Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Rogers Arena and the Vancouver Warriors (4-5) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (5-3) Saturday night in a tight matchup. The Roughnecks came into the matchup 6-0 at Rogers Arena, a trend that the Warriors were looking to end. Veteran Kevin Crowley (2G, 3A) helped the home team jump out to a two-goal lead early in the first, and Keegan Bal (2G, 6A) dished out assists…
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…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (2-0) on Saturday night at MVP Arena in the capital of New York. Last season these two met for an unbelievable game that saw the Firewolves come back and steal the game in overtime. For this matchup, they had control of the game until Dane Dobbie (8G) found the hottest of hot streaks in the fourth…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Trevor MacMillan The Calgary Roughnecks (1-0) opened their season on the road against the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-1) on Saturday night. Dane Dobbie (5G, 4A) is back in a Roughnecks uniform for the 2024-2025 season, and he did not miss a beat in the reunion with Curtis Dickson (5G, 4A). Well, maybe a short beat. With 4:44 left in the second…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike Hetzel Bandits (10-7) fans were 19,070 strong tonight at KeyBank Center when they hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (7-10) hoping to clinch a play off spot for the 2023-24 season. It was Fan Appreciation Night in Banditland and the fans got to witness a great send off for the final home game of the regular season as Buffalo would…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© On Friday night, the Georgia Swarm (8-6) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (5-7) in front of a raucous crowd. With the new playoff format and the season winding down, both teams still have a shot at the post season, but we have reached the point where every game seems to matter a little more. Andrew Kew (3G, 3A), Georgia’s leading scorer in this game, and…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (6-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) in their half of the home and home series after defeating Calgary 9 – 7 last weekend. Toronto also welcomed back defender Chris Corbeil to the lineup for the first time this season. In front of 7,623 disappointed Rock fans, Calgary used a 5-goal run at the…
Calgary, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks were defeated by the Toronto Rock Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome, in the first of a two-game series this season. It was a goal-for-goal game to start with both teams tied at 3 to end the first quarter, with Calgary goals coming from Haiden Dickson, Tyler Pace and Thomas Hoggarth. Toronto pulled ahead in the second notching three while Dickson scored the lone…
Christoper Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline Veluvolu Opening weekend of the National Lacrosse League is finally here, with the Rochester Knighthawks playing host to the Calgary Roughnecks at Blue Cross Arena. In just only their third meeting between the two teams, Rochester led the series 2-1. Which brings us to the fact that this year the NLL has decided to do away with…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks met three times during the regular season, and after being knotted up 1-1 after two games of the West Division Final, the sixth game between the two teams determined the Finals representative. The score was as expected. With Dillon Ward (33SV) and Christian Del Bianco (28SV) in net for Colorado and Calgary respectively, and so much on the…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The West Division Finals will have a Game 3 as the home team Calgary Roughnecks found a way to hold off a determined effort from the visiting Colorado Mammoth. After taking Game 1 in the loud house, Colorado started Game 2 on the right foot, but once Calgary took the lead they kept the Mammoth just out of reach for the remainder. Led by…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Steven Richardson Jr. The West leading San Diego Seals (11-3) hosted the second place Calgary Roughnecks (10-5) on Friday night and the stakes were high for both teams. Whoever won, would clinch a postseason berth. The Seals let their chance to clinch last weekend slip away in a low scoring loss to Buffalo, and they played as if they were…