Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jonathan Tenca The Colorado Mammoth (5-3) headed east to Blue Cross Arena, to face the Rochester Knighthawks (3-6) for the first time in franchise history since the inception of the “new” Knighthawks. It was all the way to 2018 when Colorado was in Rochester and faced the original Knighthawks. With all of Colorado’s wins this season being comeback…
Warriors Double Down on the Black Bears at Home 1/24/25
Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jaclyn McKee On Friday January 24, 2025, the Ottawa Black Bears (4-3) traveled to Rogers Arena to take on the Vancouver Warriors (4-3) for the first ever meeting of the two teams. It would be a close contest throughout until the third quarter when the Warriors would gain a three-goal cushion and keep Ottawa at bay to secure an…
Toronto Makes it Two in a Row with Dominating Performance over Calgary 1/24/25
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Angela Burger The Toronto Rock (2-5) travelled to Scotiabank Saddledome to face the Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) trying to win their second in the row and second of the season. The Roughnecks were coming off an OT win over Georgia last week and one game over .500 on the season. The Rock welcomed Latrell Harris back after he was…
Toronto Breaks Their Skid Against Saskatchewan 1/19/25
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (1-5) welcomed the Saskatchewan Rush (4-2) on Saturday night January 18, 2025, as they were trying to avoid going 0 – 6 for the second time in their history while the Rush were looking to continue their hot start after winning four of their first five. Toronto is starting to get healthy and…
Kurtz Score 7, But Albany falls in Colorado – 1/11/25
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-5) travelled west to play the Colorado Mammoth (4-2) at MVP Arena Saturday night. Due in large part to a career night from Tye Kurtz (7G, 2A), the Firewolves jumped out to a comfortable early lead that grew to as many as seven goals in the second quarter. They could not hold on though, as the home team rallied around Connor…
Toronto’s Nears Matching Worst Start Since 2016 After Loss to Buffalo 1/10/25
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Caroline Sherman The Toronto Rock (0-5) visited the Buffalo Bandits (4-0) on Friday January 10, 2025, in a game where the Rock were trying to win for the first time this year and the Bandits were looking to stay undefeated. Buffalo has ended the Rock’s season the last three years and the injuries the Rock have endured so…
Thompson Nets Five, But Ottawa Prevails in Snowy Georgia – 1/10/25
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Ottawa Black Bears (3-2) visited Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia to play the Georgia Swarm (4-2) Friday night. With a winter storm swirling ice and snow outside, there was plenty of heat generated inside the building. Home crowd favorite Lyle Thompson (5G, 3A) scorched the Ottawa defense for eight points, but Black Bears’ forward Jeff Teat (3G, 5A) matched the veteran star…
Fourth Quarter Vancouver Surge Catapults Them to Victory Over San Diego 1/10/25
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jaclyn McKee On Friday January 10, 2025, the Vancouver Warriors (2-2) hosted the San Diego Seals (3-3) at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC. The Warriors had lost 8 out of 11 to the Seals and four in a row, but tonight it was magical as the hometown squad would put up an astounding 8 goals in the fourth and…
Las Vegas Snags First Win of Season in Albany – 1/4/25
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© MVP Arena in Albany, New York hosted a lacrosse game on Saturday night that meant more than just the game on the field. The Tucker Out Lymphoma and Cross Out Cancer cause were on full display with NLL initiatives and there was no better game to do it. Shawn Williams, coach of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs, and his son Dyson Williams (3G, 2A),…
Knighthawks Explode Giving the Swarm their First Loss on the Season 1/4/25
Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Victoria Adkins The Georgia Swarm (4-1) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (2-4) on Saturday January 4, 2025, hoping to win their fifth game to start the season. If they were able to accomplish this feat, it would be the first time in their history they would start a season at 5 – 0. Rochester who won their first game dropped…
Seals Hold the Black Bears to 37 Minutes of Scoreless Lacrosse to Win Low Scoring Contest 1/4/25
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Alexis Goeller On January 4, 2025, Pechanga Arena would welcome the Ottawa Black Bears (2-2) formerly the New York Riptide for their first appearance to the arena where they’d go head-to-head against the San Diego Seals (3-2). The contest was low scoring but not low on action with both netminders, Zach Higgins (46 saves, .885% Sv%) for Ottawa and…
Bandits Win Battle of I-90 on Banner Raising Night – 12/28/24
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Caroline Sherman The Rochester Knighthawks (1-4) struggled to keep pace early and couldn’t recover in a 13-6 loss to the reigning two-time NLL champion Buffalo Bandits (3-0) on Saturday at KeyBank Center. Connor Fields led the Knighthawks with five points (2+3), while Curtis Knight contributed a multi-goal performance (2+1). Ryan Lanchbury (0+4) and Ryan Smith (1+2) also delivered…