Last night the Toronto Rock (4-6) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (7-3). The Rock coming into this game had lost their last two games and were looking to end their losing streak. The Rock got off to a good start as Rob Hellyer and Colin Doyle beat Matt Vinc to give the Rock a 2-0 lead. Dan Dawson would get the Knighthawks on the board making the score 2-1. The teams…
This afternoon the Wings (3-8) will look to end one of the longest home losing streaks, as they look to defeat the Rochester Knighthawks (8-3) at 4pm. They have not defeated the Knighthawks since January18, 2008 by a score of 15-14. Last weekend the Wings fell 13-8 after playing hard the first 45 minutes, the wheels seemed to fall off the last 15 as the Knighthawks outscored the Wings 5-1….
The Buffalo Bandits were looking to make it six straight home victories heading into their week 12 showdown Saturday night with the Colorado Mammoth. The Bandits (8-2) were able to close the game out with a 3-1 run late in the fourth quarter to come away with the 12-9 victory over the Colorado Mammoth (5-8) in front of 15,445 fans at the First Niagara Center. This evening, the Bandits secured…
Alex Urquhart The Minnesota Swarm will be hosting the Toronto Rock this evening at home in the Excel Energy Center, also called the Hive by its fans and players. The Rock roll into Minnesota at 4-7 on the season, while the Swarm are returning home after three games on the road. The Swarm are running in last place in the East at 2-8. The Swarm are coming home to St….
Photo Credit: Di Miller The Colorado Mammoth (5-7), head east for the first time this season to First Niagara Center in Buffalo on March 15, 2014 to face the Bandits who sit atop the NLL Eastern Division with a record of 7-2. During the last meeting of the two teams at The Pepsi Center on January 18, the Bandits beat the Mammoth by the score of 16-9. Will the Mammoth…
A six-goal run in the first half gave the Edmonton Rush a lead they would not relinquish as they cruised to a convincing 15-7 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks last night. The win keeps Edmonton’s undefeated season intact at 10-0, the longest winning streak in NLL history. Calgary drops to 6-5 after their second straight loss but retain second place in the West Division. Curtis Dickson essentially was Calgary’s offense,…
The game picks for this week are in from the ILWT NLL writing staff. This week only Ian has the Roughnecks winning, only Di and Rocco have the Mammoth, and only Ian has Toronto winning both games. Rocco and Jim are the only ones to pick Philadelphia to defeat Rochester as well. Week 12 v v v v v Dan Pattison Marisa Ingemi Ian…
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The top two teams in the NLL West Division face off in Calgary Friday night when the Roughnecks (6-4) host the Edmonton Rush (9-0). Last weekend the Rush set the NLL record for longest regular-season winning streak and they’ll be highly motivated to extend their perfect run against their provincial rivals. They handily beat the Roughnecks on Jan. 17, winning 15-8 at home. This time around, though,…
From photographer George Folorous at the Rush vs Stealth game last week.
Some injury news in the National Lacrosse League this week as several players are returning to action and some players are out. Here is all of the news leading up to game time. IN Bill Greer, Toronto—Head coach John Lovell said this week that Greer will be available for both their games against Rochester and Minnesota. Rob Marshall, Toronto—Marshall is 100 percent, according to Lovell. Pat Merrill, Toronto—Merrill missed the…