After being on the road for the previous two weeks against two truly competitive teams in the Vancouver Stealth and the Toronto Rock, the Buffalo Bandits were definitely looking forward to being back in the warm and friendly confines of Banditland as they faced the Minnesota Swarm Friday night at the First Niagara Center. The game was truly a tale of two halves where the Bandits (3-2) dominated the first…
The Calgary Roughnecks head into Toronto sporting their worst ever record to start a season, as Calgary has opened the season 0-3. Meanwhile the Rock have kicked off the 2015 NLL season with great success, sporting a 3-1 record to lead the NLL’s East Division. Calgary most recently fell 16-8 to Alberta neighbor Edmonton and have struggled throughout the early season to keep the ball out of the back of…
Staff Member Swarm @ Bandits BlackWolves @ Rush Roughnecks @ Rock Bandits @ Knighthawks Mammoth @ Stealth Ian Neadle Kris Handley Dan Pattison George Fourlaris Brendan Staudt Damon Gray Chris Vale Ryan Zunner Alex Urquhart Pete Crowley Jim Flannery Mike Mackley Marisa…
There have been quite a bit of transactions in the National Lacrosse League this week, with most of them being injury related. We get you caught up on who will be out this week and in weeks to come. Buffalo Bandits John Tavares—IR Second Level: It sounds like Tavares will be missing quite some time, anywhere in between 3-10 weeks. It’s a lower leg injury and it sounds like an…
Game 3 Delay Delay Delay! This travel day I actually got the whole day to spend at home with the family because I didn’t fly out until 7 pm at night. Actually let me rephrase, I wasn’t supposed to fly out until 7 pm which then turned into 8 pm. I landed in Washington for my connecting flight just in time to make my connection, (Well, just in time for…
This weekend will be the first road trip for the New England Black Wolves as they venture up to Edmonton to face the Rush. The Black Wolves are coming off a rough loss, their first of the season, to the Minnesota Swarm. The Rush are coming off their first win, a dominant showing over Calgary, with their coach Derek Keenan returning to the bench for this first time this season. …
The Buffalo Bandits will look to rebound this week, after putting in a less than stellar performance against Toronto last week where they lost 13-11. Minnesota has been on a hot streak of late, beating New England in a comeback effort 19-13, and the week prior defeating Edmonton 14-10. The Bandits last weekend, seemed to hit the struggles I saw them hit in the pre-season. They’d play a great first…
After a light Week 3, that saw just one game of action, the NLL get back into the swing of things during Week 4 of the season, with all nine teams in action. Week 4 saw a number of rookies have breakout games, with the likes of number 1 pick Ben McIntosh and number 3 pick Miles Thompson exploding for 7 and 6 points respectively. Defensive rookies, Robert Hope, Sheldon…
The Rochester Knighthawks have signed transition man Marty Hill to a one-year deal. The 24-year-old from Six Nations comes to the Knighthawks after spending two seasons in the National Lacrosse League. “It feels pretty good. I am really happy about it,” said Hill. “Another reason I signed was that we have a big game against Buffalo this week.” By signing with the Knighthawks, Hill rejoins the team that drafted him…
The Calgary Roughnecks are off to the worst start in franchise history, an unprecedented 0-3 In their very first game they were on the receiving end of the most goals surrendered in a single game—but they didn’t start the season 0-3. And here we are in 2015, where the Roughnecks were expected to once again challenge for the Champion’s Cup. Instead, they have the worst record in the NLL. So…