Rock Roll Over Thunderbirds to Advance to Eastern Division Semi-Finals 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome©  Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds for the second year in a row in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals.  This time Toronto would have to play the game without their leading scorer from this season as Tom Schreiber was out with an upper body injury.  In front of 8,881 loud Rock fans the game went…

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Halifax Defeats Georgia and Clinches Final East Playoff Spot – 04/29/2023

April 30, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Halifax Thunderbirds (10-8) visited the Georgia Swarm (8-10) on Saturday night for both teams’ final game of the 2022-2023 regular season.  This game had meaning as the winner would likely grab the final East playoff spot.  The Swarm started off the night with the hot hand, but behind Chris Boushy (5G, 8A) and Clarke Petterson (4G, 1A), the Thunderbirds continually used runs to…

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Toronto Unable to Hold Off Halifax in Back-and-Forth Affair 3/18/23

March 18, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Nate Brunt The Toronto Rock (10-4) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (6-7) on Saturday March 18, 2023 for the second of two meetings on the year between the two clubs.  Toronto was victorious in the first meeting in Toronto defeating Halifax 17 – 8 and if they completed the sweep they would clinch a playoff berth.  Halifax needed a…

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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…

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Rock Win Brawl in Toronto Defeating Thunderbirds 17-8

January 15, 2023

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (3-2) hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-3) on Saturday night in front of their largest crowd of the season at 9,304 fans.  In a game that included an expulsion just eight seconds into the game, two fights, two penalty shots for the same player where he scored on both as well as 25 goals,…

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Kieran McArdle’s OT Goal Lifts Firewolves over Thunderbirds 01/13/2023

January 14, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Halifax Thunderbirds (3-2) hosted the Albany Firewolves (2-2) for the first of two NLL games on Friday, January 13.  As expected with two excellent goaltenders, the game was a low scoring affair and eventually needed overtime to decide the winner.  Despite a good offensive night from Eric Fannell (3G, 1A) the Thunderbirds couldn’t keep Kieran McArdle (4G, 4A) from netting…

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Byrne Leads Bandits over Thunderbirds 18-13 12/30/2022

December 31, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel The Buffalo Bandits hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds on Friday night in what turned out to be a back-and-forth high scoring game.  In front of the 13,070 fans, Buffalo eventually took over in the second half outscoring the Thunderbirds 10 – 5.  The final score of Buffalo-18, Halifax-13 ended the Thunderbirds two game winning streak.

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Rogers Scores the OT Winner as the Rock Spoil the Thunderbirds Comeback 5/6/22

May 7, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender  The Halifax Thunderbirds (11-8) travelled to Hamilton, Ontario to play the Toronto Rock (14-5) in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals playoff game.  The game was a “must win” for both teams with the victor heading to Round Two of the 2021-22 Playoffs and the loser going home. It was a tale of two halves as the…

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Halifax Punches Playoff Ticket with Win Over Riptide – 4/23/2022

April 24, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On a night where the New York Riptide (6-11) ended up celebrating some big milestones, the visiting Halifax Thunderbirds (10-7) ruined the celebration with a 16 – 13 road win.  Jeff Teat (2G, 8A) set two NLL records on Saturday night by setting the mark for most points in a season by a rookie and being the first rookie to score more…

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Riptide Comes Close But Still Can’t Come Up With “W” Number Two 2/4/22

February 4, 2022

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender On Friday February 4, 2022 the New York Riptide (1-6) headed to Hamilton, Ontario the home of the Toronto Rock to face the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-1) who have been given the “thumbs up” to play this and their next home game at the First Ontario Centre due to restrictions still in place in Nova Scotia. Alas, there…

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An OT Thriller Without Fans in Toronto 1/16/22

January 16, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough Due to the COVID restrictions put forth by the Ontario government the Toronto Rock (2-3) hosted their first ever professional lacrosse game in front of no fans on Saturday January 15, 2022 at the First Ontario Centre in Hamilton.  This was also the first game in over a month for the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-0) due to…

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Toronto Can’t Capitalize on Another Fourth Quarter Comeback Falling Short Against Halifax 12/11/21

December 11, 2021

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock (1-1) were on the road Friday night as they headed to Halifax to play the Thunderbirds (2-0) after both teams came away with wins in Week One.  During last week’s game against the Albany Firewolves (0-1) the Rock completed a fourth quarter comeback to start the season with a win.  This week after…

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