REPEAT,
BY WAY OF SASKATOON
Derek Keenan took the time to appreciate the enormity of what his Saskatchewan Rush
accomplished in edging the Buffalo Bandits 11-10 to win the NLL championship on June 4. “That goal Jeff Cornwall
scored with 12 seconds to go, you don’t see that every day,” he said of the winner, scored by the Rush’s transition man with 12 seconds left in regulation. “It was incredible.”
The capacity Saskatoon
gathering of 15,182 spectators ate it up as ravenously as they had in feasting all season on a sport many of them had never previously followed. Not one NLL player is from Saskatchewan but Rush players have been adopted in the hearts of the prairie province’s sports fans.
“The place just exploded “The place just exploded
when he scored,” Keenan said. “It was a crazy game, back and forth. It was a heavyweight bout with punches and counterpunches. We just kept getting off the mat. I really feel good for the people there. The support they gave us in our fi rst season there was amazing.”
A year after winning the title with Edmonton as its surname, the Rush did it again in a different place. Owner Bruce Urban thanks his players for winning championships by organizing group getaways. Last year it was Las Vegas and this year it will be Mexico. That’ll be nice, but not as nice as standing on the green carpet in Saskatchewan taking turns holding the Champion’s Cup over their heads.
thanks his players for winning championships by organizing group getaways. Last year it was Las Vegas and this year it will be Mexico. That’ll be nice, but not as nice as standing on the green carpet in Saskatchewan taking turns holding the Champion’s Cup
— Neil Stevens
the title with Edmonton as its surname, the Rush did it again in a different place. Owner Bruce Urban
when he scored,” Keenan said. “It was a crazy game, back and forth. It was a heavyweight bout with punches and counterpunches. We just kept getting off the mat. I really feel good for the people there. The support they gave us in our fi rst season there was amazing.” A year after winning
You can go a long time without seeing a fi eld-length long-shot tickle twine, so color us impressed when in a month span, video surfaced of a combined 297 yards of long balls going for goals.
Boston Cannons long-stick midfi elder Brodie Merrill had the most impressive, with a rarely seen 92-yard strike that, because Major League Lacrosse has a 2-point line, forced overtime in the waning seconds of regulation in the Cannons’ May 14 meeting with Rochester, and Boston down by a pair. They won in OT. “I whipped it as hard as I could,” Merrill said. Maryland defenseman Matt Dunn canned a 60-yarder against Brown’s 10-man ride
in the fi nal four. That’s one way to break the press. A week earlier, a high school player from Roslyn (N.Y.), Jordan Hurwitz, launched a 70-yard strike that sailed just above the outstretched stick of the opposing goalie and in — for the game-winning goal with seconds to play. And a month before that, Dublin Scioto (Ohio) goalie Evan Hurtas sent a ball 75 yards into an open net. The moral of the story: don’t be afraid to try it.
— Corey McLaughlin 12 LACROSSE MAGAZINE » July/august 2016
Zach Greer A Publication of US Lacrosse
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