Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Friday December 28, 2018 a very busy lacrosse packed night in the NLL, the Toronto Rock (1-1) would open up their season at home in front of 10,123 Rock fans hosting their Eastern Division rivals the Georgia Swarm (2-0). This game would not disappoint the fans as there wasn’t a single minute of down time as the track meet and net-minder battle…
Justin’s Picks Week Three 12/28/18 & 12/29/18 Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 I was able to reverse my fortunes last week and reach .500 early in the season. The self confidence boost was much needed. Now comes the real test. There are five games in the NLL this week, four on Friday and one on Saturday. Can San Diego stay hot? Will Philadelphia get their first win? Read on…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome It was opening night for the home team Colorado Mammoth (0-1) and the visiting San Diego Seals (1-0). The Seals, one of two new teams in the National Lacrosse League would come to Denver in the hopes of opening their inaugural season with a “W”. Hopeful Mammoth fans were anxious to see their team start out the 2018-19 season. But for the 13,407…
Justin’s Picks Week Two 12/22/18 Unfortunately, I did not get my picks submitted in time last week for everyone to see. I had all three home teams picked to win and only one of them did, so I enter week two with a much less than perfect 1-2. Week 2 of the NLL season has three matchups, two on Friday and one on Saturday.
DENVER OUTLAWS ANNOUNCE RESTRUCTURED COACHING STAFF AND FRONT OFFICE AHEAD OF 2019 SEASON DENVER — The Denver Outlaws have named Tony Seaman the franchise’s sixth head coach and promoted Jon Cohen to general manager, it was announced on Wednesday. Seaman—who served as the Outlaws’ general manager from 2012-18—will succeed B.J. O’Hara, who informed the team of his resignation last week to accept a position closer to home….
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The rebranded Vancouver Warriors started the season on Saturday December 15, 2018 1-0 in a dramatic overtime 14-13 win over Calgary in the Roughnecks home opener. A four all tie rounds off the first quarter in what had been a high action start. (44) Dane Dobbie had the touch on this night leading the way with five goals and four…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Vancouver Warriors Lacrosse is Awesome It was the first game with their newly revamped team; new franchise name and logo. The former Vancouver Stealth, now the Vancouver Warriors headed to the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary to face their Western Division Rivals the Calgary Roughnecks. On opening night, the house was packed with 10,804 Riggers fans and both teams would give the fans a bang for their…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The second game of the 2018-2019 NLL opening day pitted the visiting New England Black Wolves (0-1) against the host Georgia Swarm (1-0) in front of 4,943 fans at the Infinite Energy Arena. Both teams donned some outstanding uniforms – the Swarm in Star Wars themed black and the Black Wolves in orange and white for the first time. …
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks 2019 Lacrosse season will show a change in the line up at the home opener on December 15, 2018 at the Scotia Bank Saddledome where they will host the revamped Vancouver Warriors. The Roughnecks 21-man active roster is now confirmed and they’ll have a few new faces on the bench. With expansion of San Diego Seals the…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo BanditsLacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits are looking to make it back into the playoffs and it can be said that it looks like they have the team to do it. They had a strong offense last season and made moves towards the end to add a player like Shawn Evans. In the off season they traded a young lefty forward, Mitch Jones to the…
[MEDIA RELEASE] Los Angeles, CA – The Premier Lacrosse League announced Monday the formation of the PLL Lacrosse Advisory Board, an independent body which will serve the league by providing counsel on all lacrosse-related matters, and Hofstra Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach and Team USA Assistant Coach Seth Tierney has been selected as the Chairman of the Lacrosse Advisory Board. The Lacrosse Advisory Board will be comprised of men’s and women’s…
[MEDIA RELEASE] MLL NAMES SPENCER FORD AS FIRST-EVER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR ALUMNI DEVELOPMENT New Position to Focus on Recognizing Players’ Contributions to League Growth BOSTON, MA (December 3, 2018) – Major League Lacrosse (MLL) announced today the hiring of Spencer Ford as its first-ever Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Alumni Development.