Black Wolves Play for Pride Against Bandits

April 26, 2015

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…

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Black Wolves Try To Hang On to Playoff Lives

April 25, 2015

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…

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Rush Have Home Field to Play For Against Swarm

April 25, 2015

Although the Edmonton Rush have secured a home game at Crystal Glass Field for the West Division Final they still have some unfinished business to take care of. The Rush still have a mathematical chance to clinch first overall in the NLL and have home field advantage for the Champions Cup if they happen to advance to the final. For them to do so, they must win their remaining two…

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Bandits Can Clinch Playoffs Against Stealth

April 24, 2015

In a rematch of one of the more entertaining games this year, the Buffalo Bandits host the Vancouver Stealth at the First Niagara Center. Both teams are making a push for the playoffs, with the Bandits firmly in third place of the East Division. Vancouver comes into the game with a 5-11 record and last place in the West with a game in hand on Calgary. With the Roughnecks on…

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NLL Notes: Swarm, Bandits, Stealth

April 24, 2015

The Minnesota Swarm might not be playoff bound, but they will be happy to see Kiel Matisz return this week. Dean Hill was released to make room for the third year player. Vancouver has a shot at the playoffs and they will have two returnees this week. Rory Smith will be back from serving his league mandated two game suspension while goaltender Tyler Richards was activated. Eric Penney has started…

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Vinc and Bold Neck and Neck for Top Goalie Award

April 23, 2015

The NLL’s 2014 awards season saw a tight three-way race for the Goaltender of the Year trophy, with Matt Vinc, Aaron Bold and Anthony Cosmo all making very good cases for the top honor. Bold set a league record for wins (15) and was tops in goals against average (8.73). Vinc was second in wins (12) and GAA (9.56) but had the best save percentage (.798). Cosmo led the league…

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NLL Power Rankings: Week 16

April 22, 2015

Week 16 is completed and the playoff picture is starting to take shape.  The Edmonton Rush have clinched first in the west.  Colorado is the number two seed, and will face the winner of Calgary vs Vancouver  on May 2.  In the east, Toronto’s magic number to clinch best overall and the east title is one.  Rochester is a No. 2 seed and can move up by winning their final…

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Stealth Playoff Hopes Diminish

April 20, 2015

With their playoff hopes still alive the Vancouver Stealth (5-11) were looking to clinch the West’s final spot with a victory over the 3 time defending champs the Rochester Knighthawks (11-5). The first quarter got under way and the Stealth looked to former K-Hawks Joel McCready to get things going. Cory Vitarelli would answer right back to tie things up for Rochester. Having many practices against his old teammate Matt…

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Knighthawks Lock Up Home Playoff Game

April 19, 2015

The Rochester Knighthawks locked up a home playoff game, following a 13-9 win tonight over the Vancouver Stealth at the Langley Events Centre. With the win, the Knighthawks (11-5) also remained in the hunt for first place in the East Division. “It’s huge (to get a home playoff game), but that’s only part of our goal,” said Knighthawks forward Cody Jamieson. “We are still fighting for the first overall seed.”…

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Rush Clinch West Title With Win Over Mammoth

April 19, 2015

In a game that had a playoff atmosphere the Edmonton Rush defeated the Colorado Mammoth 13-12 in an exciting contest that saw the Rush clinch the Western Division title. Before the 7,645 faithful Rush fans had a chance to settle in their seats the Mammoth had taken a 1-0 lead on a goal by Jeremy Noble. It didn’t take long for Ben McIntosh to tie the game on a pass…

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