Saturday night the Buffalo Bandits (6-3) welcomed their interstate rival Rochester Knighthawks (4-6) into Keybank Centre for their third matchup of the season. With the regular season series between these two teams tied at one game each, it was the Knighthawks who came out on top with a score of 17 to 10. Coming off a monumental 18-9 win over the Georgia Swarm and head coach Troy Cordingley’s 101st win,…
Two questions: Has there ever been a game in the NLL where only two members of a team found the scoresheet? And has there ever been an NLL game where BOTH teams were 100% on the power play? These questions arose from the Saskatchewan Rush’s 10-6 win over the Calgary Roughnecks on Saturday night at Sasktel Centre. It was a bad night all around for the Roughnecks. Wes Berg was…
On Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6) defeated the Saskatchewan Rush (8-2) 16-11 In front of 6,188 fans at Connors and Ferris Field at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester. The loss was Saskatchewan’s first on the road this season and for Rochester it was their second win in a row after snapping a six-game losing streak. The Rush started off in typical fashion scoring the first three of the…
Oakville, ON – The Toronto Rock are pleased to once again partner with Smilezone Foundation for this year’s charity game on Sunday afternoon, Mar. 11 at 3 p.m. at Air Canada Centre when the Rock take on the New England Black Wolves. In addition to fundraising efforts, the Rock have also announced a special ticket offer that will be sure to fill the building with smiling kids on the afternoon…
Vancouver, BC – Wednesday, February 21, 2018 – The Vancouver Stealth announced today a change in their bench staff ahead of Saturday’s game vs the New England Black Wolves at the Langley Events Centre. Art Webster returns to the Stealth and will take over defensive coaching duties from John Lintz, while current assistant coach Kevin Alexander will assume the offensive responsibilities from Jim Milligan. Webster served as an assistant coach with…
The National Lacrosse Season is at roughly the halfway point after this weekend’s action, so we’re getting a good picture of what crowds are looking like for the 2017-2018 season. Disappointingly, they are way down from last season. After two years of slow but steady improvement, this year’s average per game attendance is 8,519 fans, well down from last year’s 9,152. If this number holds up, it will be the…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (February 20, 2018) – The New England Black Wolves acquired forward Johnny Powless from the Georgia Swarm on Tuesday. In exchange, New England sent two picks to the Swarm – a second round selection in the 2018 NLL Entry Draft and a third round pick in the 2020 NLL Entry Draft. “Johnny is a proven winner and a proven scorer,” Black Wolves general manager Rich Lisk said. “He’s…
The Toronto Rock did not have the same luck down in Georgia on Saturday night as they had the previous week against their cross-border rival Rochester Knighthawks, losing to the Swarm 14-13 in overtime. The Rock had all cylinders firing as they had everything from goaltending, defence, and offence clicking and meshing. This game was be a true test of all of those elements, and it all came down to…
In a Mohegan Sun Sunday matinee, the Colorado Mammoth beat the New England Black Wolves 19-11. In four seasons, Colorado has racked up a 6-0 record against New England. Four of those six wins were within two points, however, their East Division win this afternoon was one the Mammoth won’t soon forget. Colorado (5-3) broke a two-game losing streak while handing the Black Wolves (4-4) their third straight loss….
The Calgary Roughnecks continued to roll on Friday night as they beat the Vancouver Stealth handily by a score of 20-12. The win gives them three in a row and pushes their record to 4-5. The Stealth drop to 1-9 on the season. Calgary leads the season series 2-0 with two more games to play at the Langley Events Centre. In a game that was never really close, the Roughnecks…