Justin’s Picks NLL Week Four 1/4/19

January 3, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One : 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Season Total: 6-5 Keep it positive. In week three of NLL action I got ABOVE .500, although barely. I did not foresee the low scoring Calgary win against San Diego and I most certainly did not

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Swarm Overtakes the Rock in the Last Seconds 12/28/18

December 28, 2018

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Friday December 28, 2018 a very busy lacrosse packed night in the NLL, the Toronto Rock (1-1) would open up their season at home in front of 10,123 Rock fans hosting their Eastern Division rivals the Georgia Swarm (2-0).  This game would not disappoint the fans as there wasn’t a single minute of down time as the track meet and net-minder battle…

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Justin’s Picks NLL Week Three 12/28/18

December 27, 2018

Justin’s Picks Week Three 12/28/18 & 12/29/18 Week One:  1-2 Week Two:  2-1 I was able to reverse my fortunes last week and reach .500 early in the season.  The self confidence boost was much needed.  Now comes the real test.  There are five games in the NLL this week, four on Friday and one on Saturday.  Can San Diego stay hot?  Will Philadelphia get their first win?  Read on…

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Justin’s Picks NLL Week Two 12/20/18

December 20, 2018

Justin’s Picks Week Two 12/22/18 Unfortunately, I did not get my picks submitted in time last week for everyone to see.  I had all three home teams picked to win and only one of them did, so I enter week two with a much less than perfect 1-2.  Week 2 of the NLL season has three matchups, two on Friday and one on Saturday.

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Mammoth End Rock Playoff Hopes 4/28/18

April 29, 2018

Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (11-7) hosted the Toronto Rock (8-10) at the Loud House on Saturday night.  There were 15,767 Mammoth fans in attendance stoked to see their team break out of the three game slide and the worst streak Colorado has had.  They got their wish while the Rock saw their season end.  Final: Mammoth 19—Rock 15.

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The NLL Wild Wild East 4/21/18

April 22, 2018

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 21, 2018, the Toronto Rock (8-9) headed south to face their Eastern Division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (8-9) at the Key Bank Center.  Attendance was above the season average with 16,630 Bandits fans set and ready to see their team return home after a two game road trip and losing streak.  However, it wasn’t in

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The Battle at the Hive 4/8/18

April 11, 2018

Tom Coyne, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome A great game of lacrosse happened at the Infinite Energy Arena in Atlanta when the Toronto Rock (7-8) came down to Georgia to face off against the Swarm (8-7) hoping to avoid a season sweep and joining New England in the NLL’s Eastern Division cellar.  This was the NLL/Twitter Game of the Week.  Both teams entered the contest with identical records (7-7) and…

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Colorado—Toronto It’s All About the “D’s” 3/30/18

March 30, 2018

Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday March 30, the Colorado Mammoth (10-4) headed east to face the Toronto Rock (7-7).  Air Canada Centre was packed with 10,288 Rock fans that were ready to watch their team roll over the Mammoth.  Unfortunately for Toronto, they couldn’t stop the second toughest team in the league.  Colorado led the series against Toronto 7-1 going into the game and…

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Rock Roll Over the Roughnecks 3/24/18

March 25, 2018

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome It was Superhero Party Night at Scotiabank Saddledome and the Twitter Game of the Week.  The Calgary Roughnecks (5-8) hosted the Toronto Rock (7-6) in front of 12,097 screaming Riggers fans.  Both teams came into the game with a “W” the weekend before. At this point in the season, every win is more significant, and one step closer to

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Toronto Gets Back to Winning Ways in New England 3/16/18

March 17, 2018

Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome For the second week in a row the New England Black Wolves (6-5) and Toronto Rock (6-6) squared off.  Last week, the Black Wolves beat the Rock in overtime at the Air Canada Centre to keep first place in the very tight East Division.  That win knotted the season series at 1-1, and Friday’s game would decide any possible…

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New England Rocks Toronto in OT 3/11/18

March 11, 2018

  Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome   A Sunday afternoon tilt at the Air Canada Centre celebrating Toronto’s 20 years in the league, decided first place in the East Division of the NLL.  In a division that only has a separation of two games between first and last, every game is important.  The New England Black Wolves (6-4) took over first place last week…

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Georgia Defense Swarms Toronto 3/3/18

March 4, 2018

  Marcelo A. Saguez, Beat Writer Lacrosse is Awesome After suffering a tough loss on Friday night at home against Colorado, the Georgia Swarm (5-6) travelled to face the Toronto Rock (5-5) for their second game in as many nights.  Toronto was without Tom Schreiber (knee) and Brodie Merrill (ankle) for the East Division matchup.  Georgia showed little signs of fatigue after the loss and travel.  The defense and goaltender…

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