Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome The Rochester Knighthawks kicked off the 2016-17 NLL season with their home opener at the Blue Cross Arena against the Toronto Rock. The Hawks 8,137 fans were excited to see their team back in action after many months of a quiet arena. I have to admit that it’s quite different watching the game from the vantage point of the press area. …
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Last night in Buffalo, Rochester would end there 4 game road trip. In front of a crowd of 18,751 at the First Niagara Center the Buffalo Bandits (7-4) would hand the Knighthawks (4-5) an unfortunate loss in a very close defensive game. Final Score: Buffalo 13—Rochester 10. Scoring would get started in the first by Dhane Smith (Jones, Brock) at 5:39. Ryan Benesch…
Calgary Loses a Tough One to Rochester in OT By: Marcelo A. Sagüez On Saturday March 6, the Knighthawks (3-4) came to Calgary (3-6) for their first and only meeting this 2016 NLL season. The Roughnecks came into this game hungry to get that monkey off their backs as they have dropped the last three games and sit at the bottom of the Western Division.
CAN ROCHESTER BOUNCE BACK? March 4, 2016 By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Rochester Knighthawks (3-4) look to bounce back in the win column Saturday March 5, against the Calgary Roughnecks (3-6) as Rochester is in the home stretch of their four game road trip before returning home March 12th. Rochester can still grab the top spot in their division as they are still two games out of first…