In their last meeting in Toronto on April 17, the Toronto Rock beat the New England Black Wolves 15-12. Friday evening will be the team’s third meeting of the season and Toronto’s first trip to Mohegan Sun. Playing for the first time in an unfamiliar arena may provide a slight advantage to the Black Wolves over the Rock, but Toronto is having an unstoppable season. With a win, the Toronto…
The fine-tuning continues for the Edmonton Rush and the Colorado Mammoth as they square off at The Pepsi Center in Denver on Saturday night in what may possibly be a preview of the Western Division Final. Coach Derek Keenan would like to see his team put forth the same effort as they did last week when the pounded the Minnesota Swarm 16-2 at the Xcel Energy Center. The Rush played…
The New England Black Wolves acquired former Minnesota Swarm captain Andrew Suitor at the NLL trade deadline. While he didn’t help them make it to the NLL playoffs, he is signed long term and was projected to be a contributing factor. It looks like that might not be the case for a while as Suitor tore his ACL in last week’s game against the Toronto Rock. What looks just as bad…
ROB HELLYER MOVED TO ACTIVE ROSTER Brandon Benn Moved To Injured Reserve With Lower Body Injury Oakville, ON – When Toronto Rock forward Rob Hellyer went down with an upper body injury on March 21st against the Edmonton Rush, he was on pace to break the NLL’s single season scoring record and finish the season with somewhere around 127 points. The NLL veteran, in his 5th season with the Rock,…
00 With the Bandits locking up the third and final playoff spot in the Eastern Division Saturday with the 17-9 victory at home against the Vancouver Stealth, the Buffalo Bandits were playing for pride and a little bit of revenge against the New England Black Wolves Sunday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena. With New England winning the first two contests and both teams having back-to-back games for the weekend,…
Last night the Rochester Knighthawks (12-5) defeated the New England Black Wolves (4-11) 14-6 in front of 8,535 fans at the Blue Cross Arena on Military Appreciation Night. A small part of the crowd came from Philadelphia in support of their former Wings players, and some others made the trip from Connecticut to support their Black Wolves. This game had a couple implications. The…
The New England Black Wolves were eliminated from the playoffs last night. We caught up with Brett Manney to discuss the team’s first season.
The Edmonton Rush played a textbook road game in Minnesota in front of 8,013 at the Xcel Energy Center as they continue to fine tune for the playoffs with a 16-12 win over the Swarm. The Rush started back up goalie Tyler Carlson in place of the resting Aaron Bold. Carlson made 30 saves en route to his first win of the season as a starter for Edmonton. The rest…
The Buffalo Bandits will travel to Connecticut to take on the New England Blackwolves at 6 pm EST. The Bandits, following their thrilling 17-9 win over the Vancouver Stealth at home last night, have clinched a playoff berth. As a result, this also eliminated the Blackwolves from playoff contention. While New England has had an up and down season, on the bright side, they’ve beaten the Bandits in the two…
Tonight is the final home game of the regular season for the Rochester Knighthawks, and also military appreciation night. The teams have split the first two meetings. January 10 New England destroyed the Hawks 17-7, but the Hawks got revenge on April 4 with a 15-10 win. This is the only visit the Black Wolves will make to Rochester this season, and their will be some fans from Philadelphia making the…