Bandits Offense Steamrolls Warriors 2/8/2020

February 8, 2020

Ron Schell, Correspondent Vancouver Warriors Lacrosse Is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Di Miller On Friday February 7, the Vancouver Warriors hosted the Buffalo Bandits at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia in front of 7,215 Warrior fans. The game long unrelenting barrage of shots, physical bone-rattling picks and tenacious battles for loose balls by the Bandits offence physically ground down the Warriors defence. Vancouver’s three game winning streak was…

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Philadelphia Wings Lacrosse Team and Crayola Experience Mascots Inspire Kids to be Creative Today 2/7/2020

February 7, 2020

[COURTESY OF THE PHILADELPHIA WINGS] Philadelphia Wings mascot “Wingston” joined Crayola’s crayon mascot Cerulean at Crayola Experience Easton today to inspire kids to create colorful dasher board designs to submit for the Color Your Wings dasher contest. Photo details: 1.       Bill Dunkin proves that you can be a kid at any age. He was visiting from Maryland with his daughter. 2.       Wingston joins 2-year-old John Mohler and his brother 4-year-old…

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Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 11 – 2/7/2020

February 7, 2020

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Justin Ivey 30-15 Shawn Palmer 29-16 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 25-20 Chris Vale 23-22 No undefeated teams remain!  Toronto took down the last unbeaten, Halifax, at home and they were even down a few key players.  Buffalo squeaked by Rochester, New England fell flat against a visiting Vancouver, Georgia handled the Wings and San Diego won the first NLL game in Las Vegas!!  Another…

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Lacrosse is Awesome would like to welcome Anthony Noble, the newest member of our photography team!!

February 2, 2020

Anthony Noble, Photography Philadelphia Wings Lacrosse is Awesome© Anthony is a lifelong Philadelphia Wings season ticket holder and lacrosse fan. He and his family have been attending Wings games since Anthony was 6 months old. Being able to take his passion for photography and his passion for lacrosse and put both of them together has been a career goal. In his words “I aim to be able to use my…

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Seals Take the Show in Vegas & Mammoth Offense Miss the Final Acts 2/1/2020

February 2, 2020

Di Miller, Correspondent Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Colorado Mammoth On Saturday February 1, 2020 the NLL made history by hosting the first ever game in Las Vegas, NV at Orleans Arena.  Two teams from the West Division, the Colorado Mammoth (4-5) and the San Diego Seals (3-5) would go head to head on this historic night in front of 4,821 fans with no home team…

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Warriors Stifle Black Wolves in New England – 2/2/2020

February 2, 2020

Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© The New England Black Wolves (4-2) had a chance to respond to their first loss of the season with a home game against the Vancouver Warriors (3-4) on Saturday night in front of 4,801 fans.  Unfortunately for those fans, the Black Wolves fell flat. “Not good.  All over the floor.  Dougie (Doug Jamieson) was good. That was the only good…

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KNIGHTHAWKS FALL TO BANDITS IN OVERTIME 1/31/2020

February 1, 2020

[MEDIA RELEASE] Featured Image Photo Credit:  Kate Frese (Buffalo, NY) – Another back-and-forth offensive battle came down to the final few seconds of regulation as the Buffalo Bandits (5-1) scored with eight seconds remaining to force overtime before winning in the extra frame to hand the Rochester Knighthawks (1-6) a 16-15 loss Friday at KeyBank Center. Holden Cattoni matched a season-high with a nine-point effort on the strength of three…

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Wings Last Minute Heroics Not Enough to Overcome Georgia Sting 1/31/2020

February 1, 2020

Ron Schell, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse Is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Philadelphia Wings It was the second and final meeting between the Georgia Swarm (4-3) and Philadelphia Wings (5-3).  When the smoke cleared and someone told you that Philadelphia Wing’s Trevor Baptiste, the Face-off Phenom dominated the face-off circle winning 24 of 28, you would automatically think that the Wings won the battle. They won the face-off battle on Friday…

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The Rock Have Toppled the Mighty Thunderbirds 1/31/2020

February 1, 2020

Shawn Palmer – Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit:  Halifax Thunderbirds The Toronto Rock (4-2) hosted the once undefeated Halifax Thunderbirds (6-1) for the first time ever at the Scotiabank Arena on Friday night.  The Rock was without three of their top offensive powerhouses, Tom Schreiber; Adam Jones; and Dan Craig. Over the first three quarters the Rock would dominate on both ends of the floor…

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Justin and Friends NLL Picks Week 10 -1/30/2020

January 30, 2020

Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Justin Ivey 28-12 Shawn Palmer 26-14 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 24-16 Chris Vale 22-18 Only one undefeated team remains! Georgia took down New England in OT to finish a great Week 9 schedule full of great lacrosse.  Buffalo eked by Colorado, Philadelphia and San Diego beat up New York and Halifax remains the only undefeated team after defeating Calgary.  Can they keep the streak…

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KNIGHTHAWKS ACTIVATE BROWN, ASSIGN BILES TO PRACTICE SQUAD 1/30/2020

January 30, 2020

[MEDIA RELEASE] (Rochester, NY) – Rochester Knighthawks General Manager and Vice President of Lacrosse Operations Dan Carey announced today that the team has activated transition man Frank Brown off the physically unable to perform list and has assigned defenseman Tyler Biles to the practice squad. Both transactions are pending league approval. The 26-year-old Brown is beginning his third season in the NLL. During the 2018-19 season, he played in 14…

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New England vs. Vancouver: Welcoming the Warriors 1/29/2020

January 29, 2020

[MEDIA RELEASE] The Black Wolves are back at Mohegan Sun Arena for the third straight week following a tough overtime loss to Georgia last Sunday. This Saturday, Feb. 1, the Vancouver Warriors (2-4) will make their way to the East Coast for a 7pm matchup on Here for the Beer night. Following the contest, fans 21+ are invited to enjoy samples from local breweries on the arena concourse. Black Wolves…

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