The Blazers come into this NLL season with three superstar players. Josh Sanderson, Casey Powell, and Dan Dawson. When we talk about the season, it's mostly those players we talk about. But while the Blazers have had a terrific offseason improving their team, there is one more player in the superstar discussion. Anthony Cosmo.
Cosmo was acquired by the Blazers when they selected him first overall in the Chicago Shamrox dispersal. Since that day, they have gotten one of the league's best and consistent goaltenders. But Cosmo had a career before Boston. Let's take a look at it, and then what to expect in 2011.
Cosmo's lacrosse career started with the Mississauga Tomahawks of the Junior A Ontario Lacrosse Association. He later moved on to the Burnaby Lakers Junior A team, where he won a Minto Cup with fellow future-NLLers Kaleb Toth and Cam Sedgewick.
Cosmo made his NLL debut in 2001 with the Toronto Rock. He played in Toronto for four seasons, mostly as a backup to Bob Watson. In his five games of his rookie season, Cosmo had a Goals Against Average of 8.63.
In the mid-summer of 2004, Toronto traded Cosmo to the San Jose Stealth, where he became the primary goaltender. In his first year in San Jose, Cosmo had a rough time with a 12.28 GAA. But after that season he took off, With a GAA under 11 every season in San Jose. In 2005 and 2006 Cosmo was selected to the Western Conference All-Star team. In 2007, Cosmo was named goaltender of the year with a 10.22 GAA and a 79.15 save%.
After 2008, San Jose traded Cosmo to the Chicago Shamrox for Mike Roik. The Shamrox never played that season, and Cosmo was selected first overall by the Boston Blazers in the dispersal draft. Cosmo has had the same success in Boston as he did in San Jose. In 2010, Cosmo had a career best 9.20 GAA, but lost out on Goaltender of the Year to Matt Vinc of the Orlando Titans.
Cosmo looks to enjoy success again with the Blazers in the 2011 season. Though all the talk about Boston's new big three, Cosmo is their most important piece. If he can continue play like he has over the past two seasons in Boston, maybe they can reach their goal of the Champions Cup.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Games of the Year #9- Toronto vs Buffalo
The Toronto Rock were the #2 team in the eastern conference, behind only the Orlando Titans. The Buffalo Bandits were the #3 seed, and had to go into Toronto with hopes of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Rock were 0-2 vs Buffalo this season, so it was already a tough matchup for them. And Toronto was in for a tough game again.
Toronto was down 6-0 by the middle of the second quarter, being held scoreless by Buffalo goaltender Micheal Thompson pitching a shutout.
The scoring got started for Buffalo when Roger Vyse got it past Bob Watson three minutes into the game. The next eight minutes was defensive beauty, with not a goal until the end of the period by Brent Bucktooth.
Into the second quarter Bucktooth scored again along with Mike Accursi and Mark Steenhius. Toronto changed their goaltender to Steve Dietrich but Accursi scored again almost immediately. After a faceoff win by Blaine Manning, rookie Stephen LeBlanc scored to put the Rock on the board. After Mike Accursi scored again for Buffalo, Bob Watson re-entered the game as the Toronto goaltender. LeBlanc scored again not long after, followed by Colin Doyle to end the half.
The third period started in back-and-forth fashion, with Accursi and then Doyle scoring, and then Accursi again followed by Toronto's Mike Hominuck. LeBlanc scored the hat trick with his third goal of the game, but then after Steenhius' goal for Buffalo it was 10-7 Bandits. LeBlanc was able to score again, making it 10-8 going into the fourth.
Doyle started the period with a goal to put it within one, but Mike Accursi's sixth goal of the night made sure it did not last very long. Manning was able to score to bring it back within one, and Garret Billing's goal tied it up for the first time since 0-0.
