Playing any Professional sport in a so called “sports crazy” city adds pressure to everyone involved. Just ask a Montreal Canadiens hockey player, a New York Yankees baseball player, or a Dallas Cowboys football player. Toronto, Ontario is a hotbed of sports which has the Maple Leafs, Raptors, and Blue Jays. But they also have one [...]
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Lumberjax Looking To Rebound in 2008
One of the surprise teams of the 2006 National Lacrosse League season was the Portland Lumberjax. In their first year of play, they far exceeded expectations going 11-5 and winning the Western Division. Going into last season expectations were high in the West, but the 2007 campaign turned out to be a major disappointment as the Lumberjax fell [...]
A Look Ahead to 2008 – N.Y. Titans Primed For A Breakout?
With the 2008 NLL season just over a month away, we thought it was time to start getting geared up for the action. To do so, we are going to, over the next few weeks be speaking with a few of the men in positions to make change and guide the teams over the course [...]
The Best Ever? Canada’s Own Gary Gait….
He`s been referred to as the Michael Jordan of lacrosse. He`s been referred to as the Wayne Gretzky of lacrosse. Past players include him in their list of greats to ever play our game. Current players include him in their list of greats they played with, and / or greats they always idolized. I`m speaking [...]
Interview with Toronto Rock’s Josh Sanderson
This week on “Ask The Pro’s we chat with Josh “Shooter” Sanderson of the Toronto Rock. Josh has played the past three seasons in Toronto winning an NLL Championship in 2005. Josh broke into the league in 1998 with Rochester and has also played in Albany, and San Jose. While he is not a dominating [...]
Interview with Duke’s Zach Greer
This week we turn our focus slightly from “Ask A Pro” to something a little different. This week we chat with a player who will no doubt become a Pro, but just not yet. This week we speak with Zach Greer. Zach is currently attending and playing lacrosse on a scholarship at Duke University. He [...]
Arizona Sting Forward Lindsay Plunkett
This week on “Ask The Pro’s” we chat with Arizona forward Lindsay Plunkett. Lindsay, a native of Peterborough, Ontario is a six year veteran of the NLL. He also has played Major Junior Hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Oshawa Generals, Guelph Storm, and St. Mikes Majors. GM: When did you start playing [...]
Matt Vinc of the New York Titans
This week we speak with New York Titans goalie Matt Vinc. Matt had a fantastic Junior career in St. Catharines, winning two Minto Cups and three times being named the OLA Playoff MVP. He was also named the Minto Cup MVP in 2001. Matt was drafted in 2005, 6th overall by the San Jose Stealth. [...]
Doctor Pat Maddalena of the NY Titans
This week we have another double header of “Ask The Pro’s”. Today we are speaking with the New York Titans’ Pat Maddalena. Pat is a graduate of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. After spending the last few seasons in Arizona with the Sting, Pat was picked up by New York during this past off season. In his “real job”, [...]
A Chat With Chicago’s Chris Panos
This week on “Ask The Pro’s” is a conversation with Chris Panos of the Chicago Shamrox. A 10 year NLL veteran lacrosse player that grew up mainly playing field lacrosse in the United States, Chris was introduced to box lacrosse at 10 and has never looked back. Chris has won one NLL championship and three Mann Cups [...]
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