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NLL: Knighthawks edged by Ottawa in preseason finale

November 24, 2025

The Rochester Knighthawks dropped their preseason finale to the Ottawa Black Bears, 11-9, Saturday night at Brampton Memorial Arena in Brampton, Ontario. The Knighthawks’ bid for a second straight victory was ended by Ottawa’s Sam Firth, who scored three of his four goals in the final quarter to erase Rochester’s one-goal advantage. The Knighthawks finished their exhibition slate with a 1-2 record. Rochester had pulled ahead 9-8 on back-to-back goals…

NLL: Rock finish preseason with 14-10 win over Wings

November 24, 2025

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It was another packed house on Saturday night at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre as the Toronto Rock finished up the preseason with 14-10 win over the Philadelphia Wings. The Rock went 2-1 win exhibition with wins over Saskatchewan and Philadelphia and their only loss coming last weekend in OT to Colorado. The first half was incredibly even with the score tied 2-2 at the end of one quarter and…

NLL: Oshawa fans get first glimpse of FireWolves in action

November 19, 2025

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The Oshawa FireWolves played their final exhibition games this past weekend which means the start of professional lacrosse in the Durham Region is now officially less than two weeks away. The FireWolves faced the Ottawa Black Bears and Halifax Thunderbirds in the exhibition games and recorded a win and a loss in the matchups at the Tribute Communities Centre in downtown Oshawa. “In preseason, you’re looking at a lot of…

NLL: Mammoth top Rock in OT

November 16, 2025

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As is usually the case in preseason, it was another capacity crowd on hand at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre for NLL exhibition action on Saturday night. The fans in attendance, and those watching around the lacrosse world on NLL+, were treated to a terrific contest that saw the visiting Colorado Mammoth defeat the Toronto Rock 11-10 in overtime. Dylan McIntosh scored just 33 seconds into the extra period to…

NLL: Rock win exhibition opener 17-10

November 10, 2025

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Oakville, ON – On Saturday night in front of a packed house at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, ON, the Toronto Rock opened the preseason with a very impressive 17-10 win over the Saskatchewan Rush. When last season ended, these were two teams that were on the opposite ends of the standings. The Rock finished second-last in the 2024-25 regular season, while the Rush were tied atop the…

NLL: Knighthawks Clip Wings to Earn Preseason Win

November 8, 2025

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The Rochester Knighthawks earned their first win of the preseason Saturday afternoon, defeating the Philadelphia Wings 12-8 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. With the victory, the Knighthawks finished their preseason weekend with a 1-1 record after a 16-13 loss to Calgary on Friday night in Brampton. Rochester’s first preseason win was powered by the Ryans — Lanchbury and Smith — who combined for four goals and five assists. The…

WLA: Thunder fall to Burrards 7-4

July 3, 2025

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The race for the fourth and final playoff spot took a hit for the Langley Thunder. Matched against the Maple Ridge Burrards on Wednesday night at Langley Events Centre, it was the visitors scoring the 7-4 win, improving the Burrards to 4-5-2 and 10 points, two better than the fifth-place Thunder, who sit at 4-7-0 and eight points. Both teams have seven regular season games remaining, although Wednesday’s result gives…

WLA: Scanlan scores 5, Khan makes 52 saves as Langley doubles up Burnaby 12-6

June 6, 2025

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While their offence scored four times each period, the Langley Thunder defence and goaltending continued to get stingier as the game went on, doubling up the Burnaby Lakers 12-6 on Wednesday night. The two Western Lacrosse Association rivals were playing at Langley Events Centre for the second time in three weeks — with the Thunder winning both – to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Lakers fell to 0-4….

ALL West: Sea Spray hand Shooting Eagles first loss while Grizzlies snap 7-game losing streak

January 28, 2025

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Two lengthy streaks were snapped on Saturday afternoon as the Grizzlies broke a seven-game winless streak thanks to an 11-7 win over the Black Fish while the Shooting Eagles saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end following an 11-9 loss to the Sea Spray. The four teams were playing week 9 action of the Arena Lacrosse League West Division at Langley Events Centre. Grizzlies 11 Black Fish 7…

ALL West: Shooting Eagles capture championship in three games

April 4, 2023

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Flush it and forget it. That was the mentality of the Shooting Eagles following a disastrous Game 1 performance in the Arena Lacrosse League West Championship Finals series. The Shooting Eagles fell 23-11 to the Sea Spray on Saturday in the opening game of the best-of-three series with the Sea Spray scoring 10 goals to the Shooting Eagles’ nine shots in the first 15 minutes. “That is obviously not the…

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