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Seals Hold the Black Bears to 37 Minutes of Scoreless Lacrosse to Win Low Scoring Contest 1/4/25

January 5, 2025
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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Alexis Goeller On January 4, 2025, Pechanga Arena would welcome the Ottawa Black Bears (2-2) formerly the New York Riptide for their first appearance to the arena where they’d go head-to-head against the San Diego Seals (3-2).  The contest was low scoring but not low on action with both netminders, Zach Higgins (46 saves, .885% Sv%) for Ottawa and…

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Bandits Win Battle of I-90 on Banner Raising Night – 12/28/24

December 29, 2024
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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Caroline Sherman The Rochester Knighthawks (1-4) struggled to keep pace early and couldn’t recover in a 13-6 loss to the reigning two-time NLL champion Buffalo Bandits (3-0) on Saturday at KeyBank Center.  Connor Fields led the Knighthawks with five points (2+3), while Curtis Knight contributed a multi-goal performance (2+1). Ryan Lanchbury (0+4) and Ryan Smith (1+2) also delivered…

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Rock Lose Heartbreaker to Ottawa 12/28/2024

December 29, 2024
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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo by Ryan McCullough / Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock (0-4) hosted the Ottawa Black Bears (2-1) on Saturday night in Mississauga. The Rock were looking to get their first win of the season while the Black Bears were looking to sweep the season series after winning their first game 11 – 5.  Toronto was able to get one of…

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Halifax Finds First Win of Season Against Albany– 12/28/2024

December 29, 2024
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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Feature Image Photo Credit: Trevor MacMillan The Albany Firewolves (1-3) travelled to play the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-3) Saturday night.  Albany, coming off a tough overtime loss to Dane Dobbie and the Calgary Roughnecks, started the road game with momentum and tenacity.  The Firewolves were led by Alex Simmons (2G, 2A) and Ethan Walker (3G, 1A) and started the game scoring the first five goals. …

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Firewolves Fall to Roughnecks in Record Setting Night for Dobbie – 12/14/2024

December 15, 2024
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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (2-0) on Saturday night at MVP Arena in the capital of New York.  Last season these two met for an unbelievable game that saw the Firewolves come back and steal the game in overtime.  For this matchup, they had control of the game until Dane Dobbie (8G) found the hottest of hot streaks in the fourth…

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Toronto Gets Close in Georgia, But Drop Third in a Row 12/14/24

December 14, 2024
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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Victoria Adkins The Toronto Rock (0-3) travelled to Georgia to face the Swarm (2-0) hoping to win their first game of the year as well as scoring more than six goals for the first time this year.  Georgia won their season opener in San Diego last week and were hoping to continue their winning ways.  Toronto welcomed one…

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The Mammoth Can’t Shake the Pechanga Curse Losing for the 5th Time in San Diego 12/13/24

December 14, 2024
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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Alexis Goeller On Friday December 13, 2024, the Colorado Mammoth (2-1) headed to Pechanga Arena to face the San Diego Seals (2-1) for the only meeting of the two teams during the regular season.  But the Seals’ home arena has plagued the Mammoth the last four times the teams met there and tonight would be no different.  Although…

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The I-90 Rivalry in Full Swing as Rochester Hosts the World Champion Bandits in Week Two 12/7/24

December 8, 2024
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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Jonathan Tenca In Week Two of the 2024-25 season, this weekend fans would see the I-90 rivalry with the Rochester Knighthawks (1-1) playing host to the defending NLL Champions Buffalo Bandits (1-0).  Rochester would hold their own against the Bandits for three quarters on Saturday night December 7, 2024 at the Blue Cross Arena. However, a dominant fourth-quarter…

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Rock Suffer Blow Out at the Hands of the FireWolves in Home Opener 12/7/24

December 8, 2024
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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (0-2) hosted their Home Opener in their temporary home arena, the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario on Saturday night, where they will play for the 2024/25 season during the renovation of the First Ontario Place in Hamilton.  The Rock would be without five key players who could be in the starting…

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Roughnecks Storm Back in Win Against Halifax – 12/7/2024

December 8, 2024
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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Trevor MacMillan The Calgary Roughnecks (1-0) opened their season on the road against the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-1) on Saturday night.  Dane Dobbie (5G, 4A) is back in a Roughnecks uniform for the 2024-2025 season, and he did not miss a beat in the reunion with Curtis Dickson (5G, 4A).  Well, maybe a short beat.  With 4:44 left in the second…

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Simmons Tallies 100th Career Point, but Rush Find Victory in OT – 11/30/2024

December 1, 2024
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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© A new National Lacrosse League season has kicked off and the capitol of New York played host to a Saturday evening game on opening weekend.  The Albany Firewolves (0-1) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (1-0) in front of a raucous home crowd.  Showing no hints of a sophomore slump, Albany forward Alex Simmons (3G, 4A) led the home team in a tight back and forth…

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Ottawa Dismantles Toronto 11 – 5 for their First Ever Win 11/30/24

November 30, 2024
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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Ryan McCullough The Battle of Ontario resumed for the first time since 2003 as the Toronto Rock (0-1) travelled to face the Ottawa Black Bears (1-0) on Friday night November 29, 2024.  The New York Riptide moved north of the border after last season and have become the natural rival for Toronto.  The last time there was a…

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