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…
By: Marcelo Alfonso Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks The Colorado Mammoth (8-3) arrived in Calgary (5-7) on March 19 for the second of three meetings in the 2016 NLL season. Despite the quick start for the Mammoth it was the acrobatics of goaltender Mike Poulin (#30) that gave the Roughnecks the 13-9 win.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks After losing to the Rochester Knighthawks last week in Calgary in sudden death overtime (9-8), it was time for a road trip to Eastern Canada to play the Toronto Rock. With over eight thousand lacrosse fans at the Air Canada Centre Roughnecks Defeat the Rock in regulation time 15-10. This win broke the Roughnecks four game losing skid (4-7), moves them past…
Calgary Loses a Tough One to Rochester in OT By: Marcelo A. Sagüez On Saturday March 6, the Knighthawks (3-4) came to Calgary (3-6) for their first and only meeting this 2016 NLL season. The Roughnecks came into this game hungry to get that monkey off their backs as they have dropped the last three games and sit at the bottom of the Western Division.
CAN ROCHESTER BOUNCE BACK? March 4, 2016 By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Rochester Knighthawks (3-4) look to bounce back in the win column Saturday March 5, against the Calgary Roughnecks (3-6) as Rochester is in the home stretch of their four game road trip before returning home March 12th. Rochester can still grab the top spot in their division as they are still two games out of first…
By: Marcelo Alfonso Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks The Roughnecks set out front early in this Sunday afternoon game with a power play marker by Reilly O’Connor (#19) less than a minute into the game. A little better than half way through the first quarter Wesley Berg (#14) put one past Aaron Bold (#77) to give the Roughnecks a two goal lead.