Month: June 2019

Small audience watches PLL debut on NBCSportsNet

~ Staff

H/t to OSC for this information.

The Premier Lacrosse League debuted this week with their first weekend of games, including one broadcast on NBC Sports Network. The broadcast didn’t rate in the Top 150 cable shows in the demo, which would have been a 0.05 rating on Sunday.

2019 Expansion Draft set for July 9th

~ Staff

Press Release

So nice of the league to finally find time to publish this information. Nevermind that the Swarm let the cat out of the bag on May 29.

For anyone not paying attention or needs a reminder. Since the article disappeared from the Swarm site. ( Guessing they got a tap on the shoulder, and the intern got fired.)

JUNE 25 – PROTECTED PLAYER LISTS SUBMITTED/PLAYER SIGNINGS PROHIBITED

With the 2019 NLL Expansion Draft on the way, all teams must submit their protected player lists by noon ET on Tuesday, June 25. Teams will submit a list of 11 players they wish to protect ahead of the Expansion Draft.

Per the CBA, a maximum of five forwards and one goaltender can be put on a team’s protected player list. To make sure every list is on the up-and-up, NLL Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz has to approve all 11 teams’ lists.

 

Round 1

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 2

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 3

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 4

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 5

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 6

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 7

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 8

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 9

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 10

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

Round 11

  1. Rochester
  2. New York

LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 2018-19 SEASON AWARDS

~ Staff

Press Release 

The nominees for each award are:

Rookie of the Year

  • Ian MacKay – Buffalo Bandits
  • Matt Rambo – Philadelphia Wings
  • Austin Staats – San Diego Seals

Defensive Player of the Year

  • Graeme Hossack – Rochester Knighthawks
  • Steve Priolo – Buffalo Bandits
  • Kyle Rubisch – Saskatchewan Rush

Transition Player of the Year

  • Zach Currier – Calgary Roughnecks
  • Kiel Matisz – Philadelphia Wings
  • Challen Rogers – Toronto Rock

Goaltender of the Year

  • Christian Del Bianco – Calgary Roughnecks
  • Matt Vinc – Buffalo Bandits
  • Dillon Ward – Colorado Mammoth

Most Valuable Player

  • Dane Dobbie – Calgary Roughnecks
  • Lyle Thompson – Georgia Swarm
  • Matt Vinc – Buffalo Bandits

Sportsmanship Award

  • Dan Dawson – San Diego Seals
  • Tom Schreiber – Toronto Rock
  • Lyle Thompson – Georgia Swarm

Teammate of the Year

  • Kyle Buchanan – San Diego Seals
  • Chad Cummings – Calgary Roughnecks
  • John Ranagan – Georgia Swarm

Les Bartley Award, Head Coach of the Year

  • Curt Malawsky – Calgary Roughnecks
  • Matt Sawyer – Toronto Rock
  • John Tavares/Rich Kilgour – Buffalo Bandits

General Manager of the Year

  • Mike Board – Calgary Roughnecks
  • Steve Dietrich – Buffalo Bandits
  • Patrick Merrill – San Diego Seals

Executive of the Year

  • Terri Giberson – Toronto Rock
  • Lindsey Masciangelo – Philadelphia Wings
  • Dave Zygai – Buffalo Bandits

This just goes to show how little media coverage the NLL gets. 

Tom Borelli Award, Media Person of the Year

  • Bob Chavez – IL Indoor ( Enjoyed his work at the D and C. Now not so much. )
  • Tyson Geick – Lacrosse Flash ( Former league employee and still has his head up his ass. )
  • Barstool Jordie – Barstool Sports ( Barstool has more negatives than positives that we can think of. Just ask IB.  Jordie is an asshole to boot.