Calgary Roughnecks Earn First Win of Season In Style

January 26, 2013

The Calgary Roughnecks picked up their first win of the 2013 season with a convincing 19-12 victory over the Colorado Mammoth. The game was a rematch for these two teams. Last weekend the Mammoth beat the Roughnecks 13-12 in overtime. This time it was the Roughnecks’ turn to even the score. After Colorado got out to a quick 4-0 lead, Calgary forward Sean Evans finally got the Riggers on the…

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NLL: Roughnecks Play 2 On The Road, Try To Get On Track

January 25, 2013

The Colorado Mammoth beat the Calgary Roughnecks 13-12 in overtime last weekend after scoring four times in the final five minutes of regulation to tie the game. The Roughnecks controlled the game for the first 55 minutes of the contest before the Mammoth made their comeback. But the wheels fell off in the dying moments and Calgary couldn’t put it back together again in OT. Shawn Evans led Calgary’s offense, scoring four…

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NLL: Stealth Look For Revenge Against Rush

January 25, 2013

Tonight the Washington Stealth will look for revenge against the Edmonton Rush who defeated them last week at home. Tonight they will be in Edmonton to face the 1-1 Rush. Last week Edmonton was led by the nine goal performance by Mark Matthews in Washington. Meanwhile, the Stealth, now 2-1 on the season, were without goaltender Tyler Richards and he is expected to be back in action tonight. Edmonton will…

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NLL: Knighthawks Face Rock Saturday

January 25, 2013

Saturday night will be a big night at the Blue Cross Arena, as the 0-2 Rochester Knighthawks host the 2-1 Toronto Rock. The struggling defending champion Knighthawks have lost two one-goal games so far. The Hawks dropped a 13-12 contest to the Stealth on Opening Night, then lost a heartbreaking 14-13 game on Banner Night against the rival Bandits last Saturday. Toronto started out 2-0 before dropping a tough 8-7…

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Hummel to IR, Llord Activated by Knighthawks

January 24, 2013

The Rochester Knighthawks have activated veteran defenseman Ian Llord from the practice squad. In a related move, the Knighthawks have placed transition man Matt Hummel on the injured serve list. “I am very excited,” said Llord. “It feels good. It means I was doing some things right and keeping a positive attitude.” Llord arrived in Rochester after spending five of his six seasons in the NLL with the Knighthawks’ thruway…

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NLL: Swarm Face Off With Rock

January 24, 2013

Tomorrow night the Minnesota Swarm will travel to Toronto for the first of back to back games. The Swarm have only play one game this season compared to the Rocks three games. The Rock come into Friday night’s contest at 2-1, with wins over Calgary and Edmonton. While the Swarm come in at 0-1, losing in their season opener to the Buffalo Bandits. The only real recent news for the…

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Stories to Watch in NLL Week Four

January 24, 2013

Philadelphia Wings: 17 Americans? “You can’t play the indoor game with a field team” That was the sound echoed as the Wings roster took shape for the 2013 season. If they were 0-2 there be “I told you so’s” all over the place.  Instead they now sit at 2-0, after an 8-7 victory over the Rock in the final 10.9 seconds, and have some people wondering. Now this young team…

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Rush Blitz past Stealth 18-10

January 21, 2013

On Sunday the (0-1) Edmonton Rush took on the (2-0) Washington Stealth. The Rush came into this game after losing to the Toronto Rock at home 10-9 while the Stealth were rolling and looking to keep their momentum after wins against Rochester and Colorado. The Rush wasted no time in this game as rookie Mark Matthews struck just 37 seconds into the game in order to give Edmonton a 1-0…

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Should the Roughnecks Worry About 0-2?

The Calgary Roughnecks are off to one of their worst starts in franchise history, having dropped their first two games of the year. Last season they finished up the regular season with the best record in the NLL, at 12-4, and with basically the same roster this year, similar results were expected. The big difference over the summer was behind the bench, where head coach Dave Pym was fired after…

January 21, 2013
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Pollock OT Goal Gives Mammoth First Win

January 20, 2013

As if the night of indoor lacrosse action couldn’t get any more exciting….. The Colorado Mammoth erased a 4 goal deficit in the last 5 minutes to force overtime with the Calgary Roughnecks.  Sean Pollock’s game-winner came at 6:02 of the overtime to give the Mammoth (1-1) their first win of the season.  The loss sent Calgary to 0-2 in the early stages if the 2013 season. Both teams lost…

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