Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome For the second week in a row the New England Black Wolves (6-5) and Toronto Rock (6-6) squared off. Last week, the Black Wolves beat the Rock in overtime at the Air Canada Centre to keep first place in the very tight East Division. That win knotted the season series at 1-1, and Friday’s game would decide any possible…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (8-3) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (4-7) at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO in front of 15,034 fans. Last night’s game would determine two outcomes. If the Mammoth came away with the win, they would not only win the season series, but would be the second team in the NLL to clinch a play-off berth. Colorado was on…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, May 3, 2018 the Colorado Mammoth (7-3) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (6-5) the leaders in the Eastern division in front of 16,062 pumped Mammoth fans at the Pepsi Center in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Mammoth had just come off a nail-biter victory the night before in Georgia where they faced the 2017 NLL champions the Georgia Swarm (5-6). The…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome The New England Black Wolves (5-4) and Buffalo Bandits (6-4) swapped veterans and draft picks on Wednesday, February 28. The Black Wolves receive Callum Crawford and a second-round pick in the 2019 NLL Entry Draft while the Bandits receive Shawn Evans and a fourth-round pick in the 2019 Entry Draft. Both Evans and Crawford started their NLL careers during the 2006 season.
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, February 10, the fans at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary watched a low scoring affair between the Colorado Mammoth (5-2) and the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5). Dillon Ward (Colorado) and Christian Del Bianco (Calgary) put on a goaltending clinic to keep some big offensive weapons in check. Twenty-year-old Del Bianco won the duel in the end, holding the Mammoth offense…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse Is Awesome On Saturday, February 10 the Buffalo Bandits (6-3) were back in Bandit Land hosting the defending champion Georgia Swarm (3-4). This would be Buffalo’s second game in as many nights, as Friday they beat New England on the road to take first place in the East Division. The Swarm have had a difficult start to the season, often having trouble scoring. …
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, February 10, at the Blue Cross Arena, The Rochester Knighthawks (2-6) played host to the Toronto Rock (5-3) in their first game of a double header weekend. Rochester started the season with two straight wins but haven’t won since. Toronto would not let them have it, as they won a close game on the road. Final Score: Toronto-12, Rochester-9
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…
Chris Vale, Correspondent The Kaitlyn Cup Lacrosse is Awesome The second annual Kaitlyn Cup took place on January 27th and it was nothing short of a fantastic time. The day was spent with some great master’s lacrosse; a tournament get together at Jack Astor restaurant; and a free trip to watch a NLL Eastern Conference match up with the hometown Toronto Rock hosting the New England Black Wolves. The Kaitlyn…
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday February 3, 2018, the Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) hosted their I-90 rival Buffalo Bandits (4-3) in front of a crowd of 9,425 fans on Military Appreciation Night at the Blue Cross Arena. This rivalry game was certainly high energy for the large crowd. Unfortunately for those fans, the Knighthawks would come up short in the closing minutes, and the Buffalo…
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…