In a game that was big to both teams, the Minnesota Swarm used a 15 goal second half explosion to rout the Philadelphia Wings 20-11. After trailing 4-1 the Wings took advantage of a five minute major penalty to Tyler Hass and scored 3 goals to help tie the game at five as the first half ended. And that’s when the roofed caved in on the Philadelphia Wings. The…
The Washington Stealth take on the Calgary Roughnecks Saturday night in a game with significant playoff implications. The Roughnecks and Stealth are currently tied at 7-5 in second place in the NLL West. The winner of this game moves into a tie with the Edmonton Rush for first in the division. More than that, if the Stealth win, they take the three-game season series against the Roughnecks and will have…
The Philadelphia Wings are coming off of a 20-11 loss last night to the Minnesota Swarm. Now they face the now-last-place Colorado Mammoth in Denver. Luckily for them, Brandon Miller will be back between the pipes after a suspension. The Wings are in second place in the east still, but now they can’t clinch this weekend. Meanwhile, the Mammoth are just looking to stay in the playoff hunt. Last week…
Last night the Philadelphia Wings may have fallen to the Minnesota Swarm, but this play by defender Brett Manney made it to ESPN’s SportsCenter.
Tonight the Toronto Rock (9-4) take on the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6). The Knighthawks have struggled this year and need a big win to move into a tie for second place in the east. While Toronto will look to strengthen their grip on first in the east with another win. The Rock will look to spread the ball out against the Knighthawks and use all their offensive weapons in order to…
The league leading Toronto Rock (9-4) became the first NLL team to reach nine victories on Friday night, defeating eastern conference rival the Buffalo Bandits (5-8) 18-11 on home turf. With the win, Toronto clinches the season series with Buffalo two games to one. After former Rock player Glen Bryan opened the scoring for the Bandits with a shorthanded marker, the Rock answered with a four goal streak before ending…
If you were hoping for the Bandits to start turning things around, Toronto is probably the last team you’d want them to play. Unfortunately for Buffalo that’s exactly who they have to play tonight in hopes of beginning to move in the right direction. Both these teams have something in common, getting embarrassed by the Edmonton Rush a week ago. The Bandits lost to the Rush 14-7 on Saturday in…
Tonight the Philadelphia Wings look to get back on the winning track on their way to drawing closer to a berth in the 2013 NLL Playoffs. But tonight they will have to do it without goaltender Brandon Miller. Miller will be serving his one game suspension from an altercation in the Washington Stealth game back on March 9th. Philadelphia will have recently acquired goalie Angus Dinely. Dinely was acquired before…
As we approach the last month of the regular season three teams have clinched a spot in the 2013 playoffs(Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary) and two more can clinch this weekend (Philadelphia and Washington) This week in the NLL we have 5 games on the schedule. On Friday night we have two games… We first start with the Buffalo Bandits (5-7) vs Toronto (8-4). The bandits are in desperate need of…
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #12 of the 2013 NLL regular season which featured three games this past weekend. Three Edmonton Rush players won awards in their respective categories after two decisive road wins clinched a playoff berth and moved them atop the West Division standings. Edmonton Rush forward Corey Small, who ranks second on the team in goals (25) and third…