Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome For the second week in a row the New England Black Wolves (6-5) and Toronto Rock (6-6) squared off. Last week, the Black Wolves beat the Rock in overtime at the Air Canada Centre to keep first place in the very tight East Division. That win knotted the season series at 1-1, and Friday’s game would decide any possible…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome A Sunday afternoon tilt at the Air Canada Centre celebrating Toronto’s 20 years in the league, decided first place in the East Division of the NLL. In a division that only has a separation of two games between first and last, every game is important. The New England Black Wolves (6-4) took over first place last week…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome In front of 14,057 fans at the Sasktel Centre on Saturday night, the first place Saskatchewan Rush (10-2) hosted the last place Vancouver Stealth (1-11) in a West Division battle. Also in attendance for the game were the Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders. The Stealth started quickly and kept it close in the first quarter, but by halftime the Rush took control. Even though they have…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome The New England Black Wolves (5-4) and Buffalo Bandits (6-4) swapped veterans and draft picks on Wednesday, February 28. The Black Wolves receive Callum Crawford and a second-round pick in the 2019 NLL Entry Draft while the Bandits receive Shawn Evans and a fourth-round pick in the 2019 Entry Draft. Both Evans and Crawford started their NLL careers during the 2006 season.
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The Vancouver Stealth (1-10) and New England Black Wolves (5-4) faced off in front of a crowd of 3,073 at the Langley Events Centre with hopes of snapping their losing streaks. Vancouver lost their previous five and New England dropped their last three. Both teams made changes in response. Vancouver swapped out two assistant coaches, and the Black Wolves…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The Sunday afternoon crowd of 5,720 at Mohegan Sun Arena, were hoping the New England Black Wolves (4-4) could rebound from two devastating losses and come out with a victory against the Colorado Mammoth (5-3). Instead of Aaron Bold starting in net for the home team, Doug Jamieson got the nod. “We had this planned prior to…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday, February 9, 2018, The New England Black Wolves (4-3) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (5-3) in front of 5,357 fans. Buffalo, winners of two straight coming in, and playing the first game of their double header weekend, had the chance to take first place in the East Division with a win. New England, coming off a bye week…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Eight days after battling in Rochester, the New England Black Wolves (4-1) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (2-3) for part two. The previous weekend, Rochester lost to New England 9-8 at home, a night after losing in Toronto 17-9. Rochester needed to come to New England and win. After winning their first two games of the season, they had…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor & NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Toronto Rock’s (4-3) win streak did not reach five games, as the Calgary Roughnecks (2-5) took control of the close game in the fourth quarter to run away with the victory. Toronto had won their previous four games averaging a lofty 20.5 goals per game. Calgary, coming in with a 1-5 record, found their defensive answer in 20-year-old goaltender Christian…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome In front of 9,145 home fans, the Toronto Rock (4-2) rolled over the New England Black Wolves (4-2) for their fourth straight win. After starting the season with two straight losses, the Rock have won their past four with an average of 20.5 goals per game while defining themselves as the most potent offense in the NLL. The Black…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor & Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome New England might want to put seat belts in their stadium after the roller coaster game against Vancouver on Friday night December 30, 2017. The New England Black Wolves (2-1), after being blown up for 24 goals last week, had a truly epic back and forth affair against the visiting Vancouver Stealth (0-3). This time, they answered…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor & Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The last time the New England Black Wolves (1-1) and Saskatchewan Rush (2-0) met it was a thriller late in the 2017 season. The Black Wolves scored three in a row to bring it to overtime, and then stunned the Saskatchewan home fans, scoring a fourth straight in overtime to come out victorious. Both teams made changes…