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

May 13, 2023

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…

Bandits Late Three-Goal Rally Puts them Ahead of the Rock and Takes Them to the Eastern Division Title 4/22/23

April 23, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel The Toronto Rock (13-5) visited the Buffalo Bandits (13-4) on Saturday night for the battle to determine the East division champion. There were 16,861 hungry Bandits fans on hand in Banditland just itching for the win. This was Toronto’s final game of the 2022-23 Regular season and the final home game for the Bandits. The winner…

Rock Second & Fourth Quarter Surge Help Secure Victory Over Wings 4/15/23

April 16, 2023

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Christopher Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender With only two weeks left in the regular season of the NLL and prior to this game, three teams had clinched, four teams had been eliminated from earning a playoff spot which left eight teams fighting for the five spots in March to May. This weekend in an Eastern Conference matchup that had playoff implications for both…

Colorado Rallies to Beat West Leading San Diego Seals – 04/14/2023

April 15, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The NLL playoffs are so close, some games are starting to have that extra edge. Friday night at the Loud House in Colorado was a prime example. The West leading San Diego Seals (12-4) came to visit division opponent Colorado Mammoth (9-7) and the two teams combined for 62 penalty minutes. 24 of those and a game misconduct belonged to veteran San Diego captain…

Swarm Host Rush and Win Fifth Straight – 4/8/2023

April 9, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© On Saturday night, the Georgia Swarm (7-8) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (6-9) and both teams needed a win to remain in contention for the postseason. The Rush came into the weekend after being victorious in two games last weekend. Georgia has been on a hot streak since starting 0-7, coming in having won six of their past seven. Andrew Kew (1G, 6A) has been…

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