Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 8, 2017 close to 11,000 Calgary Roughnecks (7-9) fans were there to witness their team’s third victory in a row defeating the Buffalo Bandits 13-8. With the Vancouver loss to the Rush, this moved the Roughies into the third spot in the west division.
Photo Credit Feature Image: NLL Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks headed south to face the Eastern Division first place Georgia Swarm (8-3). The last time these two teams met was up in Calgary at the Scotiabank
Photo Credit Feature Image: Vancouver Stealth Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits (5-6) were on the road to face the Vancouver Stealth (5-7) at Langley Events Centre. The Stealth had just come off two huge wins against their
Photo Credit Feature Image: Georgia Swarm Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome To be the best you must beat the best, and the Roughnecks got a much needed boost beating the number one team in the league, the Georgia Swarm. Final Score: Calgary 18—Georgia 11. A rough welcoming for Mike Poulin as he returned for the first time since being traded to the Swarm after the…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (3-4) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (3-5) at the Scotiabank Saddledome. For the second week in a row and at home, the Roughnecks would come up short and remain in last place in the NLL Western Division. With continuing goaltending issues, the Roughnecks went down early putting them behind the eight ball, having to fight the clock and…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome Family day in Calgary and the Toronto Rock (4-1) headed to Scotiabank Saddledome to play the Roughnecks (3-3) in a rare matinee game. Toronto came in on a winning path and wanted to keep the momentum going. They did just that defeating the Roughnecks 11-7 in Calgary. The appeal of the suspension to the Roughnecks Greg
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome There was a disturbance in the force on Saturday January 28, 2017. It was Star Wars theme night in Calgary as the visiting Colorado Mammoth came to face the Calgary Roughnecks in a rematch, last weekend the Mammoth lost to the Roughnecks 14-11 in regulation time in their home arena. With this victory, Calgary wins the best of three game…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) traveled to Langley, BC, to take on the Vancouver Stealth (2-1) on Saturday January 14, 2017 after coming off of a disappointing home opener and needed to turn things around in game two. The Stealth returned home on a high after beating the Colorado
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome With this being the home opener and start of the Calgary Roughnecks 2017 NLL season, the Vancouver Stealth traveled to Calgary. The Stealth showed up with a stingy defense and a solid team effort to beat the Calgary Roughnecks 12-11 in a game that went to the last second of regulation time.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 30, it was fan appreciation night at the Saddledome with over fifteen thousand on hand to witness an end to end battle that led the Calgary Roughnecks in a dramatic 18 – 17 overtime win over the Toronto Rock (5-13) closing out the 2016 regular season (8-10).
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 23, the Vancouver Stealth (5-11) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (12-5) at the Langley Events Centre in front of 4,409 fans. The Stealth had just come off a spectacular win against their Western Division rivals the Calgary Roughnecks on April 16 and wanted another one in
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 16, the Calgary Roughnecks take one on the chin as they lose to the Vancouver Stealth 13-12. A win was needed to secure a spot in the playoffs; The Riggers can clinch the final West Division playoff spot with one more Stealth loss or a win over the Toronto Rock during their final game of the season on…