Knighthawks Cage the Wings 12/29/18

December 31, 2018

Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© Cover Photo Credit: Micheline V/ Rochester Knighthawks In this past weekend’s NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (1-0) hosted the Philadelphia Wings (0-2) and fans wouldn’t be disappointed as these two teams haven’t seen each other since 2014 so it seems this rivalry has been renewed. For this match up it would be the Knighthawks taking the win over the Wings 13-9.

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Rochester Gets it Going 2018-2019

December 3, 2018

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome Its Rochester’s final season in the great state of New York and here’s what’s happening with their season. With players and owners finally reaching a deal, the teams were able to attend training camps as well as seeing a lot movement on the rosters. To start, the Buffalo Bandits picked up Matt Vinc from Rochester. Other Knighthawks showing up to other…

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New England Grabs Second Place in the East 4/27/18

April 26, 2018

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome With the NLL regular season winding down and post season dreams still yet to be decided in the Eastern Division, the Rochester Knighthawks (9-8)  played host to the New England Black Wolves (9-8) at the Blue Cross in a must win to punch their ticket to the post season.  Unfortunately, the Knighthawks would come up short as New England would take…

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Rochester Rallies for Crucial Win 3/31/18

April 4, 2018

Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, March 31 the Rochester Knighthawks (8-7) hosted the Colorado Mammoth (10-5) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of 6,228 fans on Cradle for the Cure night.  Colorado, currently second in the West Division, have already locked in a spot in the playoffs, but have a chance to overtake the Rush for first place.  The East is still very…

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Knighthawks Sweep Season Series with Rush 3/24/18

March 26, 2018

Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, March 24 the Rochester Knighthawks (7-7) traveled to the Sasktel Centre to take on the Saskatchewan Rush (11-3) in front of 14,811 fans.  The Rush have already punched their ticket to the play offs but were looking to avoid losing to the Knighthawks for the second time this season.  On February 17 the Knighthawks beat the Rush in Rochester…

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Rochester Wins Fourth Straight in OT Thriller

March 12, 2018

Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On March 10, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-6) hosted the Georgia Swarm (5-7) at the Blue Cross Arena for Irish Night.  In such a tight East Division, where the first and last place teams are separated by two games both teams were looking to build on win streaks.  Rochester won the previous three, and Georgia was hoping to make it two in…

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Toronto Gets Back to Winning Ways in Rochester 2/10/18

February 13, 2018

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, February 10, at the Blue Cross Arena, The Rochester Knighthawks (2-6) played host to the Toronto Rock (5-3) in their first game of a double header weekend.  Rochester started the season with two straight wins but haven’t won since.  Toronto would not let them have it, as they won a close game on the road.  Final Score:  Toronto-12, Rochester-9

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Buffalo Edges Rochester on Military Appreciation Night 2/3/18

February 8, 2018

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday February 3, 2018, the Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) hosted their I-90 rival Buffalo Bandits (4-3) in front of a crowd of 9,425 fans on Military Appreciation Night at the Blue Cross Arena.  This rivalry game was certainly high energy for the large crowd.  Unfortunately for those fans, the Knighthawks would come up short in the closing minutes, and the Buffalo…

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Black Wolves Bite the Knighthawks 1/13/18

January 16, 2018

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome It was a double-header weekend for the Rochester Knighthawks (3-2).  After losing to the Toronto Rock (3-2) Friday January 12 by the score of 17-9, Rochester was 2-2 heading into Saturday night. Their goal:  get above the 500 mark to remain near the top in the East.  They were looking to get back on track after dropping their last two road…

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Rochester Runs over I-90 Rival Buffalo 12/23/17

December 26, 2017

Photo Credit Featured Image: Buffalo Bandits Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks In this past weekend’s lacrosse action we saw the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) travel to Blue Cross Arena to face the Rochester Knighthawks (2-0).  The Knighthawks offense found the back of the net with ease.  Their defense is tough and can’t be overlooked and was anchored by another outstanding night from goalie Matt Vinc. Newly acquired Billy Dee Smith…

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Knighthawks Youth Movement Takes Down the Roughnecks 12/9/17

December 10, 2017

Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome With the 2017-2018 NLL season finally here, the Rochester Knighthawks in front of 4,596 fans played host to the Calgary Roughnecks at Blue Cross Arena. With the Knighthawks adding more youth this off season it surely paid off as Rochester would down the Roughnecks 17-6, it also goes without saying the revamped Knighthawks defense played a role in allowing the youth…

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Bandits Look to Rebound From Disappointing 2016-2017 Season 12/6/17

December 6, 2017

Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome Photo Credit #3:  LaxAllStars Buffalo Bandits came into last season as the favorites in the Eastern Conference and hoped to head to the NLL championship for the second year in a row. In 2017, things did not go the way the Bandits hoped and they were unable to make the playoffs finishing the season with a 6-13 record.

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