LeBlanc and Doyle scored again, giving Toronto their first lead of the night and the final score stayed that way, with Toronto pulling off a 13-11 comeback victory and a chance to play the Orlando Titans in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Media Coverage:
TorontoRock.com
The Lacrosse Blog
Box Score:
VISITORS: BUFFALO
PLAYERS Pos. G A SOG S LB PIM FO
55 Goodleaf, Angus G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
66 Thompson, Mike G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
2 Llord, Ian D 0 0 0 0 1 0 0/0
3 Smith, Billy Dee D 0 1 0 0 6 2 0/0
6 White, Chris D 0 0 0 0 7 2 0/0
7 Harasym, Jon F 0 1 1 1 6 0 0/0
9 Steenhuis, Mark T 2 4 10 13 4 0 0/0
11 Tavares, John F 0 2 8 9 5 0 0/0
15 Corbeil, Chris D 0 0 0 1 12 0 0/0
24 Schmelzle, Kyle D 0 0 0 0 6 0 7/14
26 Bucktooth, Brett F 2 1 4 8 1 0 0/0
44 Accursi, Mike F 6 3 10 13 3 0 0/0
51 Dostie, Kevin F 0 4 1 2 6 0 0/0
63 Montour, Tom F 0 0 0 0 2 0 0/0
65 Hill, Clay D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0/0
81 Vyse, Roger F 1 3 3 3 3 0 0/0
84 Francis, Brandon F 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/14
91 Gibson, Darryl D 0 0 0 0 5 0 0/0
TEAM 11 37 50 69 4 13/28
Goalies GA Mins SOG SVS PIM
55 Goodleaf, Angus 0 4:58 4 4 0
66 Thompson, Mike 13 55:02 42 29 0
Coach: Darris Kilgour
HOME: TORONTO
PLAYERS Pos. G A SOG S LB PIM FO
29 Watson, Bob G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
30 Dietrich, Steve G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
4 Gilbert, Jeff D 0 0 0 0 3 0 0/0
5 Chapman, Sandy D 0 0 0 1 7 0 0/0
7 Doyle, Colin F 4 2 8 13 5 0 0/0
8 Reid, Creighton D 0 0 1 1 6 2 0/0
10 McCready, Pat D 0 3 0 2 6 0 0/0
11 Hobbins, Mike D 0 0 2 2 5 0 0/0
13 Billings, Garrett F 1 5 6 9 7 0 0/0
14 Marshall, Rob D 0 1 0 0 7 0 0/0
16 Manning, Blaine F 2 3 5 12 6 0 0/0
17 Leblanc, Stephan F 5 3 11 14 9 0 0/0
18 Sanderson, Phil D 0 0 0 0 4 0 0/0
23 Wasson, Josh F 0 0 3 8 4 0 0/0
33 Beirnes, Kasey F 0 2 3 4 4 0 0/0
44 Hoar, Stephen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 15/28
56 Petkoff, Drew D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0/0
90 Hominuck, Mike F 1 2 7 8 8 0 0/0
TEAM 13 46 75 85 2 15/28
Goalies GA Mins SOG SVS PIM
29 Watson, Bob 9 56:53 35 26 0
30 Dietrich, Steve 2 3:07 2 0 0
Coach: Troy Cordingley
The Rock were 0-2 vs Buffalo this season, so it was already a tough matchup for them. And Toronto was in for a tough game again.
Toronto was down 6-0 by the middle of the second quarter, being held scoreless by Buffalo goaltender Micheal Thompson pitching a shutout.
The scoring got started for Buffalo when Roger Vyse got it past Bob Watson three minutes into the game. The next eight minutes was defensive beauty, with not a goal until the end of the period by Brent Bucktooth.
Into the second quarter Bucktooth scored again along with Mike Accursi and Mark Steenhius. Toronto changed their goaltender to Steve Dietrich but Accursi scored again almost immediately. After a faceoff win by Blaine Manning, rookie Stephen LeBlanc scored to put the Rock on the board. After Mike Accursi scored again for Buffalo, Bob Watson re-entered the game as the Toronto goaltender. LeBlanc scored again not long after, followed by Colin Doyle to end the half.
The third period started in back-and-forth fashion, with Accursi and then Doyle scoring, and then Accursi again followed by Toronto's Mike Hominuck. LeBlanc scored the hat trick with his third goal of the game, but then after Steenhius' goal for Buffalo it was 10-7 Bandits. LeBlanc was able to score again, making it 10-8 going into the fourth.
Doyle started the period with a goal to put it within one, but Mike Accursi's sixth goal of the night made sure it did not last very long. Manning was able to score to bring it back within one, and Garret Billing's goal tied it up for the first time since 0-0.
