After the Calgary Roughnecks (0-2) started the season the exact opposite they expected it doesn’t seem that anyone in the club is panicking and it’s not like the team has been out of games. They lost a back and fourth affair against the Vancouver Stealth 18-14 they went to Colorado to lose a heartbreaker in OT 15-14 after making a late second half push to even get that game to…
The only suspensions in the NLL from week two will go to New England Black Wolves defenseman Mike McNamara, who was suspended one game following the New England win over Rochester, and Knighthawks defenseman Paul Dawson. Brett Manney and Sid Smith had an altercation at the end of the game and McNamara left the Black Wolves bench to be a part of it, which is the reasoning for the suspension….
With only one game on the schedule for this week, all eyes in the lacrosse world will be focused on Langley, British Columbia as the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) will face off against the Vancouver Stealth (1-1). The Bandits return to action after being off last week. Buffalo played their first two games of the season opening weekend splitting both games. Friday January 2nd they fell 12-8 to the New England…
The Buffalo Bandits (1-1) and the Vancouver Stealth (1-1) will face off in their only meeting of the 2015 NLL regular season on Saturday January 17, 2015 at the Langley Events Centre. The last time these two teams met was a 2014 Week 13 battle at the Langley Events Centre where the Stealth emerged victorious with the 12-8 home victory. Two weeks ago, the Bandits were faced with opening their…
After finishing the first two weeks going 1-1, the Buffalo Bandits have definitely shown their strengths and their weaknesses. They have a tough schedule in front of them, and they’ll have to make some improvements if they want to be known as contenders come playoff time. The biggest thing the Bandits need to do is work on the powerplay unit. If the Bandits want to succeed, they need to capitalize…
Are the defending champions in trouble? Is there need to worry? Should the panic button be pushed? Some will say yes. The defending three-time champions are currently 0-2 (19GF/30GA), and both losses are to division rivals. This time last season they were on top of the east at 3-0 (33GF/23GA), and 3-0 in the division. Of course they have been without the services of injured forward Stephen Keogh for the first two games,…
So far this season, the New England Blackwolves have been the surprise of the National Lacrosse League. The team leads the East Division alongside the Rock of Toronto at 2-0. The main reason for this has been the strong play of Goalie, Evan Kirk. Through 120 minutes of play Kirk has allowed 15 goals (7.50 goals against average) while saving 84 shots leading to a save percentage of .848, both…
Photo: Garrett James The Vancouver Stealth have been active in the past few days, first getting the news that defenseman Tim Henderson will be back. However, this past week they lost to the Toronto Rock and their defense struggled without Rory Smith or Chris O’Dougherty, and it sounds like their defensive woes haven’t gotten any better. Tyler Garrison was placed on the injured reserve and won’t play this week against…
Week 2 of the NLL season saw another strong offensive performance from Miles Thompson, while Eli McLaughlin was able to find twine for his first career NLL goal in a closely contested 17-16 win for his Colorado Mammoth. Defensive rookies such as Robert Hope, Sheldon Burns and Will O’Brien continued their strong starts to the season, while Brandon Clelland saw his first NLL action, when his Vancouver Stealth took on the Toronto Rock on Saturday night….
New England heads into its bye week and are looking great so far. They took down two of the top teams in the Eastern conference to start the 2015 year off. In just the first two games of the season, goalie Evan Kirk has looked great playing every second while making 84 saves and only letting up 15 goals. The Black Wolves upgraded their back-up position and that has seemed to help Kirk…