Buffalo Bandits Emerge Victorious in 2023 NLL Cup
The Buffalo Bandits won the 2023 NLL Cup on Saturday, capturing their first championship in 15 years. In a decisive Game 3 against the Colorado Mammoth at KeyBank Center, the Bandits dominated the entire game with a 13-4 win. The Bandits’ journey to the championship was not without its challenges. The NLL was extremely competitive […]
PLL Top 50 by the Numbers: 2022 Edition
The Premier Lacrosse League debuted their Top 50 players of 2022. The list was voted on by current PLL players. The players voted in September to rank their Top 25 players in the league. The PLL then ranked the Top 50 players based on the rankings. Tom Schreiber of the Archers was selected as this […]
2022 PLL All-Underrated Team
The Premier Lacrosse League has excelled with its social media presence. Without watching the games you can catch highlight goals, final scores, and every scrappy play before or after the whistle. This has been a major factor in the sports progression. The biggest benefit of the PLL’s strong social media presence is it has allowed […]
NLL Partners With Lax Sav As Official Equipment Partner
NLL Partners With Lax Sav As Official Equipment Partner Ontario Based Company to Provide Gloves and Apparel League wide PHILADELPHIA, September 22, 2021 – The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world, today announced a three-year partnership with Lax Sav (@laxsav), a lacrosse company that specializes in […]
Chaos Lacrosse Club Wins 2021 PLL Championship
What a weekend it was! After what felt like a very long summer, we have our 2021 PLL champions: Chaos Lacrosse Club. Take a listen as Ryan and I analyze the game, discuss the upcoming NLL season, and even get to chat with Chaos midfielder and Buffalo Bandit Dhane Smith about how everything came together. […]
PLL Championship 2021: How Each Team Can Win
On this week’s episode, the Going Offsides guys discuss the 2021 PLL Championship and what it will take for each team to come out triumphant. Halfway through the season, it was fair to say that neither of these teams looked likely to make a return trip to championship weekend. The Whipsnakes appeared like a team […]
Building the Ultimate Midfielder
You’ve seen some version of this done in every sport, where people take the best qualities of the best players to create the ultimate competitor. Last week, I came up with the players whose skills would make up the ultimate lacrosse attackman. Today, I’ve completed this exercise to build my ultimate lacrosse midfielder. The only […]
PLL All Star Game: Tim Troutner Steals the Show
After a one-year hiatus, the PLL All Star Game made a return in 2021. While there were many notable absentees due to injury, the game and subsequent skills competition were still enjoyable. PLL ALL STAR Game & Weekend 2021 The Game In my eyes, an all-star game is a way to celebrate the best players […]
Last Week in Lacrosse – Nov. 2-Nov.8
Here’s what happened this past week in lacrosse, 11/2-11/8 Here at LaxAllStars, we caught up with a pair of elite box players, finishing our coverage series on Dhane Smith (Team Canada, Chaos LC, Buffalo Bandits) and Jeff Shattler (Iroqouis Nationals, Saskatchewan Rush): –We looked at the first-rate First Nations talent being developed at the Jeff […]
Dhane Smith Catch Up: Recapping the Coverage
Dhane Smith has been a prominent feature in Lax All Stars coverage for the last week and two weeks ago as we looked into his history in lacrosse, his experience in Buffalo, his multisport lifestyle and more. To wrap up two total weeks of Dhane Smith mania, we’ve put it all in one place for […]
Dhane Smith Embraces Golf & Tennis in Lacrosse Hiatus
Dhane Smith is a multisport athlete. This is something that’s known – his football and hockey histories are documented, and Lax All Stars previously looked into how his family’s multi-sport background helped propel him into professional lacrosse. But football and hockey have fell by the wayside years ago in favor of lacrosse. How is Smith […]
Kitchener Lacrosse Great Carl Becker Is Fighting Cancer
Kitchener, Ontario, is home to more than 550,000 people and the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves, the area’s Ontario Jr. A team. While coming up in the sport, Buffalo Bandits forward Dhane Smith played for the Braves, which have been in operation for more than 50-consecutive years. Smith is one of the great success stories out of the […]