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With only one game left on the slate in BC (Coquitlam vs. New West) and Ontario playing their last regular season tilt on Saturday night, the JR A Edition of The Money Ballers is almost in the books. Sad I know, but be strong… be strong.
With that said, there’s not really all that many guys that look like they’ll dump Six Nation’s Cody Jamieson for the crown. A couple but not many. READ MORE »
Entering Week 6 of this thing and we finally see the guy at the top of the leaderboard that I’m sure most would have picked as their favorite for our JR A Money Baller champ… Six Nations Arrow’s forward Cody Jamieson.
Even with his boys dropping a couple pretty hard to Burlington and Orangeville and then barely squeaking by an amped up Missy Tommies, Jamieson still made sure his stick was on almost every clutch goal the orange-and-white buried as they slipped in the standings, and likely the National Junior A Ranking (check back Wednesday for that). READ MORE »
Outside of tossing up the usual 30 best Money Ballers in Junior A ball, this week we also hashed out the guys that are getting their stick on the one that matters most… the game winner.
Yeah, Jacob Kicknosway-Louks leads Ontario with four game winners, but what about BC, and what about the helpers on those GWG’s in any province (Alberta digits will be in the mix soon)? READ MORE »
Like last week, the top guys on The Money Ballers leaderboard just aren’t putting in the clutch performances we were seeing from them earlier in the year.
For the third straight week, Peterborough’s Jesse Guerin has his name at the top of the charts, his half point earlier in the week giving him a slim two point lead over New West’s Max Gallant.
The guys that made some noise this week? READ MORE »
Outside of a couple guys (see Scott Tinning from KW and Corey Small from St. Kitts) there was very little movement on the boards this week. And when you look at what guy’s on The Money Ballers‘ leaderboard did versus what their respective teams did since last Wednesday, well… READ MORE »
Man, is Cody Jamieson for real?
In last night’s clash with the Whitby Warriors, the #1 ranked Six Nations Arrows looked like their goose was finally cooked, heading into the third period down 8-4 and all but done.
Then Jamieson shifted gears and netted four goals, the only goals by either team in the period, to knot things up at eight. You knew he was gonna get the rock, you knew he was gonna shoot and I’m sure at some point in the third, even the Warriors knew he was gonna score. Outside of running him over with a tank, there was not stopping Jamieson on Tuesday night. READ MORE »
Word to the wise, when you sign yourself up to tackle a project like The Money Ballers, do not wait for something like 75 games to be played before you start sifting through the digits, unless you have like seven straight hours to kill.
Anyways, my back might look like Quasimodo’s hump and my vision is about as blurred as you can get, but not to worry, the first edition of the Junior A Money Ballers is complete… every God damn game included, even last night’s trio. READ MORE »
Having the two slickest clutch ballers in the post-season didn’t end up meaning much when it was all on the line. Portland’s snipe-show, Dan Dawson and Ryan Powell, as usual took their game to another level in their Champion’s Cup loss against Buffalo, only thing was, there weren’t many else clicking like the two of them. READ MORE »
I picked him as my impact scorer in the Jax win and Shanny mentioned him in his post yesterday, but not sure many people realize how important the play of Ryan Powell has been for Portland in their run for the cup over the last couple weeks.
And what better way to figure out how important Ryan’s been than lookin’ at the clutch holy grail that is The Money Ballers leader-board. Amen. READ MORE »
After going through last year’s playoff game sheets and rifling through this past weekend’s 08 opening round in order to piece together some digits for our Playoff Edition of The Money Ballers, I gotta tell ya, last year’s post-season was super lame.
Well not lame, cuz their were some dominating performances for sure, but the games themselves had next to no back-and-forth, nail biters outside of the East Final in Rochester. Gotta have mustard on my dog, double cheese on my pies and barn burners in my post-season. That’s just the way it’s gotta be. READ MORE »
It’s funny that a post popped up on the boards today about D winning Cups, cuz it’s an adage I was giving some serious thought to last week.
Does defense really win Cups?
It’s a line I’m sure everyone has heard a million and one times. But is it true? READ MORE »
Well, the final numbers came in, and…
Athan Iannucci killed it.
Nooch won our first ever Money Ballers this year, and it wasn’t even close. READ MORE »
Even with Athan Iannucci not picking up a single clutch point this past weekend (the first time that’s happened all season), no one really poured it on hard enough to close that gap Nooch has on the leader-board.
