Jeff Shattler Wrap Up – A Collection of Content
Jeff Shattler has been featured prominently on Lax All Stars this last month, so we’re putting all that content in one place for you to easily navigate and digest. We went deep with the two-time NLL champion and former NLL MVP, and we want the lacrosse community to be able to find it all together […]
Jeff Shattler Shares Secret to Sanity: Snowboarding
If you’re looking for Jeff Shattler on December 26, don’t. He’s busy. Every season on his late December birthday, Shattler scales the slopes in solitude, the soft snow supplying solidarity. “On my birthday, I go snowboarding by myself,” he said. “It’s like a tradition that I do. It’s just me and the mountain.” He pops […]
Jeff Shattler Custom Shaft Wows Two-Time NLL Champ
Jeff Shattler has been in the game for a long time. Ever since he was 3, Shattler has been picking up lacrosse sticks and terrorizing opponents with his strength and skills. But he hadn’t ever picked up a stick like the Jeff Shattler Custom Shaft, until now. Shattler and Scott Fitchett, the brains behind MSNLazer, […]
2018 NLL Cup MVP – Jeff Shattler Cements His Legacy
When the Saskatchewan Rush won the NLL championship in 2018, Jeff Shattler was named 2018 NLL Cup MVP, adding a new exclamation mark to his already illustrious professional lacrosse career. It took three games to decide the winner of the 2018 crown between the Rush and the Rochester Knighthawks. In Game 1, the Rush used […]
Jeff Shattler & The Power of Adaptation
Jeff Shattler has never been a high-maintenance laxer. In fact, he cared so little about what tools he took to tackle his trade, Shattler used to play with totally fresh sticks. “A lot of people laugh at me when I say this, and a lot of people don’t know this: I used to use lacrosse […]
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 […]
Born for the Bandits – Thank You, Buffalo
In 2002, the Buffalo Bandits drafted my cousin, Billy Dee Smith, with the No. 3 overall pick. I was a 9-year-old boy in Kitchener, Ontario, who immediately became the biggest Buffalo fan there was. I grew up watching Billy Dee suit up for Buffalo. I always wanted to be a professional box lacrosse player like […]
Shattler Lacrosse Academy Could Develop Next Great First Nations Talent
The Shattler Lacrosse Academy offers a whole host of programs, but the most unique is the Aboriginal Program. Jeff Shattler, the man behind the Shattler Lacrosse Academy, has played in the NLL for more than a decade and a half, won league MVP once and the NLL Cup twice. The Toronto native comes from a […]
Multisport Family Molded Dhane Smith into Lacrosse All-Star
Dhane Smith wouldn’t be a professional lacrosse star now if he hadn’t been a multi-sport athlete then. As a kid in Kitchener, Ontario, Smith played everything under the sun, though lacrosse, hockey and football were his main three. He picked up lacrosse at age 3 and hockey at 5, then put a greater emphasis on […]
NLL Draft 2020 Complete List – 6 Rounds, 93 Athletes
Players, coaches, and general managers from the National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) 13 franchises, spread across North America, assembled virtually Thursday night for the League’s 2020 Draft Selection Show. Unlike years past, they may not have been in the same room, but that didn’t stop the NLL Entry Draft from being the moment of a lifetime […]
Rochester Griffins – Forgotten Teams of Lacrosse History
Rochester Griffins: We Hardly Knew Ye They were the champs, then they were gone. After the inaugural season of NLL action in 1974, the Rochester Griffins were World Champs. Through the season, they were at the bottom of the league in attendance and interest. Owned in majority by Pittsburgh Penguins operators Tad and Tom Potter […]