Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Until last night, box lacrosse had not been played on Long Island since 2009. It was a historic night at the renovated NYCB Live Arena as the New York Riptide (0-4) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (2-1) in front of 6,089 fans. Even commissioner Nick Sakiewicz was in the building. New York was playing their second game of the weekend, dropping a Friday night…
Di Miller, Correspondent Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess In the first and only meeting of the two teams; and an East vs. West battle, the Colorado Mammoth (2-1) headed to Georgia to face the Swarm (2-1) on Saturday December 28 at Infinite Energy Arena in front of 5,724 Georgia fans. The Mammoth were coming off a “high” from their recent OT victory against the…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 10-4 Justin Ivey 9-5 Chris Vale 8-6 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 8-6 The panel was correct for the first Friday game! New England steam rolled New York with many players hitting milestones (read our recap – it was amazing). Calgary ended up coming out with a strong second half to defeat the Seals in San Diego. Five of the eight weekend games…
Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© In a packed arena, the New England Black Wolves (3-0) hosted the New York Riptide (0-3) on Friday night. The 6,089 in attendance were in for a historic night. To kick off the home opener, Todd Angilly, the Boston Bruins anthem singer belted out the nation’s song to a roaring crowd. New York, with four players who called Mohegan Sun…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Courtesy of San Diego Seals On Friday December 27, 2019 the San Diego Seals (0-3) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (2-1) at Pechanga Arena in front of 4,088 fans. Both teams were searching for ways to come off losses from previous games and the Roughnecks found it by putting together three separate runs and came away with the win. Final Score: Roughnecks…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 9-3 Justin Ivey 8-4 Chris Vale 6-6 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 6-6 After a slow weekend for Week 4, the NLL has packed eight games into Week 5! Stephonya was the only perfect score for Week 4 as she chose Colorado over Calgary. Because of this heavy load, our picks will be posted daily so here goes for the two Friday night…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Calgary Roughnecks On Saturday December 21, the 2019 NLL Champion Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) hoisted the championship banner to the rafters in front of just over 12,000 Calgary fans, each who received a mini replica banner to commemorate the event. But their home opener did not go as planned as they would lose to their West Division rivals…
Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Trevor MacMillan In this week’s NLL action fans saw the new expansion team the Halifax Thunderbirds (2-0) play host to the Rochester Knighthawks (0-2) at Scotiabank Centre. This was a much anticipated match-up that wouldn’t disappoint as Rochester would come out firing taking an early lead at the end of the first quarter. Halifax would battle back and…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Standings: Shawn Palmer 8-2 Justin Ivey 7-3 Chris Vale 5-5 Stephonya Hunter-Penner 4-6
WINGS TO HOST ULTIMATE PAJAMA PARTY, BARK IN THE BOWL AND INVITE KIDS TO DESIGN THEIR OWN DASHERBOARD AS PART OF 2020 THEME NIGHTS AT WELLS FARGO CENTER The Philadelphia Wings Professional Lacrosse team will host the city’s largest pajama party, invite dogs to a game, and allow a child to design a dasherboard in crayon as part of a jam-packed promotional schedule that highlights their nine home games at…
Di Miller, Correspondent New York Riptide Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Vancouver Warriors In a contest of the third week of NLL action, the New York Riptide (0-2) headed west to face the Vancouver Warriors (1-1) at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC. It was Super Hero Night and the 5,120 Warrior fans got the treat of their lives seeing not only some superb scoring action; but their team…
Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: New England Black Wolves The NLL’s Game of the Week saw the New England Black Wolves (2-0) visit the Saskatchewan Rush (1-1) at the Sasktel Centre. The Black Wolves won their second straight road game to start the season behind a strong game from Doug Jamieson (43 saves) in net and Callum Crawford’s (3G, 3A) second…