Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome With this being the home opener and start of the Calgary Roughnecks 2017 NLL season, the Vancouver Stealth traveled to Calgary. The Stealth showed up with a stingy defense and a solid team effort to beat the Calgary Roughnecks 12-11 in a game that went to the last second of regulation time.
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth opened the 2016-17 season with a bang. They headed to Buffalo to face the Bandits at KeyBank Center in front of a crowd of 14,268 fans. Bandits fans wanted that home opener victory, but it wasn’t in the cards. Tonight’s loss was only second to the worst opening night in Bandits history when they were defeated by the…
JJ Seaward, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Growing up in the small suburb city of Smokey Creek in Ontario, Kiel Matisz had cemented his legacy as a professional lacrosse player and paving his way up to the National Lacrosse League. “Stoney Creek is a suburb of Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton is a city of half a million people; it is an hour or so from Toronto and an hour west of…
JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome Now that I will be covering the World Champion Saskatchewan Rush, here’s who I think that the Rush will choose in the upcoming NLL Draft tonight September 26, 2016.
JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome Along with a first round pick, Zack Greer, the Saskatchewan Rush superstar has been traded to the Colorado Mammoth in exchange for Adam Jones and a second round pick in the 2017 draft. As much as the team will miss Greer, Jones is also one of the most formidable players who was a part of the 40-plus goals in each of…
By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits, NLL and Eastern Division leaders headed to the Mohegan Sun Arena on Monday May 16 to face their rivals, the New England Black Wolves in the final round of the NLL play-offs. During the regular season, the Bandits would lead the Black Wolves in the series 2-3, but now it’s all on the line and the teams needed to…
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 30, it was fan appreciation night at the Saddledome with over fifteen thousand on hand to witness an end to end battle that led the Calgary Roughnecks in a dramatic 18 – 17 overtime win over the Toronto Rock (5-13) closing out the 2016 regular season (8-10).
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 30, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-11) took on the Saskatchewan Rush (13-5) in front of a home crowd of 6,547 at the Blue Cross Arena. This was a must win for the Knighthawks to keep post season dreams alive but
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday night, the Colorado Mammoth (12-6) hosted their Western Division rivals, the Vancouver Stealth (5-12) for their final game of the regular season at the loudest house in lacrosse, the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Mammoth surpassed their season high in attendance for 2016 with 15,622 hopeful fans; as well as ending the
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 23, the Vancouver Stealth (5-11) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (12-5) at the Langley Events Centre in front of 4,409 fans. The Stealth had just come off a spectacular win against their Western Division rivals the Calgary Roughnecks on April 16 and wanted another one in
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 23, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-10) took on division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (12-5) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 10,716 hopeful fans. This was a must win for the Knighthawks to keep any playoff hopes alive, unfortunately luck wasn’t on their side as the Bandits edged Rochester 15-13.
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 23, the Colorado Mammoth (11-6) hosted the Toronto Rock (5-12) in front of 14,122 play-off ready fans. Toronto wanted to be the spoilers and defeat the Mammoth, but unfortunately for the Rock, they couldn’t put a halt to the Mammoth and their determination to break their three-game losing streak. Colorado would also tie their season-low five goals…