Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jake Whiting On Friday May 3, 2024, it was Game One of the Semi-Finals for the No. 3 Seed Albany FireWolves and the No. 2 Seed San Diego Seals. This was the first ever trip to the Semi’s for both teams, so it was a night to remember. In a tale of two teams, the youngest on average age…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike Hetzel The Buffalo Bandits No. 4 Seed played host to the Georgia Swarm No. 5 Seed on Saturday April 27, 2024, in Banditland in front of 17,865 Bandits fans with some Swarm fans in the mix. Matt Vinc was starting in his 46th career playoff game making him the All Time NLL Leader in playoff history. On the…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike Hetzel Bandits (10-7) fans were 19,070 strong tonight at KeyBank Center when they hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (7-10) hoping to clinch a play off spot for the 2023-24 season. It was Fan Appreciation Night in Banditland and the fans got to witness a great send off for the final home game of the regular season as Buffalo would…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jonathan Tenca The Rochester Knighthawks (6-9) would host the New York Riptide (8-8) on Saturday April 6, 2024, at Blue Cross Arena in a game that could have major playoff implications for both teams. With a win, the Knighthawks would move into the 8th spot as they held the tie breakers over both Calgary and Panther City who both…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jake Whiting On Saturday March 9, 2024, the Halifax Thunderbirds (7-6) headed across the continent to face off against the San Diego Seals (9-4). This game was extremely important for both as they were sitting at No. 3 & No. 4 in the standings. A win would catapult the Thunderbirds into the No. 3 spot; however a loss would…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: David Stewart The Philadelphia Wings (2-5) played host to the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-3) on Friday February 2, 2024. The last time these two teams met on December 29, 2023, in Nova Scotia, the Wings would be victorious in another high scoring contest that also went into overtime. Unfortunately for Philadelphia, they’d come out on the losing end after having…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike Kirschbaum The Saskatchewan Rush (1-2) headed to Michelob Ultra Arena on Friday December 15, 2023, to take on the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. The Rush have quite a few new players on the roster after multiple pre-season trades of some of their veterans. Zach Manns was picked in a trade with the Toronto Rock sending Mark Matthews to…
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Asher Greene It was opening night for both the Georgia Swarm (1-0) and the Colorado Mammoth (0-1) and Colorado would head to Gas South Arena in Duluth, GA for the first of two meetings between the teams in the 2023-24 season. The Mammoth had won 21 of 30 meetings between the two teams and had won six straight…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit: M. Bowen On Saturday March 4, 2023 the Panther City Lacrosse Club (7-5) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (5-5) at Dickie’s Arena in Ft. Worth, TX. This was the second meeting of the two teams this year and with the close race in the Western Division each game for the top teams is pivotal in the standings. The Rush were sitting in…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Rosenthal In a rematch of last weekends contest, the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (1-4) would play host to the Vancouver Warriors (1-5) at Mandalay Bay Arena, in Vegas on Friday January 20, 2023. The crowd wasn’t what you’d expect given all the hype with the newest team to enter the league but the Dog House was still loud…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Hiscock The Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) played host to the Panther City Lacrosse Club (2-2) at Sasktel Centre on Saturday December 31, 2022, to close out the year. This game had everything the fans could hope for, a full 60 minutes of lacrosse. The Rush in their last contest in San Diego had not played a full 60 and…
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Hiscock On Saturday December 3, 2022 the NLL opened up the 2022-23 season and fans would see several lopsided games, including the contest between these Western Division rivals the defending NLL Champion Colorado Mammoth (0-1) going up against the Saskatchewan Rush (1-0) in front of over 10,000 Rush fans at Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon. It was a…