After the Toronto Rock came through on “Guaranteed Win Night” Jan. 23 with a 13-11 win over the Buffalo Bandits, it appeared as though the Rock would be a force to be reckoned with in this NLL campaign. Toronto sit firmly atop the NLL with a 9-1 record, two games ahead of defending champion Rochester and four in front of the Bandits. The Rock will travel to Buffalo tonight in…
While Anthony Cosmo was out with a knee injury this past Saturday when the Buffalo Bandits took on the Colorado Mammoth, they saw a rookie shine with an opportunity. “I was definitely feeling some pressure, but I got lots of support from Cosmo and the whole team going into to the game so I felt that I was well prepared” said David DiRuscio to ILWT after making his first career…
What a week!!! A battle of division leaders went to OT, a battle between the teams who played in the Champion’s Cup was decided again by a goal. We even had a goalie score a goal. Calgary loses their fourth one-goal game of the year. Most of the league is off this week as only two games are slated this weekend. But beware, the weekend of March 13-15 is sure…
We had some very exciting lacrosse and some unbelievable performances this past weekend. Some of which included goaltenders not only standing on their head to make some unreal saves, but also had a goalie score a goal, and not on himself. 1-Rob Hellyer–(5G/5A–Tor) Hellyer was a beast on Friday night. Hellyer’s first goal at :35 of the second quarter put the Rock in the lead until Edmonton tied it…
The Buffalo Bandits (4-5) and the Colorado Mammoth (4-3) will face off in their only 2015 NLL regular season matchup Saturday February 28th, 2015 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The last time these two teams met was a 2014 week 4 battle at the First Niagara Center where the Bandits emerged victorious with the 12-9 win at home. In the previous two weeks, the Bandits were…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?…