Changes to Schedule Made

Please check the Schedule for updates and changes.  Please note that we have two Saturday game dates at UW-Superior.  Also note that one of those Saturday's, February 23 has games at 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. and no middle school games.  There are also two make-up games for the High School+ Division games that were postponed due to weather.  Any additional weather related events will likely result in cancellation as right now we have no other dates available for turf or fieldhouse time.  Let's hope we don't have any more winter storms on gameday.

Again, please check the schedule regularly.

Week 2 Features All Teams in Action

Bryce Holak #4, sniping a shot top shelf

Teams didn't have a winter storm to deal with in Week 2 and we had a full slate of games set for Sunday.  Games were more competitive and scoring was lower in Week 2.

Our first game saw a rematch between two middle school division teams, MS1 and MS2.  This game turned out to be much closer as each team had a more complete roster.  MS2 once again came out on top by a much closer score of 14-8.  MS2 was once again led by Caden Erickson with 4 goals and Andrew Greene with 3 goals.  Wyatt Carlson, Kyle Gates, and 6th grader Sam Starzecki all chipped in with 2 goals apiece.  Goalie Nick Madden even got in on the action scoring on an exciting coast-to-coast goal.  MS1 was led by Eamonn Mackinaw, the only 8th grader playing for the team, who tallied 4 goals.  Jackson Hill put in 2 goals, while Will Smyth and Clay Simmons each added one goal apiece.  High schooler Seamus Mackinaw nicely volunteered to fill in at goalie for MS1 playing goalie with an attack stick and still making several amazing saves.  MS1, the only team composed almost entirely of 6th graders, is showing marked improvement in only the second game of the season.

The Grizzlies Nic Zerfas from Grand Rapids winning a faceoff

In the second game of the night, we had a matchup of 2 teams who didn't play on opening night.  The Flying Dutchmen from Grand Rapids flew down to Duluth and tallied an 8-5 victory over The Saints, a team composed of several St. Scholastica students along with a number of free agent players from Duluth area high schools.  The Dutchmen were led by Jarett Rubesh with 3 goals, Trevor Hopkins and Christian Higginbotham each with 2 goals, and Carl Kaase with one goal and 2 assists.  Grant Gunderson stopped 8 shots.  For the Saints, Blaise Parrott led the way with 3 goals while Blake Cedarleaf and Matthew Maile added a goal apiece.  Goalie Dylan Isola stopped 7 shots.

Game 3 featured the other two teams that couldn't play on opening night due to the weather.  Brainerd travelled all the way over to Duluth to take on the Grand Rapids based Grizzlies.  In another close game, the Grizzlies prevailed with an 11-8 win.  Brad Sandeen led the Grizzlies with 4 goals while Chase Hunter added 2 goals and an assist, Nic Zerfas and Jackson Schwartz tallied 2 goals apiece and Kirk Watson added a goal.  Zack Brist chipped in with an assist.  For Brainerd, three players led a balanced attack with 2 goals apiece - Dustin Aune, Bodin Nichols and Mitchell Kalenberg.  Benjamin Brodmarkle and John McGillis each added a goal.  Nichols, Brodmarkle and Kalenberg also contributed with an assist each and Jason Andrew stopped 7 shots in goal.

Beau Holappa of the Jaxx looking to pass while Treven Smalley defends

Game 4 was the highest scoring affair of the night, with the high-flying Jaxx team taking on ReLaxin, a team composed of several UMD students and including 3 current UMD players filling in for the night.  The Jaxx fell in a closely contested matchup that saw them lead for much of the game before falling by a score of 16-13.  For ReLaxin, two of the UMD players tallied a total of 6 goals and the UMD goalie stopped 9 shots.  Mike Feldstein led the way for ReLaxin with 4 goals and an assist, while Alex Theimann put in 3 goals and Shayne Thomas and Adam Herold-Plakut each scored one.  Cooper Carlson led the way for the Jaxx with 3 goals and an assist, while a balanced attack saw Bryce Holak tally 2 goals and 2 assists, Dan O' Connell score 2 goals and add an assist, Jesse Larson add 2 goals and an assist, Aaron Kilpo tally 2 goals, and Ian Mooers and Beau Holappa chip in with a goal apiece.  Goalie Noah Schramm played well, stopping 8 shots on the night.

In the final game of the night, the old guys team of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly took on The Illuninati.  In the end, The Uglies picked up their first win of the season 13-8 over The Illuminati.  Once again old man Holak stepped up with 3 goals while sharpshooter Scott Wishart, head coach of the Duluth Chargers team, put in 3 beautiful goals with 2 assists.  Frank Rush and Alex Rogers, also coaches for the Chargers, chipped in with 2 goals and an assist and 1 goal and 2 assists respectively.  Big Daddy Al Holappa, father of Jaxx player Beau, scorched a burner top shelf for his first career goal - congrats Big Daddy Al!  Jay Zierden, father of Jaxx player Zack, played stellar defense all night with several rushes upfield, narrowly missing his first career goal as well.  Having never played lacrosse before, he's a natural with the long pole.  Of course, Brother Pat O' Connell, father of Jaxx player Dan, once again stood tall in goal for the Uglies stopping 8 shots and now leads the league in saves.

