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Wings Drop Fourth at Home in Thrilling OT Contest Against the Thunderbirds 2/2/24

February 2, 2024

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: David Stewart The Philadelphia Wings (2-5) played host to the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-3) on Friday February 2, 2024. The last time these two teams met on December 29, 2023, in Nova Scotia, the Wings would be victorious in another high scoring contest that also went into overtime. Unfortunately for Philadelphia, they’d come out on the losing end after having…

Thunderbirds Triumph Over Knighthawks in NLL Clash 1/27/24

January 28, 2024

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Trevor MacMillan In an electrifying matchup this week, the Rochester Knighthawks (3-3) ventured north to face off against the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-3) at the Scotiabank Centre in Nova Scotia. Rochester, aiming to recover from a tough loss to I-90 rivals, the Buffalo Bandits, found themselves up against a formidable Halifax squad fresh off a convincing 14-7 win over…

First Victory in Halifax for Toronto Improves the Rock to 4-0 1/12/24

January 12, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: James Bennett The Toronto Rock (4-0) travelled to Halifax to play the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-2) on Friday January 12, 2024, in the hopes of increasing their undefeated streak to start the season to four games. Halifax was looking to get above .500 on the season and move to 3 – 2. The Rock jumped out to an early…

Firewolves Stay Undefeated with Comeback Win – 1/6/2024

January 7, 2024

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© After a visit from the Halifax Thunderbirds (2-2) Saturday night, the Albany Firewolves (5-0) remain undefeated to start the season. Albany was not in control the entire game, but netminder Doug Jamieson (45SV) kept the offense within striking distance going into the second half of the fourth quarter. Halifax had a two-goal lead 34 seconds into the fourth quarter, but a strong Firewolves defense…

Wings Beat Thunderbirds in Dramatic OT Win 12/29/23

December 30, 2023

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MEDIA RELEASE By: Brian Smith Jack Jasinski’s Philadelphia Wings debut could not have been a bigger one, as the second-year pro scored 2:56 into overtime to give the Wings their first-ever victory over the Halifax Thunderbirds by a 16-15 final. Jasinski’s diving shot across the crease that beat Thunderbirds goaltender Warren Hill completed a comeback from a deficit that was as deep as four goals at one point, and gave…

Thunderbirds Roll Over Riptide 12/16/23

December 17, 2023

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Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Brandon Hill On Saturday December 16, 2023, the Halifax Thunderbirds (2-0) headed out on the road to take on the New York Riptide (0-2) at NYCB LIVE-NASSAU COLISEUM. The Riptide had Callum Jones who was the 3rd pick overall in 2023 for the Riptide making his NLL Debut. New York would be the first ones to get on the…

Thunderbirds Swoop in Big for Season Opening Victory 12/2/23

December 2, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: J. Bennett The Saskatchewan Rush (0-1) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-0) for the inaugural game of the 2023/24 season. The Rush came into the season missing a lot of veterans from their roster of last year with Mark Matthews, Kyle Rubisch and Ryan Dilks having all moved onto other teams this year. Halifax was also missing some main players…

Rock Roll Over Thunderbirds to Advance to Eastern Division Semi-Finals 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds for the second year in a row in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals. This time Toronto would have to play the game without their leading scorer from this season as Tom Schreiber was out with an upper body injury. In front of 8,881 loud Rock fans the game went…

Halifax Defeats Georgia and Clinches Final East Playoff Spot – 04/29/2023

April 30, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Halifax Thunderbirds (10-8) visited the Georgia Swarm (8-10) on Saturday night for both teams’ final game of the 2022-2023 regular season. This game had meaning as the winner would likely grab the final East playoff spot. The Swarm started off the night with the hot hand, but behind Chris Boushy (5G, 8A) and Clarke Petterson (4G, 1A), the Thunderbirds continually used runs to…

Toronto Unable to Hold Off Halifax in Back-and-Forth Affair 3/18/23

March 18, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Nate Brunt The Toronto Rock (10-4) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (6-7) on Saturday March 18, 2023 for the second of two meetings on the year between the two clubs. Toronto was victorious in the first meeting in Toronto defeating Halifax 17 – 8 and if they completed the sweep they would clinch a playoff berth. Halifax needed a…

Rochester Downs Halifax to Even the Series at 1-1 2/11/23

February 12, 2023

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline Veluvolu The Rochester Knighthawks (7-2) played host to the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-5) at the Blue Cross Arena on Saturday February 11, 2023. This was the second matchup for the two teams this season with Halifax taking the first. However, Rochester had other plans for this second matchup only allowing Halifax to have the lead once during the…

Rock Win Brawl in Toronto Defeating Thunderbirds 17-8

January 15, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (3-2) hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-3) on Saturday night in front of their largest crowd of the season at 9,304 fans. In a game that included an expulsion just eight seconds into the game, two fights, two penalty shots for the same player where he scored on both as well as 25 goals,…

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