Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The “I-90” rivalry has long been a two-team race. The upstate New York Interstate is a major thruway that has had two mainstay teams on it for years. Player three has entered the chat. The newest addition on the route Albany Firewolves (8-2) drove west to play the Buffalo Bandits (5-5) and if it wasn’t apparent enough in the first meeting of the season,…
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Scott L. Thomas The Colorado Mammoth (3-7) headed to MVP Arena to face the Albany FireWolves (7-2) on Saturday February 17, 2024. This is the first time the two teams have gone head-to-head since the 2018-19 season when the FireWolves were the New England Black Wolves. Although the game became a mirror image of itself with the teams…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Rueben Polansky The New York Riptide (5-5) hosted the Toronto Rock (7-2) at La Place Bell in Montreal on Friday February 16, 2024, for the first NLL Unboxed Series. The last time there was a professional lacrosse game in Montreal was in 2002 when the Montreal Express were part of the league. The local fans were hoping that…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© On Friday night, the Buffalo Bandits (5-4) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (6-3) on another NLL Marvel Superhero night. Both teams donned special jerseys for the game and were joined by many costumed fans. The defending champion Bandits led for nearly the whole game, but on the back of Ryan Benesch (5G, 1A) the Thunderbirds took their first lead of the game a few minutes…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (6-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) in their half of the home and home series after defeating Calgary 9 – 7 last weekend. Toronto also welcomed back defender Chris Corbeil to the lineup for the first time this season. In front of 7,623 disappointed Rock fans, Calgary used a 5-goal run at the…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© On Saturday night, the San Diego Seals (6-3) travelled to Nassau Coliseum to play the New York Riptide (5-4). With a big first half from Austin Staats (3G, 2A) the visitors built a formidable halftime lead in a defensive minded game. The home team Riptide fought back with a second half hat trick from Jeff Teat (4G, 3A) to send the home fans away…
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Di Miller The Colorado Mammoth (3-5) headed to Pechanga Arena on Sunday February 4, 2024, to face the San Diego Seals (6-2) in the hopes of keeping their two-game winning streak alive. Unfortunately, the Seals would have a multiple milestone night. Not only did San Diego score 11 goals in a row, but Dane Dobbie would notch his…
Calgary, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks were defeated by the Toronto Rock Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome, in the first of a two-game series this season. It was a goal-for-goal game to start with both teams tied at 3 to end the first quarter, with Calgary goals coming from Haiden Dickson, Tyler Pace and Thomas Hoggarth. Toronto pulled ahead in the second notching three while Dickson scored the lone…
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Michele Veluvolu In the final regular season match-up between the Buffalo Bandits (5-3) they would secure a 15-14 victory over the Rochester Knighthawks (3-4). Despite a late rally from Rochester, the Bandits held on to seal the win. Rochester, aiming to avoid a three-game losing streak and a season sweep by Buffalo, faced a slow start but showed…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: David Stewart The Philadelphia Wings (2-5) played host to the Halifax Thunderbirds (4-3) on Friday February 2, 2024. The last time these two teams met on December 29, 2023, in Nova Scotia, the Wings would be victorious in another high scoring contest that also went into overtime. Unfortunately for Philadelphia, they’d come out on the losing end after having…
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Trevor MacMillan In an electrifying matchup this week, the Rochester Knighthawks (3-3) ventured north to face off against the Halifax Thunderbirds (3-3) at the Scotiabank Centre in Nova Scotia. Rochester, aiming to recover from a tough loss to I-90 rivals, the Buffalo Bandits, found themselves up against a formidable Halifax squad fresh off a convincing 14-7 win over…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (6-1) welcomed back Tom Schreiber to their lineup on Saturday night January 27, 2024, for the first time this year. They went up against the Buffalo Bandits (4-3) in hopes of continuing their undefeated start to the NLL season. This was definitely a game of runs as Buffalo held a four-goal lead at…