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…
The Edmonton Rush have taken a 1-0 lead in the NLL Western Division Finals over the Calgary Roughnecks with a 10-8 victory. Tonight’s battle of two Alberta teams lived up to its pregame hype, and then some. Both squads showed enormous intensity as they played a hard fought game one of a two game plus a 10-minute tie breaking mini game if needed series. The first half of…
Nobody’s discounting the Rush or Roughnecks, but with the Toronto Rock’s determination and the Rochester Knighthawk’s history, the two game east semi-final is shaping up to be a true epic. The Rock have played this season for Terry Sanderson, their former General Manager who passed away last November. Their determination to bring a championship to Toronto for Terry has been evident in every game they’ve played, and led them to…
The Calgary Roughnecks travel up the road to Edmonton to face the Edmonton Rush in Game 1 of the West Division Finals on Friday night, beginning a rematch of the 2014 Division Finals. Last year the Roughnecks upset the odds-on favourite Rush, splitting the two full games and then convincingly winning the tie-breaking mini-game. This year Edmonton is once again the favourite, but Calgary is looking to once again win…
Last weekend the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks kicked off the 2015 NLL playoffs on Saturday night in Rochester with the Knighthawks keeping the dream of four straight NLL championships alive with a 14-11 victory. The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks concluded the first weekend of NLL playoff action on Sunday, as the Roughnecks defeated the Mammoth by a score of 11-6. While three of the four teams competing in…
After finishing in second place in the NLL West Division the Colorado Mammoth’s season came to an end last weekend with an 11-6 loss to the Calgary Roughnecks in the first round of the playoffs. Following two years where the Mammoth finished below .500, their 9-9 record was certainly an improvement, but the early exit from the postseason has to be considered disappointing. Colorado got off to a torrid start,…
While the rest of the world is concerned over DeflateGate, lacrosse has a much more serious battle. #BattleofAlbertaGate…. The Edmonton Rush will face the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League’s western conference finals. The two rivals are pitted against each other four times a year and the games are often dubbed the Battle of Alberta. Apparently, this playoff series won’t have that added flare. The Edmonton Oilers of the…