In a game with six lead-changes, the Saskatchewan Rush finished strong to defeat the Calgary Roughnecks by a 16-13 score. The win improves the Rush record to 7-2, solidly in second place in the NLL standings. The Roughnecks drop to 5-4, now tied with the Philadelphia Wings for fourth place. Ryan Keenan opened the scoring for the Rush just 44 seconds into the game, followed a minute-and-a-half later by a…

NLL: San Diego Seals Early Start Helps Land First Ever Win Over Toronto Rock
Most of this NLL season has been a battle for the Toronto Rock. They returned to Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga on Saturday night looking for their fourth straight win. Their opponents, the San Diego Seals, opened the scoring and led until the Rock fought for a fourth quarter, five goal run. However, a late pair sealed the 11-10 victory – San Diego’s first ever against Toronto, and the…

NLL: Superman shows out, Roughnecks beat Warriors in game full of runs
The finale of the Friday night slate in week 11 was set to be a good one. The action came to you from Rogers Arena as the hometown Vancouver Warriors welcomed in the Calgary Roughnecks. It was an interesting game, as the total scoring by quarter was as follows: eight, eleven, seven, one. This should tell you that it was an absolute track meet for 45 of the 60 minutes,…

NLL: Colorado takes rematch against Swarm, eerily reminiscent to first matchup
The fans in attendance at Gas South Arena on Friday night may have had a bit of déjà vu. Scratch that, lacrosse fans across the world may have seen this movie before. The hometown Georgia Swarm were set to take on the visiting Colorado Mammoth. If memory serves us correctly, these two faced off on December 29th at the Loud House, and it was a tightly contested game. Friday night’s tilt…

NLL: Thunderbirds spoil Sowers’ debut game in hometown
The Halifax Thunderbirds came into Philadelphia and soared to a 14-10 victory on Saturday afternoon. They dominated the Wings with strong physical play, a barrage of shots and ground ball victories. Both teams wore Marvel-inspired jerseys to celebrate Marvel SuperHero Day. In the first quarter, with a 5-2 lead by the Thunderbirds, the boos began filling the Wells Fargo Center. The Wings’ seemed to be struggling like it did…

NLL: Rush Dominate First Half, Cruise to 12-8 Win Over Seals
The Saskatchewan Rush ran up a 7-0 lead in the first half on Saturday night en route to a 12-8 win over the San Diego Seals. The win improves the Rush to 6-2 on the season, and puts them in sole possession of second place in the NLL. The Seals loss drops them to 3-5, in 12th position. Saskatchewan’s Mike Triolo opened the scoring with a natural hat trick during…

NLL: Georgia tops Las Vegas in high scoring affair
Saturday night’s tilt between the Las Vegas Desert Dogs and the Georgia Swarm was more than a game. Fans piled into Lee’s Family Forum to celebrate the next installment of the “Tucker Cup”, as it was Tucker Out Lymphoma night in Las Vegas. These nights and games always mean a lot to the Desert Dogs, as head coach Shawn Williams is the father of the late Tucker Williams, who lost…

NLL: Bandits stay undefeated, win on Tucker Out Lymphoma night
It’s no secret that it’s always a party in Banditland. 18,459 rabid fans piled into KeyBank Center for what was sure to be an action-packed night. First, it was an NLL Finals rematch from last year as the hometown Bandits welcomed in the Albany FireWolves. Secondly, and more importantly, it was Tucker Out Lymphoma night, celebrating the life and legacy of Tucker Williams who passed away from Burkitt’s Lymphoma years…

NLL: Pace, Roughnecks top Black Bears
It was Every Child Matters night in Ottawa as the hometown Black Bears welcomed in the Calgary Roughnecks for a Friday night showdown. Both teams came in sitting in the middle of the pack as far as the standings went, and Ottawa specifically needed an offensive breakthrough considering the stout play of Zach Higgins as of late. Those offensive struggles continued a bit for the Black Bears, as Calgary controlled…

NLL: Terefenko’s hat trick propels Thunderbirds over Warriors
In a battle between the east coast Halifax Thunderbirds and the west coast Vancouver Warriors, it was fitting that the star of the game was Halifax defender Ryan Terefenko. Multiple times, he went from the defensive end to the offensive end, or coast to coast, to score his first career hat trick and add two assists to propel the Thunderbirds to a 10-9 victory over the Warriors at the Scotiabank…