Vinc Shuts the Door on the Rock Offense 12/17/22

December 18, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Buffalo Bandits (1-1) visited the Toronto Rock (1-2) at First Ontario Centre on Saturday night December 17, 2022 in a game where both teams were coming in after suffering their first losses of the season.  On a night where the Rock were inviting the 7,730 fans to bring Teddy Bears to toss on the floor…

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Del Bianco and the Roughnecks stop Warriors in Home Opener – 12/10/22

December 11, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Vancouver Warriors (0-2) started the season with a tough road trip and dropped their second straight away game in Canada with an 11-9 loss at the hands of the Calgary Roughnecks (1-0) in their season opener at home.  The Roughnecks were led by Jesse King (3G, 3A) and a stout Christian Del Bianco (9GA, 40SV) in net to defeat their…

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Rochester Rolls Past the Rock to 2-0 Start 12/10/22

December 11, 2022

Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  M. Veluvolu The Rochester Knighthawks (2-0) played host to the Toronto Rock (1-1) in an Eastern Division matchup at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday December 10, 2022.  Rochester would look to continue their momentum from their week one win over the Georgia Swarm (0-1) and the Knighthawks defense with their netminder Ryan Hartley who would have a career high…

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Panther City Spoils Desert Dogs Debut with Home Opener Win – 12/9/22

December 10, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Bowen Last year’s expansion team, Panther City Lacrosse Club (1-0) welcomed this year’s expansion Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-1) on Friday night at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.  Panther City fought off more than one run from a determined Desert Dogs squad that looks to have immediate chemistry under first year NLL coach Shawn Williams. …

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Rock Overpower the Warriors on Guaranteed Win Night in Toronto 12/3/22

December 4, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (1-0) opened their 2022/23 season at home against the Vancouver Warriors (0-1) on Saturday night December 3, 2022 which had been called “Guaranteed Win Night” by owner and GM Jamie Dawick.  Based on the way that the Toronto Rock played they wanted to deliver for their owner as they came out of the…

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Mammoth Can’t Find Their Offense Against the Rush 12/3/22

December 3, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  S. Hiscock On Saturday December 3, 2022 the NLL opened up the 2022-23 season and fans would see several lopsided games, including the contest between these Western Division rivals the defending NLL Champion Colorado Mammoth (0-1) going up against the Saskatchewan Rush (1-0) in front of over 10,000 Rush fans at Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon.  It was a…

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And Then There Was One…The Colorado Mammoth Defeat Buffalo For their Second NLL Championship Title 6/18/22

June 18, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Bill Wippert On Saturday June 18, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (1-1) headed to New York to face the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) in front of a sellout crowd at KeyBank Center.  The 19,060 fans were certain their team would walk away easily with the Champions Cup.  But the Colorado Mammoth fans knew what their team had done throughout the…

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Mammoth Even Championship Series with Bandits – 6/11/2022

June 12, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth knew what had to be done Saturday night at the sold-out Loud House.  Buffalo took Game 1 last week, and a loss meant the season was over.  Before the game began it was announced that Eli McLaughlin would be scratched with an injury, a huge blow to Colorado.  The team pushed through and persevered though and captured the…

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Mammoth Hard-Fought Battle Comes Up Short in Game One in Buffalo 6/4/22

June 4, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Michael Hetzel The Colorado Mammoth (0-1) headed to New York to face the Buffalo Bandits (1-0) for Game One of the NLL Championship Series.  The 14,274 Bandits fans would be treated to a non-stop back and forth high scoring game where their team came out on top in the end.  Heading into the contest, Eli McLaughlin was sitting…

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Second Half Comeback Sends Colorado Back to NLL Finals 5/28/22

May 29, 2022

Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Mike McGinnis On Saturday May 28, 2022, the Colorado Mammoth (2-1) would head to Pechanga Arena to face the San Diego Seals (1-2) to determine who would win the West and head to the NLL Championship Series to face the Eastern Division Champions the Buffalo Bandits (2-0) next weekend.  The 7,114 Seals fans were hoping to see their…

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Dobbie, Staats Shine in Seals Game 2 Win – 5/21/2022

May 22, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Home turf didn’t make a difference in Game 1 for the San Diego Seals, and they faced a win or go home situation in the Loud House Saturday night when they visited the Colorado Mammoth for Game 2.  Regulation proved to be so evenly matched that the two needed overtime to decide the winner.  The Seals had a one goal lead…

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Bandits Advance to NLL Finals with Win in Toronto – 5/21/2022

May 22, 2022

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Buffalo Bandits are headed to the NLL Finals for the first time since 2019.  Game 1 highlighted the offense, and as many expected, Game 2 was a defensive battle.  Matt Vinc (42 SV) set a new Bandits record with his fifth post season victory for the franchise while Josh Byrne (2G, 6A) and Dhane Smith (2G, 4A) mustered up just…

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