What Went Right for the Lizards This Season?

September 2, 2014

The New York Lizards’ season may have ended in a loss at the hands of the eventual MLL Champion Denver Outlaws but it was my no means a failure of a season. After missing the playoffs in 2013, the Lizards locked up the No. 3 seed in this year’s playoffs. Considering the vast amount of player movement the team saw and some of the rookies that played, the Lizards had…

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CUFLA Season Preview: Brock University Badgers

August 26, 2014

The most decorated program in Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) history, the Brock Badgers are currently experiencing a Baggataway Cup drought. The Badgers have been crowned National Champions 18 times, but they have yet to bring the hardware home to St. Catharines, ON since 2009. Head Coach Justin Kennedy and his squad have high expectations after training camp just over the past two weeks. “Our expectations are to learn…

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Hartzell Gives Lizards Victory Over Outlaws in Overtime

August 11, 2014

The New York Lizards beat the Denver Outlaws in exhilarating fashion Saturday night as Kyle Hartzell netted the game winning goal in overtime. Both teams have records of 9-5, however, the Outlaws have home field advantage in next week’s semifinal game despite the loss. The first quarter got off to an exciting start as the Outlaws scored three of the first four goals of the game. Drew Snider scored two…

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MLL Rookie Report: Cockerton, Maltz Star in Week 11

July 24, 2014

This past weekend the MLL returned to action after a week break due to the FIL Championships. While the FIL Championships started to wind down, teams around the league started to gear up for the last quarter of the season. With many of their players playing for various teams, several rookies made their debuts or stepped up for their teams in big ways. Here is the week in review for…

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Lizards Dominate Launch 20-11 Behind Pannell’s Big Day

July 4, 2014

In the first game since the All Star Break, the New York Lizards won their sixth game of the season 20-11 over the Florida Launch. With the win the Lizards improved their record to 6-4 and put themselves at third in the standings. The first quarter saw the Lizards start fast as they took a 6-1 lead after the first quarter. Rob Pannell, JoJo Marasco and Tommy Palasek all had…

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Pannell, Seibald Lead Lizards Past Hounds

June 22, 2014

A three-goal run by the Hounds made Lizards fans sweat a little bit but New York had too much offensive firepower for the visiting Charlotte Hounds in a 14-12 win on Saturday night. Thanks to a pair of Cornell graduates, Rob Pannell and Max Seibald, the Lizards were able to move into a three-way tie for third place as the MLL hits the second of three breaks for this year’s…

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WLA Has a Busy Weekend Ahead

June 20, 2014

There are five games scheduled in the WLA this weekend, featuring all seven teams. With the season about halfway done, there is still plenty of time for the teams at the bottom of the standings to move up and plenty of time for the frontrunners to extend their leads. The Burnaby Lakers host the Maple Ridge Burrards in the first game of the weekend. The Lakers are only two points behind…

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MLL Three Stars: Hunt’s Big Performance Leads the Way

June 17, 2014

Boy were there some big performances this week in the MLL! As is customary on our website, we nominate our three stars for this past week’s action and there were some tough decisions to make. This week’s action featured some ridiculous stat lines on offense with several players scoring six or more points. With many nominees, who were the lucky three who earned this week’s honors? First Star: Ben Hunt,…

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What Went Wrong/What Went Right in the Champion’s Cup

The Rochester Knighthawks became the first team in NLL history to win three consecutive championships on May 31 when they soundly defeated the Calgary Roughnecks in Game 2 and then came from behind to win the deciding 10-minute mini-game. What Went Right: Dangerous Dan Dawson—With Dan Dawson out of commission for Game 1 due to a concussion suffered in the previous round of playoffs, the Knighthawks offense struggled to find…

June 1, 2014
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Knighthawks Must Fight to Stay Alive in Champion’s Cup

May 31, 2014

After losing Game 1 of the Champion’s Cup to the Calgary Roughnecks last weekend, the Rochester Knighthawks will be fighting an uphill battle Saturday night when they host Game 2. They’ll be looking to even the series and force a tie-breaking mini-game in order to have a shot at the first-ever NLL three-peat. The Knighthawks have enjoyed a great deal of success at home this year, going 9-1 in Blue…

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