They won the Mann Cup, and that’s all that matters. Those paying attention to the MSL all season probably thought the Chiefs would not repeat as champions due to their fourth place finish in the regular season. Much of the season featured a fluctuating lineup as team members split their time with other commitments, which included the World Field Lacrosse Championships in July. Not one player on the Chiefs suited…
Week 8 of the National Lacrosse League featured five blowout games in what was possibly the least exciting weekend that we’ve seen thus far in the 2014 season. The usual suspects were at it again including Colorado Mammoth John Grant Jr. (3 goals, 5 assists), Calgary Roughnecks Shawn Evans (4 G, 7 A) and Rochester Knighthawks Cody Jamieson (5 G, 5 A) but its three other standouts that have found…
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…
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 Hamilton Nationals may have sputtered through the first seven games of the season, going 2-5 and sitting sixth in the standings of the eight-team league. Â The lone-Canadian team still netted six All-Stars though, three for the Young Guns team and three for the Old School team. That ties Hamilton with Boston for second-most selections in the league and the balance of youth and experience shows the variety of talent…