Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The new season is upon us! With two expansion teams added for the second year in a row, the field has changed yet again – including division realignment. Just means more picks for us this year, our second year doing weekly picks. I invited some fellow writers to help me with the playoffs last season, and this season they will be here each…
[MEDIA RELEASE] UNCASVILLE, Conn. (November 27, 2019) – The New England Black Wolves announced today that Adam Bomberry has been signed to a three-year contract extension. Per team policy, no details were released. Bomberry joined the Pack in August of 2017 after spending two years with the Rochester Knighthawks. The Black Wolves acquired the defenseman in exchange for Brandon Robinson and the 14th overall selection in the 2017 NLL Entry…
MEDIA RELEASE UNCASVILLE, CT. (November 19, 2019) – The New England Black Wolves announced today the trade of Andrew Suitor to the New York Riptide for a conditional fourth round pick in the 2022 NLL Entry Draft. The conditional pick will become a third round pick in the 2022 draft should Suitor appear in nine or more games for New York this season. Suitor, a fourth round pick in the 2010 NLL Entry Draft,…
Friday, November 1, 2019 Featured Image Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks have re-signed defence/transition player Zach Currier to a two-year contract. Currier, 25, is entering his third season in the NLL, all with the Roughnecks. He joined the franchise in the 2017 NLL Entry Draft after being selected by Calgary in the first round, third overall. The Peterborough, Ontario product has been…
[MEDIA RELEASE] Calgary, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks have re-signed defenceman Curtis Manning to a one-year contract. Manning, 32, is entering his 11 season in the NLL, all with the Roughnecks. He joined the franchise in the 2008 NLL Entry Draft after being selected by Calgary in the first round, sixth overall. The Surrey, British Colombia product was named to the 2010 All-Rookie Team and has amassed 68 points (21g,…
[MEDIA RELEASE] Toronto Defender Will Miss 2019-20 Season Oakville, ON – Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick announced today that defender Brock Sorensen will be out for the 2019-20 season while he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon in his left foot. This is Sorensen’s second major injury in the last three years as he tore his ACL in April of 2016 and missed 14 games the following…
[MEDIA RELEASE] Calgary, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks have re-signed goaltender Christian Del Bianco to a two-year contract. “I am happy to be back in Calgary and excited for two more years playing in the best atmosphere in the National Lacrosse League,” said Del Bianco. “I believe we set the bar for what this team is capable of last season and I look forward to helping hold up that standard.”…
[MEDIA RELEASE] Calgary, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks today announced the National Lacrosse League club has re-signed 33-year-old forward Rhys Duch to a one-year contract. Duch was originally selected by the San Jose Stealth in the first round, third overall, in the 2008 NLL Entry Draft and was named the 2009 Rookie of the Year after serving on the 2009 All-Rookie Team. The Victoria, British Colombia product has been named…
Di Miller, Correspondent Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth have not had a first round draft pick since the 2016 Draft and this year in order to get that pick they acquired the sixth overall pick and a conditional fourth round pick in the 2020 NLL Entry Draft from San Diego in exchange for forwards Zack Greer and Jeremy Noble. After one of their worst seasons on record…
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© At the beginning of the season, the Buffalo Bandits roster included the second, third and fourth picks from the 2018 NLL Entry Draft; two of which were drafted, Ian Mackay and Matt Gilray both solid back end players. The other, a late season trade which gave them Chris Cloutier from the Wings a very talented lefty forward with a lot of upside….
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© The 2019 NLL Entry Draft in Philadelphia is now in the books and the Calgary Roughnecks can begin preparations to defend the Champions Cup. Their first-round selections included Liam LeClair (seventh overall) and Haiden Dickson (eighth overall). LeClair the Windsor, Ontario native was a member of the Canadian Minto Cup Champion Six Nations Arrows team in 2017. He just finished up…
Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© This past week, the Rochester Knighthawks along with the rest of the teams in the NLL, participated in the 2019 Entry Draft. Rochester selected 10 hopeful candidates to rebuild their new team. They had the second overall pick in the first round behind Halifax and would select Stony Brook University alum and a native of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Ryland Rees. Rees…