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Lacrosse Links: Noted blogger Ryan Hoff traded to Minnesota Swarm

The Minnesota Swarm swung a deal yesterday, sending goalie Aaron Bold, forward Cody Johnson and defenseman Ian Rubel to the Knighthawks in exchange for forward Ryan Hoff and a future 2011 second round draft pick. While this is relevant to both the Swarm’s on-field action and hopes of building an American-dominated roster, we’re happy to see it because Hoff was a big contributor to IL’s NCAA player blogs this past season (along with Irish teammate Duncan Swezey). READ MORE »

Lacrosse Links: Corey Small enters IL’s FanZone

Edmonton fans –

Want to know more about your first-round pick out of St. Catherines, Ontario by way of Albany NY? Well here’s your chance, as Corey Small will be IL’s guest in the FanZone this month. Fire your questions his way, and the best will be featured in a future edition of Inside Lacrosse Magazine (and most will be answered and posted over on InsideLacrosse.com.

Lacrosse Links: Team Canada-Notre Dame scrimmage analysis

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, everyone! For those of you with the day off, take a break from eating to dig into exclusive analysis of yesterday’s Team Canada-Notre Dame scrimmages, courtesy of InsideLacrosse.com’s Justin Redd, who was on hand in Orchard Park, N.Y. for the event.
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Lacrosse Links: NLL Champion’s Cup travels to Vancouver Island

After being housed most of the summer in and around Calgary, the Champion’s Cup has spent the past couple of weeks being passed around Vancouver Island by Roughneck teammates. Jeff Shattler took it last month to Nolan Heavenor’s wedding in Victoria and since then, it’s bounced between homes in Duncan and Nanaimo.
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Lacrosse Links: Notre Dame Adds Canadian National Team to Fall Schedule

The Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team added a little international flavor to their fall scrimmage schedule. The Irish will take on the Canadian National Team for two games on October 11th in Orchard Park, NY, just south of Buffalo. The first game will begin at 10:00 am (ET) with a second tilt following immediately afterward.

The Canadians are the defending world champions, having won the 2006 World Games and will bring their top 50 players to face Notre Dame. The roster will be trimmed down to 23 prior to the games, which will take place in London next summer.
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Bonus Lacrosse Links: Jamieson wearing No. 22 at Syracuse this fall

IL has learned an interesting tidbit coming out of Syracuse today, as SID Mike Morrison confirmed the Six Nations star Cody Jamieson is wearing the famed No. 22 for the fall. The number, which has been an symbolic gesture towards the top offensive player for the Orange – from Dan Hardy a year ago through the Powell Brothers and back to Gary Gait in 1988, is not officially given until spring, Morrison says, but is Jamieson’s for the time being.

Battle of the Sexes: Louisville Women and Bellarmine Men End In Tie

Julie “The Cat” said it in the Mighty Ducks 3: (widely considered the worst of the three movies but really, being asked to rank the Mighty Ducks movies from best to worst is more like being asked to rank your favorite candy – they’re all good) “I hate ties. It’s like kissing your brother.”

If that’s the case, then the Louisville women’s lacrosse team and the Bellarmine men’s team are the equivalent of one, big happy family as they played to a tie in a friendly fundraiser and demonstration scrimmage on Friday afternoon.
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Inside Lacrosse Laxies Voting Ends Sept. 30

Time is running out to vote for the Inside Lacrosse Laxie Awards, sponsored by Lax World. NLL Player of the Year is between Casey Powell, Dan Dawson, Mark Steenhuis, Colin Doyle and Josh Sanderson, the Calgary Roughnecks are up for overall Team of the Year, Zack Greer and Brodie Merrill are up for overall IL Lacrosse Player of the Year, Geoff Snider is up for Personality of the Year, Blazers-Titans is up for Game of the Year, Steenhuis is up for Individual Game Performance of the Year and Clutch Performer of the Year, Jay Card is up for Clutch Performer of the Year and Cody Jamieson is up for Clutch Performer of the Year and Breakthrough Performance of the Year. READ MORE »

The Way We Play: A Lacrosse Message from former CUFLA Commish Gord Watt

By Gord Watt

Did you hear it? Did you hear the collective chest pounding coming from the lacrosse fans north of the border on a late August afternoon when Shawn Williams scored the winning goal and the upstart Toronto Nationals took the Major League Lacrosse championship in Annapolis, Maryland? Okay, it wasn’t a major sports extravaganza. It wasn’t even a sellout, but the Nationals’ victory could mark a significant change in, “How Things Will Be Done” in the lacrosse world.
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Zack Greer officially named new Reebok Lacrosse spokesman

As reported on August 24th by IL’s John Jiloty, Zack Greer was just officially confirmed as the new face of Reebok Lacrosse, according to a release from the equipment manufacturer. Greer, who is expected to be a high pick in next week’s NLL Entry Draft in Buffalo, joins NLL stars Brodie Merrill, Matt Alrich, Mark Steenhuis and Dan Dawson on the Reebok line, and will have his own ‘88′ line of equipment, starting with a head and handle designed with the Long Island Lizards star’s input.

Read below for the full press release from Reebok. READ MORE »