Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Last night at the SaskTel Centre, the Saskatchewan Rush (12-6) hosted the Toronto Rock (11-7) in a game that mattered to both teams in the final weekend of the regular season. With a win, the Rush would clinch a first-round home playoff game. With Buffalo’s loss earlier in the evening, Toronto would also clinch a first-round home playoff game with a win. The two…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Coming into the final weekend of the NLL regular season, the Las Vegas Desert Dogs and the San Diego Seals are locked in a battle for a postseason berth. The teams played the first game of a doubleheader weekend on Friday night at Pechanga Arena. To set the stage, if either team swept the two-game weekend series, that team would clinch a playoff berth….
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits (11-6) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (6-10) Saturday night at KeyBank Center with the goal of continuing their win streak as the playoffs approach. Winners of six straight coming into last night’s matchup, the defending champion Bandits have firmly overcome their early-season struggles and are firing on all cylinders. The visiting Knighthawks entered the game with a statistical chance to make the…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Vancouver Warriors (12-5) hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds (7-10) Saturday night as the NLL regular season winds down. Vancouver has already clinched a spot in the playoffs, but the #1 seed is still up for grabs. Halifax, on the other hand, finds itself on the edge, needing a win to move closer to securing a playoff spot. Rogers Arena was treated to a defensive…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits (10-6), donning special Marvel jerseys, hosted the Vancouver Warriors (11-5) at KeyBank Center on Saturday night. The Warriors started the night atop the NLL standings and had already clinched a playoff spot. The Bandits have yet to clinch but came in winners of five straight games, a late-season push that has seen them climb to the middle of the field. The…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits (9-6) travelled to play the Saskatchewan Rush (11-5) Saturday night at the Sasktel Centre, the second regular season matchup between the two. The Rush are fighting for first place headed into the NLL Playoffs, and the three-time reigning champion Bandits are fighting for a spot. Buffalo came in having won four straight contests, a streak that started with an overtime victory…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits (8-6) quest for a four-peat has reached overdrive in the regular season. Coming into last night’s game in San Diego against the hometown San Diego Seals (6-8), the Bandits had won three games in a row. After a tough start to the season, Buffalo has been clicking on both sides of the ball during this stretch. With the streak, they now…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Vancouver Warriors (11-4) are even closer to clinching a postseason spot after Friday night’s game against the visiting Ottawa Black Bears (8-7). The March to May push rolls on in the NLL, and on the eve of the first day of spring, Vancouver fans were treated to a physical, low-scoring game at Rogers Arena. Ottawa got off to a fast start with Jeff…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Saskatchewan Rush (11-3) hosted the San Diego Seals (6-7) Saturday night at SaskTel Centre, where they have been perfect so far this season. Saskatchewan sits atop the NLL standings, and by halftime both the arena and team knew that if they won the game they would clinch a postseason berth, thanks to Vancouver’s win over Georgia earlier in the evening. The Seals entered…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Toronto Rock (8-5) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (5-8) Friday night at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax for the first game of the NLL’s 40th Anniversary weekend. Toronto entered the night inside the playoff picture, while Halifax remained just outside looking in. With the “March to May” push underway, both teams understood the importance of the matchup. In a back-and-forth contest where neither team led…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: James Bennett Don’t let the 11 penalties on the night convince you last night’s game was a gentle affair. The Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-7) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (5-7) and both teams were poking and pushing after the whistle throughout the evening. The score stayed tight most of the night, outside of a four-goal run that opened the second…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The second chapter of the new Ottawa Black Bears and Oshawa FireWolves rivalry was an instant classic. After Ottawa won the first matchup in Oshawa 16-14, the FireWolves came to the capital with revenge in mind. They launched an eight-goal run spanning the second and third quarters, led by Tye Kurtz (3G, 1A), and built a four-goal lead with just under five minutes to…