It seems that Week 11 is a bit early for teams to be saying that a game is a “must win.” Well, in Saturday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia Wings and Buffalo Bandits, that’s the slogan that both teams were using. The Wings were coming in on a six-game losing streak, while Buffalo were losers of three-straight. Must win was the understatement of the century for both teams. Buffalo, during…
Smith’s late goal propels Bandits over Thunderbirds
The Buffalo Bandits defeated the Halifax Thunderbirds 11-10 on Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. It was a battle between two struggling teams. Buffalo came into the game losing four straight, while Halifax had lost three in a row. Buffalo started strong, being up 8-3 10 minutes into the second quarter. But their offence ran dry, and Halifax battled back to tie the game at 10 with 3:43…
Vancouver beats down Rochester in physical clash
Week 10 action came to us from Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. This clash featured two of the league’s more high-powered offenses. The hometown Knighthawks were on a tear, and the visiting Vancouver Warriors were right at the top of the standings as well. While this game had the potential to be an instant classic and a shootout, the final score was definitely not indicative of the capability…
Mammoth put up 20, beat up on Bandits
Saturday night’s tilt between the hometown Colorado Mammoth and the Buffalo Bandits was a massacre. It’s time for some honesty: terms to describe what Colorado did to Buffalo in this game. Dominated, thrashed, rolled, whooped, beat on. Colorado proved why they are arguably the hottest team in the league, spanking the Bandits 20-9, winning their fifth-straight game. Right when you thought the Loud House couldn’t get louder. Mammoth fans, cheers….
Strong defence and goaltending lead to Georgia’s win over Halifax
The Georgia Swarm limited the Halifax Thunderbirds to one goal in the second half to win their third straight game 11-7 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “I think it is just settling in games, and we’re really offensively and defensively starting to know our roles and mesh together really well. It is a great environment in our locker room and we’re making it work on the floor, ” said…
Colorado continues winning ways, win fourth straight
The finale of Week 9 games came to us from the Loud House in Denver, Colorado. The hometown Mammoth have been on a tear lately and looked to continue that by fending off the visiting Oshawa FireWolves. Colorado used eight different goal scorers, four of which had multi-goal games and continued their winning ways, boosting their win streak to four with a 15-11 win. The newest Oshawa FireWolves forward, Dawson…
Vancouver’s big first half propels them past Ottawa
Canadian Tire Centre was the place to be in Canada’s capital on Friday night. The hometown Ottawa Black Bears took their home turf and welcomed the Vancouver Warriors for a Week 9 clash for Canadian supremacy. Time for some honesty; Vancouver won this game 12-8, and while the final score is indicative of a relatively close game, Vancouver controlled this one for most of it. This contest was a track…
Sneaky Seals take lead from Wings
The Philadelphia Wings let a strong first half lead slip away as the San Diego Seals came back to win 9-7 in Philadelphia on Friday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. It drops their record to 1-5 and puts them in last place in the standings, while San Diego improves to 3-3 and are on a modest tw0-game win streak. Philadelphia was looking strong going into the half. They scored twice…
Teat takes over in fourth, Black Bears beat Bandits
Up to this point early in the season, both the Buffalo Bandits and Ottawa Black Bears found themselves in the middle of the pack. One thing that differentiated these two from the rest is that neither team had lost two consecutive games this season. All in all, that means proper adjustments were made to avoid a skid on both sides. That point was going to come to an end in…
Thompson Breaks Out in UnBOXed Game
The last time there was a National Lacrosse League game in Alberta’s capital city, Mark Matthews, Chris Corbiel, Riley Loewen and the rest of the Rush were celebrating Edmonton’s first ever NLL title. Sadly, the team would leave for Saskatoon and go on to win two more championships with a stacked roster that had been largely forged in Edmonton. Fast forward 10+ years and the NLL was back in…