The Calgary Roughnecks finally got the monkey off their back on Saturday when they finally picked up their first win of the season, a 16-13 victory over the Vancouver Stealth. The Roughnecks were able to reach their full potential on the offensive end by scoring five powerplay goals, by winning the loose ball battle 51-41, and by getting some critical saves from goalie Frankie Scigliano. If they can maintain that…
The Drexel Dragons (0-3) are still looking for that first win of the season. Yesterday afternoon they fell to cross-town rival Villanova Wildcats (2-1) by a score of 14-11. The game was initially to be played at 7pm but due to the extreme cold weather, the game was played at 3pm. This time they played a game under a clear blue sky and no snow falling, as it did in…
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…
Duke was supposed to play their fourth game of the season on Sunday as they were set to play against Stony Brook University over the weekend. However, due to the messy weather conditions in the northeast, Duke is unable to make the trip up north. Here is the full press release from the Duke lacrosse website: The Duke men’s lacrosse game at Stony Brook originally scheduled to be played Feb….
Where: Jacksonville When: Saturday February 21, 7:00 p.m. St. Johns gets to escape the frigid temperatures of the northeast as they travel down to Jacksonville, Florida to take on the Jacksonville Dolphins. St. Johns enters the game 1-1 after a loss to UMass and a win against Stony Brook. Meanwhile, Jacksonville got blown out in its home opener 20-4 to Army. Can Jacksonville pull off a mini-upset or does the Red Storm…
What an exciting weekend. Toronto put a little distance in the East, Edmonton and Colorado switched positions as the Rush swept this weekend, and the Knighthawks came up huge with two wins to go from last to second in the east. And in Calgary….things just get Rougher for the Roughnecks. NLL Power Rankings Week 7 (1)….1—Toronto Rock (6-1) Can’t stop the Rock!! This past weekend the Rock rolled their…
After earning an 11-7 victory on Friday night in Colorado, the Edmonton Rush host the Mammoth on Sunday in the second game of their weekend series. Following Edmonton’s Friday win, they are now tied with Colorado for first place in the West Division, both at 3-2, so this game is of particular importance to both teams. On Friday the two teams had a see-saw battle in the first half with…
The Calgary Roughnecks are off to the worst start in franchise history, an unprecedented 0-3 In their very first game they were on the receiving end of the most goals surrendered in a single game—but they didn’t start the season 0-3. And here we are in 2015, where the Roughnecks were expected to once again challenge for the Champion’s Cup. Instead, they have the worst record in the NLL. So…
After finishing the 2014 season as the top two teams in the NLL West Division, both the Calgary Roughnecks and the Edmonton Rush have stumbled out of the blocks in 2015. They are currently tied for dead last in the division with 0-2 records. Tonight they face each other in Calgary for the first time this season—one team will break the goose egg and one team will be facing a…
The Ohio Machine had quite a turnaround season in 2014 after owning the worst record in the MLL at 2-12 the year before. Thanks to several key acquisitions through trades, the MLL Draft and the LXM player pool, the Machine made the MLL Playoffs as the No. 4 seed after going 8-6. The Machine lost to the top-seeded Rochester Rattlers 15-11 in their semifinal game and as they prepare for…