Monday May 24th, 2021 10:10am
Mark Steenhuis was a nightmare for opposing power play defences to handle. (Photo: Tim Prothero, VintageLax)
Today, in Part 2 of my series on the lost art of ragging the ball on the penalty kill, players and coaches start to share their thoughts on some of the best to ever do it.
If you haven t seen Part 1 of the series, I suggest you go and check it out because it will give some context to what follows. This segment turned out to be much longer than I anticipated, so it s been broken up. Part 2 will discuss individual players from the last couple of decades.
Thursday May 13th, 2021 12:12pm
The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world, today announced the 20 nominees for the NLL Hall of Fame Class of 2021 presented by GAIT Lacrosse. Inductees from among the group, which includes 17 all-time great players and three builders, will be announced in June with a ceremony planned for this fall.
The Class of 2021 will represent the first additions to the Hall since 2016. This year’s induction will also celebrate the 15
th anniversary of the Hall’s establishment with the inaugural members inducted in 2006.
“This is indeed an impressive selection of candidates whose contributions to lacrosse and the NLL span several eras and the breadth of North America,” said NLL Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz. “We are honored to be continuing the tradition of honoring the greats and we look forward to selecting the next inductees for the most prestigious individual honor i
That is not a rhetorical question.
IL Indoor is opening it up to you to vote in a tournament-style bracket to decide which of the team that have captured the NLL championship in the 21st century would win if they were all competing for the title of grand champion.
We have seeded the 20 winners. To do so, we looked at won/loss records, goals for and against differential, where they finished in their division and overall in the NLL, considered all the variables and ranked them from 1 to 20.
The Rush were rising, and in 2015 they finally broke through to get their first NLL championship. The Bandits were a force for what seemed like forever, and in 2008 they won what would prove to be the team s last title to date. Which of these champions will move on to the quarterfinals? You decide below.
That is not a rhetorical question.
IL Indoor is opening it up to you to vote in a tournament-style bracket to decide which of the teams that have captured the NLL championship in the 21st century would win if they were all competing for the title of grand champion.
We have seeded the 20 winners. To do so, we looked at won/loss records, goals for and against differential, where they finished in their division and overall in the NLL, considered all the variables and ranked them from 1 to 20.
Today, it s the 2008 Buffalo Bandits up against the 2019 Calgary Roughnecks. Take a look at the tale of the tape, below, then cast your vote in the Twitter poll.