Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Season Total: 14-7 Another perfect week ruined by a struggling home team. Last week it was the Colorado Mammoth, and this week it was the Philadelphia Wings falling to the
Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Shawn started playing box lacrosse when he was 4 years old and played for 17 years, playing his minor lacrosse in Toronto and Jr. B in Aurora Ontario. After being away from lacrosse for 10 years while playing Roller Hockey for the Canadian National Team he was brought back to the sport when his son was old enough to play. He has…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth (0-3) hosted the Toronto Rock (3-1) on 80’s Rock Night in the Mile High City. The 11,678 Mammoth fans were ready to see their team get their first “W” of the season. But as has been in the previous two contests, Colorado couldn’t overcome their woes and would lose their third on the season giving them the worst start in…
Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© In this weekend NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (1-2) were on the road once again as they traveled to the West Coast to take on the San Diego Seals (2-2). Rochester was looking to rebound after last week’s loss to the Buffalo Bandits. It seemed it was going to happen for the Knighthawks; however they would come up just short in a…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On Saturday January 12, 2019 in the Scotiabank Saddledome, twelve thousand plus fans in attendance were there to see Curtis Dickson’s return to the Roughnecks line up. His return was not what he had expected after signing a multiyear deal with Calgary as they would lose only their second of the season. Final Score: New…
Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Georgia Swarm (4-0) visited the Philadelphia Wings (0-4) at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday January 12, 2019. The 12,688 fans who showed up were hoping to see Kevin Crowley return to the Wings lineup and help them to their first win of the season. Crowley was acquired from the New England Black Wolves earlier in the week in exchange for their…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Featured Image: Vancouver Warriors The Vancouver Warriors (1-4) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) in front of 8,217 fans at Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver Saturday night. Vancouver was hoping for their first home win of the season, but the visiting Rush used a quick start to chase starting goaltender Aaron Bold and grab control early. The Warriors got to within one…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Season Total: 10-6 The Colorado Mammoth ruined my perfect weekend, losing to the Calgary Roughnecks at home on Sunday. They kept it close, but just didn’t seem able to adjust during the game. My score predictions were quite off, and I am
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Sunday January 6, 2019, the Colorado Mammoth (0-2) would host their Western Division rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks (3-1) for the rescheduled game from December 1, 2018 when the NLL and the PLPA were still in CBA negotiations. The 11,378 fans were pumped and ready to see their Mammoth open 2019; get the first win of the season; and see some great lacrosse. …
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Saskatchewan Rush (1-1) played their first home game since Game 3 of last season’s championship. They won that game on June 9, 2018 by the score of 15-10 and last night hoisted their third championship banner in four years before taking on the expansion San Diego Seals (1-2). After the banner was hoisted, rings handed out and the celebration concluded, there was…
MEDIA RELEASE Adam Jones’ 5th Goal Of The Night Wins It Toronto, ON – Adam Jones scored his fifth goal of the night to power the Toronto Rock (2-1) to an 11-10 overtime win over the Philadelphia Wings (0-3) on Friday night at Scotiabank Arena. Tom Schreiber also scored five goals, with his fifth tying the game with 20 seconds to play and
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One : 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Season Total: 6-5 Keep it positive. In week three of NLL action I got ABOVE .500, although barely. I did not foresee the low scoring Calgary win against San Diego and I most certainly did not