The Toronto Rock (3-0) delivered on Rock owner Jamie Dawick’s guarantee of a home opener win by defeating the Buffalo Bandits (2-2) by a score of 13-11 at Air Canada Centre on Friday night. “I thought we started the game very well,” said Rock Head Coach John Lovell. “I thought of the three games we’ve played so far we made the most mistakes (tonight). I credit Buffalo, they were working…
STAFF Bandits v Rock Swarm v Black Wolves Rock v Knigthawks Rush v Roughnecks Stealth v Mammoth Ian Neadle Ryan Zunner Rocco Granato George Fourlaris Mike Mackley Kris Handley Pete Crowley
The Rochester Knighthawks started their 21st year in the National Lacrosse League the same way they started the last two seasons, raising their championship banner. This one was special, this isn’t just a normal championship banner, this banner represents history. The 2014 banner will forever represent the first team to ever three-peat in the National Lacrosse Leagues existence, which is now 29 years. The ceremony kicked off with members of…
Saunders was a sixth round selection of the Chicago Shamrox back in 2008. Since then he has spent time with the Minnesota Swarm, Rochester Knighthawks, Toronto Rock, and Philadelphia Wings in 2012. Last season Saunders was back again in Philadelphia and had a bang out year with 25 G, 14 A in 15 games. Prior to the start of last season Saunders came into camp on a mission. He was…
Last season Calgary came into Rochester up 1-0 in the Finals. Game 2 was as close as it can get for 45 minutes as Calgary was only down by a goal. All that was needed was the Roughnecks to win the final quarter by two goals to hoist the Champion’s Cup. But Rochester put up six goals to win 16-10, tying the series at a game each, forcing the mini-game….
As of this morning (Friday) Cascade has announced they’ve come to an agreement with NOCSAE on how to fix their R model helmets. In simple terms, Cascade will manufacture new helmets as Cascade R-M, but the helmets will still say ‘R’. For all those people in the world who already own the helmets, I hope you registered them online as has been stated numerous times over the past few weeks….
Prior to the draft the three-time champion Rochester Knighthawks shipped 21 year old Johnny Powless, Joel McCready, 9th & 23rd selection in the 2014 draft to Vancouver for the 2nd (Jeremy Noble) and 11th overall in this years draft as well as a number one in 2015 and 2017. Questions started to be asked as to who would take the place of the young star Johnny Powless. That was…
Ryan Ward announces his retirement after 11 years of NLL action In a statement released by the New England Black Wolves forward Ryan Ward has formally announced his retirement after 11 seasons in the National Lacrosse League. “I have been contemplating my retirement for several months but found it difficult to announce as I feel I still have the ability to play at a high level,” Ward, 34, said in…
The second annual University Classic will be held once again on the University of Pennsylvania Campus at PennPark. Schedule: 11:00 am Drexel vs Penn 1:15 pm Drexel vs John Hopkins 3:00 pm John Hopkins vs Penn Previews Drexel Dragons (13-5/4-1) will face Penn in the first game. These schools are seperated by a mile at the most. At one time or another paths are crossed with the…
This past weekend I had the priviledge of attending The 8th Annual Nicholas Colleluori Classic. A total of 14 teams participated in the two day event. Some of the top Division 1 Schools attended the event. Syracue, Bellarmine, Binghamton, Monmouth, Hartford and Hofstra highlighted day one. But what seemed to make this extra special this year was the venue of the event. The site, Ridley Senior High School in Folsom,…