There is so much talent available in the NLL that when teams make trades it often evens out. A straight-up player-for-player swap returns equal value to each team. Teams also don’t have a long time to build a winner, so if something isn’t working they have to fix it fast. That’s what brought Thomas Hoggarth… Continue reading NLL: Hoggarth happy to be a Bandit
They knew it couldn’t last forever, but it sure was nice to dream about. After four games averaging 20+ goals per game, the Toronto Rock ran out of gas as they fell 16-8 to the Calgary Roughnecks on Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre. Calgary and Toronto always play each other hard no matter… Continue reading NLL: Roughnecks break Rock’s streak
Jeremy Noble’s hat-trick led the Colorado Mammoth to a 14-13 win over the Vancouver Stealth on Friday night at Pepsi Center. The win moves the Mammoth to 4-1 and pulls them into a tie for first place in the NLL’s western division with the Saskatchewan Rush. The Stealth, without Logan Schuss and Joel McCready, fall… Continue reading NLL: Noble’s hat trick leads Colorado over Vancouver
An improbable comeback by the Buffalo Bandits resulted in a 16-15 overtime win over the Saskatchewan Rush on Friday night at SaskTel Centre. It was an important moral victory for the club which has struggled this season. The Bandits fell behind 6-0 after the first quarter and lagged 12-5 in the third, but fought hard… Continue reading NLL: Comeback win for Bandits over Rush
NLL expansion is coming and the Arena Lacrosse League is preparing its players to move on up to the big leagues. Now in their second season, the ALL has seven stable teams and competition is at an all-time high. The game is fast and exciting. After three weeks of play, the defending champion Oshawa Outlaws… Continue reading ALL: Benefits of the Arena Lacrosse League more important than ever
It took an extra two minutes and 12 seconds but the Vancouver Stealth finally have their first win of the 2018 season, defeating the Buffalo Bandits 11-10 in sudden death overtime at KeyBank Center on Saturday night. Joel McCready scored the game winner, beating two defenders in front of Bandits’goaltender Alex Buque, to improve the… Continue reading NLL: Stealth’s first win comes in OT
Buffalo Bandits captain Steve Priolo captivated the (lacrosse) world this past summer when he chose to live in his van while he played for the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association. It’s winter now, and he’s still living in it. Sometimes. For those unfamiliar with Victoria, B.C., its climate is pretty hospitable. Because it’s… Continue reading Steve Priolo: yup, he’s back in the van
Don’t blame yourself if the name Dan Craig was an unfamiliar one when the Toronto Rock announced that he would make his NLL debut last Saturday night against the Buffalo Bandits. The game was Craig’s first box lacrosse game in nearly three years. Seriously. The sixth-round 2017 pick had practiced, but due to an ankle… Continue reading NLL rookie report: Dan Craig, Toronto Rock
In a media scrum, you’d be hard-pressed not to notice that both Rob Hellyer and Brett Hickey of the Toronto Rock have expressive brown eyes, both sets of which contained frustration after their last game on December 16th, a 17-9 loss to the Saskatchewan Rush. But that’s about the only physical similarity you could pinpoint.… Continue reading NLL: Hellyer and Hickey a dynamic duo for Rock
Ryan Benesch’s first goal for the Colorado Mammoth was one that he won’t ever forget. Benesch brought down a rain of stuffed animals onto the carpet at Pepsi Center with his goal at 3:56 of the second quarter as the Mammoth hosted their first-ever teddy bear toss in what turned into a 14-11 win over… Continue reading NLL: Teddy bears rain down for Benesch’s first Mammoth goal
The Heritage Cup will remain in Canada after a dominant 19-6 win by the Canadians over Team USA on Saturday night at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton. It was a fun game to watch, and even more fun to play in, according to the players. Established in 2002, the Heritage Cup was meant to serve as… Continue reading Heritage Cup: Canada remains dominant over USA in fall classic
A seven-goal run in the second half by the Georgia Swarm propelled them to an 18-14 win over the Saskatchewan Rush on Sunday afternoon in game one of the Champion’s Cup final. The Swarm are making their first-ever appearance in the finals, while the Rush are the back-to-back defending champions. It will perhaps be one… Continue reading NLL: Success for Swarm in game one of Champion’s Cup
The first week of Canadian summer ball finally arrived but with it came a lot of uncertainty for the early part of the Major Series Lacrosse season. With such a late end to the NLL season, every team in the MSL had to rely on patchwork rosters built from Jr. A and Sr. B call-ups.… Continue reading MSL: Young guns take centre stage in week one
The Peterborough Lakers are one of the luckiest teams in Major Series Lacrosse. In addition to a rabid fan-base spread throughout North America, they also have the support of the city’s friendliest lion: Leo, the mascot. Leo has been a lacrosse fan since he was just a cub and grew up playing the sport with… Continue reading Lakers’ mascot loves lacrosse
Throw the rulebook out the window on Saturday. The old adage of “playing a full 60 minutes” doesn’t even apply. In order to win the east final and a trip to the Champion’s Cup, the Toronto Rock have to play a full 70 minutes. The Georgia Swarm won game one of the east division final… Continue reading Champion’s Cup berth on the line Saturday
