Week 15 of the National Lacrosse League is drawing near. Do you where your rookie is?
If he’s in Toronto, he may be leading the team in scoring, or be second on the team in loose balls.
If he’s in Rochester, he’s definitely leading the team in scoring but if he’s in Colorado, he’s providing valuable second-level scoring. If he’s in Buffalo, he’s probably doing impressive work on the back end to dig up the corners and if he’s in Saskatchewan, he’s letting the most productive game offensively of his young career soak in.
Up and down the floor, rookies are contributing in solid fashion across the NLL. So before we get to Week 15, let’s take a closer look at what the rooks were up to in Week 14.
Tom Schreiber (Toronto): It was just business as usual for the right-hander out of East Meadow, N.Y., who piled up the points. Even though the Rock lost both games this weekend, Schreiber scored 4 goals in each and also had 3 assists in both games for a 14-point weekend. He added 9 loose balls in Sunday’s road loss to New England and with 3 games left in the regular season, Schreiber has 80 points (28-52) to lead the team scoring race by a comfortable margin.
Kyle Jackson (Rochester): The left-hander out of Sarnia was held to 1 goal on 9 shots and also had 1 assist and 3 loose balls in Saturday’s home loss to Calgary. With 53 points, he’s leading the team in scoring but is being challenged by veteran Joe Resetarits, who is just 2 points behind.
Reid Reinholdt (Toronto): The left-handed forward out of Pitt Meadows, B.C., continued his solid play, scoring 5 points (2-3) in Friday’s road loss to Vancouver, then adding 3 goals in Sunday’s road loss to New England. He also had a combined 6 loosies in the weekend games and for the season, now has 28 points (15-13) in 9 games.
Jacob Ruest (Colorado): The right-hander out of Cornwall had 1 goal and 2 assists along with 3 loose balls and 1 caused turnover in Saturday’s road loss to Georgia. He has scored at least 1 goal in 10 of his last 11 games.
Josh Currier (Rochester): The right-hander out of Peterborough is on injured reserve and did not play in Saturday’s home loss to Calgary. He’s eligible to come off IR this week.
Latrell Harris (Toronto): The right-hander out of St. Catharines didn’t have any offensive points in either weekend game, but did have 6 loosies and a caused turnover in Friday’s road loss to Vancouver, then added 9 loosies and 2 caused turnovers in Sunday’s road loss to New England. His 24 caused turnovers leads the team and his 91 loose balls is second only to veteran Brodie Merrill (141).
Dan Lomas (Rochester): The lefty-out of Burlington had 1 goal and 3 loose balls in Saturday’s home loss to Calgary.
Holden Cattoni (Calgary): The lefty out of Calgary had 1 assist and 2 loose balls in Saturday’s road win at Rochester.
Kieran McArdle (Toronto): The left-hander out of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., did not play in Friday’s road loss to Vancouver, but was in the lineup for Sunday’s road loss to New England and had 3 goals and 1 assist along with 4 loosies. In 11 games this season, he’s got 29 points (13-16).
Mike Messenger (Saskatchewan): The right-handed defender out of Surrey scored his fifth NLL goal in Saturday’s road win over Buffalo. He also had 7 loose balls and 1 caused turnover to help the Rush lock up a 2017 playoff berth.
Honorable mention
Toronto D Challen Rogers had 5 loose balls, 2 caused turnovers and 1 assist in Toronto’s losses to Vancouver and New England … Toronto D Jordan Magnuson played in both losses for the Rock this weekend and had a combined 15 loose balls, 2 caused turnovers and 1 assist … Vancouver T Ryan Wagner had 3 loose balls in Friday’s home win over Toronto … Saskatchewan F Ryan Keenan had one of his biggest games this season, scoring a career-high 3 goals and assisting on 2 others in Saturday’s road win over Buffalo … Buffalo F Blaze Riordan played in his first game since Feb. 25 and had 2 assists and 2 loose balls in Saturday’s home loss to Saskatchewan … Buffalo T Tim Edwards had one of his best games so far as a rookie, getting 2 assists and a game-high 13 loose balls in Saturday’s home loss to the Rush … Buffalo D Justin Martin had 3 loose balls and 2 caused turnovers in Buffalo’s home loss to Saskatchewan on Saturday … Calgary D Chad Cummings picked up his sixth assist of the season and also had 8 loose balls in Saturday’s road win at Rochester … Rochester D Brad Gillies had 1 goal, 4 loose balls and 2 caused turnovers in Saturday’s home loss to Calgary … Rochester F Luke Laszkiewicz, who had an impressive career with the Junior B Green Gaels, made his NLL debut and had 1 assist in Saturday’s home loss to Calgary … Colorado D Taylor Stuart had 1 assist and 2 loose balls in Saturday’s road loss to Georgia … Georgia D Connor Sellars had 4 loose balls in Saturday’s home win over Colorado … Georgia T Bryan Cole had 3 loose balls in Saturday’s home win over Colorado … New England F Seth Oakes had 2 assists and 4 loosies in Sunday’s home win over Toronto … New England D Joel Coyle had 1 assist, 7 loose balls and 1 caused turnover in Sunday’s home win over Toronto.