At the end of week 2, there is not a team in the league with more than 1 win on the season.  It looks like Season II of the NILL might go down to the wire in 2013.  Stay tuned for all of the action!

Check out our Stats page for updated statistics and our Photos and Video page for photos and a cool GoPro video of Week 2 action.

Standings, Scores, Stats, Photos and Videos Updated from Week 2

Scores and standings, stats, photos and videos have been updated from week 2 of season 2. Check out the cool GoPro video that Graham Gallop put together. Nice shot of him getting decked at 0:24. Keep the videos coming and we'll post them!

Scores and Stats Have Been Updated

Scores and Stats have been updated after week 1.

NILL Opening Night Disrupted By Storm

The 2012-2013 NILL season opener was disrupted by the first major winter storm of the season.  Due to the storm, 3 games were cancelled and will be re-scheduled.

The games that were played saw some high scoring and relatively lopsided affairs.  Everyone had fun though and we're looking forward to our games coming up this Friday.

The Illuninati were the high scorers of the night putting up 22 goals and were led by Britton Harris with 8, Frank Napoli with 5 and Cooper Carlson with 4 goals and 2 assists in their 22-12 win over ReLaxin.  ReLaxin was led my Shayne Thomas with 4 goals.  Eli Caliendo stopped 8 shots for the Illuninati.

In the featured match-up of the night, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly team made up primarily of the Fathers of many of the Jaxx players, fell ignominiously to the Jaxx team 18-7.  Missing a couple of the coaches (who somehow didn't get the message about the game time change) that provide much of the teams firepower, the Uglies had to rely on old man Holak for 3 goals and Jeff Wright with 2 goals along with a couple goals from fill in players.  The Jaxx were led by Jesse Larson with 5 goals, Zack Zierden with 4 goals and Bryce Holak and Cooper Carlson with 3 goals each.  Pat O'Connell stood tall in the net with his cowboy hat hanging over his shoulder, stopping 9 shots on the night while Noah Schramm made 7 saves.

In the only Middle School game of the night, MS1 took on MS2.  With a team made up entirely of 6th graders, MS1 fell to a MS2 team dominated by 7th and 8th graders by a 21-10 score.  While the score was lopsided, both teams played well with each team finding some good looks and scoring some nice goals.  MS2 was led by 8th graders Caden Erickson and Wyatt Carlson with 8 and 6 goals respectively.  They also got 3 goals from Andrew Green and 2 goals from Nick Madden.  MS1 was led by 6th grader Jackson Hill with 4 goals and 6th grader James Holak with 3 goals.  Clay Simmons, Hans Larson, and Max Berns all chipped in with 1 goal each.

Looking forward to this Friday when all of our High School+ Division teams will be in action.

Today's Games for Out of Town Teams Cancelled

With today's winter storm, unfortunately we will be CANCELLING ALL GAMES INVOLVING OUT OF TOWN TEAMS.

The games involving MS3 vs. MS1, St. Scholastica vs. Brainerd and Flying Dutchmen vs. Grand Rapids2 will be cancelled.

At the present time, we are planning to go ahead with our games involving local teams.  However, to try to get people home sooner, WE WILL BE MOVING ALL GAMES UP into the slots of the games that were cancelled.

NEW STORM AFFECTED SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 9:

3:00 p.m.  MS1 vs. MS2
4:00 p.m.  The Good, The Bad and The Ugly vs. Jaxx
5:00 p.m.  The Illuminati vs. ReLaxin
6:00 p.m.  cancelled
7:00 p.m.  cancelled
8:00 p.m.  cancelled

The game betweem MS1 and MS2 will be at the same time.  The game between The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Jaxx will be moved from 7:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The game between The Illuminati and ReLaxin is moved from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Please note these time changes and let your teammates know if they are not on this e-mail list. 

If we can still get 3 of our games in today, it will make rescheduling much easier.  Indoor time is at a premium in Duluth.

Stay tuned if anything changes for local teams.  I will send out another e-mail if anything changes.

NILL Opening Day is Here!

Opening day for the 2012-2013 season of the NILL is here!  Below is the schedule for our opening day games.  Be on the lookout for a detailed e-mail addressing opening day information.  Hopefully the heavy snow will hold off and teams can travel safely to Duluth for opening day of NILL Season II!

2012-2013 NILL Schedule Released!

Go to our Schedule Page to see the 2012-2013 NILL schedule.