[MEDIA RELEASE] UNCASVILLE, CT. (December 11, 2019) – On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the New England Black Wolves announced that Jackson Nishimura has been signed to a two-year contract extension. Per team policy, no details were released. Nishimura is currently in his second year with both the Black Wolves and the National Lacrosse League.
PHILADELPHIA WINGS PARTNER WITH NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA TO LOCALLY AIR NINE GAMES DURING 2019-20 NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE SEASON The Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League today announced a partnership with NBC Sports Philadelphia where the network will air nine games locally during the 2019-20 season, including the home opener on Friday, January 10, when the Wings host the Vancouver Warriors at the Wells Fargo Center at 7 p.m. Brian…
{MEDIA RELEASE} Initiative raises funds and awareness for KidSport Calgary Calgary, AB – Calgary Roughnecks goaltender, Christian Del Bianco, and the Roughnecks Foundation are proud to once again partner with Ascent Consulting Ltd. for Del Bianco’s Assists for Kids. The campaign, now entering its second season, raises funds and awareness for KidSport Calgary. “I was personally fortunate enough to have parents that were financially able to put me in sports,”…
MEDIA RELEASE (Rochester, NY) – Rochester Knighthawks General Manager and Vice President of Lacrosse Operations Dan Carey announced today that the team has released transition man Adam Perroni and defenseman Tyler Gaulton from their contracts. In a corresponding move, the Knighthawks have added defenseman Darryl Robertson to the active roster and assigned defenseman Tyler Biles to the practice squad from the injured reserve list. All transactions are pending league approval….
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Courtesy of National League Lacrosse The Buffalo Bandits (1-0) are looking to make it back to the NLL Championship and bring it back to Buffalo in 2020. The first test for this new Buffalo team was Saturday night December 7 when the San Diego Seals (0-1) headed east to start off their season as well in the NLL Week…
Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Courtesy of Toronto Rock The much anticipated opening game of the 2019/20 season for the Toronto Rock (0-1) and New England Black Wolves (1-0) took place on Saturday night December 7 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto in front of 7,158 fans. There were a lot of connections between players and coaches on these two teams which made the game…
Di Miller, Correspondent New York Riptide Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Courtesy of National League Lacrosse The newest expansion teams in the NLL, the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-0) would play host to the New York Riptide (0-1) for each of their opening and inaugural nights into the National League. This is the first professional lacrosse game ever played in Halifax, Nova Scotia and for the 6,847 Thunderbirds fans at Scotiabank Centre;…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Chris Vale 3-0 Shawn Palmer 3-0 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 1-2 Justin Ivey 1-2 Wow. The new look Rochester Knighthawks couldn’t find the chemistry to be competitive in Week 1 and Georgia looked like the most dangerous team in the NLL again. Chris and Shawn saw right through the big offensive names. Del Bianco had a huge 63 saves in Calgary’s win over Vancouver,…
Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Credit: Micheline V/ Rochester Knighthawks The Rochester Knighthawks (0-1) would begin their inaugural season by playing host to the Georgia Swarm (1-0) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 5,642. Unfortunately for Rochester; Georgia would be a bit much for them to handle as the Swarm would go on to win 14-4.
Di Miller, Correspondent Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Colorado Mammoth The Colorado Mammoth (1-0) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (1-0) on Friday November 29 in front of 12,132 fans. It was a frigid night in the Mile High City and Teddy Bear Toss Night at the Pepsi Center. There were new faces on the Mammoth squad and many returning veterans, along with hopeful fans that their team…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo by Devin Manky The Vancouver Warriors (0-1) would open their 2019-20 NLL season in front of 7,456 fans with a 12-7 loss to the visiting NLL champions Calgary Roughnecks (1-0) Friday night November 29. Vancouver has a new address at the Rogers Arena; some new additions to their roster and are looking to make an impact to this…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The new season is upon us! With two expansion teams added for the second year in a row, the field has changed yet again – including division realignment. Just means more picks for us this year, our second year doing weekly picks. I invited some fellow writers to help me with the playoffs last season, and this season they will be here each…