Roughnecks Can’t Climb Over Rock in OT Thriller 1/28/23

January 29, 2023

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Jenn Pierce  The Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) were coming off a bye week, riding a winning feeling decisively beating the San Diego Seals (5-1) at the Saddledome 14-10 on January 14 after having played a complete 60 minutes of relentless lacrosse.  Within the first 30 seconds Calgary opened the scoring and continued the pressure for a five-goal run…

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Mammoth Make An Exciting Comeback on Banner Raising Night Against Roughnecks 1/7/23

January 8, 2023

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit:  Di Miller The Calgary Roughnecks (2-2) headed to Denver to face the NLL 2022 Champion Colorado Mammoth (2-1) in their home opener.  The Loud House was packed to the rafters so the home town fans could give their team a proper “Congratulations Champs!”. Before the first draw, Colorado welcomed their team onto the floor for the raising of the…

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Roughnecks Late Game Surge Not Enough to Overtake Against the Seals 12/30/22

December 31, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jenn Pierce What a way to round out 2022 with a battle for first place in the Western division with the Calgary Roughnecks (2-0) hosting the San Diego Seals (2-0) at the Scotiabank Saddledome.   This game would be bittersweet for Curtis Dickson (71) who had played his entire career (11 seasons) with the Roughnecks, until the 2022…

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Del Bianco and the Roughnecks stop Warriors in Home Opener – 12/10/22

December 11, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Vancouver Warriors (0-2) started the season with a tough road trip and dropped their second straight away game in Canada with an 11-9 loss at the hands of the Calgary Roughnecks (1-0) in their season opener at home.  The Roughnecks were led by Jesse King (3G, 3A) and a stout Christian Del Bianco (9GA, 40SV) in net to defeat their…

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Mammoth Redemption Sweet in Calgary Sending Them to Round Two 5/6/22

May 7, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward On Friday May 6, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (11-8) headed back to the Scotiabank Saddledome to face their rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (10-9) for a rematch and the Single Elimination game for Round One in the Quarterfinals of the 2021-22 Playoffs.  The last time that Colorado defeated Calgary in a playoff game was in 2006 so…

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Mammoth Controlled Their Fate But a Fourth Quarter Comeback In Calgary Wasn’t Enough 4/30/22

May 1, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward It was Week 22 of the NLL Season and the Colorado Mammoth (10-8) headed to the Scotiabank Saddledome to face their Western Division rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (10-8) in front of their largest crowd to date. On Saturday April 30, 2022, 15,891 Riggers fans were in attendance for one of the most exciting games of the…

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Two Streaks Come to an End for the Knighthawks and Roughnecks 4/22/22

April 23, 2022

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse Is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Micheline V. On Friday April 22, 2022, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-13) played host to the Calgary Roughnecks (9-8) in only the second meeting of the two teams in league history.  The 3,707 Knighthawks fans who attended the game were glad they did as they saw a stellar performance by their team who did not disappoint.  Each team was heading…

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Roughnecks Halt Panther City Five-Game Hot Streak 4/9/22

April 11, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward It was Super Hero night in Calgary on Saturday April 9, 2022, and over eight thousand fans were on hand to witness a solid sixty minutes of play from their Roughnecks. By far their best game of the 2022 season.  This win marks Calgary’s fourth straight win, moving their standing to 8-7 and a third…

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Roughnecks Win Big Over Warriors in OT to Put Them Third in the West 4/1/22

April 2, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward On Friday April 1, 2022 the Calgary Roughnecks (6-7) hosted their Western Division rivals the Vancouver Warriors (6-8) at the Scotiabank Saddledome in front of 7,958 fans.  The fans were witness to an exciting lacrosse game as the Roughnecks would take the win 30 seconds into OT over the Warriors.  The momentum changer had the…

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Roughnecks Brought the Brooms & Sweep the Series Against the Rush 3/26/22

March 27, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Steve Hiscock On Saturday March 26, 2022, the Roughnecks put in a solid effort to defeat the home team Saskatchewan Rush (4-10). Moving Calgary to 5-7 on the season and sweeping the season series of the NLL’s Battle of the Prairies for the first time since 2012.  In contrast to their last home game against the Panther…

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Roughnecks Come Off Bye-Weeks & Use the Luck of the Irish to Defeat the Rush 3/17/22

March 19, 2022

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward On St. Patrick’s Day 8,590 Calgary fans saw their Roughnecks (4-6) host the Saskatchewan Rush (3-9). The Roughnecks have struggled to put a solid winning season together and their record of 4-6 leaves them sitting fourth place in the Western division. Thursday night’s efforts would put the Roughnecks in the win column, outscoring the Rush…

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Calgary Sneaks Past Panther City 2/20/2022

February 20, 2022

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  D. Nadwodny Rounding out this week’s NLL action would have the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) traveling to the Dickies Arena to take on Panther City Lacrosse Club (1-8) in front of a crowd of 5,403.  The game would become a game of runs as each team would go back and forth on this feat with the Panther City Lacrosse Club…

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