I can’t write who score. How many assists were had. I can’t write about the number of saves. I cannot pretend that game was normal. I was there. But my heart was breaking. Every quarter, every minute, every play. I knew it was the end. Here is my reflection: Today feels like I’ve been broken up with by the same person for the second time. The first time it was…
We are on the March to May, and the playoff push is heating up. One of the Week 19 marquee matchups was between the Buffalo Bandits and the Vancouver Warriors. Buffalo was coming in as one of the league’s hottest teams, while Vancouver was atop the standings. A raucous Banditland was ready for a heavyweight bout. With the way the Bandits were playing as of late, and with Vancouver looking…
The Halifax Thunderbirds defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 15-10 on Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax to keep themselves tight in the playoff race. It was an excellent win for the 100th game in Halifax Thunderbirds’ history. The Thunderbirds came into this game with six wins and nine losses (6-9), right behind the Rochester Knighthawks, who were 6-8. Both teams are chasing the Las Vegas Desert Dogs for the…
The Saskatchewan Rush’s grip on first place in the NLL faltered this weekend as they lost back-to-back games for the first time all season, dropping a 11-10 contest to the Buffalo Bandits on Friday, and then losing 13-12 to the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday. Both were overtime losses. The rough weekend drops the Rush record to 10-3, still clinging to a half-game lead in the standings over the Colorado Mammoth…
Week 14 was set to be a busy one, as there were 10 games scheduled to be played from Friday to Sunday. One of the contests under the biggest spotlight was a rematch of last season’s NLL Finals as the Saskatchewan Rush shipped up to Buffalo to take on the Bandits. During those Finals, both teams were in very similar positions. This year, not so much. The Rush were the…
The Georgia Swarm came buzzing into Philadelphia Friday night and flew away with the 11-6 win. The Wings soared into Georgia on Saturday and lifted the hopes of the Philly fans with a 9-5 victory. Saturday’s win was W in the books. And it was also a morale boost for many players, coaches, and fans. The Wings played 4 solid quarters of lacrosse. They also managed to prevent their opponents…
The Philadelphia Wings lost 6-14 on the same day the city lost another battle to Mother Nature. With the wind and rain pounding outside of the stadium, the Philly fans were pounding their seats as the Wings shut out Saskatchewan 3-0 in the first quarter. The fans were stunned as the Wings stalled the Rush. Quarter 2 saw the Rush score 4 to Philly’s 1. The fans quieted down as…
The Saskatchewan Rush overcame an early deficit to take a 9-8 overtime victory over the Vancouver Warriors on Saturday night. With the win, the Rush improve to 9-1 on the season, remaining solidly in first place in the NLL. The Warriors drop to 6-3 and sit in a tie for third place with the Georgia Swarm. Saskatchewan opened the scoring two and a half minutes into the contest with a…
It seems that Week 11 is a bit early for teams to be saying that a game is a “must win.” Well, in Saturday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia Wings and Buffalo Bandits, that’s the slogan that both teams were using. The Wings were coming in on a six-game losing streak, while Buffalo were losers of three-straight. Must win was the understatement of the century for both teams. Buffalo, during…
The Buffalo Bandits defeated the Halifax Thunderbirds 11-10 on Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. It was a battle between two struggling teams. Buffalo came into the game losing four straight, while Halifax had lost three in a row. Buffalo started strong, being up 8-3 10 minutes into the second quarter. But their offence ran dry, and Halifax battled back to tie the game at 10 with 3:43…