Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (1-0) opened their 2022/23 season at home against the Vancouver Warriors (0-1) on Saturday night December 3, 2022 which had been called “Guaranteed Win Night” by owner and GM Jamie Dawick. Based on the way that the Toronto Rock played they wanted to deliver for their owner as they came out of the…
Mammoth Can’t Find Their Offense Against the Rush 12/3/22
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Hiscock On Saturday December 3, 2022 the NLL opened up the 2022-23 season and fans would see several lopsided games, including the contest between these Western Division rivals the defending NLL Champion Colorado Mammoth (0-1) going up against the Saskatchewan Rush (1-0) in front of over 10,000 Rush fans at Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon. It was a…
And Then There Was One…The Colorado Mammoth Defeat Buffalo For their Second NLL Championship Title 6/18/22
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Bill Wippert On Saturday June 18, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (1-1) headed to New York to face the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) in front of a sellout crowd at KeyBank Center. The 19,060 fans were certain their team would walk away easily with the Champions Cup. But the Colorado Mammoth fans knew what their team had done throughout the…
Mammoth Even Championship Series with Bandits – 6/11/2022
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth knew what had to be done Saturday night at the sold-out Loud House. Buffalo took Game 1 last week, and a loss meant the season was over. Before the game began it was announced that Eli McLaughlin would be scratched with an injury, a huge blow to Colorado. The team pushed through and persevered though and captured the…
Mammoth Hard-Fought Battle Comes Up Short in Game One in Buffalo 6/4/22
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Michael Hetzel The Colorado Mammoth (0-1) headed to New York to face the Buffalo Bandits (1-0) for Game One of the NLL Championship Series. The 14,274 Bandits fans would be treated to a non-stop back and forth high scoring game where their team came out on top in the end. Heading into the contest, Eli McLaughlin was sitting…
Second Half Comeback Sends Colorado Back to NLL Finals 5/28/22
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis On Saturday May 28, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (2-1) would head to Pechanga Arena to face the San Diego Seals (1-2) to determine who would win the West and head to the NLL Championship Series to face the Eastern Division Champions the Buffalo Bandits (2-0) next weekend. The 7,114 Seals fans were hoping to see their…
Dobbie, Staats Shine in Seals Game 2 Win – 5/21/2022
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Home turf didn’t make a difference in Game 1 for the San Diego Seals, and they faced a win or go home situation in the Loud House Saturday night when they visited the Colorado Mammoth for Game 2. Regulation proved to be so evenly matched that the two needed overtime to decide the winner. The Seals had a one goal lead…
Bandits Advance to NLL Finals with Win in Toronto – 5/21/2022
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits are headed to the NLL Finals for the first time since 2019. Game 1 highlighted the offense, and as many expected, Game 2 was a defensive battle. Matt Vinc (42 SV) set a new Bandits record with his fifth post season victory for the franchise while Josh Byrne (2G, 6A) and Dhane Smith (2G, 4A) mustered up just…
ECF Starts with a Thriller as Bandits Edge Rock – 5/16/2022
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image courtesy of Buffalo Bandits Media Team. The Toronto Rock drove down Highway 401 to meet the Buffalo Bandits in Game One of the Eastern Conference Final which placed two of the top regular season teams in the NLL against each other. It was a game of runs that went back and forth throughout and ended with the Buffalo Bandits coming…
Zed Williams Wills Mammoth to Game 1 Win – 5/13/2022
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth acquired Zed Williams (5G, 1A) in a trade during the 2020 NLL Entry Draft for moments like Friday night. The Mammoth were visiting the San Diego Seals for the first game of a three game Western Conference Playoff and were able to squeak out a win with a big second half. Williams contributed at least a goal in…
Seals Battle Full 60 & Win First Ever Post-Season Battle Over the Wings 5/7/22
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis On Saturday May 7, 2022, the final two teams met to determine who would meet in the Semi-Finals for the Western Division title. The San Diego Seals (11-8) who were the No. One Seed in the West hosted the Philadelphia Wings (9-10), the first ever Wild Card team and the No. Four Seed from the East. The…
Buffalo Defense Carries Bandits to Conference Finals – 5/7/2022
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Michael Hetzel/NLL The Buffalo Bandits ended the regular season with the best record in the NLL and the home floor advantage for their championship run. On Saturday night, they hosted the Albany Firewolves whom they had already beaten twice this season. Albany came in having been in playoff mode for their last month of the regular season,…