Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-5) travelled west to play the Colorado Mammoth (4-2) at MVP Arena Saturday night. Due in large part to a career night from Tye Kurtz (7G, 2A), the Firewolves jumped out to a comfortable early lead that grew to as many as seven goals in the second quarter. They could not hold on though, as the home team rallied around Connor…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Ottawa Black Bears (3-2) visited Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia to play the Georgia Swarm (4-2) Friday night. With a winter storm swirling ice and snow outside, there was plenty of heat generated inside the building. Home crowd favorite Lyle Thompson (5G, 3A) scorched the Ottawa defense for eight points, but Black Bears’ forward Jeff Teat (3G, 5A) matched the veteran star…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© MVP Arena in Albany, New York hosted a lacrosse game on Saturday night that meant more than just the game on the field. The Tucker Out Lymphoma and Cross Out Cancer cause were on full display with NLL initiatives and there was no better game to do it. Shawn Williams, coach of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs, and his son Dyson Williams (3G, 2A),…
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Caroline Sherman The Rochester Knighthawks (1-4) struggled to keep pace early and couldn’t recover in a 13-6 loss to the reigning two-time NLL champion Buffalo Bandits (3-0) on Saturday at KeyBank Center. Connor Fields led the Knighthawks with five points (2+3), while Curtis Knight contributed a multi-goal performance (2+1). Ryan Lanchbury (0+4) and Ryan Smith (1+2) also delivered…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo by Ryan McCullough / Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock (0-4) hosted the Ottawa Black Bears (2-1) on Saturday night in Mississauga. The Rock were looking to get their first win of the season while the Black Bears were looking to sweep the season series after winning their first game 11 – 5. Toronto was able to get one of…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Feature Image Photo Credit: Trevor MacMillan The Albany Firewolves (1-3) travelled to play the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-3) Saturday night. Albany, coming off a tough overtime loss to Dane Dobbie and the Calgary Roughnecks, started the road game with momentum and tenacity. The Firewolves were led by Alex Simmons (2G, 2A) and Ethan Walker (3G, 1A) and started the game scoring the first five goals. …
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (2-0) on Saturday night at MVP Arena in the capital of New York. Last season these two met for an unbelievable game that saw the Firewolves come back and steal the game in overtime. For this matchup, they had control of the game until Dane Dobbie (8G) found the hottest of hot streaks in the fourth…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Courtesy of Buffalo Bandits The Buffalo Bandits hosted the Albany Firewolves on Saturday night for the NLL Finals Game 2. Hoping to force Game 3 after dropping Friday night’s game in Albany, the Firewolves did get big nights from rookie Alex Simmons (3G, 4A) and forward Sam Firth (5G, 2A). The Bandits showed championship poise throughout the game and established an early lead…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves hosted the San Diego Seals on Sunday afternoon before a record crowd at MVP Arena. On Friday night, Albany took Game 1 of this NLL Semifinal and needed just one more win to reach the NLL Finals. San Diego came in hoping to force a Game 3 next weekend on the West Coast. The Seals were able to jump out to…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The #3 Albany Firewolves hosted the #6 Halifax Thunderbirds Sunday afternoon in a single elimination first round NLL Playoff game. Halifax came in having lost in the first round each of the previous two years, while Doug Jamieson and the Firewolves were still looking for their first playoff win. The fans at MVP Arena were in for a long night as the game stayed…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Credit: Christian Bender Marvel introduced us to the What If… Series not too long ago, and with Marvel partnering with the NLL this year, here is Lacrosse is Awesome’s version of questioning the future. I am not The Watcher…but with so many exciting possibilities decided by the final weekend of the regular season here is my reading of the future if instead…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© Panther City Lacrosse Club (9-8) hosted the Albany Firewolves (10-7) for a Sunday matinee this week. Having lost four in a row entering Texas, the Firewolves have clinched a post season berth but have quickly been falling further down the standings. Panther City is firmly in the jungle of teams around.500 on the season and every win pushes them closer to making the final…