Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (1-1) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (2-0) at the Pepsi Center on Saturday night, January 7, 2017. The temperature was cold outside, but the Pepsi Center was heating up as the 14,631 anxious Mammoth fans were pumped and ready for their team to open the 2017 NLL season in Colorado. Unfortunately for the Mammoth,
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth opened the 2016-17 season with a bang. They headed to Buffalo to face the Bandits at KeyBank Center in front of a crowd of 14,268 fans. Bandits fans wanted that home opener victory, but it wasn’t in the cards. Tonight’s loss was only second to the worst opening night in Bandits history when they were defeated by the…
JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome Along with a first round pick, Zack Greer, the Saskatchewan Rush superstar has been traded to the Colorado Mammoth in exchange for Adam Jones and a second round pick in the 2017 draft. As much as the team will miss Greer, Jones is also one of the most formidable players who was a part of the 40-plus goals in each of…
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday night, the Colorado Mammoth (12-6) hosted their Western Division rivals, the Vancouver Stealth (5-12) for their final game of the regular season at the loudest house in lacrosse, the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Mammoth surpassed their season high in attendance for 2016 with 15,622 hopeful fans; as well as ending the
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 23, the Colorado Mammoth (11-6) hosted the Toronto Rock (5-12) in front of 14,122 play-off ready fans. Toronto wanted to be the spoilers and defeat the Mammoth, but unfortunately for the Rock, they couldn’t put a halt to the Mammoth and their determination to break their three-game losing streak. Colorado would also tie their season-low five goals…
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 16, the Colorado Mammoth (10-6) headed to Saskatoon for the second game in two nights against their Western Division rivals the Saskatchewan Rush (12-4). The game almost did not occur due to the airport in Denver being closed Friday night because of
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday April 15, the Colorado Mammoth (10-5) hosted their Western Division rivals the Saskatchewan Rush (11-4) at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The 11,544 Mammoth fans were hoping to see their team, the only undefeated team at home, take a one game advantage over the Rush. Prior to the game, the Rush were statistically half a game ahead of…
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Sunday April 10, 2016 the Colorado Mammoth (10-4) faced the Georgia Swarm (5-9) at the Infinite Energy Arena in Georgia. Although this game held play-off implications for both teams, the Swarm could only muster up 3,577 fans to see them in action. With the loss by the Rush against New England on Friday night, it gave the Mammoth the…
By: Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday night’s game between the Colorado Mammoth (10-3) and the New England Black Wolves (7-5) felt like a play-off game. The 3,554 in attendance at Mohegan Sun Arena witnessed two of the top teams in the NLL battle back and forth for a great 60 minutes of lacrosse. Goals were not easy to come by in settled offense,…
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 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.
Jones Sets NLL Record in Win; Crawford Named League’s ‘Wingman’ March 10, 2016 Adam Jones wasted little time extending his goal-scoring-streak to 56 games on Saturday night against the New England Black Wolves at Pepsi Center, setting an NLL record for consecutive games with one or more goals. Jones’ first of the night came three-minutes-and-43-seconds into the contest, one of seven he’d score in Colorado’s 14-13 victory.