SWARM DEFEATS BANDITS IN SECOND CONTEST OF THE SEASON 2/20/16 By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent On Saturday February 20, 2016 the Georgia Swarm (4-4) would head to the First Niagara Center to face their Eastern Division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (4-4). The last time these two teams met was in Georgia on their home turf the Infinite Energy Center and the Bandits would walk away with the victory. In Saturday…
VANCOUVER COMES AWAY WITH OT THRILLER AGAINST THE ROUGHNECKS 2/20/16 By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent On Saturday February 20, 2016, the Vancouver Stealth (3-4) would play host to their Western Division rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) in front of 3,974 fans at the Langley Events Centre. The last times these two teams met was on January 30 in Calgary on their home turf, the Scotiabank Saddledome and they would come…
ROCHESTER’S LATE SURGE STILL NOT ENOUGH 2/19/16 By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks On Friday February 19, 2016 the Rochester Knighthawks (3-3) began their four game road trip series with the first stop in Saskatchewan taking on the Rush (4-2) at the Sasktel Centre in front of a crowd of 11,042 fans. Final Score: Rush over the Knighthawks 11-8. Rochester’s own Joe Walters got the Knighthawks on the board…
TORONTO GETS THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON 2/19/16 By: Michael King, Beat Writer Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock (1-6) hosted their Eastern Division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (4-4) on Friday February 19 at Air Canada Centre. The 7,837 die hard Rock fans were hoping to see their team come out with the first victory of the season and they got to see it firsthand. Final Score: Toronto 14—Buffalo 12….
ROCK LOSE OVERTIME THRILLER TO BLACK WOLVES 2/14/16 By: Michael King, Beat Writer Toronto Rock On February 14, 2016 the Toronto Rock (0-6) headed to the Mohegan Sun Arena to take on the New England Black Wolves (4-2) in front of 3,512 screaming fans. The Rock who are going through a rebuilding stage after a changing of the guards hoped to defeat their Eastern Division rivals, but it was not…
MAMMOTH STILL NUMBER ONE IN THE NLL AFTER DEFEATING CALGARY 2/13/16 By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth On Saturday February 13, 2016 the Colorado Mammoth (6-2) took on the Calgary Roughnecks (3-4) at the Scotiabank Saddledome in front of a crowd of 9,888 screaming Roughnecks fans. This would be the first of three meetings against the Roughnecks and the Mammoth were bound and determined to keep that Number One…
KNIGHTHAWKS VS. STEALTH IN OT THRILLER 2/13/16 By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks The Rochester Knighthawks were back in action this past Saturday taking on the Vancouver Stealth in front of 7,362 at the Blue Cross Arena. The Knighthawks looked to bounce back from there loss to the Georgia Swarm a couple weeks ago. Having been on a bye week the Knighthawks were nothing from exciting Saturday night. Final…
BLACK WOLVES GO HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAINST THE ROCK FIRST TIME IN 2016 By: Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves On Valentine’s Day the New England Black Wolves will play host to the Toronto Rock at Mohegan Sun Arena. The late afternoon date will not be a loving affair. The Black Wolves inaugural season of 2015 ended with a dagger twist as Toronto beat them twice in a row to…
MAMMOTH DEFEAT THE RUSH IN STYLE 2/11/16 By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth The Colorado Mammoth (5-2) hosted the world champion Saskatchewan Rush (3-2) at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on February 11, 2016 in front of a crowd of 10,841 fans. The Mammoth fans were glad to see their team back home after a three game road trip where the Mammoth went (1-2). This game was pivotal…
FURIOUS BLACK WOLVES RALLY COMES UP SHORT IN BUFFALO 2/6/16 By Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Blackwolves Buffalo is always a tough place to play, with one of the best home crowds in the NLL. New England knows that and proved they would not be shaken when Sheldon Burns (1G) scored the first goal unassisted, shorthanded 2:05 into the game after a too many men bench minor.
COLORADO MAMMOTH LOSE THEIR SECOND TO THE STEALTH 2/6/16 By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth On Saturday February 6, 2016 the Colorado Mammoth (4-1) would head to the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia to face their Western Division rivals the Vancouver Stealth (1-3). The last two times these teams met in B.C. on January 23, 2016, the Mammoth were the ones to score 15 goals while holding…
DIGBY AND HARNETT’S CLUTCH 4th QUARTER GOALS GUIDE ROUGHNECKS PAST SWARM 2/6/16 By: Tim Moony, NLL Correspondent & Editor The Georgia Swarm (3-3) and Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) looked to continue what used to be their divisional contention Saturday night in an NLL week 6 match-up at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. Despite a second-quarter run from the Swarm, followed by a third quarter run from the Roughnecks, some late fourth…