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NLL: Rush Come Back Against Thunderbirds to Earn Second Straight OT win

December 19, 2024
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Zack Manns took over the game in the fourth quarter, leading the Saskatchewan Rush to a 9-8 come-from-behind win over the Halifax Thunderbirds on Saturday night. Manns scored four-straight goals to bring the Rush to within one and then notched the overtime winner as well to seal the deal. Saskatchewan improves to 2-0 on the season while the Thunderbirds drop to 0-2. Halifax opened the scoring just 25 seconds into…

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NLL: A Generational Performance

December 17, 2024
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“…one of the most memorable performances in NLL history.” – Stephen Stamp “It was one of those moments where you’ll remember where you were when it happened.” – Adam Levi “There are only two words for that performance: IN. SANE.” – Graeme Perrow “Dane Dobbie cannot be human!” – Teddy Jenner X “Dobbie was on another level” – @NLL X Player of the Week – Dane Dobbie Usually, the purpose…

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NLL: San Diego holds on for win over rival Mammoth

December 16, 2024
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We love when we can smell a good rivalry brewing like a fresh cup of coffee or a nice bouquet of flowers. There’s just something about two teams who truly don’t like each other and always play great games against one another. That seems to be what’s happening between the San Diego Seals and the Colorado Mammoth. Friday night at Pechanga Arena was the rivalry renewed between these two teams….

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NLL: Bandits’ offense explodes for 18, tames Black Bears

December 16, 2024
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The opener of the week three slate was set to be something special. The hometown Ottawa Black Bears welcomed in the champs, the Buffalo Bandits. Ottawa and Buffalo were coming off of wins in their season openers, and they’d be clashing for the first time ever. (Considering Ottawa is in its first year of existence.) Buffalo used multiple four-plus goal runs throughout to absolutely cruise to an 18-7 victory. Talk…

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NLL: Wings beat the odds, win big in home opener

December 15, 2024
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The Philadelphia Wings were flying high for their home season opener on Saturday in Philadelphia. It was freezing on the outside and scorching on the field in a physical game that was entertaining from start to finish. Some new faces were mixed in with the old faces, and it was the same with the coaching staff. Philadelphia started strong and finished strong, soaring to a solid 19-10 win to tie…

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NLL: Roughnecks stun Thunderbirds in high-scoring affair

December 12, 2024
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For the first time in five seasons in Halifax, the Thunderbirds lost their home opener. Losing 18-17 against the Calgary Roughnecks in the highest-scoring game in Thunderbirds’ history.  While the score was close, the loss was ugly. Halifax was up 11-4 with under five minutes in the second quarter. Afterwards, they surrendered seven straight goals to allow Calgary to tie in the third quarter. The game was close afterwards, but…

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NLL: Smith, Byrne help Bandits take season opener against rival Knighthawks

December 9, 2024
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Saturday night at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York, featured the first installment of the I-90 rivalry between the Rochester Knighthawks and the reigning NLL Champions, the Buffalo Bandits. Historically, these games are always high intensity on the floor and in the stands. The crowd was almost split down the middle, as Buffalo fans traveled very well for this contest. It looked like a continuation from the playoffs last…

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NLL: Lee, Ward shine as Mammoth improve to 2-0

December 9, 2024
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The start of week two action came to us from Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada late Friday night. If you reside on the East Coast, it was time for some NLL After Dark. The hometown Las Vegas Desert Dogs welcome in the Colorado Mammoth for quite the showdown, with Colorado knocking off the Desert Dogs, 15-9. That may seem like a bit of a whooping, but through the first…

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NLL: Rush Outlast Firewolves 10-9 in OT

December 6, 2024
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The Saskatchewan Rush established themselves as a force to be reckoned with on Saturday night, as they matched the Albany Firewolves goal-for-goal through regulation time and then took the win in overtime, winning 10-9 in their season opener. The Rush didn’t make the playoffs last year, while the Firewolves were the runners-up in the championship series to the Buffalo Bandits, so this outcome wasn’t necessarily expected. Ethan Walker opened the…

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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

December 5, 2024
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Hello all, remember me? I am going into my fourth season as the beat writer for the Buffalo Bandits. I have thought long and hard over the course of the last three seasons on how to keep a fresh, exciting style when writing about Buffalo, their games, etc. I am here to be a million percent honest with you all, I think I have run out of those ideas. The…

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