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
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
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…
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
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…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (3-4) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (3-5) at the Scotiabank Saddledome. For the second week in a row and at home, the Roughnecks would come up short and remain in last place in the NLL Western Division. With continuing goaltending issues, the Roughnecks went down early putting them behind the eight ball, having to fight the clock and…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome Family day in Calgary and the Toronto Rock (4-1) headed to Scotiabank Saddledome to play the Roughnecks (3-3) in a rare matinee game. Toronto came in on a winning path and wanted to keep the momentum going. They did just that defeating the Roughnecks 11-7 in Calgary. The appeal of the suspension to the Roughnecks Greg
JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome The Saskatchewan Rush (3-2) would continue playing off of momentum as they would travel to the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, and defeat the Roughnecks (3-2) with a final score of 15-11, silencing the 13,558 screaming Roughneck fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome. A handful
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome There was a disturbance in the force on Saturday January 28, 2017. It was Star Wars theme night in Calgary as the visiting Colorado Mammoth came to face the Calgary Roughnecks in a rematch, last weekend the Mammoth lost to the Roughnecks 14-11 in regulation time in their home arena. With this victory, Calgary wins the best of three game…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (2-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (2-1) in front of 12,735 screaming Mammoth fans Friday January 20, 2017. The Mammoth were hoping to keep their home field record against the Roughnecks perfect, but it just wasn’t in the cards. The Mammoth had defeated the Riggers at the Pepsi Center in the last four
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) traveled to Langley, BC, to take on the Vancouver Stealth (2-1) on Saturday January 14, 2017 after coming off of a disappointing home opener and needed to turn things around in game two. The Stealth returned home on a high after beating the Colorado
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome With this being the home opener and start of the Calgary Roughnecks 2017 NLL season, the Vancouver Stealth traveled to Calgary. The Stealth showed up with a stingy defense and a solid team effort to beat the Calgary Roughnecks 12-11 in a game that went to the last second of regulation time.