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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
FINAL
San Diego
17
Panther City
9
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Toronto
11
Albany
9
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Halifax
14
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Georgia
13
New York
8
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Calgary
14
Saskatchewan
6
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL/OT
Buffalo
7
San Diego
6
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Colorado
12
Vancouver
14
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Rochester
7
Las Vegas
12
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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Top Prospects: 2015 Nll Draft

IL Indoor previews strong draft class, one of the deepest ever, for next year

As the colder months move in, the National Lacrosse League is heating up with teams now preparing for training camps and exhibition games before the 2015 season opens the weekend of January 2-3. The 2014 NLL Draft brought 55 rookies hopeful to make a roster into the mix, but what about next year’s highly-anticipated draft? NLL draft guru Stephen Stamp from IL Indoor has you covered.

“It’s a draft that coaches and general managers have been looking to for years,” Stamp writes. “The 2015 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft features an embarrassment of riches. While the 2014 draft saw a half dozen players who were certain first-round picks, 2015 has a half dozen who are legitimate candidates for first overall. There will be players taken in the second round next year who would be high first rounders in most years.

“With this year’s draft done and more than a month until training camps open, it’s a perfect time to take a first in-depth look at some of the talent that will be available in September of 2015 when the NLL’s teams reconvene for the next draft.”

The Likely First Rounders

Wesley Berg, RF, Coquitlam Adanacs (BCJALL) and University of Denver (NCAA)

Berg is so good that he played a regular role for Canada at the 2014 World Field Lacrosse Championships despite being only 21. He’s been on people’s radar for next year’s draft for years, thanks to the work he’s done in the BC junior league. Berg won a Minto Cup with the Adanacs in 2010 but really played a relatively minor role on the team that season as a rookie. Still, he posted 42 points in 14 regular season games. 2011, though, was the year he really shone. It was his only full summer season because of his commitments with Denver University and he made the most of it. Berg scored 60 goals and 54 assists in 20 games that season. Even with Marty Dinsdale, Robert Church and Ben MacIntosh ahead of him in the Adanacs pecking order, Berg was a standout in his 18-year-old year. Berg is a dynamic and supremely talented forward who appears to be ready to make an immediate impact in the pro league.

Randy Staats, RF, Syracuse University (NCAA)

While Berg was good early, Staats was turning heads even earlier in his career. He scored 48 points in the 2008 OLA Jr A playoffs with the Six Nations Arrows as a 15-year-old. The next summer, he fulfilled everyone’s expectations by scoring 39 goals and 56 assists for 95 points in his first full season of Jr A. Unfortunately for him and for fans of the game, that would be Staats last season until 2012. He missed two full seasons with major knee injuries. When he returned, it took a while to get his feel back for the game and to play with full confidence. He still scored 85 points in 17 games that regular season and added 49 in a 12-game playoff run. Staats is a remarkable shooter with a great feel for the game. His experience with Six Nations this summer—although it was also limited by a minor injury suffered at the field worlds that kept him out of the playoffs except for one game—should make it even easier for Staats to make the adjustment to playing in the NLL. Oh, and one more thing. Since everyone will be saying his name a lot in the coming years, let’s say it correctly. It’s pronounced “Stotts”, not “Stats”. And it will be called early in the 2015 NLL Entry Draft.

Lyle Thompson, RF, University at Albany (NCAA)

Like Berg and Staats, Thompson played at the 2014 world field lacrosse championships. Of course, if you follow the game even remotely you were already aware of that. He and his brother Miles and cousin Ty were sensations for the Iroquois Nationals. Lyle and Miles also shared the Tewaaraton Award this year, as well. Lyle isn’t just a field guy, though. He was also named the MVP of the 2014 Presidents Cup after leading Onondaga to the gold medal. He’s put up great numbers from his days with Akwesasne Jr A through his three years of Sr B lacrosse. He’s an unbelievably talented player who has produced in every league and tournament he’s played in. Lyle will be the last of the four Thompson brothers (after Hiana, Jeremy and Miles) to enter the National Lacrosse League, but he may just be the best of the lot.

Jesse King, LF, Ohio State University (NCAA)

Yet another young player who took part in this summer’s field worlds, King’s importance to Victoria was highlighted when he was unavailable for the 2014 Mann Cup while attending Ohio State. Victoria’s offense just didn’t have the same oomph without him in the lineup. King is big, strong and talented. He grabbed plenty of attention when he was able to suit up for a couple of games at the 2013 Mann Cup and posted a hat trick as a junior call up. He’s a good shooter and a great passer; he had 77 assists in the 2013 Jr A season and added 34 goals.

Reilly O’Connor, LF, Whitby Warriors (OLA Jr A) and Georgetown University (NCAA)

Perhaps the most clear-cut measure of just how good a draft we’re looking at is the fact that when the candidates for first overall pick are discussed, O’Connor’s name rarely comes up. In most year’s, he’d be a central part of that conversation. All he did in junior was become the first player since John Grant Jr. to score over 100 points in three straight seasons. He actually posted a fourth 100-point season if you want to include the 2013 playoffs, when he matched his regular-season total of 101 as he helped the Warriors to win their second Minto Cup in three years. O’Connor is an elite setup man: he totalled 79, 78 and a mind-boggling 91 assists in his last three years of junior lacrosse.

Graeme Hossack, LD, Lindenwood University (NCAA)

Hossack is the best shutdown defender in this draft; in fact, he’s probably the best shutdown defender coming into the NLL in several years. If Tutton is comparable to Corbeil, Hossack can be compared to Corbeil’s teammate in Brampton and Edmonton, three-time defensive player of the year Kyle Rubisch. That’s an extremely high standard and great expectations to put on a young player, but Hossack has the potential to be an elite defender. He was IL Indoor’s Canadian junior defender of the year in 2013, a year in which he dominated as he helped the Whitby Warriors to win the Minto Cup for the second time in his junior career. He was a first-team all-star defender in 2012 and ’13. Hossack is a tough, physical defender who, like Rubisch, plays the game hard without taking a lot of penalties. He has worked hard to achieve his success. Whitby and Edmonton coach Derek Keenan has said that Hossack wasn’t a star coming up through minor lacrosse, but worked and worked his way into becoming an important contributor with the Warriors after a couple of years playing Jr B with the Clarington Green Gaels. That work ethic will stand him in good stead as he graduates to the NLL.

For the complete list of top prospects for the 2015 NLL Draft including 10 more highly-touted up-and-comers, check out Stephen Stamp’s article on IL Indoor by clicking here.

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