Stealth activate Sorensen at deadline

  • Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:30pm
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The Stealth activated assistant captain Kyle Sorensen, a defender who has missed five games with a lower body injury, and added him to the 23-man active roster at today’s roster deadline.

The National Lacrosse League “Roster Deadline,” set for today, gives teams an opportunity to make free agent additions and adjustments to their roster for the final games of the regular season and playoffs.

Sorensen, who last season equaled his career high with 12 points and set a career high with 97 loose balls in 16 regular season games, sat out the team’s three-game losing streak. His presence in a league-leading penalty kill unit and leadership on the floor was missed.

“We’ve missed his leadership, passion and fire for the game,” said Stealth Head Coach Chris Hall in a statement released by the team. “And while everyone in the Stealth organization has missed having him on the floor, no one missed it more than Kyle.”

Washington removed Wade DeWolff from the roster to make room for Sorensen. DeWolff played in four games this season, recording 14 penalty minutes and nine loose balls.

Practice player Rhys Jones was placed on the physically unable to perform list.

That move left two open spots on the Stealth roster which were filled with free-agent additions.

The Stealth (7-3 overall) signed defender Shayne Bennett, who played last season with Edmonton, and 28-year-old defender Sam Cook, who hasn’t played in the NLL since 2002.

Cook has enjoyed a successful career in the Western Lacrosse Association (British Columbia), earning second-team All-Star honors last summer. In three seasons with the Maple Ridge Burrads, Cook has appeared in 51 games and recorded 24 points on nine goals and 15 assists.

Bennett, a Port Coquitlam, B.C. native, finished last season with four assists and 52 loose balls in 12 appearances. The defender also spent some time taking face-offs for the Rush, winning 71 draws during the season.

The Stealth have a bye week this week and return to action with the a home-and-home series with the Colorado Mammoth on March 26 and 27. After visiting the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on Friday, the teams play the following night at the Comcast Arena.

Steve Kojima has a nice piece at NLLinsider.com that begs the question, when will lacrosse be accepted as an Olympic sport?

InsideLacrosse.com has an article centering on some possible issues handcuffing the expansion of men’s field lacrosse at the NCAA Division I level.

Mike Preston from the Baltimore Sun had this piece last week about U.S. lacrosse attracting more Canadian players.

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