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NLL headed to Florida (for a night)
Titans to 'host' Rock at Bank Atlantic Center in January
The New York Titans and Toronto Rock will meet on Saturday, 3 January, in the first-ever professional lacrosse game in Florida, the National Lacrosse League announced Friday. Organized by former NLL star Kevin Finneran, part of a group looking to bring an expansion franchise to south Florida, the game will be played at Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, home of the NHL's Florida Panthers. "We definitely view South Florida as a place for future expansion," commissioner Jim Jennings said, "and we are bringing the game here ... to give fans a chance to experience the excitement of the NLL in person." The game is the regular-season opener for both clubs and is officially a Titans home game.
| 28 September: | Titans, Rock to play in Florida. |
John Grant to miss entire 2009 season
Knighthawks forward battling infection in elbow, knee; ACL removed
Rochester Knighthawks forward John Grant will miss the entire 2009 National Lacrosse League, and there is no guarantee that he will be ready to return in 2010. Grant underwent surgery a week ago to address an elbow infection that was beginning to spread to his knee. A second operation on Thursday continued the clean-up, but a subsequent discovery that the infection was attacking his left anterior cruciate ligament forced emergency surgery Friday. As part of the surgery, doctors removed the knee ligament, which will not be reinserted until the infection is completely gone. The tentative timetable for such a procedure is four to twelve months.
| 8 September: | John Grant to miss entire 2009 season. |
Daryl Veltman chosen first-overall by Boston
The Boston Blazers made Hobart College product Daryl Veltman the first-overall selection in the 2008 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft, held Sunday at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. San Jose, holding three of the next four picks, quickly scooped up Johns Hopkins grads Paul Rabil and Kevin Huntley with the second and fifth picks, respectively, and Stony Brook alum Rhys Duch third. Prior to the draft, Toronto spearheaded a three-way trade in which it sent Aaron Wilson to Rochester, the fifth-overall pick went to San Jose, and Luke Wiles landed with the Rock.
| 8 September: | Blazers choose Daryl Veltman with top pick. |
Knighthawks turn to Paul Suggate as head coach
On Tuesday, the Rochester Knighthawks named 1970s-era NLL star Paul Suggate as the fourth head coach in team history, replacing Ed Comeau (who left for New York earlier this summer). A member of the Canadian and Ontario Lacrosse Halls of Fame, Suggate has an extensive lacrosse resume, from leading the original NLL in scoring in 1974 to coaching at several levels in the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Just about the only thing missing from Suggate's credentials will be addressed come December -- he has never before coached a MILL/NLL team. He'll be supported on the bench by Freeman Bucktooth, who will guide the offense, and newly-retired Mike Hasen, in charge of the Knighthawks' defense.
| 2 September: | Knighthawks name Paul Suggate head coach. |
Cosmo dealt to Shamrox for Roik, picks
The San Jose Stealth traded All-Pro goaltender Anthony Cosmo to the Chicago Shamrox on Friday in exchange for goaltender Matt Roik and first-round selections in the 2008 and 2009 NLL entry drafts. The first of those picks comes to fruition next weekend in Boston, where the Stealth will have the second- and third-overall selections in this year's draft. Cosmo brings along his league-best 79.53 save percentage of a year ago, when he backstopped the Stealth to the Western Division's best record. Roik, meanwhile, ends a brief but successful run as Chicago's starting goaltender.
| 30 August: | Stealth trades Anthony Cosmo to Shamrox. |
NLL returning to Vancouver in 2011?
Since the Vancouver Ravens suspended operations just prior to the 2005 season, there have been several glimmers of light that the team might return, including one that went as far as conditional approval by the league before it fell through at the last minute. However, the bid reported on in Tuesday's edition of The (Vancouver) Province features a significant difference -- it's the first attempt to resuscitate professional lacrosse in Vancouver that doesn't involve any of the key players in its demise three years ago. This time, a former Olympic boxer and a local gym owner teamed up to bid for an expansion franchise that would begin play in 2011. Why not 2010? Blame the Olympics.
| 27 August: | Former Olympian leads effort to return NLL to Vancouver. |
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