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Firewolves Burn Bandits in Home Opener – 12/09/2023

December 10, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© On Saturday night, the Albany Firewolves (2-0) hosted the reigning NLL Champion Buffalo Bandits (0-1) at MVP Arena. The Firewolves had a lot of roster turnover from last season, but even with the new faces the team is meshing on almost all levels through the first two weeks. Their stifling defense gave the Bandits troubles all night, and the offense was able to extinguish…

Matthews Debut Leads the Rock to Victory Over Wings in Season Opener 12/9/23

December 9, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (1-0) hosted the Philadelphia Wings (1-1) on Saturday night for their season opener in front of 7,217 fans. Toronto played without last year’s leading scorer Tom Schreiber, but they added another proven scorer in the off season with Mark Matthews who for the first time in his NLL career was playing for a…

Swarm Sting the Mammoth in Season Opener 12/9/23

December 9, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Asher Greene It was opening night for both the Georgia Swarm (1-0) and the Colorado Mammoth (0-1) and Colorado would head to Gas South Arena in Duluth, GA for the first of two meetings between the teams in the 2023-24 season. The Mammoth had won 21 of 30 meetings between the two teams and had won six straight…

Wings Hold Off Riptide for Opening Night Road Win – 12/3/2023

December 4, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© For the last matchup of opening weekend for the 2024 NLL season, the Philadelphia Wings (1-0) visited the New York Riptide (0-1) at Nassau Coliseum. Neither team made the 2023 postseason and are looking to turn things around with the new season upon us. On the back of a strong first quarter and a big game from Blaze Riorden (4G), the Philadelphia Wings spoiled…

Balanced Offense Leads Firewolves to Season Opening Win in Vegas – 12/1/2023

December 2, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-0) traveled to visit the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-1) on Friday night for both clubs’ season opening game. With a lot of new faces on both sides, this game was expected to come down to the wire and the back-and-forth affair was exciting. Albany did not lead the contest until the first goal of the fourth quarter, and even then,…

Mammoth Blank Roughnecks in Fourth, Head to NLL Finals – 5/20/2023

May 21, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks met three times during the regular season, and after being knotted up 1-1 after two games of the West Division Final, the sixth game between the two teams determined the Finals representative. The score was as expected. With Dillon Ward (33SV) and Christian Del Bianco (28SV) in net for Colorado and Calgary respectively, and so much on the…

Bandits Crumble the Rock’s Hope for the Run at the Champions Cup 5/13/23

May 14, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits in Hamilton on Saturday night in game two of the Eastern Finals. Buffalo won the first game the night before 14 – 5 and it was a repeat performance on Saturday as the Bandits went on a 7 – 0 run in the second quarter on their way to…

Toronto Loses Tough Battle in Banditland in Game One of the Eastern Division Finals 5/12/23

May 13, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel For the third year in a row the Buffalo Bandits and Toronto Rock met in the Eastern Finals. On Friday night the Rock visited Buffalo for Game One of the finals. Unlike last weekend’s game, the Rock would have their top scorer in the lineup as Tom Schreiber was back. During the regular season the Buffalo…

Rock Roll Over Thunderbirds to Advance to Eastern Division Semi-Finals 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds for the second year in a row in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals. This time Toronto would have to play the game without their leading scorer from this season as Tom Schreiber was out with an upper body injury. In front of 8,881 loud Rock fans the game went…

Halifax Defeats Georgia and Clinches Final East Playoff Spot – 04/29/2023

April 30, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Halifax Thunderbirds (10-8) visited the Georgia Swarm (8-10) on Saturday night for both teams’ final game of the 2022-2023 regular season. This game had meaning as the winner would likely grab the final East playoff spot. The Swarm started off the night with the hot hand, but behind Chris Boushy (5G, 8A) and Clarke Petterson (4G, 1A), the Thunderbirds continually used runs to…

Can You say Déjà vu Mammoth vs. Seals Rematch Set After Heartbreaking Loss 4/29/23

April 30, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis On Saturday April 29, 2023 the Colorado Mammoth (9-9) headed to Pechanga Arena to face their nemesis the San Diego Seals (14-4) in the hopes of taking home the win and moving back into third in the West where they would then face their other Western Division Rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (13-5) for Round One of…

Knighthawks Cap Regular Season with Loss to Wings 4/29/23

April 30, 2023

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Veluvolu In the final week of the NLL regular season the Rochester Knighthawks (10-8) played host to the Philadelphia Wings (9-9) at the Blue Cross Arena with the teams 1-1 against each other this season. Rochester already punched their ticket to the postseason, but with a win and a Halifax loss they would secure the third seed…

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