Photo Credit Featured Image: Paul Sasso Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome May 20, 2017 would determine the Eastern Division Champion. If Georgia could beat Toronto in the first game, and avoid the ever eventful mini third game, they would punch their ticket to the Finals. In every match up this
Featured Image Photo Credit: Saskatchewan Rush JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome The Saskatchewan Rush would prove to be victories over the Colorado Mammoth in the first game of the West Division Finals, and take the 1-0 series lead. The game would be a back and forth battle, however it would be former-Mammoth Adam Jones who would be the difference maker for the Rush, as he would…
Photo Credit Featured Image: Toronto Rock Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome After beating New England at home last week in the Eastern Division first round, Toronto returned to the Air Canada Centre to host the No. One seed Georgia Swarm in the first game of the Eastern Division Finals. Toronto easily defeated the Black Wolves last week, while Georgia watched from home to see who they would face. …
Photo Credit Featured Image: NLL Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Last week’s games set up New England Black Wolves and Toronto Rock for their third meeting of the year. Both regular season matchups were only decided by one goal, and the Black Wolves came out on top both times. Toronto earned the second seed in the East and the right to host the
Di Miller, Beat Writer Denver Outlaws Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (9-9) headed to the Langley Events Centre in Vancouver to face the Stealth (9-9) for the first round of the NLL playoffs. Numerous scenarios played out before the two teams would find out who would have home field advantage in Round One. The Mammoth needed to defeat the Rush on the final game of the regular season on…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome With a chance to host the first-round playoff game, the New England Black Wolves (8-10) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (9-9) on Saturday night April 29 at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Black Wolves already knew they were in the playoffs after Rochester lost Friday night to Georgia, but a win could leave no chance of travel to Toronto for round…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (8-10) will miss the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons, leaving the over eighteen thousand fans on Super Hero Night. And imagine the Saskatchewan fans who are so devoted and loyal they travelled eight hours in a bus to watch the Rush play in Calgary, which has become a great prairie rivalry between the two…
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome Photo Credits: Buffalo Bandits The Buffalo Bandits (6-12) hosted the Toronto Rock (9-9) at KeyBank Center on Saturday April 29, 2017 where 18,417 Bandits fans were hopeful their team would end the 2017 season with a win. But this game had meaning for the Rock as well who needed this win if they wanted to stay in second place in the…
Photo Credit: Di Miller JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday April 28, 2017 the Saskatchewan Rush (12-5) would prove to be victorious over the Colorado Mammoth (9-9) at the Pepsi Center, where this time it would be the opportunity of the Mammoth gaining home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. It would be a thrilling game, but ultimately it would be the…
Featured Image Photo Credit: NLL JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome After losing a close game to the New England Black Wolves, the Saskatchewan Rush (11-5) would come back home and defeat the Toronto Rock (8-9) in front of 15,045 Rush fans at the Sasktel Centre. Final Score: Rush 15—Rock 10. The victory has two implications that make it extremely gratifying, as with this victory over the…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome A lot was at stake Friday night at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. The New England Black Wolves (8-9) could secure their spot in the playoffs with a win. The Rochester Knighthawks (6-10) had their backs against a wall and would be eliminated from the playoffs with a loss. The game stayed close throughout with neither team…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (9-8) headed up north to Langley Events Centre to face their Western Division rivals the Vancouver Stealth. It was Black Out Night for the Stealth and they were prepped and ready to face the Mammoth in the hopes of winning the Best of Four game series against