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Balanced Offense Leads Firewolves to Season Opening Win in Vegas – 12/1/2023

December 2, 2023

Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-0) traveled to visit the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-1) on Friday night for both clubs’ season opening game. With a lot of new faces on both sides, this game was expected to come down to the wire and the back-and-forth affair was exciting. Albany did not lead the contest until the first goal of the fourth quarter, and even then,…

Mammoth Blank Roughnecks in Fourth, Head to NLL Finals – 5/20/2023

May 21, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks met three times during the regular season, and after being knotted up 1-1 after two games of the West Division Final, the sixth game between the two teams determined the Finals representative. The score was as expected. With Dillon Ward (33SV) and Christian Del Bianco (28SV) in net for Colorado and Calgary respectively, and so much on the…

Bandits Crumble the Rock’s Hope for the Run at the Champions Cup 5/13/23

May 14, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits in Hamilton on Saturday night in game two of the Eastern Finals. Buffalo won the first game the night before 14 – 5 and it was a repeat performance on Saturday as the Bandits went on a 7 – 0 run in the second quarter on their way to…

Mammoth Comeback Falls Just Short as Roughnecks Force Game 3 – 5/13/2023

May 14, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The West Division Finals will have a Game 3 as the home team Calgary Roughnecks found a way to hold off a determined effort from the visiting Colorado Mammoth. After taking Game 1 in the loud house, Colorado started Game 2 on the right foot, but once Calgary took the lead they kept the Mammoth just out of reach for the remainder. Led by…

Toronto Loses Tough Battle in Banditland in Game One of the Eastern Division Finals 5/12/23

May 13, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel For the third year in a row the Buffalo Bandits and Toronto Rock met in the Eastern Finals. On Friday night the Rock visited Buffalo for Game One of the finals. Unlike last weekend’s game, the Rock would have their top scorer in the lineup as Tom Schreiber was back. During the regular season the Buffalo…

The Mammoth Power-Play Goal That Ended the Seals Season 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis The #4 Seed Colorado Mammoth headed to Pechanga Arena on Friday May 5, 2023 to face the #1 Seed San Diego Seals for a repeat of 2022 when the Mammoth would also knock the #1 Seed Seals out of the playoffs. What was different about last nights contest, the Seals kept their composure throughout 59 minutes…

Rock Roll Over Thunderbirds to Advance to Eastern Division Semi-Finals 5/5/23

May 6, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Halifax Thunderbirds for the second year in a row in the Eastern Division Quarter Finals. This time Toronto would have to play the game without their leading scorer from this season as Tom Schreiber was out with an upper body injury. In front of 8,881 loud Rock fans the game went…

Halifax Defeats Georgia and Clinches Final East Playoff Spot – 04/29/2023

April 30, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Halifax Thunderbirds (10-8) visited the Georgia Swarm (8-10) on Saturday night for both teams’ final game of the 2022-2023 regular season. This game had meaning as the winner would likely grab the final East playoff spot. The Swarm started off the night with the hot hand, but behind Chris Boushy (5G, 8A) and Clarke Petterson (4G, 1A), the Thunderbirds continually used runs to…

Can You say Déjà vu Mammoth vs. Seals Rematch Set After Heartbreaking Loss 4/29/23

April 30, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike McGinnis On Saturday April 29, 2023 the Colorado Mammoth (9-9) headed to Pechanga Arena to face their nemesis the San Diego Seals (14-4) in the hopes of taking home the win and moving back into third in the West where they would then face their other Western Division Rivals the Calgary Roughnecks (13-5) for Round One of…

Knighthawks Cap Regular Season with Loss to Wings 4/29/23

April 30, 2023

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Veluvolu In the final week of the NLL regular season the Rochester Knighthawks (10-8) played host to the Philadelphia Wings (9-9) at the Blue Cross Arena with the teams 1-1 against each other this season. Rochester already punched their ticket to the postseason, but with a win and a Halifax loss they would secure the third seed…

Seven Goals By McLaughlin Not Enough to Give Colorado Victory over Saskatchewan 4/22/23

April 23, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Hiscock The Colorado Mammoth (9-8) headed to Saskatoon to face the Saskatchewan Rush (7-10) on Saturday April 22, 2023 and were hoping to secure their third place spot in the West, but as always the Rush have their number and once again the Mammoth waited until the last quarter to put their offense together and couldn’t pull…

Rochester Snaps Four-Game Losing Streak & Clinches with Series Sweep over Georgia 4/22/23

April 23, 2023

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Veluvolu With one week left in the regular season, the Rochester Knighthawks (10-7) played host to the Georgia Swarm (8-9) at the Blue Cross Arena, and this was a crucial matchup between both teams. Rochester was in a must win to clinch a playoff spot and Georgia really needed the win to keep their playoff chances alive. The…

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