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…
GoPros are the hottest thing in sports nowadays, as we saw at the NHL skills competition on Saturday night. Now the NLL has brought them in and Colorado Mammoth forward Adam Jones wore one for practice. Check out the cool video below.
Full slate this past weekend. Colorado remains undefeated, Knighthawks get their first win of the year, and Calgary is still winless in 2015. Another busy week this coming weekend. Can teams pull closer? Will some pull further away? Tune in and find out!!! NLL Power Rankings Week 4 (2) 1—Colorado Mammoth (3-0) Mammoth came off the bye week and completely destroyed the Vancouver Stealth 20-9. Adam Jones (4G, 6A), Alex…
The first battle of Alberta 2015 edition with the Edmonton Rush and Calgary Roughnecks ended in a 16-8 trouncing of the home town squad in front of 12, 266 Calgary faithful who went left disappointed. What started out as an emotional night for the Rush having head coach Derek Keenan back behind the reigns after his temporary leave of absence following the death of this wife, started early and the…
While it’s still early in the NLL regular season, the Vancouver Stealth aren’t doing themselves any favours with a lacklustre performance in a 20-9 loss to the Colorado Mammoth Saturday night. The Mammoth scored 17 of the final 22 goals after being down 4-3 three minutes into the second quarter, paced by four goal games from Adam Jones and Alex Turner. The more troubling fact is the uninterrupted runs the…
NLL season is just four weeks in and there is only one undefeated team left. The Colorado Mammoth lead the West Division with a 3-0 record after a convincing 20-9 win over the Vancouver Stealth. The Stealth have struggled on defense, giving up an average of 18 goals per game in their past three. But that does not undermine the fact that Colorado has scored 20 goals in a game…
The Toronto Rock paid homage to one of their own at Friday night’s home opener, with a touching pre-game ceremony for the late Terry Sanderson, the team’s general manager who passed away in November. Standing among his teammates while forming the shape of a T on the floor was Terry’s son Josh, who leads the NLL in scoring with 26 points after three games. At 37, Sanderson is considered one…