Lacrosse

Vancouver and New England Play in OT Thriller 2/24/18

February 25, 2018
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Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The Vancouver Stealth (1-10) and New England Black Wolves (5-4) faced off in front of a crowd of 3,073 at the Langley Events Centre with hopes of snapping their losing streaks.  Vancouver lost their previous five and New England dropped their last three.  Both teams made changes in response.  Vancouver swapped out two assistant coaches, and the Black Wolves…

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New England Drops Third in a Row 2/18/18

February 21, 2018
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  Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome   The Sunday afternoon crowd of 5,720 at Mohegan Sun Arena, were hoping the New England Black Wolves (4-4) could rebound from two devastating losses and come out with a victory against the Colorado Mammoth (5-3).  Instead of Aaron Bold starting in net for the home team, Doug Jamieson got the nod.  “We had this planned prior to…

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Vancouver Drops Fifth Straight Against Calgary 2/16/18

February 20, 2018
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Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (4-5) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (1-9) in front of 8,874 fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday, February 16.  Goaltender Christian Del Bianco for Calgary has led a bit of a charge of late, helping Calgary keep pace with the second place Colorado Mammoth.  Vancouver currently sits in last place of the West Division with the worst…

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Rochester Beats the Best in the West 2/17/18

February 19, 2018
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  Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome   On Saturday, February 17, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6) played host to the Saskatchewan Rush (8-2) at the Blue Cross Arena on Native American Heritage night.  The Knighthawks were looking to build on last week’s win over the Swarm but faced a tall task against the team with the best record in the NLL.  In the end, they proved they…

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Colorado Mammoth Have a Rough Night in Calgary 2/10/18

February 14, 2018
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Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, February 10, the fans at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary watched a low scoring affair between the Colorado Mammoth (5-2) and the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5).  Dillon Ward (Colorado) and Christian Del Bianco (Calgary) put on a goaltending clinic to keep some big offensive weapons in check.  Twenty-year-old Del Bianco won the duel in the end, holding the Mammoth offense…

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Buffalo Wins Second of Weekend 2/10/18

February 13, 2018
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Chris Vale, Beat Writer Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse Is Awesome On Saturday, February 10 the Buffalo Bandits (6-3) were back in Bandit Land hosting the defending champion Georgia Swarm (3-4).  This would be Buffalo’s second game in as many nights, as Friday they beat New England on the road to take first place in the East Division.  The Swarm have had a difficult start to the season, often having trouble scoring. …

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Toronto Gets Back to Winning Ways in Rochester 2/10/18

February 13, 2018
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Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, February 10, at the Blue Cross Arena, The Rochester Knighthawks (2-6) played host to the Toronto Rock (5-3) in their first game of a double header weekend.  Rochester started the season with two straight wins but haven’t won since.  Toronto would not let them have it, as they won a close game on the road.  Final Score:  Toronto-12, Rochester-9

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Buffalo Hot Streak Continues with Win in New England 2/9/18

February 12, 2018
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Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday, February 9, 2018, The New England Black Wolves (4-3) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (5-3) in front of 5,357 fans.  Buffalo, winners of two straight coming in, and playing the first game of their double header weekend, had the chance to take first place in the East Division with a win.  New England, coming off a bye week…

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2018 Kaitlyn Cup a Success

February 8, 2018
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Chris Vale, Correspondent The Kaitlyn Cup Lacrosse is Awesome The second annual Kaitlyn Cup took place on January 27th and it was nothing short of a fantastic time. The day was spent with some great master’s lacrosse; a tournament get together at Jack Astor restaurant; and a free trip to watch a NLL Eastern Conference match up with the hometown Toronto Rock hosting the New England Black Wolves. The Kaitlyn…

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Buffalo Edges Rochester on Military Appreciation Night 2/3/18

February 8, 2018
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Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday February 3, 2018, the Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) hosted their I-90 rival Buffalo Bandits (4-3) in front of a crowd of 9,425 fans on Military Appreciation Night at the Blue Cross Arena.  This rivalry game was certainly high energy for the large crowd.  Unfortunately for those fans, the Knighthawks would come up short in the closing minutes, and the Buffalo…

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Black Wolves Take Round Two with Win Over Rochester

February 4, 2018
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­­ Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Eight days after battling in Rochester, the New England Black Wolves (4-1) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (2-3) for part two.  The previous weekend, Rochester lost to New England 9-8 at home, a night after losing in Toronto 17-9.  Rochester needed to come to New England and win.  After winning their first two games of the season, they had…

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