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Colorado’s Mammoth of an Offense Explodes in Minnesota

January 7, 2015
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When discussing the western division of the National Lacrosse League, the favorites are obvious. The Edmonton Rush, coming off of a two loss season, have a historical defense and an improved offense. The Calgary Roughnecks improved their defense in the off season and have the deepest offense in the league. Yet, it was the Colorado Mammoth who looked the most impressive this weekend. While Calgary fell to Vancouver and Edmonton…

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Caleb Wiles Shines in First NLL Game

January 6, 2015
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The Vancouver Stealth have a new look in 2015. Not only have they added players like Johnny Powless and Rory Smith via trade, some free agent signings are also working out for them. Including rookie forward Caleb Wiles. Wiles played in the Canadian Lacrosse League last season with the Barrie Blizzard where he was a standout. This season he went to training camp with the Stealth and made the roster….

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Black Wolves Pass First Test in Win Over Buffalo

January 6, 2015
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The New England Black Wolves came out on top in their first game of the season over the Buffalo Bandits. Buffalo was the second best team in the East last season while the Black Wolves, which were then in Philadelphia and called the Wings, did not make the playoffs. When you look at the Black Wolves they have one thing most other NLL teams do not which is a good…

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Crawford Blog: Swarm Season Begins

January 6, 2015
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Day Before the Game Boarding finally begins at 4:30pm, walking on board my first little plane to Chicago then eventually to Minnesota for our season opener. Of course right when I walk on I see my old faithful 2 seats on one side and one seat on the other plane. I need to basically duck walk down the isle to my seat. As nice as it is to be tall…

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Knighthawks Raise Banner; Rock Win Game

January 5, 2015
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The Rochester Knighthawks started their 21st year in the National Lacrosse League the same way they started the last two seasons, raising their championship banner.  This one was special, this isn’t just a normal championship banner, this banner represents history.  The 2014 banner will forever represent the first team to ever three-peat in the National Lacrosse Leagues existence, which is now 29 years. The ceremony kicked off with members of…

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Stealth Comeback to Top Roughnecks

January 4, 2015
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The Vancouver Stealth and Calgary Roughnecks opened their respective seasons last night at the Scotiabank Saddeldome in front of 11,563 fans in a division rivalry of which the Roughnecks went 4-0 versus the Stealth last season with the Stealth avenging those losses and beating the home team by a score of 18-14 in a back and forth affair all night. On an emotional night for both teams you could tell…

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One on One With Paul Tutka: Part Three

January 4, 2015
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Paul Tutka is a multi-time winning NLL writer of the year award winner, and one of the smartest experts in lacrosse. However, after leaving NLL Insider a few years ago (pre IL Indoor era) he hasn’t been writing anywhere. Yet, his Twitter analysis of the league has taken the lacrosse world by storm, and I was lucky to speak with him about a few matters in the league in this…

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Bandits Bounceback to Beat Rush

January 4, 2015
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In the first of four back-to-back games this season, the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) defense stood their ground and held off a surging Edmonton Rush (0-1) late in the fourth quarter to secure the 9-8 victory Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. The victory against the Rush tonight not only helps to even out the Bandits regular season record, but also leaves the team in good spirits heading into the…

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