Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 1 – 11/29/2019

November 29, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The new season is upon us!  With two expansion teams added for the second year in a row, the field has changed yet again – including division realignment.  Just means more picks for us this year, our second year doing weekly picks.  I invited some fellow writers to help me with the playoffs last season, and this season they will be here each…

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New England Trades Andrew Suitor to New York 11/19/19

November 19, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE UNCASVILLE, CT. (November 19, 2019) – The New England Black Wolves announced today the trade of Andrew Suitor to the New York Riptide for a conditional fourth round pick in the 2022 NLL Entry Draft. The conditional pick will become a third round pick in the 2022 draft should Suitor appear in nine or more games for New York this season. Suitor, a fourth round pick in the 2010 NLL Entry Draft,…

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Bandits Take Brent Noseworthy 12th Overall 2019 NLL Entry Draft 9/23/19

September 23, 2019

Chris Vale, Correspondent Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse is Awesome© At the beginning of the season, the Buffalo Bandits roster included the second, third and fourth picks from the 2018 NLL Entry Draft; two of which were drafted, Ian Mackay and Matt Gilray both solid back end players. The other, a late season trade which gave them Chris Cloutier from the Wings a very talented lefty forward with a lot of upside….

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Roughnecks Grab Liam LeClair 7th Overall & Haiden Dickson 8th Overall in 2019 NLL Entry Draft 9/21/19

September 21, 2019

Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© The 2019 NLL Entry Draft in Philadelphia is now in the books and the Calgary Roughnecks can begin preparations to defend the Champions Cup. Their first-round selections included Liam LeClair (seventh overall) and Haiden Dickson (eighth overall). LeClair the Windsor, Ontario native was a member of the Canadian Minto Cup Champion Six Nations Arrows team in 2017. He just finished up…

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ROUGHNECKS RE-SIGN FORWARD DANE DOBBIE 9/10/19

September 10, 2019

[MEDIA RELEASE] Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Calgary, AB – The Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse Club today announced they have re-signed 32-year-old forward Dane Dobbie to a two-year contract. “I can’t express how happy and excited I am to be back in Calgary for my 13th season,” said Dobbie. “The Roughnecks are a fantastic organization and we have the best fans in the league. I am just thrilled that I get to…

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Roughnecks Steal Game 1 in Buffalo – 5/18/2019

May 20, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© In the 2019 regular and postseason, the Buffalo Bandits held opponents to 10 or fewer goals 12 times. They won all 12 of those games. The Bandits finished the regular season 7-2 at home, and easily won rounds one and two as the host team. The offense seemed unstoppable at times this year, and the defense caused so much confusion in games that…

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Justin and Friends Playoff Picks – NLL Finals, 5/18/2019

May 18, 2019

A lot of the team here thought Toronto was coming out of the East.  Buffalo proved them wrong!  In the West, most of us expected Calgary to move on and they did!  This should be an excellent NLL Finals.  Calgary and Buffalo are both very physical on defense and have players that can create with little space on offense.  Let’s see what we think for Game 1! Shawn Palmer :…

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Defense Carries Roughnecks to NLL Finals – 5/10/2019

May 11, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Calgary Roughnecks The 8,900 fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary witnessed one of the most outstanding defensive games in the NLL of recent memory on Friday night.  Both teams stood tall in front of their outstanding goaltenders.  The Colorado Mammoth were successful in defeating the Calgary Roughnecks in two of their three meetings this season, but their good…

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Justin and Friends Playoff Picks – Round 2, 5/10/2019

May 10, 2019

None of us saw the Colorado upset happen!  Congratulations to the Mammoth.  They face a tough task visiting Colorado, where they have not won in the post season since their 2006 championship run.  All except one game resulted in an “upset” showing just how great NLL competition is.  We are down to the last four teams and these single elimination divison finals will determine who plays for the Cup. Shawn…

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Justin and Friends Playoff Picks – Round 1 5/3/19

May 3, 2019

A few of us at Lacrosse is Awesome are here to deliver our predictions for the first round of the NLL playoffs.  In this first round, it is win or go home! West Division Colorado Mammoth (4) at Saskatchewan Rush (1) Friday, May 3 at 9:30 PM EST Justin Ivey These two teams are meeting for the second week in a row.  In the last week of the regular season,…

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Justin’s NLL Picks Week Twenty 4/26/19

April 26, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Weeks 1-9: 25-19 Week Ten: 4-2 Week Eleven: 2-1 Week Twelve: 4-0 Week Thirteen: 3-1 Week Fourteen: 4-2 Week Fifteen: 4-3 Week Sixteen: 2-2 Week Seventeen: 4-1 Week Eighteen: 1-5 Week Nineteen: 3-2 Season Total: 56-38 Wow.  New England could not win on the road.  And now they must visit Buffalo again in the first round.  I thought a lot of these late…

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Justin’s NLL Picks Week Eighteen 4/12/19

April 12, 2019

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Weeks 1-9: 25-19 Week Ten: 4-2 Week Eleven: 2-1 Week Twelve: 4-0 Week Thirteen: 3-1 Week Fourteen: 4-2 Week Fifteen: 4-3 Week Sixteen: 2-2 Week Seventeen: 4-1 Season Total: 52-31 Last week the picks did not get in with enough time to post.  I blame my wife and her birthday on Saturday, but don’t tell her that.  I was confident in my selections,…

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