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…
The 2013 NLL playoffs are up and running….Some exciting games this past weekend, and the home floor was an advantage in all but one game. Calgary defeats Colorado 15-10, Washington rallies to defeat Edmonton 12-11, Rochester defeats Philadelphia 10-8 all win at home, while the Rock crumble 20-11 at home. Next week: Minnesota travels to Rochester and Washington travels to Calgary. The winner of the west will host the title…
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…
Overall: 9-7 (7-1 Road) West: #3 Seed Overall NLL #4 Seed The 2012 season was a magical one for the Edmonton Rush who went 6-10. In round one they beat the Calgary Roughnecks 19-11 on the road, a team that basically owned them in 2012. Then they travel to Minnesota and just destroy the Swarm 15-3 (11-2 at half), vaulting them into the Championship game. In that game they…
Well the regular season is now over…it was as exciting as we said it would be. The Toronto Rock having a bye week claimed the top overall record in the NLL as Calgary defeated Edmonton. Earlier in the evening, Rochester defeated Buffalo pushing themselves and Colorado into the playoffs. Toronto Rock 10-6 Clinched Best overall record and will have home field throughout the playoffs. Team is well rested…