At the midpoint of the 2016 season, the Georgia Swarm and the Saskatchewan Rush will face off this evening in Saskatoon. Both teams are within reasonable grasp of a conference lead and should be a close matchup with Georgia having more success on the road than they do at home. Barring a playoff run, these two teams have not met this year, and will not meet again. For Georgia,…
Toronto Rock Owner, President and GM Jamie Dawick has announced two roster moves leading into the Rock’s first-ever home double-header weekend at Air Canada Centre. Forward Brett Hickey has been moved to the Active Roster, while defender Scott Johnston has been placed on the Injured Reserve – First Level. Brett Hickey has missed the Rock’s last two games after sustaining a lower body injury against the New England Black Wolves…
The Buffalo Bandits will hold John Tavares Night this Friday, March 11 when the Bandits take on the Rochester Knighthawks. The No. 11 jersey that Tavares wore will be retired as a part of a special pre-game ceremony with Tavares joining Darris Kilgour (No. 43) and Rich Kilgour (No. 16) as the only Bandits players in franchise history to have their numbers retired. Fans are asked to be in…
Joe DiMaggio’s famous hitting streak in Major League Baseball was at 56 games. The National Lacrosse League has not been around *quite* as long as MLB, but Adam Jones of the Colorado Mammoth has hit that exact mark. In Colorado’s 14-13 victory over the New England Black Wolves in week ten of this NLL season, Jones scored a goal in his 56th straight NLL contest, dating back to the 2012…
When you’re down 4-1 before the first television timeout, your starting goalie is pulled after being overwhelmed for the second game in a row and Dhane Smith is starting to get hot, the chances of winning that game are about the same as the Vancouver Canucks making the playoffs. The Vancouver Stealth went 6-1 after a quarter of play and eventually found themselves down 10-3 at halftime, largely the byproduct…
The Buffalo Bandits will continue their west coast road trip tonight, visiting the Langley Events Centre to take on the Vancouver Stealth. Buffalo was able to score a much needed win against the Saskatchewan Rush in overtime last week, finally getting the team above the .500 hump. The Stealth on the other hand were on the losing end of a 11-10 nail biting comeback win by Colorado which ended up causing a large stir on…
The New England Black Wolves will travel to Denver on Saturday to face the Colorado Mammoth in a match up of conference leading teams. New England (5-2) holds a one game lead on Buffalo in the east while Colorado (7-2) leads Saskatchewan by 1.5 games in the west. The Wolves have led the east from the get go this season, with the new look team finding immediate success in its…
There was some controversy following the Colorado Mammoth victory over the Vancouver Stealth game on Saturday, in which Adam Jones scored with one second left to win for Colorado, capping off a record six-goal fourth quarter. Before that goal, it had appeared Vancouver may have scored and without any challenges, Colorado could not challenge it. Today, the NLL released a statement about the incident. With 8:03 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Vancouver…
Everything’s coming up Rosey for the Toronto Rock. In avenging two early season losses they took down the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday at the Air Canada Centre 17-6. The Rock still sit last in the NLL but are now on a two game winning streak with three more home games to play before they hit the road again. The Knighthawks fall to 3-4 and sit in fourth place in the…
Adam Jones doesn’t care much for your five goal lead. Jones was at his very best in the fourth quarter of the Colorado Mammoth’s come-from-behind 11-10 win over the Vancouver Stealth. He had the quickest natural hat-trick, the league says, since at least 2005. He erased Vancouver’s lead at 9:08 of the final quarter before winning the game with two seconds left in the game. For Vancouver, the first half…