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Thunderbirds Swoop in Big for Season Opening Victory 12/2/23

December 2, 2023

Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: J. Bennett The Saskatchewan Rush (0-1) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-0) for the inaugural game of the 2023/24 season. The Rush came into the season missing a lot of veterans from their roster of last year with Mark Matthews, Kyle Rubisch and Ryan Dilks having all moved onto other teams this year. Halifax was also missing some main players…

Rock Second & Fourth Quarter Surge Help Secure Victory Over Wings 4/15/23

April 16, 2023

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Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender With only two weeks left in the regular season of the NLL and prior to this game, three teams had clinched, four teams had been eliminated from earning a playoff spot which left eight teams fighting for the five spots in March to May. This weekend in an Eastern Conference matchup that had playoff implications for both…

Kells Closes the Door on the Roughnecks Giving Vegas Win No. Four 2/23/23

February 25, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Rosenthal The Calgary Roughnecks (7-4) visited the Vegas Desert Dogs (4-5) on Friday night February 23, 2023 for their first ever matchup. Vegas comes in winning two games in a row while Calgary has won four in a row. Vegas jumped out to a 6 -1 lead in the first quarter only to see if disappear in the…

And Then There Was One…The Colorado Mammoth Defeat Buffalo For their Second NLL Championship Title 6/18/22

June 18, 2022

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Bill Wippert On Saturday June 18, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (1-1) headed to New York to face the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) in front of a sellout crowd at KeyBank Center. The 19,060 fans were certain their team would walk away easily with the Champions Cup. But the Colorado Mammoth fans knew what their team had done throughout the…

Mammoth Controlled Their Fate But a Fourth Quarter Comeback In Calgary Wasn’t Enough 4/30/22

May 1, 2022

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward It was Week 22 of the NLL Season and the Colorado Mammoth (10-8) headed to the Scotiabank Saddledome to face their Western Division rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (10-8) in front of their largest crowd to date. On Saturday April 30, 2022, 15,891 Riggers fans were in attendance for one of the most exciting games of the…

Seals Snap Six Game Slide in Vancouver & Take First in the West in Season Finale 4/30/22

May 1, 2022

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Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jaclyn McKee As the NLL regular season came to a close this weekend, a few teams had a playoff scenario more complicated than a math problem. One of those teams was the San Diego Seals (10-8) as they traveled to Rogers Arena on Saturday April 30, 2022 where they faced the Vancouver Warriors (6-12) in front of a crowd…

Wings Sweep the Swarm with Third OT Victory Over Georgia Clinching the Wild Card Spot 4/30/22

April 30, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess On Saturday April 30, 2022, the Philadelphia Wings (9-9) visited the Georgia Swarm (9-9) for their final game of the 2021-22 season. Both teams needed the win to guarantee a playoff spot and with the last two games between these teams ending in overtime the 9,428 fans at Gas South Arena were expecting an exciting game. In…

Two Streaks Come to an End for the Knighthawks and Roughnecks 4/22/22

April 23, 2022

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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse Is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline V. On Friday April 22, 2022, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-13) played host to the Calgary Roughnecks (9-8) in only the second meeting of the two teams in league history. The 3,707 Knighthawks fans who attended the game were glad they did as they saw a stellar performance by their team who did not disappoint. Each team was heading…

The Mammoth Three Game Streak Comes to an End in Saskatoon Courtesy of the Rush 4/16/22

April 17, 2022

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Steve Hissock On Saturday April 16, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (10-7) would head to Saskatoon to face their Western Division rivals the Saskatchewan Rush (6-10) for the final game of the series in front of 8,488 fans. This was a battle of the Best in the West vs. the Last in the West. In the previous two contests…

Panther City Takes a Bite Out of the Seals 4/15/22

April 16, 2022

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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Derrick Tuskan On Friday April 15, 2022, Panther City (7-9) headed to Pechanga Arena to face the San Diego Seals (9-7) for the final meeting of the two teams in the 2021-22 season. This was also the final home game for San Diego and their 6,200 fans would see the team drop their fifth in a row, not what…

Mammoth Move Into First & Clinch Playoff Spot With “W” Over Seals 4/9/22

April 10, 2022

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Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Di Miller With not many games left in the regular season some teams must win out to secure that fourth and final playoff spot or to move up in seeding. This weekend’s matchup between the San Diego Seals (9-6) who visited the Colorado Mammoth (10-6) at Ball Arena in front of a crowd of 9,560 fans, it would be…

Wings Fly Over the Seals in Spectacular OT Victory 4/8/22

April 9, 2022

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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis It was a “must win” for both the San Diego Seals (9-5) and the Philadelphia Wings (8-8) who made the trip to Pechanga Arena for an East vs West match up in front of 5,688 Seals fans. With a win, the Seals would lock in a play-off spot and go one and half games up in the…

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