Trio tagged with suspensions, Mammoth sign Ogden, plus the links

January 15th, 2009 by Paul Tutka

Ryan Marshall, San Jose Stealth (Photo: Dave Sanders)

The National Lacrosse League handed down suspensions to San Jose Stealth players Matt Roik and Ryan Marshall and also to Colorado Mammoth defender Rich Catton, stemming from incidents coming out of games played this past weekend.

Roik was hit with a ten minute intentional contact during a dead ball situation misconduct during the Stealth’s 12-10 loss to the Calgary Roughnecks. Necks forward Scott Ranger had just iced the game at the 14:43 mark of the fourth period and would later get struck by Roik near the team benches, dropping to the turf after contact was made.

Marshall’s suspension is due to a high hit he dished out during the Stealth’s other loss in Week 2, coming at the 11:16 mark of the third period against the Minnesota Swarm.

And finally, Catton was hit with a sit-down after coming off the bench to fight Portland Lumberjax’s defender Brodie Merrill. Previous to the tilt, Catton had rocked Jax’s forward Ryan Powell with what appeared to be an illegal shot to the head. The hit on Powell went undisciplined during the game.

All three suspensions appear to be one gamers, although, expect each player to appeal the suspension.

In other player movement, the Colorado Mammoth signed 32-year old American keeper Jeremy Ogden to their practice roster this past week, which certainly may have been spurred on by the team’s lackluster showing against Portland in the second half of their home-and-home in Week 2 (make sure to scroll down to the links for a great read on Ogden from March 2007).

In order to shore up a spot for Ryan Benesch in Edmonton, the Rush have released former Toronto Rock prospect, Mike MacLeod, and earlier in the week dropped Daryl Gibson to make room for the recently signed Callum Crawford. NLL Insider’s Steve Kojima also confirmed that Benesch will be in the lineup this weekend when the Rush host the Portland Lumberjax on Friday night. It will be Benesch’s first start during the 2009 season after being a healthy scratch for both of the Toronto Rock’s games this year, pervious of course to yesterday’s trade.

Plus the links below…

Marshall Abrams is back and ready for the Bandits: Knighthawks.net
“I got discovered because,” Ogden says before pausing. “… I don’t have any idea.”: Daily Camera
Mammoth captain Gavin Prout tells fans what went wrong against the Jax, including a sweet Bob Seger reference: Colorado Mammoth Forum
“We ended up piling gear on the roof and probably looked like the Beverly Hillbillies pulling up to the San Jose Hilton.”: Tracey Kelusky blog
The Minnesota Swarms’ dude extraordinaire, complete with golden yellow soul patch, Ted Jenner, sorry, Buzz: MNSwarm.com
“I’m really jealous and I’m really proud to have him as my brother and to see that he’s carrying on the tradition as long as he has.”: Bandits.com
The Philly Angels come out with what could be the best lacrosse related calendar ever printed: Wingslax.com
IL’s behind the scenes look at the Angels’ 2008 calendar photo shoot: YouTube.com
IL’s Joe Sweeney living the dream at last year’s Angels’ photo shoot: YouTube.com