Dan Dawson had a pretty solid showing again in the Jax’s OT win over the Stealth, which has him right up there fighting for second (maybe first).
And even though John Grant and Scott Evans are scoring in bulk lately, it’s Evan’s goals and helpers that are the ones that are showing up on The Money Ballers radar.
Without his goals I’m pretty sure Rochester wouldn’t still be in the playoff picture heading into the weekend.
With the game on the line, which of those two would you dish the ball to? Right now the numbers say Scott, but sure Jr.’s rep would have a lot of people feeding him. READ MORE »
Well, after our Special Report on Saturday morning, no one was really able to put much a dent in Athan Iannucci’s lead in The Money Ballers during a busy night of lacrosse.
Nooch went loco in that Portland win (as did Dan Dawson) and drummed up a pretty commanding lead over his next closest competitor on the charts. The Wings’ massive come from behind “almost win” over Minnesota allowed him to continue to hold onto that, now 11 point, lead. READ MORE »
Know The Money Ballers usually only rears its head on a Wednesday, late afternoon, after it’s had time to sleep off a rough Tuesday night (it is an Idol night after-all), but had to do a quick Money Baller plug after last night’s insane game in Portland.
Athan Iannucci and Dan Dawson tore it up last night, Nooch scoring a whack of money goals late and Daws doing the same all game.
Know Iannucci is gettin’ most of the praise after the win (and so he should), but Dawson hit it outta the park equally as far but was just missin’ that game winner AI had at the 12:27 mark of the final frame.
The off the chain showcase by Iannucci has cleared him 10.5 points over his nearest threat, Josh Sanderson, while Dawson went from 15th to fourth overall, again disproving the theory that you gotta be on a winning side to throw up nasty digits on The Money Ballers. READ MORE »
Kinda leap frogged The Money Ballers over our NLL Top 20 (which will be back tomorrow), but thought with my beutiful mug only appearing a handful of times on the main page today, this’d also be a perfect opportunity to plaster that lady killer face on the top of the post heap again. Not a problem folks, you’re only human (and yes, Jenner I got that pair of drawers you sent me via express air, woulda been nicer if they had been cleaned, but I still appreciate the “gift” none-the-less).
Anyways, Athan Iannucci still sits at the top of the pack, with Josh Sanderson and Ryan Ward still in striking distance heading into the weekend. READ MORE »
Like I said earlier this week, tabulating the stats for The Money Ballers after week 14 took me about as much time as it took me to snap open that cool Coke that washed down my sangwich from California Sandwiches last night (TO people will know exactly what I’m talkin’ about, although I grab mine at Winston Churchill versus Claremont, the birthplace of the Toronto institution).
Anyways, outside of John Grant froggerin‘ guys like Delby Powless and Andy Secore, there were next to no clutch points scored this past weekend (do not play that at work cuz I swear to God, you’ll never stop). READ MORE »
OK, before I get too deep into this, I’m gonna start off by giving some major props to Brian Langtry.
Partly because he had an insane show stopping game against Portland and then partly cuz I don’t wanna get stabbed in my sleep like I fear our boy Kevin Fixler is doomed for. We really liked ya Kev, but I think Langtry is out for blood on this one. Maybe lemme know tonight where you plan on having your funeral. It’ll save me a phone call to Denver to find out where to have the flowers sent. You like carnations, right?
Anyways, even with all that said, Langtry looked like he couldn’t be stopped during last week’s early game, Fixler killing spree aside. READ MORE »
I ended up watching the Toronto versus New York game last Friday night mainly cuz I was really interested in a couple match ups that I knew that game was gonna end up developing.
Me and fellow Insider Steve Kojima sometimes make sure we take in different games so that we can swap scouting reports afterwards and take in as much from the weekend as we can. We’re smart, but also very cheap (so ladies, the lineup starts here). READ MORE »
NLL Insider has the “Money Ballers” and “Top 20 Player Rankings.” The NLL ranks individuals by Goals and by Points. Goalies are assessed by Goals Against Average. I have always found it hard to evaluate defenders. Without a “Takeaway” or “Turnover” stat we are left to rely on more subjective criteria. The next most obvious ranking is “Loose Balls.” Props are often given to the Ground Ball King … typically Jim “Hoover” Veltman or Brodie Merrill, while the leagues classic grinders often go unnoticed.
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