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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome With the NLL 2017 draft here and gone, the Rochester Knighthawks picked up more youth adding to an already up and coming young squad. Rochester got to work quickly in the First Round with the fifth and sixth overall pick which they had acquired from Colorado and Vancouver. With the picks they would select teammates from Ohio State Austin Shanks and…
Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome In last weekend’s Major League Lacrosse action the Rochester Rattlers (4-4) took on the New York Lizards (3-4) in front of a crowd of 4,329 at Shuart Stadium on Saturday June 17. This matchup surely wouldn’t disappoint Lizard’s fans as it was a career night for Paul Rabil who scored his 500th career point and…
Photo Credit: Pretty Instant Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome With the National Lacrosse League winding down and into playoff mode, it can only mean one thing that Major League Lacrosse is now under way. This past weekend on Saturday May 6, the Rochester Rattlers (1-1) took on the Ohio
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome This week’s match up pitted the (5-9) Rochester Knighthawks taking on the (6-9) Calgary Roughnecks at the Blue Cross Arena with their 6,824 fans hoping for back-to-back victories. Rochester was looking to build on last week’s win over Buffalo; however last second efforts by
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome In last week’s NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (5-8) saw their second meeting against rivals the Buffalo Bandits (5-7) at the Blue Cross Arena on Military Appreciation Night and 8,765 fans. Like any matchup between these two, it wouldn’t disappoint and would come down to the wire