Rock Win Brawl in Toronto Defeating Thunderbirds 17-8

January 15, 2023

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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Kieran McArdle’s OT Goal Lifts Firewolves over Thunderbirds 01/13/2023

January 14, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Halifax Thunderbirds (3-2) hosted the Albany Firewolves (2-2) for the first of two NLL games on Friday, January 13.  As expected with two excellent goaltenders, the game was a low scoring affair and eventually needed overtime to decide the winner.  Despite a good offensive night from Eric Fannell (3G, 1A) the Thunderbirds couldn’t keep Kieran McArdle (4G, 4A) from netting…

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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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Knighthawks Continue Winning Ways Against Panther City 1/7/23

January 8, 2023

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  M. Veluvolu In this week’s NLL action, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-0) played host to Panther City LC (2-3) at the Blue Cross Arena.  Panther City was looking to bounce back into the win column after dropping their last two games with Rochester looking to extend its’ perfect start to the season.  The Knighthawks would leave no doubt and…

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Rush Close Out 2022 In Closing Minutes Against Panther City 12/31/22

January 1, 2023

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome©  Featured Image Photo Credit:  S. Hiscock The Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) played host to the Panther City Lacrosse Club (2-2) at Sasktel Centre on Saturday December 31, 2022, to close out the year.  This game had everything the fans could hope for, a full 60 minutes of lacrosse.  The Rush in their last contest in San Diego had not played a full 60 and…

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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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Byrne Leads Bandits over Thunderbirds 18-13 12/30/2022

December 31, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel The Buffalo Bandits hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds on Friday night in what turned out to be a back-and-forth high scoring game.  In front of the 13,070 fans, Buffalo eventually took over in the second half outscoring the Thunderbirds 10 – 5.  The final score of Buffalo-18, Halifax-13 ended the Thunderbirds two game winning streak.

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Mammoth Overtake Panther City 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Panther City Lacrosse The Colorado Mammoth (1-1) headed to Panther City (2-1) to take on their Western Division Rivals at Dickies Arena in Ft. Worth, TX after having a bye week.  They had just suffered a huge loss against another Western Division Rival, the Saskatchewan Rush (1-1) two weeks ago.  Tonight’s contest had a much different Mammoth squad…

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Knighthawks Sneak Past FireWolves 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  V. Strobel This week the Rochester Knighthawks (3-0) were on the road to take on the Albany FireWolves (1-1) at MVP Arena.  It began as a fast-paced matchup where both sides were able to keep up with each other’s transition game until Albany’s John LaFontaine (1g 1a) was able to sneak behind Rochester’s defense at 12:39 to put the…

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Vinc Shuts the Door on the Rock Offense 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Buffalo Bandits (1-1) visited the Toronto Rock (1-2) at First Ontario Centre on Saturday night December 17, 2022 in a game where both teams were coming in after suffering their first losses of the season.  On a night where the Rock were inviting the 7,730 fans to bring Teddy Bears to toss on the floor…

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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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Rochester Rolls Past the Rock to 2-0 Start 12/10/22

December 11, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  M. Veluvolu The Rochester Knighthawks (2-0) played host to the Toronto Rock (1-1) in an Eastern Division matchup at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday December 10, 2022.  Rochester would look to continue their momentum from their week one win over the Georgia Swarm (0-1) and the Knighthawks defense with their netminder Ryan Hartley who would have a career high…

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