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…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor & NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Toronto Rock (0-2) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (1-0) on Saturday, December 16. Saskatchewan, playing their first game of the season, ruined Toronto’s first home game at the Air Canada Centre with a one-sided affair. This disappointing loss puts Toronto in an early hole in an East division which is showing championship strength. Final Score: Saskatchewan 17—Toronto 9.
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer & Co-Editor NE Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome In front of 5,489 fans, the New England Black Wolves (1-0) hosted the defending champion Georgia Swarm (0-1) and sent them home with a loss. With a revamped defense, the Black Wolves were faster to the ball and their offseason acquisitions payed off immediately. Georgia, the highest scoring offense in the league last year, seemed to have control…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer & Co-Editor NE Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Team Caption Photo Courtesy of New England Black Wolves The New England Black Wolves ended last season on a down note. After squeaking into the playoffs as the three seed in the East Division, they went one and done, losing the play in game to the Toronto Rock.
Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant, Jo Mai Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent & Editor Lacrosse is Awesome Last year’s Championship Game for the Steinfeld Trophy was heartbreaking for the Ohio Launch. They lost on a last-minute goal scored by Eric Law of the Denver Outlaws. All season, the goal has been to get back to the big game, and give themselves another chance. In their way on Saturday was a…
Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent & Editor Lacrosse is Awesome The final game of the 2017 season for both the New York Lizards (7-7) and Charlotte Hounds (6-8) and each team needed a win, and a Rochester loss to have a chance of making the playoffs. New York took care of business, but it would be all for naught as Rochester won a close game…