Anthony Cosmo Out Against Colorado

February 28, 2015

According to Steve Bermel from NLL.com, Buffalo Bandits goaltender Anthony Cosmo sustained a lower body injury in a non-lacrosse situation. He will be out tonight against the Colorado Mammoth and rookie Dave DiRuscio will make his first career NLL start. Cosmo’s injury has been announced to be a knee injury while shoveling snow this week. DiRuscio has only played in one NLL game, saving ten shots and giving up four…

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NLL Rookie Report – Week 8

February 26, 2015

Week 8 of the NLL season saw a number of rookies make their NLL debuts, with Mike Burke in Colorado, Matt Bennett in Buffalo and Josh Johnson in New England all appearing in their first NLL games this season. While Burke has the most noticeable impact on paper, both Bennett and Johnson faired well in their NLL debuts, proving they deserve more playing time moving forward. With the NLL moving…

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NLL Power Rankings: Week Eight

February 24, 2015

We had four games this weekend, all decided by a total of 7 goals. The Black Wolves forced the Rock to OT before falling to them.  Cody Jamieson scores the final three goals to lead the Hawks to a huge OT win.  Roughnecks save their season with seven goals by Dickson to gain their first win, and Colorado and New England had a classic battle before the Mammoth came up…

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NLL Three Stars Week 8

February 23, 2015

Week 8 is now in the books and once again we had a lot of high flying action. The premier players of the league stood out for their teams as usual, but there was also goaltending this weekend that played a big part in games this past weekend. 1. Curtis Dickson (Cal) —  The player they call “Superman” was just that.  Dickson registered 7 G (4 PPG), 2 A in…

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Bandits and Knighthawks in Rematch From Last Week

February 21, 2015

The Buffalo Bandits (4-4) will travel to Rochester to take on the Knighthawks (4-3) for the third and final time of the season. These to foes played against each other last week as well (except in Buffalo) where the Knighthawks managed some late game heroics to get the comeback win. Will we see the same result in this matchup? Or will the Bandits overcome their struggles and get the vital win?…

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NLL Game Picks: Week Eight

February 20, 2015

Staff Member Black Wolves @ Rock Bandits @ Knighthawks Stealth @ Roughnecks Mammoth @ Black Wolves Mike Mackley Daniel Pattison   Ryan Conwell Jim Flannery Alex Urquhart Rocco Granato Chris Vale Ryan Zunner Marisa Ingemi Pete Crowley Ian Neadle Kris Handley

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NLL Rookie Report: Week 7

February 20, 2015

Week 7 of the NLL season was the busiest week yet, with seven games taking place. With every NLL team seeing at least one game of action this past week, NLL rookies where on full display. First overall pick in 2014, Ben McIntosh continues to separate himself from the rest of his draft class and fellow rookies, as his back to back four point games this past week allowed the Rush to go 2-0 and leap…

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NLL Power Rankings: Week Seven

February 17, 2015

What an exciting weekend.   Toronto put a little distance in the East, Edmonton and Colorado switched positions as the Rush swept this weekend, and the Knighthawks came up huge with two wins to go from last to second in the east.  And in Calgary….things just get Rougher for the Roughnecks.   NLL Power Rankings   Week 7 (1)….1—Toronto Rock (6-1)  Can’t stop the Rock!!  This past weekend the Rock rolled their…

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Knighthawks Storm Past Bandits

February 15, 2015

After coming away with a huge Western Division victory over the Calgary Roughnecks in overtime last week at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Buffalo Bandits were faced with the difficult challenge of making it two wins in a row when they faced off against their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks at the First Niagara Center Saturday night. In their second of three regular season matchups on the schedule, the Bandits would…

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Bandits and Knighthawks Reignite Rivalry

February 14, 2015

The Buffalo Bandits look to reignite the thruway rivalry when they take on the visiting Rochester Knighthawks tonight. The Bandits narrowly escaped with a win in their game last week against Calgary, winning it 15-14 in overtime. The Knighthawks weren’t as lucky last week; they too played into overtime, but thanks to heroics from the Swarm’s Callum Crawford, the Swarm pulled away with the W over the Hawks 7-6, dropping…

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