As the 2013 season started the Philadelphia Wings won their first 2 games surprising many lacrosse experts. After a heartbreaking loss in Buffalo Saturday night, the Wings returned home only to be defeated 16-8 by the Calgary Roughnecks. The Roughnecks where led by Dane Dobbie 4G/2A, Curtis Dickson 3G/2A, and former Wing Geoff Snider 3G/1A. The game did not start off well for the Wings as 15 seconds into the game…
The Minnesota Swarm opened their home schedule last night with a 15-14 win over the first place Washington Stealth. They were led by Ryan Benesch and rookie Kiel Matisz who each scored three goals in the win. Goaltender Evan Kirk made 44 saves on the Stealth in the victory including 16 alone in the fourth quarter. For the Stealth, goaltender Tyler Richards was back in action and he made 37…
The Rochester Knighthawks, one of the favorites going into this NLL season, are now 0-3 after falling to the Toronto Rock last night 11-7. Rochester is the only winless team in the league after Minnesota lost last night and are in last in the Eastern Conference. The Knighthawks are the reigning NLL champions and boosted their attack this off season with Dan Dawson and Casey Powell. However, they have scored…
Today the Wings try to rebound from their first loss of the 2013 season as they face the Calgary Roughnecks. Calgary is coming off a dominating 19-12 victory over the Mammoth Friday night, as the Roughnecks showed how balanced this team truly is. Calgary was led by Shawn Evans 4G/9A. But it isn’t only Evans the Wings have to worry about. Dane Dobbie 4G/3A, Jeff Shattler 3G/5A, Scott Ranger 3G/3A,…
If the Bandits keep winning in this sort of fashion fans of the team may start developing heart problems. For the second game in a row the team needed a goal in the last minute to come away with the victory. Tonight Luke Wiles was the hero as he put one past Brandon Miller with only 24 seconds left on the clock. The goal came only twenty seconds after Philadelphia…
The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 11-7 at the Blue Cross Arena Saturday night. The Rock improve their record to 4-1 while the Knighthawks drop to a stunning 0-3. Leading Toronto in tonight’s game was Garrett Billings, who had two goals and four assists for the Rock. Josh Sanderson, Colin Doyle, and Kasey Beirnes chipped in four points each. The Rock outscored the Knighthawks by three in the first…
Team Leaders: Goals: Kevin Crowley (7), Assists: Kevin Buchanan and Jordan Hall (6) Points: Crowley (10), Loose Balls: Brodie Merrill (26), Goals Against: Brandon Miller (7.50), Saves: Miller (96) Off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2008, the Philadelphia Wings will play a weekend of back to back games for the first time during the 2013 season first of which with a visit to Buffalo for a…
The Minnesota Swarm celebrate their home opener tonight a night after a heart breaking loss to the Toronto Rock. They welcome in the Washington Stealth who have surprised many with their 3-1 start. The Swarm, who are now 0-2, are looking to finally get one in the win column after dropping their first two games by only one goal. Led by Ryan Benesch, the young squad has had its growing…
The Washington Stealth defeated the Edmonton Rush 12-10 on Friday night to pick up their third win and move into first place in the Western Conference by a full game over the Colorado Mammoth. The Stealth overcame an early four goal deficit and held the Rush scoreless in the third quarter of the game to pick up the tight win. They were led by the three goal night from Lewis…
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…