LeBlanc and Doyle scored again, giving Toronto their first lead of the night and the final score stayed that way, with Toronto pulling off a 13-11 comeback victory and a chance to play the Orlando Titans in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Media Coverage:
TorontoRock.com
The Lacrosse Blog
Box Score:
VISITORS: BUFFALO
PLAYERS Pos. G A SOG S LB PIM FO
55 Goodleaf, Angus G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
66 Thompson, Mike G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
2 Llord, Ian D 0 0 0 0 1 0 0/0
3 Smith, Billy Dee D 0 1 0 0 6 2 0/0
6 White, Chris D 0 0 0 0 7 2 0/0
7 Harasym, Jon F 0 1 1 1 6 0 0/0
9 Steenhuis, Mark T 2 4 10 13 4 0 0/0
11 Tavares, John F 0 2 8 9 5 0 0/0
15 Corbeil, Chris D 0 0 0 1 12 0 0/0
24 Schmelzle, Kyle D 0 0 0 0 6 0 7/14
26 Bucktooth, Brett F 2 1 4 8 1 0 0/0
44 Accursi, Mike F 6 3 10 13 3 0 0/0
51 Dostie, Kevin F 0 4 1 2 6 0 0/0
63 Montour, Tom F 0 0 0 0 2 0 0/0
65 Hill, Clay D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0/0
81 Vyse, Roger F 1 3 3 3 3 0 0/0
84 Francis, Brandon F 0 0 0 0 0 0 6/14
91 Gibson, Darryl D 0 0 0 0 5 0 0/0
TEAM 11 37 50 69 4 13/28
Goalies GA Mins SOG SVS PIM
55 Goodleaf, Angus 0 4:58 4 4 0
66 Thompson, Mike 13 55:02 42 29 0
Coach: Darris Kilgour
HOME: TORONTO
PLAYERS Pos. G A SOG S LB PIM FO
29 Watson, Bob G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
30 Dietrich, Steve G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
4 Gilbert, Jeff D 0 0 0 0 3 0 0/0
5 Chapman, Sandy D 0 0 0 1 7 0 0/0
7 Doyle, Colin F 4 2 8 13 5 0 0/0
8 Reid, Creighton D 0 0 1 1 6 2 0/0
10 McCready, Pat D 0 3 0 2 6 0 0/0
11 Hobbins, Mike D 0 0 2 2 5 0 0/0
13 Billings, Garrett F 1 5 6 9 7 0 0/0
14 Marshall, Rob D 0 1 0 0 7 0 0/0
16 Manning, Blaine F 2 3 5 12 6 0 0/0
17 Leblanc, Stephan F 5 3 11 14 9 0 0/0
18 Sanderson, Phil D 0 0 0 0 4 0 0/0
23 Wasson, Josh F 0 0 3 8 4 0 0/0
33 Beirnes, Kasey F 0 2 3 4 4 0 0/0
44 Hoar, Stephen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 15/28
56 Petkoff, Drew D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0/0
90 Hominuck, Mike F 1 2 7 8 8 0 0/0
TEAM 13 46 75 85 2 15/28
Goalies GA Mins SOG SVS PIM
29 Watson, Bob 9 56:53 35 26 0
30 Dietrich, Steve 2 3:07 2 0 0
Coach: Troy Cordingley
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Stealth win Champions Cup
Photot credit: NLL Insider
The Washington Stealth beat the Toronto Rock, 15-11 to win the Champions Cup. The Stealth, who had the best record in the regular season, went up by three goals early, the first two from former Rock Lewis Ratcliff. The Rock went on to score six unanswered goals and led 7-5 at halftime.
Into the third, Toronto led by as many as four and then Washington turned on the jets. The Rock sat up 10-6 before the Stealth scored eight straight goals to lead, and the Rock did not score in a span from 2:07 in the third to 2:53 in the fourth. The Rock made it a little interesting late by making it 14-11, but the Stealth's Mike Grimes scored with Bob Watson pulled. The Stealth win their first ever Champions Cup in franchise history.
Notes:
* Is this Bob Watson's last game in the NLL?
* A very well played game by both teams. Both players in the Doyle-Ratcliff deal played well, with Ratcliff scoring five.
* It must have been odd for Colin Doyle to watch the Stealth win the cup after captaining them for a long time without winning one.
* I think we now know who won that deal.
* Tyler Richards looked like a well seasoned veteran in this game, as he stopped several great Toronto chances.
* What a playoffs for Rhys Duch.
* Chris Hall becomes the first coach to win two championships with different teams since Les Barkley.
