Double-Digit Loss Puts Emphasis On Struggling Black Wolves

March 22, 2015

The Black Wolves are at that point where they are relying on a system that doesn’t work anymore. On Friday, New England suffered their 6th loss of the season against the now 3-8 Roughneck squad. The final score was 20-9. Early in the season, the Black Wolves prided themselves on a strong defense with superb goaltending. New England goalie, Evan Kirk, even lead the league in saving percentage the first…

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Black Wolves Face Struggling Calgary As They Look for Second Straight

March 20, 2015

The Black Wolves got a big win last weekend over the Minnesota Swarm which is keeping their season alive. Kevin Crowley had the huge game winning goal in the game and had a few assists as well. Kevin is still leading the team in points with forty-two this season. For New England they had a long break and got their legs back plus regrouped as a team last week to…

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Power Rankings Week 11; Rock Still on Top

March 16, 2015

Another exciting week of lacrosse action.   Buffalo splits with Toronto and almost steals a sweep, Swarm lose both and fall further in the east, while Calgary gets loss number 8 and playoff hopes start to dwindle.  Two big division games this weekend, a game with division leaders and a game that can put teams back into the playoff race.   NLL Power Rankings   Week 11   LW (1)….1—Toronto Rock (10-2) …

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Knighthawks Flying High; Win Streak at 5

March 15, 2015

 Rochester Defeats Calgary 13-7, Win Streak Now at Five Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks (7-3) made their way to face the Calgary Roughnecks (2-8).  Two weeks ago they faced each other in Rochester as the Knighthawks escaped with a 12-11 victory. But on this night we saw a different game.  Ian Llord started it off scoring at 1:08 to give the Hawks an early lead, but then the defense would…

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Black Wolves Get Back on Track Against Swarm

March 15, 2015

It was a hard fought game Saturday night out in Minnesota as the Swarm and the New England Black Wolves faced off. Ten seconds into the game Andrew Suitor dropped the gloves to see if the hype was real about Bill O’Brien. It was a hard fought go both got some good punches in neither really walked away with the win. Once thing got going New England jumped out to…

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Swarm and Black Wolves Battle for Playoff Lives

March 14, 2015

The Minnesota Swarm are 3-5 and are in fourth place in the East. Their last win was one that came in overtime over the Knighthawks. Since the Swarm lost their last two games, one to the Rock the other to the Stealth in a 21-15 game. They were without their leading point getter at the time Callum Crawford for that contest which does hurt. Callum also scored the game winner…

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Power Rankings: Week 9, Rock n Roll Still Tops

March 3, 2015

What a week!!!   A battle of division leaders went to OT, a battle between the teams who played in the Champion’s Cup was decided again by a goal.  We even had a goalie score a goal.  Calgary loses their fourth one-goal game of the year.  Most of the league is off this week as only two games are slated this weekend.  But beware, the weekend of March 13-15 is sure…

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NLL Three Stars: Week Nine

March 2, 2015

We had some very exciting lacrosse and some unbelievable performances this past weekend.  Some of which included goaltenders not only standing on their head to make some unreal saves, but also had a goalie score a goal, and not on himself.   1-Rob Hellyer–(5G/5A–Tor)  Hellyer was a beast on Friday night.  Hellyer’s first goal at :35 of the second quarter put the Rock in the lead until Edmonton tied it…

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NLL Rookie Report – Week 8

February 26, 2015

Week 8 of the NLL season saw a number of rookies make their NLL debuts, with Mike Burke in Colorado, Matt Bennett in Buffalo and Josh Johnson in New England all appearing in their first NLL games this season. While Burke has the most noticeable impact on paper, both Bennett and Johnson faired well in their NLL debuts, proving they deserve more playing time moving forward. With the NLL moving…

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Equipment Woes Plagued Mammoth in New England

February 25, 2015

The Colorado Mammoth’s contest against the New England Black Wolves this past week was delayed from 1pm to 2pm due to what was called a weather related issue. Now, we know what the issue really was. While watching the game, a 14-12 victory from Colorado, you may have noticed a few Mammoth players didn’t have matching helmets. If you were really observant, you would have noticed on the Mammoth bench…

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