• Georgia punches ticket in final week
  • Roughnecks Clinch
  • Home: Two Different Meanings for Toronto Rock and Halifax Thunderbirds in Mississauga Finale
  • NLL: Rush Cruise to 11-6 Win Over Mammoth, Colorado Still Clinging to Playoff Hopes
  • NLL: Buffalo clinches top spot in playoffs

Georgia punches ticket in final week

In the final week of the regular season, the matchup between the Buffalo Bandits and the Georgia Swarm had massive implications for the hometown Swarm, and absolutely none for the Bandits. The answer for Georgia was simple; win, and you’re in. Lose, and you go home. Buffalo had already locked up the one-seed for the playoffs, so they were looking to sharpen their game heading into the postseason. There were…

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Roughnecks Clinch

After the punishing grind of a twenty-one week NLL season, the playoff hopes for the Calgary Roughnecks all came down to a final double-header. The 8-8 Roughnecks had earned the right to control their own destiny and their first chance to clinch came with a match-up against the Las Vegas Desert Dogs.   Calgary jumped out to a 7-1 lead and then survived a furious Las Vegas comeback to win…

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Home: Two Different Meanings for Toronto Rock and Halifax Thunderbirds in Mississauga Finale

Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. On Friday night, two teams looked at the term ‘home’ in two very different ways – the Toronto Rock closing out a chapter in their third home in five seasons; and the Halifax Thunderbirds clinching a home playoff game for the first time with a 16-9 win. GOING HOME With the loss Toronto wraps its one and only season…

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NLL: Warriors Win 11-5 Over Wings

The Vancouver Warriors clipped the Philadelphia Wings with a solid 11-5 win Saturday night in Canada. Philadelphia scored just five goals in the loss, with all five goals coming from different players.  Joe Resetarits, Shane Simpson, Mitch Jones, Alex Pace, and Phil Caputo all scored for the Wings, however no one crossed the goal line more than once. The first quarter saw Vancouver go up 5-3. Vancouver continued its scoring…

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NLL: Rush Cruise to 11-6 Win Over Mammoth, Colorado Still Clinging to Playoff Hopes

The Saskatchewan Rush shut out the Colorado Mammoth for over 40 minutes while scoring nine times to cruise to an 11-6 victory in a rare Sunday game. The win guarantees the Rush (12-5) a second-place finish in the league while the Mammoth, at 8-9, are in a four-way tie for the last two playoff spots. Wil Malcom got the Mammoth on the board first, just three minutes into the game,…

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NLL: Buffalo clinches top spot in playoffs

Saturday’s contest between the Buffalo Bandits and Halifax Thunderbirds saw seven ties throughout the game. With 27 total goals scored, and in front of another sellout crowd inside the KeyBank Center, the Buffalo Bandits secured the one-seed in the NLL Playoffs, winning 15-12. Allow me to do something a little bit different with this article. Usually, I’m a big fan of nonbiased opinions in these recaps and a sprinkle of…

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NLL: Deacan Knott a beacon in the night for Wings

Original photography by Tracey Happold-Brown Goaltender Deacan Knott was like a beacon in the night as he guided the Philadelphia Wings to a 16-13 win over the Georgia Swarm on Saturday evening at Wells Fargo Center in the Wings final home game of the season. He “knotted” down the net to secure the win in front of the 8,520 attendees during fan appreciation night. Georgia wanted to wrap up a…

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Buffalo secures home playoff game with win over Mammoth

Week 19 saw a rivalry renewed at Ball Arena between the Buffalo Bandits and the Colorado Mammoth. These two teams are no strangers to one another, and both teams were desperate for a win, for completely different reasons. Buffalo saw themselves atop the standings but were on a bit of a skid coming in, so a win would be massive for their confidence as the playoffs approached. Colorado was logjammed…

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Wings Fly to a Win in Georgia

The Philadelphia Wings flew home with a much needed morale boosting win on Saturday after defeating the Georgia Swarm 15-13 in a come from behind win that stunned many lax lovers. Holding steady to their ways this season, the Philadelphia Wings went down early—and it looked like the quarter 1’s 5-1 lead my Georgia might be insurmountable for this Philly team that has had its share of struggles this season….

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