They say history repeats itself, but not in 2013. The Buffalo Bandits will not be in the NLL playoffs for the first time in 11 years, as they fell to the Rochester Knighthawks 10-9 last night in front of 19,000 fans at First Niagara Center. On the other side of the country, the Colorado Mammoth also won, defeating the Minnesota Swarm, clinching a playoff seed. The Swarm are now in…
The Bandits once again saw a game escape their grip, despite their early lead. Rochester rode a six to nothing streak in the first half on route to a 10-9 lead, giving the Knighthawks the second seed in the east and eliminating the Buffalo Bandits. This marks the first time the Bandits have missed the playoffs since 2002, two years before Darris Kilgour became the head coach in Buffalo. The…
Tonight the Philadelphia Wings and their fans can experience something they haven’t in twelve seasons. A home playoff game. April 20, 2001 was the last time the Wings had a “true” home playoff game. (In 2002, the game was deferred to them by the Washington Power due to attendance) on that day in 2001 the Wings defeated Rochester 12-11 By the time the game starts for the Philadelphia Wings,…
When the Edmonton Rush host the Calgary Roughnecks Saturday night in their final game of the regular season, the winner not only takes home the Homes by Avi Battle of Alberta trophy, they also earn the top seed in the NLL West Division for the postseason. Calgary (8-7) currently enjoys a two-games-to-one advantage over the Rush (9-6) in their season series, but Edmonton has the edge in goals for/against. If…
This one is for all the marbles. Tonight the Bandits face-off against the Rochester Knighthawks in both team’s final game of the regular season. With the Edmonton Rush winning last week, all Buffalo needs to do to make it into the playoffs is win, but Rochester should be a worthy foe as they themselves do not want to go from champions one year to missing the playoffs the next. After…
Tonight at 6pm the Colorado Mammoth have their last chance to make the playoffs this year, if they lose, they will be the only team in the NLL not to make the playoffs. Last weekend the Mammoth lost at home to their division rival Minnesota Swarm 17-12, which clinched their playoff spot with the win. The Mammoth just could not get their offense going, they struggled all game to score…
We have the CLax playoffs with the Final Four this weekend and the last week of the NLL season, plus the Canadian lacrosse world has seen its share of stories this week. Connor Danko Goalie of the Year The Canadian Lacrosse League is pleased to announce Niagara Lock Monsters Connor Danko as the 2013 CLax Goalie of the Year and the Brampton Inferno’s Ben McCullough as the 2013 CLax Defensive…
I know we all have been looking forward to this last weekend of lacrosse. So much excitement, so much riding on each of the games. But it has taken a back seat this week in a very big way. The horrendous act this past week at the Boston Marathon leaving a few people dead including 8 year old Martin Richard, and well over 100 injured including Martin’s mom Denise who…
The National Lacrosse League has hit week 16 with three teams battling for the final two playoff positions. While the team battles are ongoing, so are the individual statistic battles of the players. Every team plays this weekend except for the Toronto Rock. Garrett Billings has 100 points on the season, two back of the league leader Shawn Evans from the Calgary Roughnecks. This means that Billings will not be…
Philadelphia Wings left handed forward Jordan Hall joined Wings Nest on Tuesday night to discuss the Wings clinching a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference last week, and their last game of the regular season this week against the Washington Stealth. Hall’s goal in overtime against Toronto gave the Wings the playoff berth for the second season in a row. “It was an interesting play. I was just lucky enough…