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Swarm Spoil Dawson’s Historic Night With Victory Over the Rock 3/26/22

March 27, 2022

Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender Prior to the game the Toronto Rock (8-5) celebrated Dan Dawson, who broke the All-time games played record in the NLL as he was playing his 307th career game. He surpassed the legend John Tavares for the record and also tied Tavares’ All-time assist record at 934 during the game. Saturday’s game was the first one…

Warriors Fourth Quarter Penalty Kill on Five Minute Major Key to Victory Over Seals 3/25/22

March 26, 2022

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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jaclyn McKee Week 17 started out with a bang as the San Diego Seals (9-3) headed north to Rogers Arena to face their Western Division rivals the Vancouver Warriors (6-7). There is no love lost between the two squads and this game would be chippy from the start. A win for the Seals would guarantee them a play-off spot. …

Rochester Drops Their Fifth Straight on the Road in Saskatchewan 3/19/22

March 20, 2022

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Hiscock The Rochester Knighthawks (3-9) headed on the road to take on the Saskatchewan Rush (4-9) at the SaskTel Centre in front of a crowd of 9,012. This would be the first match up between the two teams as the original Knighthawks are now Halifax Thunderbirds. Both teams were looking for a much needed win to help…

Roughnecks Come Off Bye-Weeks & Use the Luck of the Irish to Defeat the Rush 3/17/22

March 19, 2022

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Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On St. Patrick’s Day 8,590 Calgary fans saw their Roughnecks (4-6) host the Saskatchewan Rush (3-9). The Roughnecks have struggled to put a solid winning season together and their record of 4-6 leaves them sitting fourth place in the Western division. Thursday night’s efforts would put the Roughnecks in the win column, outscoring the Rush…

Knighthawks Woes Continue With Three Game Slide & Loss to Riptide 3/12/22

March 13, 2022

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline V. In this weekend’s NLL action the Rochester Knighthawks (3-8) played host to the New York Riptide (3-8) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of a crowd of 3,790. Rochester was looking to get back into the win column this weekend as they were without goalie Ryan Hartley having been placed on IR with backup net…

Rock’s Offense Overwhelms the Warriors Defense 3/12/22

March 13, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jordan Leigh Photography Prior to the game on March 12, the Toronto Rock (8-4) announced that Dan Dawson would not be playing on Saturday night which meant that he would need to wait at least one more game to take over top spot in games played in the NLL. He is also one assist shy of taking over…

Panther City Pounces on the Mammoth 3/11/22

March 12, 2022

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Jack Dempsey On Friday March 11, 2022 the Colorado Mammoth (6-4) hosted the Panther City Lacrosse Club (4-8) in front of 7,959 fans at the Loud House in Denver, CO. The fans were excited to see their team back in action after not having been in the arena since February 20. This would be the only time that…

Rock Take Rematch & Split Series with Riptide 3/5/22

March 12, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (7-4) completed their portion of the home and home games against the New York Riptide (2-8) after last week’s loss. This was the first home game in Hamilton with fans in the stands since December. The 7,920 people in the building were cheering loud right from the start of the game and it…

Knighthawks Let Another Slip Away & Can’t Overtake the Swarm in OT 3/4/22

March 12, 2022

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess Week Thirteen’s NLL action got started with the Rochester Knighthawks (3-7) traveling to Gas South Arena to take on the Georgia Swarm (5-6). This was a must win Eastern Conference matchup for both teams as a win for either team would help them climb into a more solid playoff position. It was a great contest throughout…

Mammoth Drops Heartbreaker in Second Half of Home-and-Home Series Against the Rush 2/27/22

February 27, 2022

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Di Miller The Colorado Mammoth (6-3) headed north to face the Saskatchewan Rush (3-6), in Saskatoon on Saturday February 26, 2022 for the second half of the home-and-home series. It was Blackout jersey night and the 9,302 Rush fans would be treated to some “free” lacrosse as the teams would head into an OT frame with their team…

Riptide Halt Four Game Streak for the Rock and Get Second Home Victory in Franchise History 2/27/22

February 27, 2022

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Spencer Kagan The Toronto Rock travelled to Uniondale, NY on Saturday February 26, 2022 to play the New York Riptide for the first time ever and each team had players who were looking to reach milestones. Toronto’s goalie Nick Rose needed five saves to move into 10th place overall and New York’s Callum Crawford needed one point to…

KNIGHTHAWKS COME UP SHORT TO BANDITS 2/26/22

February 27, 2022

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[MEDIA RELEASE] Final Score: Buffalo 14–Rochester 8 Knighthawks rookie forward Ryan Smith (3+1) recorded his second home hat trick of the season while leading the offense with four points. Forwards Turner Evans (1+2) and Holden Cattoni (1+2) both recorded three-point efforts with a goal and an assist apiece, while Charlie Bertrand (1+0), Thomas Hoggarth (1+1) and Matt Gilray (1+0) provided Rochester’s other tallies on the night. Veteran forward Shawn Evans…

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