The Bandits won one for Tucker. On a special night in Buffalo, Banditland came together to honour the memory of Tucker Williams and came away with a 13-9 victory over the Halifax Thunderbirds. It was the Bandits’ seventh annual Tucker Out Lymphoma game. “Both teams fought hard to win that game in tribute to Tucker,” said Bandits’ head coach John Tavares. The 8-year-old son of former Bandits’ great Shawn Williams…
Photos from the Saskatchewan Rush’s 15-10 win over the Philadelphia Wings at Wells Fargo Center on February 22, 2020. More photos here.
The Halifax Thunderbirds’ back-to-back road trip continued Sunday in New England, looking to rebound from Saturday night’s 13-9 loss to the Buffalo Bandits. The Black Wolves found an offensive boost as Andrew Kew returned, missing the previous week’s game. He would be a big factor in a 16-10 victory for New England to begin the month of March. With the loss, the Thunderbirds fall to third place in the NLL’s…
Country night at Rogers Arena saw the hometown Warriors take on the visiting Georgia Swarm. Live country music played throughout the game as fans dressed in plaid, leather boots and cowboy hats were treated to both a concert and a lacrosse game. At the end of the 60 minutes Georgia came out on top with a decisive 14-7 win over Vancouver. Although it was mostly a one-sided affair, the entire…
A strong second half, powered by Reid Reinholdt’s hat trick, erased a four-goal deficit and gave the Toronto Rock a 9-8 win over the Saskatchewan Rush Saturday night. The win improves the Rock to 7-3, maintaining their hold on first place in the North Division. The Rush remain in first place in the West Division in spite of the loss, but drop to 6-3 on the season. The Rush’s Ryan…
The defending champion Calgary Roughnecks came into Infinite Energy Arena on Saturday night and pulled out an 18-17 overtime victory over the Georgia Swarm. Reigning NLL MVP Dane Dobbie returned to the lineup for Calgary after serving a six-game suspension. And he made his illustrious return with a bang, rattling off six goals and recording one assist in the victory, including the game winner. Curtis Dickson (5G/5A) and Rhys Duch…
Saturday night the Saskatchewan Rush (6-2) thumped the Philadelphia Wings (7-4) 15-10 in front of 9,683 fans at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia. With the victory the Rush improved to 5-0 on the road this season. The Rush have scored 31 total goals in the last two road games. Last week they defeated Halifax 16-15 in overtime. A trio of Rush players collected hat tricks Saturday night: Jeff…
Saturday morning the San Diego Seals took on the Vancouver Warriors in a divisional match-up that could have some major playoff implications. Fittingly, these two divisional rivals with bad blood between them played with physicality befitting of a postseason match. When all was said and done San Diego were the victors, besting Vancouver 15-10. It was the NLL’s first morning game (11:30 a.m. PT) since February 8, 2013 when Rochester…
Photos from the Toronto Rock’s 13-9 win over the Buffalo Bandits on February 9, 2019 at Scotiabank Arena.
The Halifax Thunderbirds exacted a measure of revenge on the Toronto Rock Friday night at Scotiabank Centre with a 9-8 win that put them back on top of the NLL’s North Division. The Rock were the first team to defeat the Thunderbirds back on January 31, so it was time for the newest Canadian NLL team to step back up and show who’s boss. After the loss to the Rock,…