Rookie Jeremy Noble scores twice and records five assists in his first game. Last night the Colorado Mammoth (5-5) defeated the Minnesota Swarm (3-7) 12-8. It was the Mammoth’s second victory in the last seven games after starting 3-0. Early in the week the Mammoth made a trade to get Jeremy Noble from the Knighthawks. It proved to be a huge pick up as Noble would register (2G/5A/10LB) in his…
Another exciting week of lacrosse action. Buffalo splits with Toronto and almost steals a sweep, Swarm lose both and fall further in the east, while Calgary gets loss number 8 and playoff hopes start to dwindle. Two big division games this weekend, a game with division leaders and a game that can put teams back into the playoff race. NLL Power Rankings Week 11 LW (1)….1—Toronto Rock (10-2) …
The second installment of last year’s Champions Cup finals happened tonight with the hometown Calgary Roughnecks (2-7) versus three time defending champs Rochester Knighthawks (6-3) in what was being billed as a must win game for last year’s West Division champions who have looked anything but it to start the year. Ian Llord opened the scoring for the visitors on a transition play off a rebound from a Calgary fast…
Rochester Defeats Calgary 13-7, Win Streak Now at Five Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks (7-3) made their way to face the Calgary Roughnecks (2-8). Two weeks ago they faced each other in Rochester as the Knighthawks escaped with a 12-11 victory. But on this night we saw a different game. Ian Llord started it off scoring at 1:08 to give the Hawks an early lead, but then the defense would…
It was a hard fought game Saturday night out in Minnesota as the Swarm and the New England Black Wolves faced off. Ten seconds into the game Andrew Suitor dropped the gloves to see if the hype was real about Bill O’Brien. It was a hard fought go both got some good punches in neither really walked away with the win. Once thing got going New England jumped out to…
Saturday night the Edmonton Rush (5-4) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (4-5) in a game that would separate the two teams for first place in the NLL’s Western Division. The winner would walk away with the 1 game lead amongst the top three in an already tight race towards the top playoff spot. The Rush came out of the gate on fire getting the first three goals of the game. Tyler…
The Vancouver Stealth travel to Rexall Centre to meet the Edmonton Rush in the first meeting of the year between the two clubs. It’s a litmus test with the West Division lead on the line. After having last week off, both teams have had ample time to prepare for this battle and formulate their gameplans. Despite not having played each other this year, you can imagine the energy in the…
Down three goals in the third quarter, the Buffalo Bandits (6-5) unleashed a furious fourth quarter rally to emerge victorious with the 15-12 win against the Eastern Division leading Toronto Rock (9-2) Friday night in front of 12,903 fans at the First Niagara Center. Buffalo concluded the contest on a four goal run to clinch their second consecutive victory and gained some serious ground in the Eastern Division race. With…
The Minnesota Swarm are 3-5 and are in fourth place in the East. Their last win was one that came in overtime over the Knighthawks. Since the Swarm lost their last two games, one to the Rock the other to the Stealth in a 21-15 game. They were without their leading point getter at the time Callum Crawford for that contest which does hurt. Callum also scored the game winner…
The Rochester Knighthawks have activated forward Aaron Wilson today from the injured reserve list. Wilson returns to the active roster as the Knighthawks prepare for their second straight game against the Calgary Roughnecks. “It’s an understatement how excited I am to be back,” said Wilson. “I have taken two months to do the best I can to stay in shape and I feel game ready now. I look forward to…