The following article will appear in the May edition of InLax Magazine. Memorial Day weekend is just two weeks away. In Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love it signifies the unofficial start to the summer season. People from all over the tri-state area will head to their beach houses and open them up for the first time this season. This year will also be a rebound year for the Jersey…
Well fans, we have come to the final week of the 2013 NLL Season. Throughout the regular season and the three weeks of playoffs I have had the privilege of doing a weekly article called “NLL PLAYERS TO WATCH” It has been a thrilling season. From the comeback of the Colorado Mammouth,, the adversity of the Minnesota Swarm without Andrew Suitor, and the four rookies playing like veterans. The…
As the 2012 season for the Philadelphia Wings came to a close after a 14-13 first round loss to the eventual champion Rochester Knighthawks, GM/Head Coach Johnny Mouradian started to plan for 2013. Using the model of the NY/Orlando Titans of 2009-2010, coach Mouradian and Asst. GM Jimmy Butler (put the 09-10 Titans together) wanted to go with a roster of mostly American players. The Titan team of 09 lost…
The Rochester Knighthawks will defend their title in the 2013 NLL Championship Game next weekend after beating the visiting Minnesota Swarm with a thrilling 12-10 playoff win in the East Division Final at The Blue Cross Arena on Saturday evening. They will face the Washington Stealth who defeated the Calgary Roughnecks 14-13. The game will be played in Langley, B.C home of the WLA Langley Thunder. Game will be televised…
Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks (8-8) will host the Minnesota Swarm (7-9) in the Eastern Conference Final at The Blue Cross Arena at 4:00 p.m. This will be the first time the Knighthawks will face the Swarm in the playoffs. It is also the first time the teams are facing each other this season. All-Time the Knighthawks lead the series 10-5. The Knighthawks are 5-2 versus the Swarm at the…
Well if that wasn’t an exciting first round of playoff lacrosse, I don’t know what is. The Rochester Knighthawks began their defense of the Champions Cup by defeating the Philadelphia Wings 10-8. A game in which former Wing Dan Dawson torched his former mates by registering 4 goals and 2 assists, and brother Paul registered the game winning goal. In Washington, the Stealth overcame a 7-1 deficit to win 12-11…
For the second consecutive season the Philadelphia Wings were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Rochester Knighthawks by a score of 10-8 at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. Rochester opened up by taking a 3-0 lead after the first quarter, causing many Wings fans at home as well as those in attendance shaking there heads thinking, ”this is going to get ugly”. But the…
The Philadelphia Wings travel to Rochester tonight to face the Knighthawks in round one of the 2013 NLL Playoffs. Rochester earned the home field by defeating Buffalo last week 10-9. Last season the Wings fell to Rochester in round one 14-13 and this year they look to turn that around and move on to round two. For the Wings if they are looking to defeat the Knighthawks, they must…
Philadelphia Wings (7-9/3-5 road) vs Rochester Knighthawks (8-8/3-5 home) Saturday night5pm CBS SportsNetwork Rochester won season series 2-1 A rematch of last season’s first round playoff game with Rochester winning 14-13. What team will show up for the Wings? Will it be the team that defeated Rochester in week 8? Or, Will it be the team that was blown out in week six against the Knighthawks? Rookie…
Overall: 7-9. (4-4 Home) East: : 3rd Seed Overall NLL: 6th Seed Week 6: Rochester Knighthawks 20 @ Philadelphia Wings 10 Week 8: Philadelphia Wings 10 @ Rochester Knighthawks 8 Week 14: Philadelphia Wings 7 @ Rochester Knighthawks 14 The Philadelphia Wings advanced to the NLL playoffs for the second consecutive year (last time 2001-2002), and once again they will face the Rochester Knighthawks. The Wings advanced two weeks ago…