KNIGHTHAWKS COME UP SHORT TO BANDITS 2/26/22

February 27, 2022

[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…

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Calgary Sneaks Past Panther City 2/20/2022

February 20, 2022

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…

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Rock on a Roll Downing the FireWolves for Fourth Win in a Row 2/20/22

February 20, 2022

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…

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Stellar Net-Minding & a Nail-Biter Has Vancouver Coming Out On Top 2/19/22

February 19, 2022

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…

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Buffalo Survives Albany Visit in Strange Game – 2/18/22

February 19, 2022

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,…

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Knighthawks Snap Four Game Losing Streak & Take Series Against Firewolves 2/13/22

February 13, 2022

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…

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The Rock Defeats the Undefeated Bandits 2/12/22

February 12, 2022

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…

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Roughnecks End Two Streaks With One Victory 2/11/22

February 11, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Candice Ward On Friday February 11, 2022 the Calgary Roughnecks (2-5) played host to the Colorado Mammoth (5-2) on their home turf, the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta in front of 6,591 Riggers fans.  They were extremely excited to see their team back in action as the team had not been at home since December 17, 2021.  The…

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Rochester’s Late Surge Comes Up Short – 2/5/2022

February 6, 2022

Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Bill Wippert In this weekend’s NLL action, we got to see I-90 rivals in action.  The Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) travelled to the KeyBank Center to take on the Buffalo Bandits (6-0) in front of a crowd of 9,371.  It seemed as if the Bandits were going to control the tempo of the game as they would hold the Knighthawks to…

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Tale of Two Cities – Georgia and Albany Split Back-to-Back

February 6, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Kyle Hess The Albany Firewolves (4-3) and the Georgia Swarm (3-5) faced off against each other twice this weekend in back-to-back nights.  Friday, the Swarm hosted before the teams jumped on a plane to play Saturday night in Albany.  The weekend home and home was circled for both teams on their calendars as the teams only play…

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Rock Second Half Shut Out & No Penalties Give Them Road Win Against the Wings 2/5/22

February 6, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Heather Berry The Toronto Rock (4-3) traveled to Philadelphia on Saturday February 5, 2022 hoping to build on their win last week and move closer to the Wings (5-4) in the standings.  Head Coach of the Rock, Matt Sawyer who last week became the longest serving Rock coach in the team’s history said that the team would need…

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Riptide Comes Close But Still Can’t Come Up With “W” Number Two 2/4/22

February 4, 2022

Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender On Friday February 4, 2022 the New York Riptide (1-6) headed to Hamilton, Ontario the home of the Toronto Rock to face the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-1) who have been given the “thumbs up” to play this and their next home game at the First Ontario Centre due to restrictions still in place in Nova Scotia. Alas, there…

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