Black Wolves Win Back and Forth Battle With Swarm 1/19/19

January 22, 2019

Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Justin Ivey The Georgia Swarm (4-2) came into the weekend with the only perfect record left in the NLL.  Friday night, they lost a tough game in Toronto and Saturday wasn’t any better.  The New England Black Wolves’ (3-1) only loss on the season came in their first game in Georgia, and they returned the favor…

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Justin’s Picks NLL Week Six 1/18/19

January 17, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Season Total: 14-7 Another perfect week ruined by a struggling home team.  Last week it was the Colorado Mammoth, and this week it was the Philadelphia Wings falling to the

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Quick Saskatchewan Start Leads to Victory in Vancouver 1/12/19

January 13, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Featured Image:  Vancouver Warriors The Vancouver Warriors (1-4) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) in front of 8,217 fans at Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver Saturday night.  Vancouver was hoping for their first home win of the season, but the visiting Rush used a quick start to chase starting goaltender Aaron Bold and grab control early.  The Warriors got to within one…

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Justin’s Picks NLL Week Five 1/12/19

January 11, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Season Total: 10-6 The Colorado Mammoth ruined my perfect weekend, losing to the Calgary Roughnecks at home on Sunday. They kept it close, but just didn’t seem able to adjust during the game. My score predictions were quite off, and I am

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Seals Drop Second in a Row 1/5/19

January 6, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Saskatchewan Rush (1-1) played their first home game since Game 3 of last season’s championship.  They won that game on June 9, 2018 by the score of 15-10 and last night hoisted their third championship banner in four years before taking on the expansion San Diego Seals (1-2).  After the banner was hoisted, rings handed out and the celebration concluded, there was…

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Justin’s Picks NLL Week Four 1/4/19

January 3, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One : 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Season Total: 6-5 Keep it positive. In week three of NLL action I got ABOVE .500, although barely. I did not foresee the low scoring Calgary win against San Diego and I most certainly did not

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Black Wolves Handle Rush in Home Opener 12/28/2018

December 29, 2018

Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Cover Photo:  Justin Ivey On Friday, December 28, 2018 The New England Black Wolves (1-1) hosted the defending champion Saskatchewan Rush (0-1) in front of 6,445 fans at Mohegan Sun Arena.  The Rush were opening their season after winning their third Champion’s Cup in four years.  The team returned MVP Mark Matthews, Ben McIntosh and signed Robert Church…

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Justin’s Picks NLL Week Three 12/28/18

December 27, 2018

Justin’s Picks Week Three 12/28/18 & 12/29/18 Week One:  1-2 Week Two:  2-1 I was able to reverse my fortunes last week and reach .500 early in the season.  The self confidence boost was much needed.  Now comes the real test.  There are five games in the NLL this week, four on Friday and one on Saturday.  Can San Diego stay hot?  Will Philadelphia get their first win?  Read on…

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Justin’s Picks NLL Week Two 12/20/18

December 20, 2018

Justin’s Picks Week Two 12/22/18 Unfortunately, I did not get my picks submitted in time last week for everyone to see.  I had all three home teams picked to win and only one of them did, so I enter week two with a much less than perfect 1-2.  Week 2 of the NLL season has three matchups, two on Friday and one on Saturday.

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Georgia Holds Off New England on Star Wars Night 12/15/2018

December 16, 2018

Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The second game of the 2018-2019 NLL opening day pitted the visiting New England Black Wolves (0-1) against the host Georgia Swarm (1-0) in front of 4,943 fans at the Infinite Energy Arena.  Both teams donned some outstanding uniforms – the Swarm in Star Wars themed black and the Black Wolves in orange and white for the first time. …

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Dallas Handles Boston from Start to Finish 5/5/2018

May 6, 2018

Justin Ivey, Beat Writer Boston Cannons Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, May 5 the Dallas Rattlers (3-1) visited Harvard Stadium to take on the Boston Cannons (0-3).  4,102 fans came out hoping to see Boston win in their first home game of the 2018 season.  The Cannons opened the season with two straight road losses and haven’t found their stride yet.  Dallas has started off extremely well, especially for a…

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The Battle for First in The East 4/29/18

April 30, 2018

Justin Ivey, Beat Writer, New England Black Wolves Lacrosse Is Awesome The final week of the NLL season has never been quite like this.  Until this week’s action, no team had clinched a playoff berth in the East Division.  Saturday night’s games determined the players – but seeding wouldn’t be finalized until the completion.  Rochester secured the two seed by beating Buffalo, and Toronto was eliminated with the loss against…

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