Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Featured Image: Di Miller On another Sunday afternoon in January, the Colorado Mammoth (1-2) would host their Western Division rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (3-4) for what turned out to be an extremely physical game of lacrosse. It was
Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© It was alumni night in Buffalo Saturday January 19 and the crowd and players were ready to put on a show. The Bandits were looking for their fourth win on the season and second versus a hungry Philadelphia Wings squad but the Bandits just seemed too much for the Wings to handle. Final Score: Bandits 14—Wings 10.
Matteo Nobile, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Featured Image: Devin Manky The Vancouver Warriors (1-5) hosted the San Diego Seals (4-2) at the Rogers Centre in downtown Vancouver for the first ever matchup between the two teams. The Warriors were looking for their first win at home, while the Seals looking to finish with four points on the weekend. The Warriors stuck with Aaron Bold in net although…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Calgary’s troubles continue as they would lose by the score of 15-9 to the San Diego Seals, putting the Roughnecks in third place in the western division. “We need to be better than we were tonight,” he said. “We need to clean up some things and make sure that the lows aren’t the big lows that they are. We keep digging…
Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo: Paul Sasso, MV Photo Concepts The Toronto Rock hosted the Georgia Swarm on Friday night January 18 at the Scotiabank Arena in front of a disappointing crowd of 7,118. The Rock were hoping to avenge the one goal loss against Georgia two weeks ago. The Rock put together a great defensive strategy that had the Swarm offense off of…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Season Total: 14-7 Another perfect week ruined by a struggling home team. Last week it was the Colorado Mammoth, and this week it was the Philadelphia Wings falling to the
Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Shawn started playing box lacrosse when he was 4 years old and played for 17 years, playing his minor lacrosse in Toronto and Jr. B in Aurora Ontario. After being away from lacrosse for 10 years while playing Roller Hockey for the Canadian National Team he was brought back to the sport when his son was old enough to play. He has…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth (0-3) hosted the Toronto Rock (3-1) on 80’s Rock Night in the Mile High City. The 11,678 Mammoth fans were ready to see their team get their first “W” of the season. But as has been in the previous two contests, Colorado couldn’t overcome their woes and would lose their third on the season giving them the worst start in…
Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© In this weekend NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (1-2) were on the road once again as they traveled to the West Coast to take on the San Diego Seals (2-2). Rochester was looking to rebound after last week’s loss to the Buffalo Bandits. It seemed it was going to happen for the Knighthawks; however they would come up just short in a…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On Saturday January 12, 2019 in the Scotiabank Saddledome, twelve thousand plus fans in attendance were there to see Curtis Dickson’s return to the Roughnecks line up. His return was not what he had expected after signing a multiyear deal with Calgary as they would lose only their second of the season. Final Score: New…
Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Georgia Swarm (4-0) visited the Philadelphia Wings (0-4) at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday January 12, 2019. The 12,688 fans who showed up were hoping to see Kevin Crowley return to the Wings lineup and help them to their first win of the season. Crowley was acquired from the New England Black Wolves earlier in the week in exchange for their…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Featured Image: Vancouver Warriors The Vancouver Warriors (1-4) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) in front of 8,217 fans at Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver Saturday night. Vancouver was hoping for their first home win of the season, but the visiting Rush used a quick start to chase starting goaltender Aaron Bold and grab control early. The Warriors got to within one…