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BUF at SD - Sat. 10pm ET on ESPNews Schedule

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WK
1
Fri, Dec 2
FINAL
Philadelphia
8
Halifax
18
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Vancouver
8
Toronto
19
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
San Diego
15
New York
14
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Albany
11
Buffalo
10
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Rochester
16
Georgia
11
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Colorado
6
Saskatchewan
18
WK
2
Fri, Dec 9
FINAL
Las Vegas
11
Panther City
13
Fri, Dec 9
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
12
San Diego
13
Sat, Dec 10
FINAL
Toronto
7
Rochester
11
Sat, Dec 10
FINAL
Vancouver
9
Calgary
11
WK
3
Fri, Dec 16
FINAL
Calgary
14
Vancouver
5
Fri, Dec 16
FINAL
Panther City
9
Las Vegas
3
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Buffalo
11
Toronto
8
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Rochester
14
Albany
13
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Philadelphia
13
Georgia
12
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Halifax
20
New York
11
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Colorado
12
Panther City
9
WK
5
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
Halifax
13
Buffalo
18
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
San Diego
17
Calgary
14
Sat, Dec 31
FINAL
Panther City
9
Saskatchewan
11
WK
6
Fri, Jan 6
FINAL
Philadelphia
14
Las Vegas
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Panther City
9
Rochester
17
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Halifax
14
Albany
11
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Buffalo
18
Georgia
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Toronto
15
New York
7
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Calgary
8
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Vancouver
11
San Diego
16
WK
7
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Albany
11
Halifax
10
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
10
Colorado
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Halifax
8
Toronto
17
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Panther City
12
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Georgia
9
Buffalo
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
San Diego
10
Calgary
14
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Las Vegas
16
Vancouver
19
Sun, Jan 15
FINAL
Rochester
11
New York
8
WK
8
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Buffalo
12
Rochester
15
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
15
Sat, Jan 21
FINAL
Toronto
14
Philadelphia
5
Sat, Jan 21
FINAL
New York
16
Albany
10
WK
9
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Rochester
7
Halifax
17
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Buffalo
13
Philadelphia
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Buffalo
16
New York
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Las Vegas
10
Saskatchewan
15
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL/OT
Toronto
11
Calgary
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
San Diego
13
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Panther City
20
Vancouver
7
WK
10
Fri, Feb 3
FINAL
Georgia
10
Colorado
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL/OT
Calgary
12
Halifax
11
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
New York
14
Toronto
22
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Albany
5
Philadelphia
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Rochester
10
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Panther City
10
San Diego
12
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Saskatchewan
14
Vancouver
8
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Colorado
8
Las Vegas
13
WK
11
Fri, Feb 10
FINAL
Toronto
11
Georgia
10
Fri, Feb 10
FINAL
Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
13
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Halifax
14
Rochester
16
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Albany
12
New York
14
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Vancouver
13
Panther City
14
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Colorado
9
Calgary
13
WK
12
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Calgary
14
Vancouver
9
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Saskatchewan
16
San Diego
11
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Georgia
7
Toronto
16
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
12
Albany
10
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
12
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Colorado
7
Panther City
13
Sun, Feb 19
FINAL
New York
12
Halifax
13
WK
13
Fri, Feb 24
FINAL
Panther City
12
Colorado
14
Fri, Feb 24
FINAL
Calgary
9
Las Vegas
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL/OT
New York
10
Rochester
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL
Albany
4
Georgia
20
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL
Vancouver
16
Saskatchewan
12
WK
14
Fri, Mar 3
FINAL
Buffalo
10
Halifax
9
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
New York
12
Philadelphia
19
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Las Vegas
12
San Diego
15
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Rochester
8
Toronto
9
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL/OT
Georgia
9
Albany
8
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Saskatchewan
10
Panther City
16
Mon, Mar 6
FINAL
Toronto
10
Philadelphia
11
WK
15
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL/OT
Halifax
9
Buffalo
10
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL
Calgary
16
Colorado
10
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Albany
6
Toronto
12
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Philadelphia
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
San Diego
12
Saskatchewan
11
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
5
Sun, Mar 12
FINAL
Rochester
19
Georgia
18
WK
16
Fri, Mar 17
FINAL
Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
11
Fri, Mar 17
FINAL
San Diego
16
Vancouver
9
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Georgia
13
Philadelphia
12
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Toronto
12
Halifax
14
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Albany
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Colorado
13
Buffalo
8
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
8
Panther City
11
Sun, Mar 19
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
9
Rochester
8
WK
17
Fri, Mar 24
20:30:00
San Diego
Panther City
Sat, Mar 25
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Mar 25
19:00:00
Halifax
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 25
19:30:00
Georgia
New York
Sat, Mar 25
21:30:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Buffalo
San Diego
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Colorado
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 25
22:30:00
Rochester
Las Vegas
WK
18
Fri, Mar 31
19:00:00
New York
Georgia
Fri, Mar 31
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Colorado
Fri, Mar 31
22:00:00
Calgary
San Diego
Sat, Apr 1
19:00:00
Buffalo
Toronto
Sat, Apr 1
20:00:00
Albany
Panther City
Sat, Apr 1
21:30:00
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 2
13:00:00
Georgia
Halifax
Sun, Apr 2
18:00:00
Rochester
Philadelphia
WK
19
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Albany
Rochester
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Georgia
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Panther City
Calgary
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Vancouver
Colorado
Sat, Apr 8
22:30:00
San Diego
Las Vegas
WK
20
Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Calgary
Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
San Diego
Colorado
Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Toronto
Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
Georgia
Albany
Sat, Apr 15
19:30:00
New York
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 15
21:30:00
Halifax
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 15
22:00:00
Panther City
Vancouver
WK
21
Fri, Apr 21
20:30:00
Calgary
Panther City
Sat, Apr 22
18:00:00
New York
Halifax
Sat, Apr 22
19:00:00
Georgia
Rochester
Sat, Apr 22
20:00:00
Toronto
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 22
21:30:00
Colorado
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 22
22:00:00
Las Vegas
San Diego
Sun, Apr 23
15:00:00
Philadelphia
Albany
WK
22
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Rochester
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Buffalo
Albany
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Halifax
Georgia
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
Colorado
San Diego
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
New York
Vancouver
Sat, Apr 29
22:30:00
Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
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NLL Draft: Stock Up/Stock Down

