NLL

The National Lacrosse League has announced that Toronto Rock forward Garrett Billings has won the Sportsmanship Award for the 2013 NLL season. Billings, who finished the regular season ranked second in NLL scoring for the second straight year with 100 points (30+70), recorded just four penalty minutes on the season as the Langley, British Columbia, native exemplified a high level of sportsmanship to go along with tremendous play on the…

At 9-7 the Edmonton Rush finished with the regular season with their best record since 2010 and their five game win streak mid season was the longest of any team this year in the National Lacrosse League. The Rush are a perfect example of why many feel that the NLL should insert a playoffs series format rather than the current single game knockout. Last year they finished with a dismal…

The 2013 NLL playoffs are up and running….Some exciting games this past weekend, and the home floor was an advantage in all but one game.  Calgary defeats Colorado 15-10, Washington rallies to defeat Edmonton 12-11, Rochester defeats Philadelphia 10-8 all win at home, while the Rock crumble 20-11 at home.  Next week:  Minnesota travels to Rochester and Washington travels to Calgary.  The winner of the west will host the title…

On Sunday afternoon the last team into the playoffs, the Swarm, travelled to Air Canada Center to take on the top seeded Rock. The Swarm came into Sunday’s game as desperate as desperate gets. They were the lowest seed going up against the Toronto Rock, who had the high seed and who had the best record in the NLL this season. The Swarm and Rock had split the regular season…

The Toronto Rock’s 10-6 regular season record earned them their tenth division championship in franchise history and a first place finish in the NLL standings. Toronto’s successful 2013 year can be largely attributed to the continuing contribution of their veteran offensive weapons as well the emergence of some of the team’s young players. Colin Doyle In his sixteenth year in the NLL, the Rock captain produced his best offensive totals…

After a slow start on Saturday night the Washington Stealth eventually came alive and went on to defeat the Edmonton Rush 12-11. At one point the Stealth were down 7-2 but were able to regain the composure as they outscored the Rush 10-4 in the second half. Washington was led by Rhys Duch who had 4 goals and 2 assists while Brett Bucktooth added a goal and 4 assists. Tyler…

For the second consecutive season the Philadelphia Wings were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Rochester Knighthawks by a score of 10-8 at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. Rochester opened up by taking a 3-0 lead after the first quarter, causing many Wings fans at home as well as those in attendance shaking there heads thinking, ”this is going to get ugly”.  But the…

The Philadelphia Wings travel to Rochester tonight to face the Knighthawks in round one of the 2013 NLL Playoffs.  Rochester earned the home field by defeating Buffalo last week 10-9.  Last season the Wings fell to Rochester in round one 14-13 and this year they look to turn that around and move on to round two.   For the Wings if they are looking to defeat the Knighthawks, they must…

Philadelphia Wings (7-9/3-5 road)  vs  Rochester Knighthawks (8-8/3-5 home)    Saturday night5pm  CBS SportsNetwork         Rochester won season series 2-1   A rematch of last season’s first round playoff game with Rochester winning 14-13.   What team will show up for the Wings?  Will it be the team that defeated Rochester in week 8? Or, Will it be the team that was blown out in week six against the Knighthawks?  Rookie…