The National Lacrosse League has spent the summer proudly announcing that they surpassed 1 million in attendance at their games for the second year in a row, which is pretty good. However, they also folded a team due to poor attendance and relocated another that was struggling. And they aren’t the only ones struggling. Reaching a million fans in attendance the last two years was based on having 15 active…
Former Saskatchewan Rush superstar Mark Matthews spoiled his former team’s shot at a playoff berth when he scored the game-winning goal with just 5:28 remaining in the game, giving the Toronto Rock a 12-11 win on Saturday night. It was a see-saw battle that saw both teams get and give up leads all night long, but the first-place Rock emerged as victors. Toronto finishes the season with a 15-3 record…
The Saskatchewan Rush still have a shot at the postseason after a decisive 13-8 win over the San Diego Seals on Saturday night. The Seals (12-5) have already locked up second place in the NLL standings. The win for the Rush improves them to 8-9, in a three-way tie for the eighth and final playoff spot, along with the Vancouver Warriors and New York Riptide. The Seals drew first blood…
The Saskatchewan Rush grabbed the lead early and never let go in a 12-9 win over the Calgary Roughnecks. As a result, both teams have a 7-9 record with just two games left and they sit in a three-way tie with the Vancouver Warriors in ninth place. Zach Manns put the Rush on the board three minutes in with a mid-range shot. Robert Church added to the lead six minutes…
After a decisive victory over the New York Riptide a week ago, the Saskatchewan Rush appeared to be gaining momentum while slowly climbing into the playoff picture. But that momentum was lost this past weekend when they lost a rematch with the Riptide 14-11 on Saturday, then lost to the Georgia Swarm 8-7 on Sunday. The pair of losses drops the Rush from ninth place in the NLL to 11th,…
The Georgia Swarm’s Zach Miller scored on a crease dive from behind the net to give his team a 13-12 win in overtime against the Calgary Roughnecks on Friday night. After building up multiple leads of three and four goals in the first half, the Swarm had to come from behind to tie the game late and pick up the overtime victory. Georgia’s record improves to 8-6 on the season,…
The Halifax Thunderbirds grabbed a big lead early and never looked back on Saturday night, winning easily by a 19-6 score. The win improves The Thunderbirds’ record to 7-4, good for fourth place in the NLL. The Rush fall to 3-5 on the season, and currently sit in 11th place. Halifax dominated the game from the outset, scoring three times in the first five-and-a-half minutes and never looking back. They…
The Saskatchewan Rush had to come from behind late in a see-saw battle against the Panther City Lacrosse Club to earn a 10-9 win. The victory improves Saskatchewan’s record to 2-4 and vaults them from dead last in the NLL to 12th place. Meanwhile, PCLC drops to 3-4, in a three-way tie for eighth place. Nathaniel Kozevnikov opened the scoring for the Rush four-and-a-half minutes into the game. It took…
The Saskatchewan Rush controlled the first three quarters on Saturday night, but it was the Vancouver Warriors to earned the win, scoring six unanswered goals in the final quarter to win 11-9. The win improves Vancouver’s record to 2-4, good for a 12th-place tie in the NLL. The Rush drop to 1-4, languishing at the bottom of the standings. After an evenly matched first quarter, the Rush went on a…
The The Saskatchewan Rush got their first win of the season on Friday night, clobbering the Las Vegas Desert Dogs 17-5. The Rush improve to 1-2 on the season while the Dogs drop to 1-2, putting them both in a tie with the Philadelphia Wings for 10th place in the NLL. This game was never really in doubt. Zach Manns scored his first of four goals on the night…