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Tonight the Rochester Knighthawks (7-4) will face the Toronto Rock (11-3) for the final time in the regular season. Teams have split the other two meetings, so this will determine who will have the tie-breaker if needed. This will be game one of two for the Knighthawks this weekend. They come into Toronto after an embarrassing 16-3 dismantling at the hands of the Edmonton Rush. Knighthawks obtained Joe Resetarits and…
Syracuse has traditionally been the best team in New York. But in recent years, Albany has made a strong run at the Orange. In the last two matchups between the two teams, each one went into overtime. Lyle Thompson leads the nation in points and will look to give SU trouble. The matchup to watch will be Thompson against Syracuse’s top defender, Brandon Mullins. Earlier this week SU head coach…
When the Buffalo Bandits final active roster was completed in December, Bandits fans were a little worried that with the departure of Rory Smith to Vancouver this meant that the team were left with only three pure defensemen to keep opponents away from starting goaltender Anthony Cosmo. Looking to help stabilize his defensive corps heading into the end of the regular season and hopefully into the playoffs, Buffalo Bandits general…
The Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks have announced a trade with the Bandits acquiring defenseman Jamie Batson, a second-round pick in the 2016 NLL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2017 NLL Draft from the Knighthawks in exchange for forward Joe Resetarits and a third-round pick in the 2016 NLL Draft, pending league approval. Batson has collected 21 loose balls and 12 penalty minutes in eight career games for Rochester from 2012-2015. Resetarits,…
Hofstra men’s lacrosse traveled to Newark, Delaware to take on CAA rival University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens in a must-win situation. The Pride were able to claim their first CAA win of the 2015 campaign, thanks to several players stepping up offensively. Last week, both teams fell to talented opponents. The Pride lost their CAA opener against the UMass Minutemen 9-7 at home while the Fightin’ Blue Hens dropped…
Edmonton scores first nine goals en route to a very lopsided victory. Last night the Edmonton Rush (7-4) embarrassed the Rochester Knighthawks (7-4) by a score of 16-3 in front of 6,801 on Native American Night in Rochester. The victory by the Rush set a team record for largest margin of victory, while Rochester tied the NLL single game record for fewest goals in a regular season game with…
Senior Jack Near would score in transition in the second overtime to give the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a 12-11 game in double overtime. With the win, Notre Dame and Syracuse will trade places in the polls. Nick Ossello opened the scoring with his unassisted goal 26 seconds into the contest. Syracuse would counter with redshirt senior Nicky Galasso scored an unassisted goal to get Syracuse offense started. Both offenses…
The Rochester Knighthawks have signed restricted free agent Garrett Billings to an offer sheet. The Toronto Rock now have until Monday evening to match the offer or Billings’ rights go to Rochester. “He takes the sport very seriously and I really like Garrett as a person,” said Knighthawks VP of Lacrosse Paul Gait. “He’s always been a great lacrosse personality and has done great things in Toronto.” Billings, who is…
No. 1 vs. No. 2. With about a month left in the regular season, it doesn’t get much better, especially considering how close the two Syracuse-Notre Dame games were last season. Each game was decided by one goal and another classic could be in store on Saturday. The Orange will travel to South Bend, Indiana to play its first true road game of the year. Both teams are coming off…
The one big thing that will help the New York Lizards going into training camp and the start of the season is basically their whole team will be there. Other teams are dealing with the fact that half their team or big stars are playing in the NLL; the Lizards only have newly acquired Cody Jamieson playing. Of course college draft picks will not be in camp but that will…