As the draft approaches, players rise and fall in the prospect rankings for any number of reasons. Below are five players who have risen or fallen and a look at what has impacted their status.

 

Stock Up Warren Jeffrey

Everyone knew Jeffrey was a tough customer and solid defender coming out of Jr A Mimico in 2018. The questions as he headed to senior lacrosse, heading to the Brampton Excelsiors as the second-overall selection in the 2019 MSL junior draft, were whether his stick skills were good enough to play at an elite level and whether he could show the discipline to avoid spending too much time in the penalty box.

 

Jeffrey isn’t a transition player and doesn’t need to run the floor regularly to be effective, but any defender on an MSL or NLL roster does need to be able to handle the ball well enough to not be a caused turnover waiting to happen when opponents forecheck. Jeffrey showed this summer that he is comfortable handling the ball in his own end and adept at making the first pass out of the zone. Question one answered.

 

He missed the first two weeks of the season before he returned from school but didn’t take long to find his footing in MSL when he joined the Excels. Jeffrey continued to play the aggressive physical style that he was known for with Mimico but cut down substantially on the penalties he took. After being assessed totals ranging from 35 to 72 PIM in his four years in Mimico, Jeffrey took just three minor penalties in 11 regular season games with Brampton. Question two answered.

 

Those answers raised Jeffrey’s stock from probably late first rounder to likely the third defender taken in the draft.

 

Stock DownAaron Forster

The transition player was established as a solid draft prospect a few years ago. He was a big scorer in Jr B, scoring 63 points as a 17-year-old with Nepean then cracking the century mark in Gloucester the following summer in 2015. He remained dynamic in Jr A with the Toronto Beaches, where he shifted to more of a transition role but still scored 47 points in 2015 and 56 in 2017. The latter summer, he played a game for the Oakville Rock and fit right in at the MSL level with his speed, instincts and sure hands.

