For the second time in two weekends, the Halifax Thunderbirds defeated the Philadelphia Wings, this time by a score of 13-10 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. They beat the Wings 14-10 last weekend in Philadelphia. “They’re a good team, and I think we had a good plan in place. We stuck with it, and the ball was dropping for us,” said Thomas Hoggarth, who scored three goals and added…
The Halifax Thunderbirds came into Philadelphia and soared to a 14-10 victory on Saturday afternoon. They dominated the Wings with strong physical play, a barrage of shots and ground ball victories. Both teams wore Marvel-inspired jerseys to celebrate Marvel SuperHero Day. In the first quarter, with a 5-2 lead by the Thunderbirds, the boos began filling the Wells Fargo Center. The Wings’ seemed to be struggling like it did…
In a battle between the east coast Halifax Thunderbirds and the west coast Vancouver Warriors, it was fitting that the star of the game was Halifax defender Ryan Terefenko. Multiple times, he went from the defensive end to the offensive end, or coast to coast, to score his first career hat trick and add two assists to propel the Thunderbirds to a 10-9 victory over the Warriors at the Scotiabank…
The Rochester Knighthawks outscored the Halifax Thunderbirds 5-1 in the fourth quarter to win 11-10 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “Our defensive unit played a great game and held us in it, and that gave us a lot of confidence to know we have that defence and (Hutchcraft) in net,” said Rochester forward Connor Fields, who led the game with four goals and six points. “Once we started to…
The Halifax Thunderbirds looked finished. They were down 9-3 to the Albany FireWolves with six minutes left in the third quarter in front of 10,595 quiet fans at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S. The likelihood of a comeback was slim, as the Thunderbirds always have trouble scoring against Albany. They’ve only beaten the FireWolves once in six all-time meetings coming into this game. If that wasn’t bad enough, the…
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…
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…
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…
Albany, New York was the place to be on Sunday afternoon as quarterfinal playoff lacrosse hit the Capital Region for the first time in the FireWolves’ history. Albany welcomed in the Halifax Thunderbirds for the final one-and-done playoff game of the weekend. Albany was downright stingy in this game. For a team with an average age of 26 years old, they looked like a group of grizzled veterans. Using a…
The Halifax Thunderbirds wrapped up the regular season with a bang. Playing in front of 10,595 fans, the first sell-out in team history, the Thunderbirds pulled away with a 14-10 win over the Colorado Mammoth. The Mammoth wasted no time getting on the board. Goalie Tyler Carlson launched a pass down the floor to Zed Williams, who went on a breakaway and scored 40 seconds into the game. But Halifax…