Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 16, the Calgary Roughnecks take one on the chin as they lose to the Vancouver Stealth 13-12. A win was needed to secure a spot in the playoffs; The Riggers can clinch the final West Division playoff spot with one more Stealth loss or a win over the Toronto Rock during their final game of the season on…
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome Last night the Rochester Knighthawks (6-9) hosted the Georgia Swarm (7-9) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 8,570. With playoff implications on the line it was a must win scenario for both teams, but it would be the Swarm taking the victory 17-11.
By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome On a double-header weekend for the Buffalo Bandits (11-5) and the Toronto Rock (5-11) the Bandits would eliminate the Rock from the play-offs and avenging their loss on Friday April 15 in Toronto. The Bandits would be back at home at the First Niagara Center in front of huge crowd
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 16, the Colorado Mammoth (10-6) headed to Saskatoon for the second game in two nights against their Western Division rivals the Saskatchewan Rush (12-4). The game almost did not occur due to the airport in Denver being closed Friday night because of
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday April 15, the Colorado Mammoth (10-5) hosted their Western Division rivals the Saskatchewan Rush (11-4) at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The 11,544 Mammoth fans were hoping to see their team, the only undefeated team at home, take a one game advantage over the Rush. Prior to the game, the Rush were statistically half a game ahead of…
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Sunday April 10, 2016 the Colorado Mammoth (10-4) faced the Georgia Swarm (5-9) at the Infinite Energy Arena in Georgia. Although this game held play-off implications for both teams, the Swarm could only muster up 3,577 fans to see them in action. With the loss by the Rush against New England on Friday night, it gave the Mammoth the…
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks played host to the visiting Vancouver Stealth on Saturday April 9, in a Star Wars theme night benefiting the S.T.A.R.S (Shock – Trauma – Air – Rescue – Service) program. Calgary in custom jerseys depicting the Darth Vader in the front defeated the Stealth 16-12.
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 10, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-8) took on their rivals the Buffalo Bandits (10-4) at the First Niagara Center in front of a crowd of 17,397. Final Score: Buffalo 14—Rochester 12. The first period would be dominated by the Bandits as they would quickly score the first two goals of the period in less than one minute of play. …
By: Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday night’s game between the Colorado Mammoth (10-3) and the New England Black Wolves (7-5) felt like a play-off game. The 3,554 in attendance at Mohegan Sun Arena witnessed two of the top teams in the NLL battle back and forth for a great 60 minutes of lacrosse. Goals were not easy to come by in settled offense,…
By: Chris Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Toronto Rock (4-9) took on the Vancouver Stealth (3-10) in front of a crowd of 3,560 at the Langley Events Centre. It would a very close game throughout the night but it would be the Toronto Rock pulling out the victory 13-11.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 2, 2016, in front of 14,941 fans, the big green machine Saskatchewan Rush (10-3) continues its winning streak to six games and secures a home playoff game winning at home over the Calgary Roughnecks (6-9) Final Score: Rush—11, Roughnecks 9.
LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NLL PLAYER AWARDS FOR MARCH Buffalo Bandits’ Dhane Smith wins third-straight Player of the Month award, Calgary Roughnecks’ Wesley Berg earns Rookie honor The National Lacrosse League has announced Buffalo Bandits forward Dhane Smith as Player of the Month for the third-straight month and Calgary Roughnecks forward Wesley Berg as Rookie of the Month for March of the 2016 NLL season. Smith continued his league-leading scoring pace with…