Archive for the ‘Shanny's Power Rankings’ Category


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings: Week 16

The 2009 NLL regular season is now over and many of the final results are pretty surprising when you look back a few months ago. Would you have believed that Buffalo would not finish in first after their dominating 5-0 start to this season. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings: Week 15

Well there are not a lot of obvious changes in the order of the Power Ranking but things have definitely changed as far as balance of “Power”. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League power Rankings : Week 14

There were 10 games this weekend and 8 teams played twice. Would you believe that Colorado was the only team among those 8 that didn’t split their games (they lost both)? What it means is that we still have a ton of uncertainty with only 2 weekends left in the season. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings: Week 13

Things sure have tightened up in the NLL. Six of the top 7 teams from last week’s Power Rankings lost games over the weekend while the bottom 5 teams each got a least one victory. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings: Week 12

Well maybe we will have a playoff race in both divisions. Toronto has shown life by winning their second straight game – a must win over Rochester – and they looked pretty impressive doing it. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings: Week 10

It was a good Saturday night of lacrosse in the NLL with 3 one-goal games, including two overtime victories.  Maybe the Minnesota Swarm are wishing they were back in the East division after their third straight victory – all over East teams.  In my weekly picks I mentioned that I have resolved never to pick the Toronto Rock to win again this season. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings: Week 9

I am generally a believer that a tired, traveling team is no match for a rested team waiting at home – especially when the rested team is an elite team like Buffalo or Calgary. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings : Week 8

Playing two games in a weekend can have a huge impact on the direction of a season. Both Colorado and the Minnesota Swarm went 0-2 over the weekend and while I don’t think it is cause for alarm with the Mammoth, Minnesota might have to make some more moves if they want to right their ship. READ MORE »


National Lacrosse League Power Rankings: Week 7

Even though were only 4 games in the NLL it sure turned out to quite an eventful weekend. Buffalo demolished the Rock 25-10 in a record-breaking night. Mark Steenhuis broke two records as he scored 17 points including 13 assists. He is also on a pace to break Johnny Tavares’ single season scoring record of 115 points. READ MORE »


NLL Power Rankings: Week 6

It was an exciting weekend in the NLL with 7 games on the schedule. Heading into the weekend I spoke about the possibilities of sweeps as Minnesota, New York and Philly were each playing 2 games. READ MORE »