Rock Rebound After OT Loss to Georgia; Fight Their Way to Huge Win! The Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) fell to the Toronto Rock (5-2) 10-6 Saturday night. Midweek the Knighthawks traded Stephen Keogh to the Colorado Mammoth for a first round pick in 2018 and a second round pick in 2019. Toronto was coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss Friday night to the Georgia Swarm 13-12. In the early going Rochester…
Week 8 Power Rankings!! Georgia remains on top, but will they after this weekend? The Eastern Conference will all play two games each this weekend. Buffalo will face New England in a home and home match up which is crucial for both teams. Toronto looks to take over first with match ups against Georgia and Rochester. Georgia will also face Rochester. The east could see a massive shake up by…
Week 6 Power Rankings!! Just BUZZZZZZIIINNNGG along!!! Swarm stay on top of the power rankings again after picking up another win to remain the only undefeated team in the league. Can they hold the top spot? We may only be six weeks in but some of the games this weekend are big games for some of the teams. There is never a dull moment in the league. 1-Georgia…
Another year, another lacrosse league start up. The Arena Lacrosse League, a project from last year thought to have dispersed, announced on Monday it would open its inaugural season in January as an Ontario-based league. Teams will be based in Oshawa, Six Nations, Paris, Peterborough, St. Catharines, and Toronto. The teams will alternate between the GM Centre in Oshawa and Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. The ALL emerges after the Canadian Lacrosse…
FANN CUP enters its 15th Year of Raising Money for Charity. Every year lacrosse fans gather to watch their professional teams play. Some go on road trips to support their team, others watch faithfully online or on their network television stations. But when the month of July comes up on the calendar it only means one thing, FANN CUP!! The one time of the year where the fans of the…
Saskatchewan looks to Repeat with a win tonight Tonight the 30th NLL Season can come to a close. Should the Saskatchewan Rush win tonight they would sweep the best of three and repeat as National Lacrosse League Champions. The Rush won game one in Buffalo 11-9. What would make this game special is the Rush won the title last year as the Edmonton Rush; now they are under the Saskatchewan Rush…
Last night the Buffalo Bandits (15-5) advanced to the Champions Cup after defeating the BlackWolves (11-10) 20-15 and winning the series 2-0. This will be the Bandits first appearance since 2008, when they defeated the Portland LumberJax 14-13. It didn’t take long for the Bandits to get the ball rolling. Jay Thorimbert won the opening draw and took a pass from Mitch Jones to net the first goal of the…
Third Star- Mike Poulin- Calgary Roughnecks Mike Poulin came up huge on Saturday night, making 56 saves on 66 shots to help lift the Calgary Roughnecks past the Colorado Mammoth 11-10 in overtime in the West Division Semifinals. Poulin also added a pair of assists in the victory. It wasn’t just the quantity of saves that made Poulin made, but rather the quality and timeliness of the saves the Kitchener,ON…
Knighthawks Face Must WIN and Need Help in Final Weekend Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks had a chance to move into third place and the final playoff spots by percentage point. They received some help from New England who swatted the Swarm 21-11. But the ‘Hawks (6-10)failed to take advantage as they fell to Buffalo (12-5) 15-13 For the first three quarters the Knighthawks led the game and wouldn’t…
Swarm hope to clinch a playoff berth, while Blackwolves look to draw closer to first. These teams may of relocated from their original cities, but the rivalry is still there. Tonight the Georgia Swarm (7-9) will travel and face division rival New England BlackWolves (9-6)fron the Mohegan Sun Arena. When these teams met last week, Georgia controlled the game to a 16-9 victory. The Swarm currently sit as the third seed…