The Toronto Rock once again finished on top of the Eastern Division and will be looking to begin their run to the NLL Championship. The Rock came up just short of the championship last year as they lost in the division final against the eventual champions the Rochester Knighthawks. The Rock finished this year with a 10-6 record. The Rock had a 5-4 record against the rest of the Eastern…
Well the regular season is now over…it was as exciting as we said it would be. The Toronto Rock having a bye week claimed the top overall record in the NLL as Calgary defeated Edmonton. Earlier in the evening, Rochester defeated Buffalo pushing themselves and Colorado into the playoffs. Toronto Rock 10-6 Clinched Best overall record and will have home field throughout the playoffs. Team is well rested…
By the time the Philadelphia Wings and Washington Stealth took the floor to play their last regular season game, the destination was already set for the Wings. With the Knighthawks defeating the Bandits earlier in the evening, the Wings were headed back to Rochester for round one of the 2013 playoffs. But the Wings could still play the spoiler role in this game, except it seemed as if…
The 2013 Bandits season is likely one fans hope to forget soon. Marked with great turn-over in Steve Deitrich’s first year as GM, the team had much promise coming into the season. Names like Shawn Williams, Dhane Smith, Aaron Wilson, Mike Hominuck, Jamie Rooney, and Nick Cotter all joined an offensive unit that seriously lacked secondary scoring. The defense was a little more questionable, full of young players who would…
Shawn Evans scored his first goal of the game and 10th point of the night to give the Calgary Roughnecks a 12-11 overtime victory over the Edmonton Rush. The win means that the Roughnecks, Rush and Washington Stealth all finish with identical 9-7 records on the season, but Calgary takes first place by virtue of the tie-breaker system. The Rush slides down to third seed in the West with the…
Today, Buffalo Bandits’ head coach and general manager Darris Kilgour mortgaged two first round picks, one in 2013 and and one in 2014, to the Minnesota Swarm in exchange for Anthony Cosmo, a 34-year-old goalie taken in last year’s Boston Blazers dispersal draft.’ Is two first round picks a stiff price? Sure, but there’s no doubt that Bandit head coach Darris Kilgour is in win-now mode. NLL legend John Tavares…
They say history repeats itself, but not in 2013. The Buffalo Bandits will not be in the NLL playoffs for the first time in 11 years, as they fell to the Rochester Knighthawks 10-9 last night in front of 19,000 fans at First Niagara Center. On the other side of the country, the Colorado Mammoth also won, defeating the Minnesota Swarm, clinching a playoff seed. The Swarm are now in…
The Bandits once again saw a game escape their grip, despite their early lead. Rochester rode a six to nothing streak in the first half on route to a 10-9 lead, giving the Knighthawks the second seed in the east and eliminating the Buffalo Bandits. This marks the first time the Bandits have missed the playoffs since 2002, two years before Darris Kilgour became the head coach in Buffalo. The…
Tonight the Philadelphia Wings and their fans can experience something they haven’t in twelve seasons. A home playoff game. April 20, 2001 was the last time the Wings had a “true” home playoff game. (In 2002, the game was deferred to them by the Washington Power due to attendance) on that day in 2001 the Wings defeated Rochester 12-11 By the time the game starts for the Philadelphia Wings,…
When the Edmonton Rush host the Calgary Roughnecks Saturday night in their final game of the regular season, the winner not only takes home the Homes by Avi Battle of Alberta trophy, they also earn the top seed in the NLL West Division for the postseason. Calgary (8-7) currently enjoys a two-games-to-one advantage over the Rush (9-6) in their season series, but Edmonton has the edge in goals for/against. If…