Despite Injuries, Bandits Win in Spectacular OT Fashion Over Wings 2/18/23

February 19, 2023

Christopher Crane, Buffalo Bills Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit:  David Stewart The Buffalo Bandits (8-2) played host to Philadelphia Wings (3-5) at the Keybank Center on Saturday February 18, 2023 in a crucial matchup between the two Eastern Conference opponent’s.  As the NLL hits the halfway mark of the season every win for each team counts even more. At this point in the season, the Buffalo Bandits are sitting…

Read More >>

Rochester Downs Halifax to Even the Series at 1-1  2/11/23

February 12, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Micheline Veluvolu The Rochester Knighthawks (7-2) played host to the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-5) at the Blue Cross Arena on Saturday February 11, 2023.  This was the second matchup for the two teams this season with Halifax taking the first.  However, Rochester had other plans for this second matchup only allowing Halifax to have the lead once during the…

Read More >>

Buffalo’s Big 3rd Quarter Lifts Bandits Past Riptide 1/28/23

January 29, 2023

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Evan Bernstein In Week Nine action, the Buffalo Bandits (6-2) on a doubleheader weekend took on the Philadelphia Wings Friday night and then traveled to the Nassau Coliseum Saturday night January 28, 2023 where they would take on the New York Riptide (1-5).  The first half saw both teams jockeying back forth with scores and it would be 7-7…

Read More >>

Knighthawks Continues to Amaze with Sixth Straight Win Defeating The Bandits at Home 1/20/23

January 21, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Veluvolu On Friday January 20, 2023 fans got to see the much anticipated faceoff between what some were calling a big brother versus little brother matchup as the Rochester Knighthawks (6-0) played host to the Buffalo Bandits (4-2) at the Blue Cross Arena.  Both teams were playing for possession of first place in the Eastern Division and…

Read More >>

Knighthawks Continue Winning Ways Against Panther City 1/7/23

January 8, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  M. Veluvolu In this week’s NLL action, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-0) played host to Panther City LC (2-3) at the Blue Cross Arena.  Panther City was looking to bounce back into the win column after dropping their last two games with Rochester looking to extend its’ perfect start to the season.  The Knighthawks would leave no doubt and…

Read More >>

Knighthawks Sneak Past FireWolves 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  V. Strobel This week the Rochester Knighthawks (3-0) were on the road to take on the Albany FireWolves (1-1) at MVP Arena.  It began as a fast-paced matchup where both sides were able to keep up with each other’s transition game until Albany’s John LaFontaine (1g 1a) was able to sneak behind Rochester’s defense at 12:39 to put the…

Read More >>

Rochester Rolls Past the Rock to 2-0 Start 12/10/22

December 11, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  M. Veluvolu The Rochester Knighthawks (2-0) played host to the Toronto Rock (1-1) in an Eastern Division matchup at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday December 10, 2022.  Rochester would look to continue their momentum from their week one win over the Georgia Swarm (0-1) and the Knighthawks defense with their netminder Ryan Hartley who would have a career high…

Read More >>

Rochester’s Late Surge Comes Up Short – 2/5/2022

February 6, 2022

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Bill Wippert In this weekend’s NLL action, we got to see I-90 rivals in action.  The Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) travelled to the KeyBank Center to take on the Buffalo Bandits (6-0) in front of a crowd of 9,371.  It seemed as if the Bandits were going to control the tempo of the game as they would hold the Knighthawks to…

Read More >>

Knighthawks Force Game Three 6/2/18

June 3, 2018

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome In this week’s only NLL action we saw the Rochester Knighthawks play host to the Saskatchewan Rush in must win game two in a best of three series for the NLL Championship. In game one at the Sasktel Center, the Rush took a commanding win over Rochester. However, in front of 9,174 fans at the Blue Cross Arena, the Knighthawks had…

Read More >>

Win and Play On: Final Weekend East Rivalry 4/28/18

April 29, 2018

Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday night’s games in the NLL were must watch TV for the fans, and a must win for the teams.  The Rochester Knighthawks (10-8) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (8-10) in a game where the winner would have a chance at the post season, and the loser would have to wait until next year to take the turf again.  The rivalry between…

Read More >>

Rochester Beats the Best in the West 2/17/18

February 19, 2018

  Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome   On Saturday, February 17, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6) played host to the Saskatchewan Rush (8-2) at the Blue Cross Arena on Native American Heritage night.  The Knighthawks were looking to build on last week’s win over the Swarm but faced a tall task against the team with the best record in the NLL.  In the end, they proved they…

Read More >>

Rochester Gets Their Second Win of 2016

June 6, 2016

Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome On Thursday June 2, the Rochester Rattlers (2-3) played their second home game of the season against the red hot Ohio Machine (5-2) at the Wegman’s Sports Complex in front of a crowd of 1,010.  Rochester would also pick up their second win of the season as they downed the Machine 13-9. The first quarter of play would be a back…

Read More >>