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Wings Hold Off Riptide for Opening Night Road Win – 12/3/2023

December 4, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© For the last matchup of opening weekend for the 2024 NLL season, the Philadelphia Wings (1-0) visited the New York Riptide (0-1) at Nassau Coliseum. Neither team made the 2023 postseason and are looking to turn things around with the new season upon us. On the back of a strong first quarter and a big game from Blaze Riorden (4G), the Philadelphia Wings spoiled…

Rochester’s Second Half Performance Pushes Past Calgary 12/3/23

December 3, 2023

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Christoper Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline Veluvolu Opening weekend of the National Lacrosse League is finally here, with the Rochester Knighthawks playing host to the Calgary Roughnecks at Blue Cross Arena. In just only their third meeting between the two teams, Rochester led the series 2-1. Which brings us to the fact that this year the NLL has decided to do away with…

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

December 2, 2023

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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…

Balanced Offense Leads Firewolves to Season Opening Win in Vegas – 12/1/2023

December 2, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-0) traveled to visit the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-1) on Friday night for both clubs’ season opening game. With a lot of new faces on both sides, this game was expected to come down to the wire and the back-and-forth affair was exciting. Albany did not lead the contest until the first goal of the fourth quarter, and even then,…

Mammoth Blank Roughnecks in Fourth, Head to NLL Finals – 5/20/2023

May 21, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks met three times during the regular season, and after being knotted up 1-1 after two games of the West Division Final, the sixth game between the two teams determined the Finals representative. The score was as expected. With Dillon Ward (33SV) and Christian Del Bianco (28SV) in net for Colorado and Calgary respectively, and so much on the…

Bandits Crumble the Rock’s Hope for the Run at the Champions Cup 5/13/23

May 14, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits in Hamilton on Saturday night in game two of the Eastern Finals. Buffalo won the first game the night before 14 – 5 and it was a repeat performance on Saturday as the Bandits went on a 7 – 0 run in the second quarter on their way to…

Mammoth Comeback Falls Just Short as Roughnecks Force Game 3 – 5/13/2023

May 14, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The West Division Finals will have a Game 3 as the home team Calgary Roughnecks found a way to hold off a determined effort from the visiting Colorado Mammoth. After taking Game 1 in the loud house, Colorado started Game 2 on the right foot, but once Calgary took the lead they kept the Mammoth just out of reach for the remainder. Led by…

Toronto Loses Tough Battle in Banditland in Game One of the Eastern Division Finals 5/12/23

May 13, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel For the third year in a row the Buffalo Bandits and Toronto Rock met in the Eastern Finals. On Friday night the Rock visited Buffalo for Game One of the finals. Unlike last weekend’s game, the Rock would have their top scorer in the lineup as Tom Schreiber was back. During the regular season the Buffalo…

The Mammoth Power-Play Goal That Ended the Seals Season 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis The #4 Seed Colorado Mammoth headed to Pechanga Arena on Friday May 5, 2023 to face the #1 Seed San Diego Seals for a repeat of 2022 when the Mammoth would also knock the #1 Seed Seals out of the playoffs. What was different about last nights contest, the Seals kept their composure throughout 59 minutes…

Rock Roll Over Thunderbirds to Advance to Eastern Division Semi-Finals 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds for the second year in a row in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals. This time Toronto would have to play the game without their leading scorer from this season as Tom Schreiber was out with an upper body injury. In front of 8,881 loud Rock fans the game went…

Halifax Defeats Georgia and Clinches Final East Playoff Spot – 04/29/2023

April 30, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Halifax Thunderbirds (10-8) visited the Georgia Swarm (8-10) on Saturday night for both teams’ final game of the 2022-2023 regular season. This game had meaning as the winner would likely grab the final East playoff spot. The Swarm started off the night with the hot hand, but behind Chris Boushy (5G, 8A) and Clarke Petterson (4G, 1A), the Thunderbirds continually used runs to…

Can You say Déjà vu Mammoth vs. Seals Rematch Set After Heartbreaking Loss 4/29/23

April 30, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis On Saturday April 29, 2023 the Colorado Mammoth (9-9) headed to Pechanga Arena to face their nemesis the San Diego Seals (14-4) in the hopes of taking home the win and moving back into third in the West where they would then face their other Western Division Rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (13-5) for Round One of…

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