The two oldest franchises in the NLL faced off Sunday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center in a classic battle that had the Philadelphia Wings defeat the Colorado Mammoth 14-12 in front of 8,606. After a hard fought 10-8 win in Rochester Saturday night, the Philadelphia Wings hopped on an early Sunday morning flight that took 1 hour to return home to prepare for the Mammoth. Saturday night the Wings…
The Rochester Knighthawks dropped to 3-5 on the season Saturday night as they lost to the 3-4 Philadelphia Wings. The Philadelphia win was their first against Rochester since 2009. The Knighthawks now have a brutal 1-4 home record. Rochester started out on a roll, leading 4-0 after the first quarter with goals from Cody Jamieson, Paul Dawson, Casey Powell and Cory Vitarelli. But the Wings quickly erased that deficit in…
This afternoon the two oldest franchises in NLL history take the field in NLL action. The Philadelphia Wings (3-3), flying high after defeating the Rochester Knighthawks last night 10-8 ending an eleven game losing streak will face the Colorado Mammoth. The Mammoth are led by 2012 MVP John Grant Jr and Rookie of the Year Adam Jones. All time the Wings are 30-14 against Colorado, 16-6 in Philadelphia. This includes…
The Edmonton Rush fell at home to the Minnesota Swarm on Friday night, and today they face the Swarm again in St. Paul as they look for revenge. Minnesota is likely without their star defender Andrew Suitor who suffered a knee injury on Friday night. However, they do have Callum Crawford back who picked up seven assists against the Rush on Friday night. Edmonton needs points from their rookies Curtis…
The Washington Stealth beat the Calgary Roughnecks 16-14 in a West Division matchup that pushed the Stealth ahead of the Roughnecks for first in the division. After outscoring the Roughnecks 11-4 between the second and third quarters, the Stealth weathered a late charge in the final frame to hang on for the victory. Calgary got out to an early 2-1 lead after one quarter and picked up their third goal…
The Minnesota Swarm grabbed their third win of the season last night as they picked up a 13-8 road win over the Edmonton Rush. However, it may have come at a cost as defenseman Andrew Suitor left the game with a knee injury. Callum Crawford led the game with two goals and seven assists while Ryan Benesch also picked up six assists. Transition man Jordan MacIntosh scored three goals. Crawford’s…
The Philadelphia Wings (2-3) are coming off of a second bye week and looking to end a three game losing streak, they will travel to face the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks (3-4) tonight in the opener of a back to back weekend that concludes tomorrow afternoon with a home matchup against the Colorado Mammoth (2-4). Game time Saturday in Rochester is at 7:30 PM while Sunday’s game at the Wells…
The Calgary Roughnecks travel to Everett on Saturday to take on the Washington Stealth in a battle for first place. After splitting a weekend series last weekend, the Roughnecks are still holding on to top spot in the West Division, with a 5-3 record. Washington is right behind them at 4-4 after suffering a 15-10 loss to the Edmonton Rush last weekend. Washington was outplayed in most every aspect of…
The Minnesota Swarm will be taking on the Edmonton Rush in a home and home this weekend. This tilt will be a rematch of last year’s Western Finals. The Swarm come into the game at 2-4 with their last game being a heartbreaker against Calgary. The Rush are at 3-4 after getting a big win over the Colorado Mammoth. With both these teams trying to get back on track after…
Just when we thought we would have some clearance as to what team in the West would be starting to pull away, darting up the ladder are the Edmonton Rush. The Rush went on to sweep last weekends match-ups over the Stealth 15-10 and Mammoth 14-7, in which rookie Mark Matthews notch 11 of the goals to place Edmonton into 3rd in the West, and a chance to be…dare I…