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…
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…
The Albany FireWolves scored the first four goals of the game to build an early lead on Saturday, but the Saskatchewan Rush maintained their composure, got those goals back, and then cruised to a 17-13 win. The Rush improve to 5-2 on the season, tied for second place in the NLL with the Philadelphia Wings. The FireWolves drop to 2-6, in last place. The win marked the first start and…
The Saskatchewan Rush took control of the game on both sides of the floor on Saturday night to earn a dominant 15-9 win over the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. The win improves Saskatchewan’s record to 4-1, good for a second-place tie in the NLL standings. Las Vegas falls to 1-5, tied for second-last in the league. Connor Kirst opened the scoring for the Desert Dogs while shorthanded, giving Vegas their…
The Philadelphia Wings endured a fourth quarter comeback by the Saskatchewan Rush to earn a 12-11 overtime win on Saturday night. The win improves the Wings to 3-1 on the season, putting them in third place in the NLL. The loss ends the Rush’s perfect record and drops them to 3-1, tied with the Wings in the standings. Mike Triolo opened the scoring for the Rush, spinning off a defender…
The Saskatchewan Rush scored five straight goals in the third quarter to jump ahead of the Rochester Knighthawks and held on the rest of the way to earn a 14-12 victory. The Rush remain undefeated so far this season at 3-0 while the Knighthawks drop to 0-3 at the opposite end of the league standings. Mike Triolo opened the scoring with a shot around a defender that beat Knighthawks goalie…
Zack Manns took over the game in the fourth quarter, leading the Saskatchewan Rush to a 9-8 come-from-behind win over the Halifax Thunderbirds on Saturday night. Manns scored four-straight goals to bring the Rush to within one and then notched the overtime winner as well to seal the deal. Saskatchewan improves to 2-0 on the season while the Thunderbirds drop to 0-2. Halifax opened the scoring just 25 seconds into…
The Saskatchewan Rush established themselves as a force to be reckoned with on Saturday night, as they matched the Albany Firewolves goal-for-goal through regulation time and then took the win in overtime, winning 10-9 in their season opener. The Rush didn’t make the playoffs last year, while the Firewolves were the runners-up in the championship series to the Buffalo Bandits, so this outcome wasn’t necessarily expected. Ethan Walker opened the…
The National Lacrosse League has spent the summer proudly announcing that they surpassed 1 million in attendance at their games for the second year in a row, which is pretty good. However, they also folded a team due to poor attendance and relocated another that was struggling. And they aren’t the only ones struggling. Reaching a million fans in attendance the last two years was based on having 15 active…
Former Saskatchewan Rush superstar Mark Matthews spoiled his former team’s shot at a playoff berth when he scored the game-winning goal with just 5:28 remaining in the game, giving the Toronto Rock a 12-11 win on Saturday night. It was a see-saw battle that saw both teams get and give up leads all night long, but the first-place Rock emerged as victors. Toronto finishes the season with a 15-3 record…