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.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 30, it was fan appreciation night at the Saddledome with over fifteen thousand on hand to witness an end to end battle that led the Calgary Roughnecks in a dramatic 18 – 17 overtime win over the Toronto Rock (5-13) closing out the 2016 regular season (8-10).
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 16, the Calgary Roughnecks take one on the chin as they lose to the Vancouver Stealth 13-12. A win was needed to secure a spot in the playoffs; The Riggers can clinch the final West Division playoff spot with one more Stealth loss or a win over the Toronto Rock during their final game of the season on…
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks played host to the visiting Vancouver Stealth on Saturday April 9, in a Star Wars theme night benefiting the S.T.A.R.S (Shock – Trauma – Air – Rescue – Service) program. Calgary in custom jerseys depicting the Darth Vader in the front defeated the Stealth 16-12.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 2, 2016, in front of 14,941 fans, the big green machine Saskatchewan Rush (10-3) continues its winning streak to six games and secures a home playoff game winning at home over the Calgary Roughnecks (6-9) Final Score: Rush—11, Roughnecks 9.
LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NLL PLAYER AWARDS FOR MARCH Buffalo Bandits’ Dhane Smith wins third-straight Player of the Month award, Calgary Roughnecks’ Wesley Berg earns Rookie honor The National Lacrosse League has announced Buffalo Bandits forward Dhane Smith as Player of the Month for the third-straight month and Calgary Roughnecks forward Wesley Berg as Rookie of the Month for March of the 2016 NLL season. Smith continued his league-leading scoring pace with…
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth On Saturday March 26, the Colorado Mammoth (8-3) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (6-8) at the Loud House in Denver, CO. The 14,127 fans were prepped and ready to see their team back in action and clinch a play-off spot. When these two teams met on March 19 at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Riggers went on to defeat the Mammoth 13-9 giving them their…
By:Marcelo Alfonso Sagüez Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks (6-7) travelled to Georgia to take on the Swarm (4-8) in the final meeting of these two teams this 2016 Lacrosse season. After a slow start in this contest, the Roughnecks pushed back to come out with the win 16-12 over the Swarm in Friday night lacrosse action. Looking back to February 6 of this season the Roughnecks overcame a…