Firewolves Fall at Buffalo in NLL Finals Rematch – 2/1/2025 Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (2-7) travelled to play the Buffalo Bandits (6-0) Saturday night for the league’s second Tucker Out Lymphoma Night. In the rematch from last year’s NLL Finals that saw the Bandits win the first two games in the best of three series, the Bandits proved they are still top championship contenders by…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Di Miller The Toronto Rock (3-5) travelled to Colorado on Saturday night February 1, 2025, to face the Mammoth (5-4) for the first time since 2019. Toronto came into the game on a two-game winning streak after dropping their first five games, while Colorado came in with a record of 5 – 3 after defeating Rochester last week….
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jonathan Tenca The Colorado Mammoth (5-3) headed east to Blue Cross Arena, to face the Rochester Knighthawks (3-6) for the first time in franchise history since the inception of the “new” Knighthawks. It was all the way to 2018 when Colorado was in Rochester and faced the original Knighthawks. With all of Colorado’s wins this season being comeback…
Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jaclyn McKee On Friday January 24, 2025, the Ottawa Black Bears (4-3) traveled to Rogers Arena to take on the Vancouver Warriors (4-3) for the first ever meeting of the two teams. It would be a close contest throughout until the third quarter when the Warriors would gain a three-goal cushion and keep Ottawa at bay to secure an…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Angela Burger The Toronto Rock (2-5) travelled to Scotiabank Saddledome to face the Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) trying to win their second in the row and second of the season. The Roughnecks were coming off an OT win over Georgia last week and one game over .500 on the season. The Rock welcomed Latrell Harris back after he was…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (1-5) welcomed the Saskatchewan Rush (4-2) on Saturday night January 18, 2025, as they were trying to avoid going 0 – 6 for the second time in their history while the Rush were looking to continue their hot start after winning four of their first five. Toronto is starting to get healthy and…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-5) travelled west to play the Colorado Mammoth (4-2) at MVP Arena Saturday night. Due in large part to a career night from Tye Kurtz (7G, 2A), the Firewolves jumped out to a comfortable early lead that grew to as many as seven goals in the second quarter. They could not hold on though, as the home team rallied around Connor…
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Caroline Sherman The Toronto Rock (0-5) visited the Buffalo Bandits (4-0) on Friday January 10, 2025, in a game where the Rock were trying to win for the first time this year and the Bandits were looking to stay undefeated. Buffalo has ended the Rock’s season the last three years and the injuries the Rock have endured so…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Ottawa Black Bears (3-2) visited Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia to play the Georgia Swarm (4-2) Friday night. With a winter storm swirling ice and snow outside, there was plenty of heat generated inside the building. Home crowd favorite Lyle Thompson (5G, 3A) scorched the Ottawa defense for eight points, but Black Bears’ forward Jeff Teat (3G, 5A) matched the veteran star…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jaclyn McKee On Friday January 10, 2025, the Vancouver Warriors (2-2) hosted the San Diego Seals (3-3) at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC. The Warriors had lost 8 out of 11 to the Seals and four in a row, but tonight it was magical as the hometown squad would put up an astounding 8 goals in the fourth and…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© MVP Arena in Albany, New York hosted a lacrosse game on Saturday night that meant more than just the game on the field. The Tucker Out Lymphoma and Cross Out Cancer cause were on full display with NLL initiatives and there was no better game to do it. Shawn Williams, coach of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs, and his son Dyson Williams (3G, 2A),…
Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Victoria Adkins The Georgia Swarm (4-1) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (2-4) on Saturday January 4, 2025, hoping to win their fifth game to start the season. If they were able to accomplish this feat, it would be the first time in their history they would start a season at 5 – 0. Rochester who won their first game dropped…