Mammoth Blank Roughnecks in Fourth, Head to NLL Finals – 5/20/2023

May 21, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks met three times during the regular season, and after being knotted up 1-1 after two games of the West Division Final, the sixth game between the two teams determined the Finals representative.  The score was as expected. With Dillon Ward (33SV) and Christian Del Bianco (28SV) in net for Colorado and Calgary respectively, and so much on the…

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Mammoth Comeback Falls Just Short as Roughnecks Force Game 3 – 5/13/2023

May 14, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The West Division Finals will have a Game 3 as the home team Calgary Roughnecks found a way to hold off a determined effort from the visiting Colorado Mammoth.  After taking Game 1 in the loud house, Colorado started Game 2 on the right foot, but once Calgary took the lead they kept the Mammoth just out of reach for the remainder.  Led by…

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Seals are Playoff Bound after Big Win Against Calgary – 3/31/2023

April 2, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Steven Richardson Jr. The West leading San Diego Seals (11-3) hosted the second place Calgary Roughnecks (10-5) on Friday night and the stakes were high for both teams.  Whoever won, would clinch a postseason berth.  The Seals let their chance to clinch last weekend slip away in a low scoring loss to Buffalo, and they played as if they were…

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Kells Closes the Door on the Roughnecks Giving Vegas Win No. Four 2/23/23

February 25, 2023

Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  S. Rosenthal The Calgary Roughnecks (7-4) visited the Vegas Desert Dogs (4-5) on Friday night February 23, 2023 for their first ever matchup.  Vegas comes in winning two games in a row while Calgary has won four in a row.  Vegas jumped out to a 6 -1 lead in the first quarter only to see if disappear in the…

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Mammoth Can’t Overcome Roughnecks First Half Blitz 2/11/23

February 11, 2023

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Jenn Pierce On Saturday February 11, 2023 the Colorado Mammoth (4-4) headed to the Scotiabank Saddledome to face their Western Division Rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (6-3) for the second meeting of the two teams.  Calgary had just come off a decisive victory the night before against another Western Division opponent, the Saskatchewan Rush 13-6 so they were pumped…

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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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