ILIndoor Roundtable: Rock have big shoes to fill with Billings out, and...
Rory Smith, left, and the Buffalo Bandits are looking for a way out of their 4-game slide. (Photo: Dan Brodie) By now, we all understand that the Toronto Rock will be without Garrett Billings for the...
View ArticleCLax All-Star Game goes Saturday in Wilmot
The Canadian Lacrosse League will hold its first All-Star Game this Saturday at 2pm at the Wilmot Recreation Complex. CLax is using the old NHL format where the league champions, in this case the...
View ArticleKnee injuries conjure bad memories, but also remind us it’s best to move forward
Garrett Billings may be out, but there's a lot of talent, and pride, left to pick up the torch in Toronto. (Photo: Dan Brodie) This past weekend of National Lacrosse League action dredged up some...
View ArticleNLL Week 16 Staff Picks
The third Battle of Alberta goes down Saturday as the undefeated Rush face the Roughnecks in Calgary. (Photo: Brad Watson) Five games in week 16 of the NLL. Four playoff berths secured. Three more...
View ArticleDirty Dozen: Roughnecks extend impressive NLL playoff streak, Lock Monsters...
Part of Calgary's playoff streak includes a 2009 title, which had current coach Curt Malawsky on board. (Photo: Dave Sanders) It’s one of the more impressive streaks of the National Lacrosse League,...
View ArticleOTCB Podcast- Victoria Shamrocks HC Bob Heyes: throwbacks, hip surgeries and...
Bob Heyes in his heyday. It’s been a while since the Off the Crossebar Podcasts have graced this page and that’s totally Rob Ford’s fault (everything is these days, right?) but we’re back and kicking...
View ArticleMammoth improve playoff chances, end Rush’s perfect season with 10-8 win
Athan Iannucci helped the Colorado Mammoth stop the Edmonton Rush in their tracks Saturday night. (Photo: Jack Dempsey) The streak is over. The Colorado Mammoth (6-10), behind 4 goals from John Grant...
View ArticleBoxla Beat: Curt Malawsky and Riley Loewen
Curt Malawsky is one of the great lacrosse minds in the game. It’s always a pleasure to talk with him about the game and this week you get to share the conversation as the Calgary Roughnecks Head...
View ArticleSyracuse Stingers Invitational with Blazers and Voyageurs set for Sunday in...
The Syracuse Stingers Pro Lacrosse Invitational will be held on April 13 at the OnCenter War Memorial Arena in downtown Syracuse. The all-day event will feature games between the Syracuse Stingers,...
View ArticleVideo: Your Philadelphia Wings, humbled
As the Philadelphia Wings prepare for tonight’s big game at Toronto, check out some recollections from Kevin Crowley, Tracey Kelusky, Evan Kirk and Kyle Sweeney as they talk about some of their most...
View ArticleRoughnecks Foundation presents $60,000 donation to Calgary District Lacrosse
From the left, Geoff Snider, Ekke Loo, Mike Board and Mike Carnegie announce donation to CDLA. (Photo: Janette Ahrens) The Roughnecks Foundation is thrilled to announce a $60,000 commitment to minor...
View ArticleToronto Rock clinch playoff spot with 10-9 win over Philadelphia Wings
Brandon Miller was sensational for the Toronto Rock in their playoff-clinching win. (Photo: Graig Abel) The Toronto Rock (7-9) clarified the playoff picture and muddied it a bit at the same time,...
View ArticleChurch, Mydske, Ratcliff to bring Monarch box clinics to Edmonton, Seattle...
Monarch Lacrosse announced today the dates and locations for three box lacrosse camps to take place this summer. The camps, which are the first three scheduled since Monarch’s launch in early...
View ArticleAILA announces summer camp schedule
The AILA's summer camp integrates box lacrosse skills with the field game. (Provided photo) The American Indoor Lacrosse Association today announced it schedule for their Integrated Academies for...
View ArticleNLL Power Rankings: Week 16
The movers and shakers in this week's Power Rankings include the Colorado Mammoth. (Photo: Jack Dempsey) It took 16 weeks but the Edmonton Rush are no longer undefeated. The fact that the streak came...
View ArticleAs Rush winning streak comes to an end, so does pressure to maintain it, plus...
Defenseman Creighton Reid picked a fine time to score his first goal of the season for the Mammoth. (Photo: Jack Dempsey) Here’s how weird it gets in the National Lacrosse League. The Edmonton Rush,...
View ArticleMoney Ballers: Mammoth’s John Grant Jr. finds himself in a familiar spot at top
John Grant Jr., right, is returns to the No. 1 Money Ballers spot with 2 weeks left in the regular season. (Photo: Dale MacMillan) The streak is over. By now you’ve heard that the Edmonton Rush’s...
View ArticleVideo: Johnny Powless up close
Johnny Powless, all alone on the crease. Not many goalies want to find themselves on the wrong end of a breakaway, or find a forward all alone on the crease in front of them with the ball in their...
View ArticleNLL 3 Stars: Week 16
Curtis Knight had the first 8-point night of his career for Edmonton Saturday. (Photo: Dale MacMillan) It’s getting close to playoff time in the National Lacrosse League. That means a little extra...
View ArticleSwarm, Wings dealing with realities of not being playoff teams this year,...
The Minnesota Swarm may not be in the playoffs this year, but they like the way their future looks. (Photo: Scott Pierson) Ever hear a champion say he can’t put into words how it feels? Same goes for...
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