Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo BanditsLacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits are looking to make it back into the playoffs and it can be said that it looks like they have the team to do it. They had a strong offense last season and made moves towards the end to add a player like Shawn Evans. In the off season they traded a young lefty forward, Mitch Jones to the…
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome Its Rochester’s final season in the great state of New York and here’s what’s happening with their season. With players and owners finally reaching a deal, the teams were able to attend training camps as well as seeing a lot movement on the rosters. To start, the Buffalo Bandits picked up Matt Vinc from Rochester. Other Knighthawks showing up to other…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The NLL season is slated to begin two weeks late given the CBA negotiations between the PLPA and the National Lacrosse League. The fans patiently waited, some skeptical that an agreement could be reached and others counting the hours until opening day. The NLL will make up the games that were cancelled although originally the decision had been that they would…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2018 The Vancouver Stealth professional lacrosse team has been purchased by Canucks Sports & Entertainment. The below messages have been prepared by Vancouver Stealth former owner, Denise Watkins, and Jason Winslade from the Township of Langley, respectively.
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome In this week’s only NLL action we saw the Rochester Knighthawks play host to the Saskatchewan Rush in must win game two in a best of three series for the NLL Championship. In game one at the Sasktel Center, the Rush took a commanding win over Rochester. However, in front of 9,174 fans at the Blue Cross Arena, the Knighthawks had…
Tom Coyne, Lacrosse Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Lacrosse is awesome, especially this time of the year. The NCAA lacrosse Final Four occurs on Memorial Day weekend, and if you have cable TV you were able to watch some of the greatest lacrosse of the year. Right from your favorite couch everyone was able to tune in on this great holiday to watch the 2018 NCAA Championship game between Yale and…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Sunday May 13, 2018, the Saskatchewan Rush defeated the Calgary Roughnecks 15-13 in the Western Division Semi-Finals at the Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon. There were 11,568 fans in the arena in support of their 10-4 Rush. Calgary has not defeated the Rush in their eleven meetings since the team moved to Saskatchewan, and the streak
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (8-10) finished off the season dropping a tight game on the road to the Saskatchewan Rush (14-4). Final Score: Rush 11—Roughnecks 10. As expected from these two teams it has been the action has been back and forth. The game’s first goal to (90) Ben McIntosh catching Calgary’s (35) Christian Del Bianco off balance for the over…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer, New England Black Wolves Lacrosse Is Awesome The final week of the NLL season has never been quite like this. Until this week’s action, no team had clinched a playoff berth in the East Division. Saturday night’s games determined the players – but seeding wouldn’t be finalized until the completion. Rochester secured the two seed by beating Buffalo, and Toronto was eliminated with the loss against…
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday night’s games in the NLL were must watch TV for the fans, and a must win for the teams. The Rochester Knighthawks (10-8) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (8-10) in a game where the winner would have a chance at the post season, and the loser would have to wait until next year to take the turf again. The rivalry between…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (11-7) hosted the Toronto Rock (8-10) at the Loud House on Saturday night. There were 15,767 Mammoth fans in attendance stoked to see their team break out of the three game slide and the worst streak Colorado has had. They got their wish while the Rock saw their season end. Final: Mammoth 19—Rock 15.
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome With the NLL regular season winding down and post season dreams still yet to be decided in the Eastern Division, the Rochester Knighthawks (9-8) played host to the New England Black Wolves (9-8) at the Blue Cross in a must win to punch their ticket to the post season. Unfortunately, the Knighthawks would come up short as New England would take…