Rough Times for the Roughnecks 1/6/18

January 8, 2018

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome Feature Image: Photo Credit Bill Wippert The Calgary Roughnecks (1-3) headed out on the road to the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY.  Their primary goal was a victory as they had not won a game since their home-opener on December 15, 2017 when they defeated the (0-4) Vancouver Stealth.  They wanted to redeem themselves and come off the two-game slide…

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Roughnecks Rough Loss against Undefeated Mammoth 12/29/17

December 31, 2017

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome Playing in your home arena is considered to be an advantage, not on this frosty -30 C night in Calgary. The 9,555 diehard Roughnecks (1-2)  fans who braved the bitter cold headed to the Scotiabank Saddledome only to see their Roughnecks fall behind in the third quarter against the Mammoth (3-0) and although they fought hard, they could not dig…

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Roughnecks Strike Oil Over the Stealth 12/15/17

December 17, 2017

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome Photo Credit Featured Image: Candice Ward/Calgary Roughnecks Friday night lights, the Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (0-2) in their home opener at the Scotiabank Saddledome.  After losing to the Knighthawks last weekend by a wide margin, Calgary was determined to redeem themselves at home in front of 9,708 fans.  Final Score:  Roughnecks 15—Stealth 12.

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Knighthawks Youth Movement Takes Down the Roughnecks 12/9/17

December 10, 2017

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome With the 2017-2018 NLL season finally here, the Rochester Knighthawks in front of 4,596 fans played host to the Calgary Roughnecks at Blue Cross Arena. With the Knighthawks adding more youth this off season it surely paid off as Rochester would down the Roughnecks 17-6, it also goes without saying the revamped Knighthawks defense played a role in allowing the youth…

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Roughnecks Ready For Opening Night 12/9/17

November 20, 2017

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The NLL season is in full swing with training camps and teams preparing for the 2017-18 season.  The Calgary Roughnecks would host the Vancouver Stealth in some pre-season lacrosse action last Saturday November 18.  They would see historic pre-season attendance at the Scotiabank Saddledome with 12,857 fans screaming in exuberation as their team would defeat the Stealth by the

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No Playoffs for Calgary 4/29/17

April 30, 2017

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (8-10) will miss the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons, leaving the over eighteen thousand fans on Super Hero Night.  And imagine the Saskatchewan fans who are so devoted and loyal they travelled eight hours in a bus to watch the Rush play in Calgary, which has become a great prairie rivalry between the two…

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Roughnecks Win Third in a Row 4/8/17

April 10, 2017

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 8, 2017 close to 11,000 Calgary Roughnecks (7-9) fans were there to witness their team’s third victory in a row defeating the Buffalo Bandits 13-8.  With the Vancouver loss to the Rush, this moved the Roughies into the third spot in the west division.

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Rochester Can’t Pull Off Back-to-Back Victories 4/1/17

April 2, 2017

Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome This week’s match up pitted the (5-9) Rochester Knighthawks taking on the (6-9) Calgary Roughnecks at the Blue Cross Arena with their 6,824 fans hoping for back-to-back victories.  Rochester was looking to build on last week’s win over Buffalo; however last second efforts by

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Swarm Turn the Tables on the Roughnecks 3/17/17

March 19, 2017

Photo Credit Feature Image: NLL Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks headed south to face the Eastern Division first place Georgia Swarm (8-3).  The last time these two teams met was up in Calgary at the Scotiabank

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Roughnecks Are Buzzing Breaking Five Game Slide 3/4/17

March 5, 2017

Photo Credit Feature Image: Georgia Swarm Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome To be the best you must beat the best, and the Roughnecks got a much needed boost beating the number one team in the league, the Georgia Swarm.  Final Score:  Calgary 18—Georgia 11. A rough welcoming for Mike Poulin as he returned for the first time since being traded to the Swarm after the…

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Mammoth Double Down on Roughnecks 3/3/17

March 4, 2017

Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome It was 303 day in Colorado when the Colorado Mammoth (6-4) hosted their Western Division rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (3-6) in front of 15,898 screaming Mammoth fans. The Mammoth have been on the road since February 4, 2017 after having defeated the undefeated Georgia Swarm at The Pepsi Center. The Roughnecks have been

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Roughnecks Having a Rough Go 2/25/17

February 26, 2017

JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome The Saskatchewan Rush (6-2) would continue to build their winning streak at home in front of a sold out crowd of 15,045 at the Sasktel Centre, as they would edge out the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) again. In another edition of the Battle of the Prairies, both teams would have their own moments of momentum that would need an extra frame find…

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