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Buffalo Defense Carries Bandits to Conference Finals – 5/7/2022

May 8, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Michael Hetzel/NLL The Buffalo Bandits ended the regular season with the best record in the NLL and the home floor advantage for their championship run. On Saturday night, they hosted the Albany Firewolves whom they had already beaten twice this season. Albany came in having been in playoff mode for their last month of the regular season,…

Resetarits, Kew Lead Firewolves to Playoffs – 04/30/2022

May 1, 2022

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: K. Richelle The Albany Firewolves (9-9) could still have made the playoffs if the New York Riptide (6-12) beat them for a second time this season. At the end of March, the Riptide hosted the first matchup and handily won 15-6. Since pretty much that loss, Albany has been fighting every week to stay in the playoff…

Rush Out Fire Seals in High Scoring Affair – 4/23/2022

April 24, 2022

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Saskatchewan Rush (7-10) hosted the San Diego Seals (9-8) on Saturday night and the game was a shootout. San Diego is already in the post season, but their seed is still to be determined. Saskatchewan may be out of it, but they proved they are not rolling over for anyone going into the final weeks of the season. It was…

Firewolves Keep Playoff Hopes Alive – 4/16/2022

April 17, 2022

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© To remain alive in their quest for a ticket to the playoffs the Albany Firewolves (8-9) needed to beat the Philadelphia Wings (8-9) for the second time this season. Philadelphia had the chance to guarantee a playoff spot for themselves with a win. The first tilt in this two-game series came down to the wire when a 7-7 fourth quarter tie…

Buffalo Survives Albany Visit in Strange Game – 2/18/22

February 19, 2022

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The NLL needs to check some of the video from Friday’s game at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Specifically, they need to investigate the net on the right of the benches from the perspective of the announcing crew. Exactly zero of the 21 goals scored during the Buffalo Bandits (7-1) win over the Albany Firewolves (4-5) on Friday passed that plane. Personally,…

Tale of Two Cities – Georgia and Albany Split Back-to-Back

February 6, 2022

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess The Albany Firewolves (4-3) and the Georgia Swarm (3-5) faced off against each other twice this weekend in back-to-back nights. Friday, the Swarm hosted before the teams jumped on a plane to play Saturday night in Albany. The weekend home and home was circled for both teams on their calendars as the teams only play…

Albany Doubles Up Saskatchewan for First Win 1/8/22

January 9, 2022

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: K. Richelle The Albany Firewolves (1-2) used a quick start on Saturday night behind strong play from faceoff savant Joe Nardella (1G, 1A, 14/16 FO) to get their first win since the move from Connecticut. The defense was stifling with the return of Brett Manney and Adam Bomberry to the lineup in front of a stone-cold Doug…

Rambo Sends Panther City Packing with Late Game Heroics 12/4/2021

December 5, 2021

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Panther City Lacrosse Club (0-1) played their inaugural game Saturday night against one of the original National Lacrosse League teams. Unfortunately, they will have to wait for their first win even though they led the Wings for most of the contest. The Philadelphia Wings (1-0) did not grab the lead until the third quarter, and even then, Panther City continued…

New England Steals Draft with Trade 9/20/2020

September 20, 2020

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Justin Ivey Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© The New England Black Wolves received everything on their wish list in the 2020 NLL Entry Draft. “You’re always taking care of the here and the now and the future. The challenge is trying to balance the two. We thought it lined up very well for us. To be honest we couldn’t be happier. We got Ruest and Kitchen and…

Black Wolves Win Physical Game to Take Series From Philadelphia 3/8/2020

March 8, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The New England Black Wolves (8-3) and the Philadelphia Wings (7-6) don’t like each other. It was apparent on Saturday afternoon as the teams battled from start to finish in the tiebreaker match for the season series. Just 26 seconds into the game, Black Wolves defender Nick Chaykowsky (2A) and Wings defender Steph Charbonneau got tangled and wrestled to the ground after a…

Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 15– 3/7/2020

March 7, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 45-24 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 43-26 Justin Ivey 42-27 I made a HUGE mistake. Shawn DID NOT go 5-0 in Week 13, Stephonya did. Lucky for Shawn, he is still in first place. Standings have been updated and there were no changes after Week 14, although as a group none of us did so hot. I had the best predictions and went…

New England Caps Perfect Weekend with Win Over Halifax 3/1/2020

March 1, 2020

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Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The New England Black Wolves (7-3), fresh off a win over New York Friday night, defeated the Halifax Thunderbirds (7-4) on Sunday. “Getting double wins over the weekend is difficult…you almost breath a sigh of relief at the end when you come out because you feel good, you have accomplished what you wanted to do,” said Black Wolves Head Coach Glenn Clark. The…

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