The Calgary Roughnecks finally got the monkey off their back on Saturday when they finally picked up their first win of the season, a 16-13 victory over the Vancouver Stealth. The Roughnecks were able to reach their full potential on the offensive end by scoring five powerplay goals, by winning the loose ball battle 51-41, and by getting some critical saves from goalie Frankie Scigliano. If they can maintain that…
Week 8 of the NLL season saw a number of rookies make their NLL debuts, with Mike Burke in Colorado, Matt Bennett in Buffalo and Josh Johnson in New England all appearing in their first NLL games this season. While Burke has the most noticeable impact on paper, both Bennett and Johnson faired well in their NLL debuts, proving they deserve more playing time moving forward. With the NLL moving…
The Colorado Mammoth’s contest against the New England Black Wolves this past week was delayed from 1pm to 2pm due to what was called a weather related issue. Now, we know what the issue really was. While watching the game, a 14-12 victory from Colorado, you may have noticed a few Mammoth players didn’t have matching helmets. If you were really observant, you would have noticed on the Mammoth bench…
The Vancouver Stealth dropped a tough decision in Calgary on Saturday night as they fell back into some of the traps that plagued them early in the season. At times, the Stealth had no answer for many of the heavyweights in the ‘Necks offense. Curtis Dickson scored a whopping seven goals and Dane Dobbie added another seven points (three goals, four assists) to give Calgary their first win of the…
The Toronto Rock received some bad news this week with Scott Johnston being placed on the season-ending injured reserve list from the injured reserve/second level. Toronto has been playing well, leading the league with a 7-1 record. However, their defensive depth took a bit of a hit with Johnston out and they went out and signed Bill Greer, who made his return to the NLL on Friday night against New…
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After falling twice to Edmonton last week, the Colorado Mammoth bounced back with a 14 goal performance to take down the slumping New England Black Wolves 14-12. “I think consistency is one of the things we’ve got work on,” said Black Wolves offensive coordinator Jim Milligan on NLL.com. “At times we have it, at times we let it go. At times our offense matched up very well with their defense, and…
Calgary took down Vancouver in a 16-13 game Saturday night. The Roughnecks saw big games from both Curtis Dickson and Dane Dobbie. Dickson had nine points (7 G, 2 A). After scoring two goals in each of the second and third quarters he came out scoring three goals to start the fourth. Dobbie had three goals, two of which came in the fourth and was tied for team high with four assists….
This afternoon the New England Black Wolves (2-4) will host the Colorado Mammoth (3-3). Both these teams are winless in their last seven combined games, after winning their first five combined. After winning their first two games the Wolves have fallen on some hard times losing four straight, including Friday nights 13-12 OT thriller of a loss to Toronto. This was their best game since their 17-7 win over Rochester in…
The Buffalo Bandits (4-4) will travel to Rochester to take on the Knighthawks (4-3) for the third and final time of the season. These to foes played against each other last week as well (except in Buffalo) where the Knighthawks managed some late game heroics to get the comeback win. Will we see the same result in this matchup? Or will the Bandits overcome their struggles and get the vital win?…