* Thanks for following the NLL this season at NLL Blog, stay here all season for coverage of NLL players during MLL season.
The Washington Stealth beat the Toronto Rock, 15-11 to win the Champions Cup. The Stealth, who had the best record in the regular season, went up by three goals early, the first two from former Rock Lewis Ratcliff. The Rock went on to score six unanswered goals and led 7-5 at halftime.
Into the third, Toronto led by as many as four and then Washington turned on the jets. The Rock sat up 10-6 before the Stealth scored eight straight goals to lead, and the Rock did not score in a span from 2:07 in the third to 2:53 in the fourth. The Rock made it a little interesting late by making it 14-11, but the Stealth's Mike Grimes scored with Bob Watson pulled. The Stealth win their first ever Champions Cup in franchise history.
Notes:
* Is this Bob Watson's last game in the NLL?
* A very well played game by both teams. Both players in the Doyle-Ratcliff deal played well, with Ratcliff scoring five.
* It must have been odd for Colin Doyle to watch the Stealth win the cup after captaining them for a long time without winning one.
* I think we now know who won that deal.
* Tyler Richards looked like a well seasoned veteran in this game, as he stopped several great Toronto chances.
* What a playoffs for Rhys Duch.
* Chris Hall becomes the first coach to win two championships with different teams since Les Barkley.
* Thanks for following the NLL this season at NLL Blog, stay here all season for coverage of NLL players during MLL season.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
NLL Inside the Teams- Toronto Rock
The Rock started off this season 6-1 and soaring. Then they went on a five game losing streak, and everything went downhill. The bandits and Blazers overtook them in the Eastern Division. Now after clinching a playoff spot, the Rock have a good shot to go far. They will play either the Knighthawks, Blazers, or Bandits. Here is an in-depth look at the Toronto Rock:
Season schedule: January 9: Win @ Boston
1/15: OT win vs Boston
1/23: win vs Rochester
1/30: Loss at Rochester
2/5: win vs Philadelphia
2/6: Win @ Buffalo
2/12: win vs Edmonton
2/14: Loss @ Calgary
2/12: loss @ Edmonton
2/27: loss vs Orlando
3/12: OT loss vs Buffalo
3/27: loss @ Orlando
4/2: Win vs Calgary
4/3: Win @ Philadelphia
4/10: Loss @ Buffalo
4/16: Win vs Rochester
Rock Roster:
Jeff Gilbert F
Sandy Chapman F
Colin Doyle F
Creighton Reid F
Brandan Doran F
Pat McCready F
Mike Hobbins F
Anthoney Lackey F
Garret Billings F
Rob Marshall F
Blaine Manning F
Stephn LeBlanc F
Phil Sanderson F
Cam Woods F
Josh Wasson F
Kasey Beirnes F
Scott Campbell F
Stephan Hoar F
Geoff McNulty F
Drew Petkoff F
Mike Hominuck F
Bob Watson G
Steve Dietrich G
Rock facts:
Bob Watson was goalie of the year in 2008
The Rock have won championships in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005
They are formerly the Ontario Raiders
Season schedule: January 9: Win @ Boston
1/15: OT win vs Boston
1/23: win vs Rochester
1/30: Loss at Rochester
2/5: win vs Philadelphia
2/6: Win @ Buffalo
2/12: win vs Edmonton
2/14: Loss @ Calgary
2/12: loss @ Edmonton
2/27: loss vs Orlando
3/12: OT loss vs Buffalo
3/27: loss @ Orlando
4/2: Win vs Calgary
4/3: Win @ Philadelphia
4/10: Loss @ Buffalo
4/16: Win vs Rochester
Rock Roster:
Jeff Gilbert F
Sandy Chapman F
Colin Doyle F
Creighton Reid F
Brandan Doran F
Pat McCready F
Mike Hobbins F
Anthoney Lackey F
Garret Billings F
Rob Marshall F
Blaine Manning F
Stephn LeBlanc F
Phil Sanderson F
Cam Woods F
Josh Wasson F
Kasey Beirnes F
Scott Campbell F
Stephan Hoar F
Geoff McNulty F
Drew Petkoff F
Mike Hominuck F
Bob Watson G
Steve Dietrich G
Rock facts:
Bob Watson was goalie of the year in 2008
The Rock have won championships in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005
They are formerly the Ontario Raiders
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