Di Miller, Correspondent Denver Outlaws Lacrosse is Awesome© On Thursday June 27, 2019 the Dallas Rattlers (0-3) head up to Denver to face the Outlaws (2-1) the 2018 MLL Champions. The last time these two teams met was during the 2018 MLL Championship Game in Atlanta on August 18, when the Outlaws would defeat the Rattlers by the score of 16-12. Both teams have been plagued by the loss of…
[MEDIA RELEASE] Rock Lock Up Pair Of Core Players Oakville, ON – Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick announced the signings of two pending unrestricted free agents today. Starting goaltender Nick Rose and veteran defender Brock Sorensen have both agreed to two-year contracts. The two Rock veterans could have become unrestricted free agents on August 1, had they not re-signed with the club today. “It was very important…
Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome It was another beautiful day in Quincy, MA as the Boston Cannons (3-0) hosted the Long Island Lizards (0-4) for the second time this season. The Lizards kept the score close in the first half, but a strong second half for the Cannons, including four goals from Mark Cockerton, secured their third straight win to open the year. The 3-0 record is the…
Di Miller, Correspondent Denver Outlaws Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: John Zumbado On Saturday June 8, 2019, the Denver Outlaws (2-1) headed back down to Atlanta to face the Blaze (1-1) on after a rainy afternoon in what turned out to be a back and forth high scoring contest where the 1,607 Blaze fans would see a combined total of 34 goals between the two teams. If you…
Tom Coyne, Correspondent Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant On June 9, 2019 and the second week of regular season play in Major League Lacrosse, the MLL’s youngest franchise, the Dallas Rattlers (0-2) in front of 3,412 of their faithful fans at the Ford Center in Frisco, would suffer their second loss of the season this one to the Boston Cannons (2-0) by the score…
MEDIA ADVISORY June 5, 2019 PHILADELPHIA – The National Lacrosse League has announced the 2019 Expansion Draft. The New York Riptide and Rochester Knighthawks will make their picks on Tuesday, July 9th. Ahead of the Expansion Draft, each team will designate 11 protected players before the June 25 deadline. Expansion teams are then allowed to select eligible players who are not on the protected list. The Rochester Knighthawks will select 1st…
Di Miller, MLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant Weekend One in the books for the MLL and it was a bit strange to watch teams that fans had grown to recognize their regular season rosters and see many of those names no longer there. With the start of the Premiere Lacrosse League (PLL) this gave many players the opportunity to enter the game of professional…
Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday’s Major League Lacrosse game in Quincy, MA could not have been scripted any better. It was decided at the end of last season that the Boston Cannons (1-0) would move on from Harvard Stadium and play the 2019 season at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy. After nearly 1.5 million dollars in renovations, including a flashy new video board and bright red seats,…
Di Miller, Denver Outlaws Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© We posted the news yesterday afternoon that the Denver Outlaws, the 2018 MLL Champions announced Saturday May 25, 2019 that veteran John Grant, Jr. has announced he will be coming out of retirement and returning to their roster for the 2019 season. We can’t be more happy to hear the news. Having covered the Outlaws since 2014 and becoming good friends with…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On May 25, 2019 the Western Division Champion Calgary Roughnecks after having defeated the Eastern Division Buffalo Bandits on their turf last Saturday May 18, had the chance to close out the series final and walk away with the Champions Cup at home in front of 17,038 Riggers fans and they did not disappoint. The game was…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© In the 2019 regular and postseason, the Buffalo Bandits held opponents to 10 or fewer goals 12 times. They won all 12 of those games. The Bandits finished the regular season 7-2 at home, and easily won rounds one and two as the host team. The offense seemed unstoppable at times this year, and the defense caused so much confusion in games that…
A lot of the team here thought Toronto was coming out of the East. Buffalo proved them wrong! In the West, most of us expected Calgary to move on and they did! This should be an excellent NLL Finals. Calgary and Buffalo are both very physical on defense and have players that can create with little space on offense. Let’s see what we think for Game 1! Shawn Palmer :…