On Feb. 21, the Halifax Thunderbirds lost 9-8 to the San Diego Seals, putting their record at three wins and seven losses. The Thunderbirds had scored 8.7 goals per game, which was one of the least productive offences in the league, and it looked like they were on their way to missing the playoffs for the first time since they moved to Halifax from Rochester in 2019. Fast forward…
The Georgia Swarm dismantled the Halifax Thunderbirds 21-9 to win game two of their NLL semi-final series on in front of a sold out crowd at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. The Swarm force a winner-take-all game three Sunday night in Halifax. The 11-point win is the largest playoff win since the Buffalo Bandits beat the Rochester Knighthawks 20-8 in the eastern quarter-finals in 2023, and the largest a road…
Going into the single elimination opening round of the 2026 NLL Playoffs, the Georgia Swarm hadn’t won a playoff game since 2017. Depending on how you look at it, that may be some good juju because the Swarm won the NLL Championship that year. Update the “most recent playoff victory” statistic to 2026. The Swarm smoked the defending champion Buffalo Bandits, 17-10 Saturday night, advancing to the next round. Make…
The Georgia Swarm limited the Halifax Thunderbirds to one goal in the second half to win their third straight game 11-7 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “I think it is just settling in games, and we’re really offensively and defensively starting to know our roles and mesh together really well. It is a great environment in our locker room and we’re making it work on the floor, ” said…
The last time there was a National Lacrosse League game in Alberta’s capital city, Mark Matthews, Chris Corbiel, Riley Loewen and the rest of the Rush were celebrating Edmonton’s first ever NLL title. Sadly, the team would leave for Saskatoon and go on to win two more championships with a stacked roster that had been largely forged in Edmonton. Fast forward 10+ years and the NLL was back in…
Three goals in the second quarter of Saturday’s game built up enough of a lead for the Colorado Mammoth that they were able to go on to a 7-5 victory over the Georgia Swarm in a low-scoring contest. The win moves the Mammoth up to 3-2, in fourth place in the NLL while the Swarm’s loss drops them to 2-3 and ninth spot in the league. Georgia opened the scoring…
Scoring seven goals in a National Lacrosse League game usually means you’re going to lose. But when your goalie only gives up four, it’s enough to win. And so it was for the Saskatchewan Rush on Saturday night as they took a 7-4 win over the Georgia Swarm in a contest that tied the league record for lowest-scoring regular season game. In a more dubious distinction, Saskatchewan’s 4,657 attendance was…
For a league record seventh time, the Buffalo Bandits opened their season with the raising of a championship banner. The back-to-back-to-back National Lacrosse League Champions hit their home floor Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd and welcomed in the Georgia Swarm. Like the two years prior, Buffalo celebrated the newly hoisted banner with a win, this time beating Georgia 15-11. Georgia did not waste any time silencing the…
In the final week of the regular season, the matchup between the Buffalo Bandits and the Georgia Swarm had massive implications for the hometown Swarm, and absolutely none for the Bandits. The answer for Georgia was simple; win, and you’re in. Lose, and you go home. Buffalo had already locked up the one-seed for the playoffs, so they were looking to sharpen their game heading into the postseason. There were…
Original photography by Tracey Happold-Brown Goaltender Deacan Knott was like a beacon in the night as he guided the Philadelphia Wings to a 16-13 win over the Georgia Swarm on Saturday evening at Wells Fargo Center in the Wings final home game of the season. He “knotted” down the net to secure the win in front of the 8,520 attendees during fan appreciation night. Georgia wanted to wrap up a…