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NLL: Roughnecks stun Thunderbirds in high-scoring affair

December 12, 2024
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For the first time in five seasons in Halifax, the Thunderbirds lost their home opener. Losing 18-17 against the Calgary Roughnecks in the highest-scoring game in Thunderbirds’ history.  While the score was close, the loss was ugly. Halifax was up 11-4 with under five minutes in the second quarter. Afterwards, they surrendered seven straight goals to allow Calgary to tie in the third quarter. The game was close afterwards, but…

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NLL: Career Night from Zach Higgins Helps Ottawa Black Bears Maul Toronto Rock in Debut

December 2, 2024
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A new National Lacrosse League season kicked off with a return to Ottawa on Friday night. The Blackbears were fuelled by career performances from trade acquisitions Zach Higgins, Jacob Dunbar and 7,000 fans at Canadian Tire Centre as they defeated the injury-depleted Toronto Rock 11-5. When free agency opened in early September, Rich Lisk began reconstructing the New York Riptide roster that would relocate to Ottawa. Within two days he…

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Black Fish, Shooting Eagles winners in ALL West Week 4 action

December 1, 2024
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The Shooting Eagles hold a two-game lead atop the standings while the Black Fish broke through for their first win following week 4 action of the Arena Lacrosse League West Division on Saturday at Langley Events Centre. The Eagles sit at a perfect 4-0 after defeating the Sea Spray (2-2) 17-7 in one contest, while in the other, the Black Fish won 12-9 over the Grizzlies, leaving both teams with…

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WLBC 2024: Photo Gallery, Gold Medal Games

November 26, 2024
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The 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships took place in Utica, NY, this September, with 28 teams contesting the men’s division and 10 in the first-ever women’s championship. Our Cliff McCaig was in Utica capturing the action as it happened! Here are photos from the gold medal games! The Canadian men were victorious over the USA, while the USA women’s team won over Canada.

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Young: Changes needed to give Thunderbirds playoff success

September 1, 2024
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Another year and the same story for the Halifax Thunderbirds.  For the third straight season, the team finished with a record of 10 wins and eight losses in the regular season. Even with the record, there was hope they would move deeper into the playoffs after having the league’s second-best offence and a deep defence. However, the Thunderbirds came out flat against the Albany FireWolves in the quarterfinals, losing 9-3…

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NLL: Rush Cling to Playoff Hopes With 12-9 Win Over Roughnecks

April 11, 2024
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The Saskatchewan Rush grabbed the lead early and never let go in a 12-9 win over the Calgary Roughnecks. As a result, both teams have a 7-9 record with just two games left and they sit in a three-way tie with the Vancouver Warriors in ninth place. Zach Manns put the Rush on the board three minutes in with a mid-range shot. Robert Church added to the lead six minutes…

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NLL: Roughnecks win critical game against Halifax

February 23, 2024
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What a difference two weeks can make. When the Calgary Roughnecks stepped off the turf on February 3rd, they’d just dropped both games of a double header and plummeted to 15th in the standings – last place. You did not want to look at the power rankings if you were a Roughnecks fan. Following those two losses, it seemed like Josh Sanderson saw something the rest of us didn’t when…

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NLL: Matthews, Rock show out in NLL’s return to Montreal

February 21, 2024
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Bienvenue à Montréal. Or should I say, Bon retour à Montréal, c’est le grand jour. Excuse my poor French. For those of you, like me, that had to look up what those phrases meant, here ya go. Welcome back to Montréal, today is the day! The NLLUnBoxed Series came to you live from Place Bell in Laval, Quebec on Friday night. The beautiful city of Montreal saw live lacrosse action…

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Press Release: New York Riptide to become Ottawa Black Bears

February 21, 2024
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The National Lacrosse League (NLL) in partnership with GF Sports and Entertainment and Senators Sports & Entertainment, today announced the launch of Ottawa-Gatineau’s newest professional sports franchise, the Ottawa Black Bears. The Black Bears will begin play at the start of the 2024-25 NLL season, with all home games to be played at Canadian Tire Centre, the home of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators. “Ottawa is an incredible market,…

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NLL: Pivotal weekend ends in disappointment for Roughnecks

February 7, 2024
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It was a pivotal weekend for the Calgary Roughnecks as they faced the ever-daunting back-to-back games on their home turf of Westjet Field. Win both and you’re a top eight team. Lose both and now you’re in quite a hole. Unfortunately, it was the latter for the Roughnecks as they dropped Friday night’s game 11-10 to the New York Riptide and then Saturday night’s game 9-7 to the Toronto Rock….

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