By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent In front of a home crowd of just over thirteen thousand fans, the big green machine Saskatchewan Rush (9-3) win back to back against the Toronto Rock (3-9) this past weekend. Final Score: Rush 13—Rock 8. Early in this game the Rock lose Brett Hickey (#11) to an upper body injury, leaving the team with only a couple of right handed offensive players.
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks In front of a crowd of 7,582 the Rochester Knighthawks (6-7) would lose a close one to New England (7-4) giving the Black Wolves the weekend sweep of the Knighthawks. However, the game wouldn’t be a disappointing one as it was a very exciting to watch to say the least. But New England in the end would pull out a 10-8 victory. The…
By: Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves The New England Black Wolves (6-4) sit in second place in the East after defeating the Rochester Knighthawks (6-6) at home Friday night. Quite a few Rochester fans took the drive to the Mohegan Sun Arena, only to be disappointed as their team never led in the game. New England looked composed throughout, using a stifling defense and fluid offense to…
By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent The Toronto Rock (3-8) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (8-3) at the Air Canada Centre on Friday March 25 in front of a crowd of 8,836 fans. The Rock had just come off their third win of the season the last two back-to-back and were trying to go for a fourth, but the Rush who had just come off a three game winning streak were ready…
By:Marcelo Alfonso Sagüez Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks (6-7) travelled to Georgia to take on the Swarm (4-8) in the final meeting of these two teams this 2016 Lacrosse season. After a slow start in this contest, the Roughnecks pushed back to come out with the win 16-12 over the Swarm in Friday night lacrosse action. Looking back to February 6 of this season the Roughnecks overcame a…
By Chris Crane, NLL Correspondent The Buffalo Bandits (8-4) took on the Vancouver Stealth (3-9) at the First Niagara Center in front of a crowd of 14,301. The Bandits who are in first place in the Eastern Division would show why they are in first place by rolling over the Stealth 17-10. Vancouver’s Rhys Duch would get the Stealth on the board first only 53 seconds into the first period….
By: Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent On Saturday March 19, the Vancouver Stealth (3-8) could not get back to winning ways dropping their fourth straight game. Five games out of the top spot in the west, they need to turn things around quickly. On the positive side, they were able to put in more than 10 goals. The last time they did that was their last win on February 20, 2016…
By: Marcelo Alfonso Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks The Colorado Mammoth (8-3) arrived in Calgary (5-7) on March 19 for the second of three meetings in the 2016 NLL season. Despite the quick start for the Mammoth it was the acrobatics of goaltender Mike Poulin (#30) that gave the Roughnecks the 13-9 win.
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Last night March 18, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-5) traveled south for a rematch with the Georgia Swarm (4-7) at the Infinite Energy Arena in front of crowd of 4,523. The energy was definitely on Rochester’s side last night as they won in dominating fashion with 11-4 victory.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent In what resembled a playoff game, the Toronto Rock beat the Vancouver Stealth 9-6 in Sunday afternoon Lacrosse action. Vancouver (3-6) visiting the Toronto Rock (2-7) in their first meeting in the 2016 NLL season. Vancouver was looking for their first win in three games, while Toronto was looking to redeem themselves after losing 15-10 to Calgary Friday night.
By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent On Saturday March 12, the Saskatchewan Rush (6-3) would play host to the Georgia Swarm (4-6). This would be the first time in the 25 years the Sasktel Centre has been in existence, they expected over 14,000 fans for its First Nations Night; and the first time Saskatchewan have hosted a home game on a Saturday. All the festivities made the atmosphere even more spectacular…
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks After losing to the Rochester Knighthawks last week in Calgary in sudden death overtime (9-8), it was time for a road trip to Eastern Canada to play the Toronto Rock. With over eight thousand lacrosse fans at the Air Canada Centre Roughnecks Defeat the Rock in regulation time 15-10. This win broke the Roughnecks four game losing skid (4-7), moves them past…