Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday, February 9, 2018, The New England Black Wolves (4-3) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (5-3) in front of 5,357 fans. Buffalo, winners of two straight coming in, and playing the first game of their double header weekend, had the chance to take first place in the East Division with a win. New England, coming off a bye week…
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday February 3, 2018, the Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) hosted their I-90 rival Buffalo Bandits (4-3) in front of a crowd of 9,425 fans on Military Appreciation Night at the Blue Cross Arena. This rivalry game was certainly high energy for the large crowd. Unfortunately for those fans, the Knighthawks would come up short in the closing minutes, and the Buffalo…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Eight days after battling in Rochester, the New England Black Wolves (4-1) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (2-3) for part two. The previous weekend, Rochester lost to New England 9-8 at home, a night after losing in Toronto 17-9. Rochester needed to come to New England and win. After winning their first two games of the season, they had…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor & NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Toronto Rock’s (4-3) win streak did not reach five games, as the Calgary Roughnecks (2-5) took control of the close game in the fourth quarter to run away with the victory. Toronto had won their previous four games averaging a lofty 20.5 goals per game. Calgary, coming in with a 1-5 record, found their defensive answer in 20-year-old goaltender Christian…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (4-1) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (1-5) on Friday January 26, 2018. It was “Black-Out Night” at the Loud House and the Mammoth were donning their new black jerseys which would be auctioned off during the game. At game time the Pepsi Center had only about one-third of its normal fan base for a Mammoth game and it led…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome In front of 9,145 home fans, the Toronto Rock (4-2) rolled over the New England Black Wolves (4-2) for their fourth straight win. After starting the season with two straight losses, the Rock have won their past four with an average of 20.5 goals per game while defining themselves as the most potent offense in the NLL. The Black…
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome It was a double-header weekend for the Rochester Knighthawks (3-2). After losing to the Toronto Rock (3-2) Friday January 12 by the score of 17-9, Rochester was 2-2 heading into Saturday night. Their goal: get above the 500 mark to remain near the top in the East. They were looking to get back on track after dropping their last two road…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Bill Wippert On Saturday January 13, 2018 the Buffalo Bandits (2-2) would host the Vancouver Stealth (0-4) at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo, NY also known as Bandit Land. As always the Bandits bring in a crowd and Saturday night was no different as 12,16o fans would brave the cold to see their
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On Saturday January 13, 2018 the Calgary Roughnecks (1-4) hosted the Georgia Swarm (2-2) at the Scotiabank Saddledome in front of 11,843 Calgary fans. The attendance at the Roughnecks games clearly shows loyalty to their struggling team. In the past four games Calgary has scored on 36 goals with their two highest tallies at…
Hays Nash, Beat Writer Vancouver Stealth Lacrosse is Awesome The Vancouver Stealth (0-4) hosted the Toronto Rock (2-2) at Langley Events Centre, in Langley, B.C. The Stealth fans 4,206 strong were wishing for a win to get their team of its slump. At this point in the season, not only does Vancouver have the worst record; they are also at the bottom of attendance with only 7,407 in two games…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome Feature Image: Photo Credit Bill Wippert The Calgary Roughnecks (1-3) headed out on the road to the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY. Their primary goal was a victory as they had not won a game since their home-opener on December 15, 2017 when they defeated the (0-4) Vancouver Stealth. They wanted to redeem themselves and come off the two-game slide…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits (1-2) were looking to defeat the Toronto Rock (1-2) for the second time this season to get back on track with the “W”. The first time the teams met December 8, 2017 on Bandits home turf, they would defeat the Rock 13-9. Toronto was looking for their first win of the season after loses to both Bandits and…