to names like Jeff Zywicki and Ian Poole. Zywicki has been a solid player with the Washington Stealth for years, but the play maker has been marred by some injuries the past two seasons. Meanwhile, Poole…
This is the second game for the wings this pre-season, last night the fell to the Bandits 20-12. The teams played 5/15 min quarters; Score was 16-11 after 4. Veterans Kevin Crowley played first half and Drew Westervelt played the second half, as the Wings played mostly the rookies and free agents to get them some time and made sure the veterans dint get injured. All players were involved even…
The Calgary Roughnecks 2012 season saw them post an NLL best 12-4 record, finishing first in the west; only to be bounced from title contention by province rivals Edmonton Rush. When an obviously talented team like Calgary fails in such a manner, changes are bound to be made within the organization. After taking over for current Toronto Rock head coach Troy Cordingley in 2009, Dave Pym led the Calgary Roughnecks…
NLL commissioner George Daniel still says that British Columbia ranks at the top of the list for possible NLL expansion, he told the Langley Times on Thursday. The exhibition game between the Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks drew just north of 4,000 in Langley, British Columbia, a potential home for an NLL team along with Vancouver, which has hosted NLL action before. From the story in the Langley Times: “We are…
Pre-season action gets underway for the Philadelphia Wings this weekend as they head north of the border to Toronto for 2 games. First of which is tonight against the Bandits, the same team they will face in the season opener on Jan 11. The Wings come in with 7 rookies and 13 new players total on there current 23 man roster. The team will get their first look at Rabil, Hartzell, Buchanan, &…
The Philadelphia Wings were the last team to announce their 2013 roster yesterday afternoon, with new comers Kevin Buchanan, CJ Costabile, Kevin Croswell, Ethan Farrell, Joel White, Paul Rabil, Kyle Hartzell and others highlighting it. Meanwhile, Jordan Hall starts the season on the IR. 1) Buchanan, Kevin 2) Costabile, CJ 3) Crotty, Ned 4) Crowley, Kevin 5) Croswell, Kevin 6) Farrell, Ethan 7) Joel White 8) Harrington, Will 9) Hartzell,…