On Sunday evening, the Rochester Knighthawks were able to snag their second victory in two days as they defeated the New England Black Wolves 15-10 at Mohegan Sun Arena. In a game that saw a total of 85 penalty minutes, Rochester was able to frustrate New England many times while being on the penalty kill. The Black Wolves gave up two short handed goals over the course of the game…
“Soon as we went down three goals, something needed to be done,” said O’Brien after the game, of which he was ejected for this fight.
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…
The Rochester Knighthawks and New England Black Wolves are set for a rematch, once again at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. The last game on January 10 saw the Black Wolves finish with a dominating win, 17-7. That sent Rochester to a 0-2 start while New England beat most expectations to start the season 2-0. Since then, things have changed. New England was on the wrong end of lopsided losses…
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…
Ten years after playing his final game for the Rochester Knighthawks, Casey Zaph will return to Connors & Ferris Field at The Blue Cross Arena. On Saturday, February 28th, the Knighthawks will honor “Zapher” by enshrining him into the team’s Hall of Fame. “I wasn’t sure it would ever happen because it has been 10 years,” said Zaph, who will become the Hall of Fame’s 13th member. “I really appreciate…
Week 5 of the NLL season saw the usual suspects in the Rookie Report have big games, Ben McIntosh, Miles Thompson, Eli McLaughlin and Robert Hope continue to shine for their respective teams, showing little to no indication they are only a month into their first NLL campaign. Week 5 also saw the likes of Mark Cockerton and Matt Crough make their NLL debuts, while rookies Colin Boucher and Brandon Clelland picked up…
The Rochester Knighthawks announced today that the team has activated Stephen Keogh from the physically unable to perform list. The tenacious, hard-working forward was excited to be back on the active roster. “It feels great to be activated and to be back playing,” said Keogh. “It’s always tough watching from the stands. I just hope I can do anything to help the team win.” The 27-year-old Keogh is in his…
After coming away with the huge Eastern Division victory over the Minnesota Swarm Friday night at the First Niagara Center, 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 Blue Cross Arena Saturday night. In their second of four back to back games on the schedule, the question tonight…
The Buffalo Bandits will look to get their second win of the weekend after defeating the Minnesota Swarm 15-12 on Friday. Their opponent in this matchup will be the Rochester Knighthawks, undoubtedly Buffalo’s biggest rival. Rochester has struggled during much of the season so far, but looked to turn a corner after a convincing win against the Toronto Rock 8-6. While the Buffalo Bandits seemed to not miss a beat…