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Third Star: Matt Vinc—Rochester Knighthawks If the Rock’s already struggling offence had any chance of heating up this weekend, Matt Vinc took that chance and stomped on it. The five-time NLL Goaltender of the Year made 76 stops on 88 attempts to propel Rochester to a pair of victories over Toronto in week three. Vinc is third in GAA (9.33) and save percentage (.796) after three games in 2016. Second…
OVERVIEW: The Bearcats are looking to rebound after a 4-9 campaign in 2015. The team loses only six seniors, but they include Tucker Nelson, Paul O’Donnell, and J.T. Hauck , who were the top three scorers last year. The Bearcats will try to improve on their defense, which ranked 43rd last season and were 65th on man-down. George Deignan, Garrett Waldron, Chris Bechle, and midfielder Joe Grossi all return to the Bearcats to improve from last season….
The Buffalo Bandits will travel out west to take on the Colorado Mammoth at the Pepsi Center. Both teams are coming off hard fought, tight games in Week Two. Buffalo got the 10-9 win over Calgary, while Colorado defeated Rochester 16-14 in a back and forth affair. The Bandits offense seemed to be off last week; there were a lot of dropped passes, and missed shots. Also not to mention…
Tonight the Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks will face off in the Air Canada Centre seeking their first victories of 2016. Rochester fell at home in week two to the Colorado Mammoth, while the Rock lost in the first ever home game for the Georgia Swarm. Rochester saw plenty of positives in its loss, including 14 goals despite losing and also a strong night from Cody Jamieson returning from a…
The Buffalo Bandits celebratory 25th season as a franchise was in full swing Saturday night as the team faced off against the visiting Calgary Roughnecks in front of 14,286 screaming Banditland fans inside the First Niagara Center. Bandits forward Dhane Smith gave the fans definitely something to cheer about with a stunning stutter-step/fake of a shot past Roughnecks starting goaltender Frankie Scigliano in the closing two minutes of the game…
Tonight the Rochester Knighthawks open up year 22 of the franchise as they host the Colorado Mammoth. The Mammoth are coming off a New Year’s Day victory over the Georgia Swarm 16-15. Former Knighthawk John Grant Jr. scored the game winner. Five new Hawks will make their debut tonight—Brad Gillies, Derek Searle, Graeme Hossack and Adam Bomberry, all defensemen taken in this year’s draft made the 20 man active roster. …
The Calgary Roughnecks (0-1) play their first road game of the year in the east division tomorrow when they visit the Buffalo Bandits (0-0) in their home opener. After shutting out the Saskatchewan Rush last week in the first quarter and most of the second, they failed to make the adjustments that the Rush made and came out on the losing end after such a solid start, and they know…
OVERVIEW: The Black Knights finished last season ranked 20th in the nation, but failed to make the NCAA Tournament after falling to Colgate in the Patriot League title game. Entering 2016, they lose goaltender Sam Somers, midfielders Alex Newsome, Michael Larrabee, and Will O’Donnell, LSM Jimbo D’Aprile, and the biggest of them all in attackman John Glesener. Many underclassmen will have to pitch in, including John’s brother, Ted, a midfielder. STRENGTHS:…
The Calgary Roughnecks today announced they have acquired transition player Brandon Goodwin from the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for defenceman Mitch de Snoo. Goodwin, 24, recorded seven points (three goals, four assists) and 17 loose balls in 10 games during his 2015 NLL rookie campaign. The 6-foot-2, 212-pound transition player from New Westminster, British Columbia, was selected by Buffalo in the first round, ninth overall, in the 2014 NLL Draft….
2015 Record: 11-7 (third in division/lost in first round of Eastern playoffs) Team Acquisitions: (F) Anthony Malcolm (F) Daryl Veltman (T) Tim Edwards (T) Craig England Team Losses: (F) John Tavares (F) Corey Fowler (F) Jordan Dance (F) Joe Resetarits (D) Derek Suddons Offense: The 2015 NLL season saw the Buffalo Bandits offense finally show some major signs of improvement. The offensive trinity of Ryan Benesch (led all…