Last Friday night the Edmonton Rush fans were on a tremendous high. Their beloved team just finished beating the Calgary Roughnecks 10-8 to take a lead in the Western Division Finals. Today it’s like someone punched them in the stomach and left them feeling nauseous. Rush fans woke up this morning to the news that their team may be leaving town. Now they have heard this threat before, but this…
From my perspective as an NLL fanatic the opening volley of the Division Finals was nothing short of spectacular. Both Game Ones were decided in the final three minutes of play, both featured hard hits, spectacular goals, spectacular saves, everything a sports fan could want. The Edmonton Rush withstood a big comeback from the Calgary Roughnecks to win 10-8…
When the Edmonton Rush released their statement earlier today, they essentially put it on the city of Edmonton to ensure that the team stays. Well, the city wasn’t exactly thrilled with that approach. Owner Bruce Urban said in a story in the Edmonton Journal that the city hasn’t been very helpful towards the team.Some of his quotes are as follows: “City Hall has basically said there is no place for…
Over the last ten years, The Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Club has proudly represented Edmonton in major cities across North America. We love the city, our corporate partners, and most of all our fans; however a sports team needs an arena to play in. Amongst all of the new arena discussion, The Edmonton Rush has never been offered any kind of solution or consideration by Mayor Iveson or the City of Edmonton. Similar to…
First the Edmonton Rush. Now it seems like the Minnesota Swarm have played their last game in the twin cities. The Minnesota Swarm have had a tumultuous past few years. From letters begging fans to come to games, to the team trading away the majority of their roster, things have not been good in Minnesota. This past trading deadline they traded away two faces of the team in Logan Schuss…
The Edmonton Rush have been in flux it seems for the past year. It sounds like the official downfall of the franchise, which is competing in the NLL’s western conference finals currently, could come down soon. The Edmonton Journal posted a story today with quotes from owner Bruce Urban, and things do not look good for the Rush. In fact, it sounds all but official that the team won’t be…
The Rochester Knighthawks took a huge 1-0 series lead on the Toronto Rock last night. They won thanks to a last minute goal from Dan Dawson that made Sportscenter’s Top 10 plays. Check out the video below.
1. Youth movement needs to find its legs The Vancouver Stealth had a rebuild of sorts this year, originally to be centred around Johnny Powless. Once Powless instead decided to stay in Ontario, those plans quickly changed. Vancouver was lucky to receive a player like Logan Schuss back for Powless, who disappointed in his short tenure with the Stealth. General manager Doug Locker also brought in young reinforcements in…
Dan Dawson’s game-winning goal with 36.1 seconds left in Game One of the East Division Finals led the Rochester Knighthawks to a 10-9 victory over the Toronto Rock. “(It was) perfect timing,” Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen said. “You can’t ask for anything more than that.” The Knighthawks saw a career-high six-point performance from Brad Self (3+3). Craig Point also completed his hat trick and added a helper in the…
The Rochester Knighthawks will play the Toronto Rock in a best of 2 series starting tonight at the Blue Cross Arena, faceoff set for 7:30 pm. The Knighthawks are fresh off a 14-11 victory in round 1 where they defeated the Buffalo Bandits. The Rock are the top seeded team in the East, so they had a bye in the first round. Coming into this season, I think a lot…