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John Tavares, Steve Toll to help coach Akwesasne Jr. A Indians Lacrosse Club

Big news confirmed by the Akwesasne Indians on Friday. NLL and Team Canada stars John Tavares and Steve Toll will help coach the Junior A club this season, joining head coach Greg Philips and assistant Kevin Smart.

JT and Toll are two of the NLL’s greatest players; Tavares holds the league’s career goals (671), assists (749) and points (1420) records, while Toll, the 2007 NLL Transition Player of the Year, comes off his eighth 100+ looseball season and sits third all-time with 1,318 LBs. The Indians feature Inside Lacrosse Magazine’s Top Young Gun Rising Junior Lyle Thompson and No. 5 Young Gun Rising Senior Myles Thompson. The press release follows: READ MORE »

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 »

Adam Culbertson’s U.S. Developmental Indoor Lacrosse Team Blog: Training Camp

What’s up lacrosse world? It’s been a while since I have let you in on the lax happenings of the USDT (U.S. Developmental Team), as the summer days wind down a lot of lacrosse is being played! A few weeks back we had a lull in the USDT schedule which gave use a great chance to have some practice time with the boys on the team and fine tune our skills on the turf.

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Vinitage photo project brings lacrosse history to life

We’re all lacrosse nuts ’round these parts, but some of us are history nuts too and that’s why it’s so cool to give ya’ll a heads-up about this project that Tim Prothero is working on. Tim’s got The Vintage LaX Project up on-line at his Flickr account and if you head on over to view these photos, make sure you’ve got some time. There are a bunch. “If you played lacrosse between 1968 and 1985 in the OLA or pros … you may find yourself, no matter what level you played,” Prothero told me in an e-mail. It’s a work of beauty and includes great photos like this one of Adam Oates, who obviously went on to NHL stardom. But there’s more. Plenty more. READ MORE »

Adam Culbertson’s U.S. Developmental Indoor Lacrosse Team Blog: Vermont

Hello lacrosse world, what’s going on? Hopefully everyone is enjoying these last few weeks of summer to their fullest; there is a lot of lacrosse action going on all over the place and I hope everyone is taking part. This blog will be focused on the most recent trip to Burlington, Vermont. So as usual, sit back and enjoy the ride.

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Chicago Cloverz are your Fann Cup champs

Chicago may not have the Shamrox anymore, but the Cloverz know how to represent our game in the Midwest. The Cloverz hosted the 2009 edition of the Fann Cup and won it all last weekend. The Cloverz defeated the Toronto Roadies 6-5 in the championship game and, according to organizers, it’s just the third time in the eight-year history of the event that the host team won the Cup. “This year’s tournament showed what the Fann Cup is all about,” tournament president Ray Kincaid said. “Lots of friends, lots of lacrosse, and lots of fun.” Read on for details, and a picture of the winners. READ MORE »

Steve Toll’s blogging, and it’s LEGIT

What’s Steve Toll of the Rochester Knighthawks thinking these days? Well, as he’s helping St. Regis in the Major Series Lacrosse playoffs, he’s got some thoughts on Knighthawks teammate Shawn Williams and his MSL trade to Brampton. He’s also got some thoughts on the shuttle between playing for St. Regis and trying to make it to see his daughter play lacrosse, and he’s also got some thoughts on what it’s like to help a neighbor move a tree. Yes, move a tree. It’s all discussed in his latest blog installment, posted at Knighthawks.net. Check it.

Adam Culbertson’s U.S. Developmental Indoor Lacrosse Team Blog: Quebec

Hello again lacrosse world, hopefully your summer is going well and full of fun things and killer BBQs with tons of food! This first trip was to our friends up north in Windsor, Quebec. So sit back and enjoy the blog (and check out last week’s introduction if you missed it).   READ MORE »

Fann Cup in Chicago this weekend

If you’re a lacrosse fan and happen to be rollin’ around in Illinois this weekend, make sure you get over to the Players Indoor Sports Center in Naperville, Ill., for the eighth edition of the Fann Cup. Comprised of fan clubs of National Lacrosse League teams, the Cup is played annually in rotating cities and Saturday’s tournament will feature more than 200 players on teams from Buffalo, Chicago, Rochester, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Toronto. The tournament has raised more than $30,000 for charity over the years and this year’s beneficiaries are the American Diabetes Association and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

Adam Culbertson’s U.S. Developmental Indoor Lacrosse Team Blog Introduction

Everyone wants to be able to put on a lacrosse jersey, step out onto the floor and have 15,000 fans cheering their faces off for something you did; I mean, who wouldn’t!

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