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: 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: 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: 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.
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: 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: 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: 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 Alfonso Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks The Roughnecks set out front early in this Sunday afternoon game with a power play marker by Reilly O’Connor (#19) less than a minute into the game. A little better than half way through the first quarter Wesley Berg (#14) put one past Aaron Bold (#77) to give the Roughnecks a two goal lead.
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…
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…