 

Forster could have used a full season of Sr A but decided he would play at home in 2018, joining Ottawa’s Sr B Capital Region Axemen. He kept producing, scoring 23 goals and 36 points in just nine games and another 10/11/21 in eight playoff matches.

 

Then he decided to get the season of Sr A he could use to confirm himself as a top prospect. Unfortunately, Forster received a broken thumb a couple of periods into his time with the Burnaby Lakers and wasn’t able to return to the roster as the team waged an ultimately unsuccessful battle to reach the playoffs.

 

Stock UpTravis Getz

When I first saw Getz playing (actually, practicing) in person, I thought what I’m sure a lot of people think about him: that he looks skilled but is small. Like many smaller players, though, the lefty forwards tend to grow on you. Getz is listed at 5’8”, 160 pounds. It’s tempting to say he plays with a fearless approach, but it would probably be more accurate to say he plays with wisdom and awareness. Getz isn’t afraid to go inside and never seems to be overwhelmed when going up against bigger players. His quickness allows him to avoid big hits and to find openings to pass or shoot. He got off to a rousing start with the Brooklin Merchants, scoring 6 goals and 2 assists in his first game with them, then wound up tying for the team lead with 17 goals despite playing only eight of their 15 games.

 

Getz actually played more games for Brooklin’s MSL team with nine. While he didn’t score at the same pace as in Sr B, he did fit in well while scoring 8 goals and 7 assists. Getz is a willing worker with good feet and hands. He isn’t going to step in and set the NLL on fire, but he could be a useful depth forward and gradually develop more of a scoring role as he earns more playing time and touches.

 

So, where I initially saw the Calgary native as a late-round pick, I’d be a little surprised if he isn’t among the 33 players taken in the first two rounds and certainly expect him to go no later than the third.

 

Stock DownMatt Vangalen

Van Galen has literally gone up and down the last couple of summers. He started 2018 with the Oakville Titans Sr B team but was so impressive in his callups with MSL’s Oakville Rock that they wound up signing him to be an A card as a permanent member of the lineup. He finished the season second on the team in scoring with 19 goals and 23 assists for 42 points. The future indeed looked bright after such a strong performance, leading folks like me to project Van Galen as a possible first rounder this year even before the addition of compensatory picks turned it into a 17-pick marathon.

 

A slump in the playoffs, when Van Galen scored just 10 points in eight games (a drop in per-game production from 2.8 to 1.3) turned out to be more a precursor than a bump in the road. Van Galen returned to the Rock this summer, didn’t seem to gel with the rest of the offense as well as he had a year earlier, scored 20 points in 10 games and was reclassified down to a B card for the remainder of the season.

 

He did rebound with the Titans, putting up a tidy 8 goals and 8 assists in four regular-season games for a 4.0 ppg average and added another 21 points in seven playoff games. Van Galen is still a solid prospect, but his chances of going in the first round have diminished greatly.

 

 

Stock UpBrent Noseworthy

Noseworthy improved so dramatically over the course of the season with Brooklin Lacrosse Club of MSL that it’s fair to wonder how it was even possible. The thing is, the 14 games he played with BLC this summer increased the number of box games he’d played as a runner by 30%.

 

That’s right, he had been a runner in only 46 box lacrosse games at any level before making his Major Series debut. It’s not like he hadn’t been playing since he was a kid. It’s just that Noseworthy was a goalie all the way up through minor and into Jr B, even winning a couple of national championships with Team Ontario.

 

After a year in net with the Oakville Buzz, Noseworthy switched to defense. With his commitments at the University of Michigan, where the midfielder became the first player in program history to score 100 goals, Noseworthy didn’t get to play a lot of games during the summers.

 

In 2017 he moved up to Jr A with the Burlington Chiefs but only played 10 total games between regular season and playoffs, then in 2018 he spent the summer doing an internship in San Francisco. Hence the lack of experience as a box runner entering this summer. He got better by the game, gaining confidence handling the ball and even filling it at forward for some shifts when BLC was short lefties.

 

Add it all up and you’ve got a player with tremendous talent and athleticism on a very steep learning curve. For NLL teams, it means someone who may be a bit of a project but has shown he is coachable and driven, excellent traits for long-term success.

 

 

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