If you’re a fan of goal scoring and physicality when you watch lacrosse, Saturday night’s game between the hometown Albany FireWolves and the Ottawa Black Bears was the game for you. With a combined 27 goals and 90 penalty minutes, this game was full of action, however it was very lopsided when the clock hit zero. All year long, fans have been wondering where the Jeff Teat of old has…
Going into Saturday night’s showdown with the San Diego Seals, the Buffalo Bandits hadn’t lost a lacrosse game in over 300 days. Read that again, that’s almost eleven months. Saturday’s tilt was the second game of a back-to-back for Buffalo, as the night before they had a come-from-behind victory against Toronto. It was Marvel Night in Buffalo, and with a crowd of 18,224, the place was jumping like usual. Much…
If you’re from the East Coast, you were in for some lacrosse after dark on Friday night. The late game came to you from Lee’s Family Forum in Las Vegas, as the hometown Desert Dogs welcomed in the Vancouver Warriors. Vancouver saw themselves in the top eight of the standings, while Las Vegas was towards the bottom and needed to string some wins together. We are at about the halfway…
Most of this NLL season has been a battle for the Toronto Rock. They returned to Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga on Saturday night looking for their fourth straight win. Their opponents, the San Diego Seals, opened the scoring and led until the Rock fought for a fourth quarter, five goal run. However, a late pair sealed the 11-10 victory – San Diego’s first ever against Toronto, and the…
The finale of the Friday night slate in week 11 was set to be a good one. The action came to you from Rogers Arena as the hometown Vancouver Warriors welcomed in the Calgary Roughnecks. It was an interesting game, as the total scoring by quarter was as follows: eight, eleven, seven, one. This should tell you that it was an absolute track meet for 45 of the 60 minutes,…
The fans in attendance at Gas South Arena on Friday night may have had a bit of déjà vu. Scratch that, lacrosse fans across the world may have seen this movie before. The hometown Georgia Swarm were set to take on the visiting Colorado Mammoth. If memory serves us correctly, these two faced off on December 29th at the Loud House, and it was a tightly contested game. Friday night’s tilt…
The Halifax Thunderbirds came into Philadelphia and soared to a 14-10 victory on Saturday afternoon. They dominated the Wings with strong physical play, a barrage of shots and ground ball victories. Both teams wore Marvel-inspired jerseys to celebrate Marvel SuperHero Day. In the first quarter, with a 5-2 lead by the Thunderbirds, the boos began filling the Wells Fargo Center. The Wings’ seemed to be struggling like it did…
The Saskatchewan Rush ran up a 7-0 lead in the first half on Saturday night en route to a 12-8 win over the San Diego Seals. The win improves the Rush to 6-2 on the season, and puts them in sole possession of second place in the NLL. The Seals loss drops them to 3-5, in 12th position. Saskatchewan’s Mike Triolo opened the scoring with a natural hat trick during…
Saturday night’s tilt between the Las Vegas Desert Dogs and the Georgia Swarm was more than a game. Fans piled into Lee’s Family Forum to celebrate the next installment of the “Tucker Cup”, as it was Tucker Out Lymphoma night in Las Vegas. These nights and games always mean a lot to the Desert Dogs, as head coach Shawn Williams is the father of the late Tucker Williams, who lost…
It’s no secret that it’s always a party in Banditland. 18,459 rabid fans piled into KeyBank Center for what was sure to be an action-packed night. First, it was an NLL Finals rematch from last year as the hometown Bandits welcomed in the Albany FireWolves. Secondly, and more importantly, it was Tucker Out Lymphoma night, celebrating the life and legacy of Tucker Williams who passed away from Burkitt’s Lymphoma years…