Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jordan Leigh Photography Prior to the game on March 12, the Toronto Rock (8-4) announced that Dan Dawson would not be playing on Saturday night which meant that he would need to wait at least one more game to take over top spot in games played in the NLL. He is also one assist shy of taking over…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (7-4) completed their portion of the home and home games against the New York Riptide (2-8) after last week’s loss. This was the first home game in Hamilton with fans in the stands since December. The 7,920 people in the building were cheering loud right from the start of the game and it…
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess Week Thirteen’s NLL action got started with the Rochester Knighthawks (3-7) traveling to Gas South Arena to take on the Georgia Swarm (5-6). This was a must win Eastern Conference matchup for both teams as a win for either team would help them climb into a more solid playoff position. It was a great contest throughout…
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Di Miller The Colorado Mammoth (6-3) headed north to face the Saskatchewan Rush (3-6), in Saskatoon on Saturday February 26, 2022 for the second half of the home-and-home series. It was Blackout jersey night and the 9,302 Rush fans would be treated to some “free” lacrosse as the teams would head into an OT frame with their team…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Spencer Kagan The Toronto Rock travelled to Uniondale, NY on Saturday February 26, 2022 to play the New York Riptide for the first time ever and each team had players who were looking to reach milestones. Toronto’s goalie Nick Rose needed five saves to move into 10th place overall and New York’s Callum Crawford needed one point to…
[MEDIA RELEASE] Final Score: Buffalo 14–Rochester 8 Knighthawks rookie forward Ryan Smith (3+1) recorded his second home hat trick of the season while leading the offense with four points. Forwards Turner Evans (1+2) and Holden Cattoni (1+2) both recorded three-point efforts with a goal and an assist apiece, while Charlie Bertrand (1+0), Thomas Hoggarth (1+1) and Matt Gilray (1+0) provided Rochester’s other tallies on the night. Veteran forward Shawn Evans…
Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: D. Nadwodny Rounding out this week’s NLL action would have the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) traveling to the Dickies Arena to take on Panther City Lacrosse Club (1-8) in front of a crowd of 5,403. The game would become a game of runs as each team would go back and forth on this feat with the Panther City Lacrosse Club…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: K. Richelle The Toronto Rock (6-3) visited the Albany Firewolves (4-6) for their second and final meeting of the season after the Rock won the first game of the season by one goal over the FireWolves. Toronto was hoping to take advantage of a tired team as Albany played on Friday night in Buffalo and dropped a 13…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward The Vancouver Warriors (5-3) started their first game of a three game road trip in Alberta where they faced their Western Division Rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (2-5) in the Scotiabank Saddledome in front of 9,337 Roughnecks fans. The fans were excited to see Curtis “Superman” Dickson back in the line-up after having missed the last two. Vancouver…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The NLL needs to check some of the video from Friday’s game at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Specifically, they need to investigate the net on the right of the benches from the perspective of the announcing crew. Exactly zero of the 21 goals scored during the Buffalo Bandits (7-1) win over the Albany Firewolves (4-5) on Friday passed that plane. Personally,…
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Michele V. This weekend’s NLL action had the Rochester Knighthawks (3-5) playing host to the Albany Firewolves (4-4) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 3,737. This was the second meeting of the two teams in the regular season with Rochester claiming victory in both contests. Shawn Evans would tie the franchise’s single-game record…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The undefeated Buffalo Bandits (6-1) visited the Toronto Rock (5-3) in Hamilton for an early evening game on Saturday February 12, 2022. This should be the last game in Toronto without fans as the restrictions should be completely lifted when their next home game happens in March. Buffalo was trying to extend their winning streak to…