Saturday’s tilt between the Toronto Rock and Buffalo Bandits is a must win for Toronto. They have suffered two losses to Rochester and and one to Georgia. Buffalo split their first two games; a win over Calgary and a loss to Colorado in overtime, both one goal games. The defending Eastern Conference champion Rock cannot go down four straight to start the season and expect to have success later. With…
The New England Black Wolves are currently atop the NLL’s eastern conference standings, tied with the 2-1 Rochester Knighthawks. Two road wins, a home loss, and a bunch of goals scored leave the Black Wolves still seeking an identity. After three games played in the 2016 season, the Black Wolves are second in the eastern conference with 36 goals scored. Seventeen of those goals came against the Vancouver Stealth in…
There was plenty of pre-game hype surrounding the Saskatchewan Rush and their home opener tonight, but the Rush failed to live up to their expectations. Right from the opening faceoff the Rush played an uncharacteristic style of play that showed some first-time jitters that you would expect from a team playing in front of its Saskatoon home crowd for the very first time in franchise history. This was not the…
At least Dan Lintner has a good story to tell about his first NLL game. Lintner’s non-goal at 18:10 of the fourth quarter could have started a comeback for the Rock had it counted, but a review showed his foot in the crease. The goal and assists were even announced at the Air Canada Centre Thursday night but boos rained down as the officials called the goal back. The Rock…
After a listless second-half performance last weekend at home against the New England Black Wolves, the Vancouver Stealth look to bounce back against the defending Champions Cup Saskatchewan Rush in their first game in their new home. The Rush started their season successfully, triumphing over the Calgary Roughnecks in Week One, 10-8. Saskatchewan’s second-half performance mirrored New England’s, as the Rush came back from 5-2 down to outscore Calgary 8-3…
The Toronto Rock (0-2), a perennial contender for an NLL title, have scored 14 goals in two games this season. One of those losses came at the hands of the Georgia Swarm who had surrendered 16 goals the week before. The other loss? Also a Rochester team coming off of a 16 goal loss. There have been five total goal scorers for the Rock this season; Rob Hellyer, Brett Hickey,…
What an exciting week. The Colorado Mammoth put up another 16 goals, this time Rochester was the victim, but the defense allowed 14. Defense needs to tighten up a bit or the offense will need to do this each week. New England seems to have the key cog in Shawn Evans after posting a 17-7 victory over Vancouver. Lets see if it continues. Georgia outplays the Rock as Josh Sanderson is…
Pat Saunders: A+ When Saunders got his three year deal to stay in New England, it was questioned if he could repeat his breakout 2015. When the Wolves’ reacquired Kevin Crowley and added Shawn Evans, it was questioned how often Saunders would get chances to score. Evidently, he could have an even bigger 2016 after putting up nine points in Vancouver on Saturday night. Shawn Evans: A Evans apparently is…
The Calgary Roughnecks today announced the retirement of Geoff Snider from the National Lacrosse League. “Geoff has been the ultimate competitor throughout his entire career,” said Roughnecks general manager Mike Board. “He always gave 100 per cent on the floor as a Roughneck and on the field representing Team Canada. Off the floor, Geoff has been an ambassador in the community for the Roughnecks organization and has worked extremely hard to grow…
