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Bandits Cut Goodleaf, Sign Billy Dee Smith

December 19, 2012
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The Buffalo Bandits are beginning to make their cuts before their last pre season game on Friday against Philadelphia. They cut long time backup goalie Angus Goodleaf along with other players. They cut lose Travis Gibbons, Brandon Francis, Mitch Barnard, Jordan Daradick, Travis Irving, Kyle Schmelzele, Wenster Green and Brendan Doran. Green was drafted to the Bandits but also the Iroquois Ironmen of the Canadian Lacrosse League, so there is…

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NLL Three Stars: Rock vs Knighthawks

December 19, 2012
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The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks in some pre season action this past Saturday to get their pre season record to 1-1. Here are some of the best performances from the game. Scott Evans- Toronto Evans put on the Toronto Rock uniform for the first time and put up four goals for Toronto in their 14-10 win over Rochester. Evans missed the playoffs with Edmonton last year, but he…

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Training Camp report: Rookies Lead Rush

December 19, 2012
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The Edmonton Rush were the NLL’s Cinderella story last year as they made their way to the Champions Cup but feel short and lost to the Rochester Knighthawks. The Rush will not take anyone by surprise this year and will have their work cut out for them. The Rush started this season already on a high note as they showed off how fast and dynamic their offense is going to be this year against the…

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Training Camp Report: Wings Sign Hartzell

December 19, 2012
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Since last week A LOT has changed with the Wings. 1—Wings send Dan & Paul Dawson along with their 1st round 2016 entry draft selection to the Rochester Knighthawks in exchange for Paul Rabil, Jordan Hall, Joel White, Rob Campbell and their second round selection in the 2014 entry draft. 2—The Wings traded their third round selection in the 2013 entry draft for Stealth goaltender Kevin Crosswell. 3—Kyle Hartzell signed Wednesday…

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Washington Stealth Cut Jeff Zywicki

December 18, 2012
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The Washington Stealth have released nine players including veteran forwards Jeff Zywicki and Martin Cummings and backup goaltender Chris Seidel as the NLL club begins to trim its roster in anticipation of the start of the 2013 season. Zywicki, a native of Nepean, Ontario, has been with the Stealth organization for seven season after being selected as the club’s first-round pick (8th overall) in the 2005 NLL Entry Draft. In his…

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NLL Three Stars: Rush and Roughnecks

December 18, 2012
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Only one game took place in the western conference this weekend with Calgary facing Edmonton, but several players stood out, including two stud rookies. Michael Burke- Edmonton Burke is a guy who kind of lost some stock in the draft but Derek Keenan has already said he will make the team according to Jason Gregor up in Edmonton. This has a lot to do with his three goal performance against…

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Wings Acquire Kevin Croswell

December 18, 2012
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The Philadelphia Wings have acquired goaltender Kevin Croswell from the Washington Stealth for a third round pick according to the team. Croswell was a backup goalie with Minnesota before being traded to Edmonton before last season, but he didn’t see any time and was shipped to Washington. He made two starts and played very well for them. The Stealth had three ‘tenders in camp competing for the backup spot; Croswell,…

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Rush Top Roughnecks in Controlled Exhibition

December 17, 2012
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The Edmonton Rush were able to defeat the Calgary Roughnecks in a controlled exhibition game in Alberta yesterday afternoon as the Rush moved on to 2-0 in the pre season. The Roughnecks are also 1-1 in the pre season after the loss. Out for Calgary was Dane Dobbie, Shawn Evans, Geoff Snider, Kaleb Toth, Andrew McBride and Curtis Manning. It is the second pre season game that Toth did not…

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Training Camp Report: Rock Flying High After Win

December 17, 2012
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The Toronto Rock will head into the final stretch of the pre-season on a high note after a  14-10 win over Rochester this past saturday. The win improved the Rock’s preseason record to 1-1 heading into their final exhibition match-up. A point of interest heading into Saturday’s game included questions surrounding Toronto’s acquisition of Scott Evans. However, after leading the Rock with 4 goals in his team debut, any lingering…

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Bandits, Roughnecks Reveal New Uniforms

December 15, 2012
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The Calgary Roughnecks and Buffalo Bandits revealed new uniforms this afternoon. Calgary released third jerseys while the Bandits released their new home and away uniforms at their open practice. Click here to see the Roughnecks new uniforms revealed on their official team website earlier today. Below is the Bandits uniforms worn by John Tavares and Mark Steenhius. John Tavares and Mark Steenhuis showing off the new #Bandits jerseys at open…

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