Look What the Rock's Got Cookin!

	On Friday January 11th, 2008 I was treated to my very first National Lacrosse League (NLL) event, and an event it was. With all its chutzpah, popcorn, beer, overflowing urinals, and grindcore music, I believed that I had unexpectedly stumbled into the Colosseum (sans Nero). Not AD 75, nor Vespasian but true to form, modern day gladiators who on a weekly basis separate themselves from rank and file to entertain the masses. Or better yet, to quench their appetite for destruction. The opening-act, scantly clad women, or better yet, Toronto's Roquette's danced to the beat of Ram Jam's Black Betty. How appropriate. Having dispensed with the entertainment, the game was on! One hour of pure fury, and sheer exhilaration, peppered with some brutality. I could only image, it's what hockey was like in the 40's and 50's before it became the sport of over-paid agents and pimps. Unfortunately, the Rock lost in overtime but who cares. Bottom line is, someone call the Leafs front-office and let them know that the boys in the NLL aren't whining and they figured-out team spirit and are dishing-out slices night after night.

Toronto Rocks Sylain Perrier's Friday Night!!!!

Okay, so here we are a Friday in January and and I hear Sylvain is complaining because we haven't blogged yet. So Sylvain, this for you.

Yes, I am a Lacrosse fan. I've said it, and I'll say it again. I love the game of lacrosse, or as Sylvain would "I love any game where they can hit one another with sticks". Some people love the violence of it, I personally like the fast pace of the game and the strategy behind setting up some of the plays. I think my buddy Sylvain will enjoy this game immensely.

As Sylvain has never attended an NLL game YET, so I thought I would let him read a little LACROSSE 101....

The National Lacrosse League is North America's professional indoor lacrosse league, featuring the best lacrosse players in the world. The NLL has eleven teams playing in the major markets of the United States and Canada. NLL teams each play a 16-game regular season schedule (eight home & eight away) that begins in December and runs through April, followed by the Champion's Cup Playoffs. All games are played on the weekends.

Professional indoor lacrosse combines the physical play of hockey with the high scoring, fast pace and play-making style of basketball. Indoor lacrosse is played inside the confines of an ice hockey rink, with glass and rink boards intact. The playing surface consists of a green dieter turf carpet that is laid down over the hockey ice. The two teams combine to score a total of 25 goals in the average NLL game.

Each team has five runners (forwards and defenseman) and a goaltender on the floor during the game. Each team dresses eighteen players (sixteen runners and two goaltenders) per game, and the players rotate on and off the floor in shifts, similar to ice hockey. The game consists of four quarters, each fifteen minutes in length. A game that is tied at the end of regulation is decided in a sudden-death overtime. There are no tie games in professional indoor lacrosse.

HEY SYLVAIN, YOU BETTER GO TO .TORONTOROCK.COM AND READ THE REST OF THE OVERVIEW AS YOU ARE GOING TO THE GAME TONIGHT!!!!

SEE YOU THERE, Nana, Coach & the laxdudes

P.S. We are expecting an informed critique and editorial on Monday. Can't wait to read what you learn.