Steenhuis: father, all-star, lax n00b?

I have repped Mark Steenhuis as the best current lacrosse player in the world before on this site and just may do so again. However, the article below touches on his ability but it focuses on his relationship with his kids and mentions that he didn't even start playing lacrosse until he was a senior in high school. The guy just keeps impressing me!

http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1485690

Jeff Snider to Recover

Geoff Snider suffered a broken trachea... yes, a BROKEN TRACHEA in a recent NLL game and was hospitalized for 3 days at the conclusion of the team's plane ride to Portland where their next game was taking place.

http://www.laxmagazine.com/nll/2008-09/news/031209_snider

Luckily, it looks like Snider will make a full recovery. He was injured setting a pick and didn't think much of the imjury at first. This serves as a lesson to every lacrosse player out there who refuses treatment and shrugs injuries off... DON'T! you might not seem like as much of a tough guy, but it also might save your life.

NLL all star weekend

The NLL all-star game took place over the weekend in Denver.
The players were introduced to the roar of some motorcycles and flame throwers, a geared out Dan Dawson jumped into a hot tub with some scantily clad blondes during the 3rd period, Mark Steenhuis had 13 points [7g, 6a] to capture his 3rd all-star MVP and supposedly a lacrosse game was played.

NLL update

follow the link to get a great update on the NLL season as it currently stands.

http://www.laxmagazine.com/nll/2008-09/news/030509_nllnotes

My questions:

Why didn't Shawn Evans go to college for lacrosse? the kid can obviously ball with the best of them.

How does Gary Gait still put up numbers like he does? Isn't he 108 years old? Kidding, Gary. You're the man still and I'm just jealous.

How do you even go about suffering a broken trachea? that sounds painful... and confusing.

Best Lax Player in the WORLD!

You always get an interesting response from laxheads when you ask them who the best player in the world is. Right now, my answer would be Mark Steenhuis of the Buffalo Bandits. He plays forward and transition in the NLL and is a point scoring machine. He had 17 points against the Toronto Rock last week on 4 goals and 13 assists. Both the 17 point mark and the 13 assists are NLL records for a single game. He is leading the league in points at this point in the season as well.

The 28 year old Canadian is not that tall [5'8"], not that big, but he runs hard and he can do it all day. He takes a lot of punishment and can dish it out. He's a shifty righty who can flat out fly and wants it more than the other guys. On top of all that, he has some of the best hair in the entire NLL since Tom Ryan cut his dreads.

Although I cover outdoor lacrosse primarily, I really do like the NLL and think Steenhuis represents the best they have to offer.

Great success in Boston for new NLL franchise

Gone are the days of the Green, Black and Orange, gone are the days of spandex shorts and huge hockey jerseys yet the Boston Blazers are back and showing the rest of the league how to do things right. Considering the economy and their expansion status, the Blazers are drawing good numbers and winning games. They are doing so by asking their players to make a real commitment. A lot of players in the NLL and MLL don't live where they play, show up for games and are on the first plane out of town after the game is over. Not so in Beantown. The players live near one another, hang out off the field, play a lot of lax and are really trying to get the larger Boston community interested. Read the whole article to hear the whole story:

http://www.laxmagazine.com/nll/2008-09/news/022509_blazers

An approving nod of the head to NESCAC legend, NLL legend and Dreadlock legend[even if he eventually cut them off], Tom Ryan, for leading this team to success both on and off the "box".

Re-birth of the bag!

Earlier this week, I said that the bagged out lacrosse pockets were dead. This picture of Boston Blazer Dan Dawson says, "we aren't done with bags in the NLL, homes!"