Roughnecks Halt Panther City Five-Game Hot Streak 4/9/22

April 11, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward It was Super Hero night in Calgary on Saturday April 9, 2022, and over eight thousand fans were on hand to witness a solid sixty minutes of play from their Roughnecks. By far their best game of the 2022 season.  This win marks Calgary’s fourth straight win, moving their standing to 8-7 and a third…

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Roughnecks Win Big Over Warriors in OT to Put Them Third in the West 4/1/22

April 2, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward On Friday April 1, 2022 the Calgary Roughnecks (6-7) hosted their Western Division rivals the Vancouver Warriors (6-8) at the Scotiabank Saddledome in front of 7,958 fans.  The fans were witness to an exciting lacrosse game as the Roughnecks would take the win 30 seconds into OT over the Warriors.  The momentum changer had the…

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Roughnecks Brought the Brooms & Sweep the Series Against the Rush 3/26/22

March 27, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Steve Hiscock On Saturday March 26, 2022, the Roughnecks put in a solid effort to defeat the home team Saskatchewan Rush (4-10). Moving Calgary to 5-7 on the season and sweeping the season series of the NLL’s Battle of the Prairies for the first time since 2012.  In contrast to their last home game against the Panther…

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Roughnecks Come Off Bye-Weeks & Use the Luck of the Irish to Defeat the Rush 3/17/22

March 19, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward On St. Patrick’s Day 8,590 Calgary fans saw their Roughnecks (4-6) host the Saskatchewan Rush (3-9). The Roughnecks have struggled to put a solid winning season together and their record of 4-6 leaves them sitting fourth place in the Western division. Thursday night’s efforts would put the Roughnecks in the win column, outscoring the Rush…

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Calgary Sneaks Past Panther City 2/20/2022

February 20, 2022

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  D. Nadwodny Rounding out this week’s NLL action would have the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) traveling to the Dickies Arena to take on Panther City Lacrosse Club (1-8) in front of a crowd of 5,403.  The game would become a game of runs as each team would go back and forth on this feat with the Panther City Lacrosse Club…

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Stellar Net-Minding & a Nail-Biter Has Vancouver Coming Out On Top 2/19/22

February 19, 2022

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward The Vancouver Warriors (5-3) started their first game of a three game road trip in Alberta where they faced their Western Division Rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (2-5) in the Scotiabank Saddledome in front of 9,337 Roughnecks fans.  The fans were excited to see Curtis “Superman” Dickson back in the line-up after having missed the last two.  Vancouver…

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Roughnecks End Two Streaks With One Victory 2/11/22

February 11, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward On Friday February 11, 2022 the Calgary Roughnecks (2-5) played host to the Colorado Mammoth (5-2) on their home turf, the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta in front of 6,591 Riggers fans.  They were extremely excited to see their team back in action as the team had not been at home since December 17, 2021.  The…

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Roughnecks Come Out Strong Early Against Seals & Lose All Momentum In the Second 1/30/22

January 30, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Mike McGinnis After six weeks off, the Calgary Roughnecks (1-3) were finally back on the floor on Saturday January 29, 2022 and would meet their nemesis, the San Diego Seals (5-1) for the second time this season after having lost to them on December 17, 2021 by the score of 17-12.  There is no love lost between…

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Oh What a Game, But Rush Fourth Quarter Comeback Not Enough for the “W” over Calgary 12/12/21

December 12, 2021

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit JR Crawford On Saturday December 11, 2021 it was the battle of the prairies. The Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) headed into the Sasktel Centre to take on their Western Division Rivals the Saskatchewan Rush (0-2) coming into the showdown 0-1. It’s been said, good offence begins with great defence and the Roughneck’s keeper Christian Del Bianco had a…

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Calgary Stumbles in Banditland 12/6/21

December 6, 2021

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Courtesy of Calgary Roughnecks It seems like a lifetime since we watched pro Lacrosse and last weekend marked the start of 2021 NLL season. The Calgary Roughnecks (0-1) opened the season in “Banditland” at the KeyBank Center home to the Buffalo Bandits (1-0) without the likes of Dane Dobbie and Rhys Duch who were traded in the off…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: National Lacrosse League Statement and Update on Game Play 3/12/2020

March 12, 2020

MEDIA ADVISORY March 12, 2020 “The National Lacrosse League has determined that it is in the best interests of our fans, our players, our coaches and our staff to temporarily suspend play until further notice due to concerns over COVID-19. We will continue to evaluate this situation and remain in constant communication with health, team, business and league officials across North America. Security and safety is our top priority and focus in…

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Calgary Flies into Toronto and Leaves with a Big 13 – 10 Win 3/9/2020

March 9, 2020

Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Ryan McCullough On Sunday March 9, the Calgary Roughnecks (5-5) visited the Toronto Rock (7-4) for the only meeting of the two teams this season.  Toronto hadn’t played at home since February 15, and the Scotiabank Arena was filled with 7,826 Rock fans  for ‘Kidz Day’ in Rock City in anticipation of another home win.  The Rock had…

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