Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis It was a “must win” for both the San Diego Seals (9-5) and the Philadelphia Wings (8-8) who made the trip to Pechanga Arena for an East vs West match up in front of 5,688 Seals fans. With a win, the Seals would lock in a play-off spot and go one and half games up in the…
Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jordan Leigh As the NLL is heading into the home stretch of the regular season with some teams having already clinched a playoff spot, there are still a few fighting for that fourth and final playoff spot so every game counts to make that push to postseason. This would be another contest during Week 18 action where fans would get…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough On Saturday April 2, 2022, the Toronto Rock (10-5) on a quick turnaround after beating the Georgia Swarm last night played the San Diego Seals (9-4) who had been waiting in Toronto for the game. The Rock started off slow as they were trying to get their legs under them and were short a couple of…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On Friday April 1, 2022 the Calgary Roughnecks (6-7) hosted their Western Division rivals the Vancouver Warriors (6-8) at the Scotiabank Saddledome in front of 7,958 fans. The fans were witness to an exciting lacrosse game as the Roughnecks would take the win 30 seconds into OT over the Warriors. The momentum changer had the…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess On Friday April 2, 2022 the Toronto Rock (9-5) looked to avenge their loss against the Georgia Swarm (8-7) last week in the second half of their home and home series. The Rock would be without Dan Dawson and the Swarm welcomed back Lyle Thompson to help bolster their offense. After a slow start where the…
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mary Adger Bowen On Saturday March 26, 2022 the Colorado Mammoth (7-6) headed to Ft. Worth, TX for the final game of the three game series and the tie-breaker against the Panther City Lacrosse Club (6-8). The last time these two teams met, Panther City scored the most goals any team has scored this season, putting up 20…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Steve Hiscock On Saturday March 26, 2022, the Roughnecks put in a solid effort to defeat the home team Saskatchewan Rush (4-10). Moving Calgary to 5-7 on the season and sweeping the season series of the NLL’s Battle of the Prairies for the first time since 2012. In contrast to their last home game against the Panther…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender Prior to the game the Toronto Rock (8-5) celebrated Dan Dawson, who broke the All-time games played record in the NLL as he was playing his 307th career game. He surpassed the legend John Tavares for the record and also tied Tavares’ All-time assist record at 934 during the game. Saturday’s game was the first one…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jaclyn McKee Week 17 started out with a bang as the San Diego Seals (9-3) headed north to Rogers Arena to face their Western Division rivals the Vancouver Warriors (6-7). There is no love lost between the two squads and this game would be chippy from the start. A win for the Seals would guarantee them a play-off spot. …
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Hiscock The Rochester Knighthawks (3-9) headed on the road to take on the Saskatchewan Rush (4-9) at the SaskTel Centre in front of a crowd of 9,012. This would be the first match up between the two teams as the original Knighthawks are now Halifax Thunderbirds. Both teams were looking for a much needed win to help…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On St. Patrick’s Day 8,590 Calgary fans saw their Roughnecks (4-6) host the Saskatchewan Rush (3-9). The Roughnecks have struggled to put a solid winning season together and their record of 4-6 leaves them sitting fourth place in the Western division. Thursday night’s efforts would put the Roughnecks in the win column, outscoring the Rush…
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline V. In this weekend’s NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (3-8) played host to the New York Riptide (3-8) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 3,790. Rochester was looking to get back into the win column this weekend as they were without goalie Ryan Hartley having been placed on IR with backup net…