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NLL: Strong effort from Panther City Lacrosse Club falls just short in loss to Roughnecks

February 23, 2022
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The Panther City Lacrosse Club (PCLC) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks this weekend in the inaugural matchup between the two clubs. The Calgary squad, fresh off a one-goal home floor loss Friday night, made the trip to Fort Worth, Texas for the Sunday night showcase. The PCLC has had a tough start to their season, chalking up only one win with seven losses to start their first season. Calgary brought home…

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NLL: Thunderbirds triumphant in return home to Scotiabank Centre

February 21, 2022
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The Halifax Thunderbirds exploded to a 15-9 win over the Georgia Swarm Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “It was exciting and fun, I think that’s the two biggest things you take away from the game,” said Halifax forward Austin Shanks. This was the first game the team has played in Halifax since Dec. 10. COVID restrictions prevented them from playing in Nova Scotia, and they had to…

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NLL: Roughnecks fail to take advantage of understaffed Warriors team

February 21, 2022
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No Buque, no Hamer-Jackson, no Jones, no problem for the Vancouver Warriors. Chris Gill’s underrated and undermanned team continued to impress in a hard-fought 11-10 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks on Friday night on the Westjet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. Former Rigger Riley Loewen stung his old team, scoring the game-winner with 2:12 left. The victory extends Vancouver’s winning streak to three and keeps them solidly in a…

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NLL: Tilted floor works in Bandits’ favour for 13-8 win over FireWolves

February 21, 2022
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For the first time this year, the Buffalo Bandits were coming into a game trying to get back to their winning ways. After a tough loss to Toronto last week, Buffalo had a huge challenge in front of them in the gritty Albany FireWolves. Albany, also coming off a loss, is finding their stride as of late and had Buffalo right where they wanted them. A wise person once said…

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NLL: Thunderbirds rule the sky after defeating Wings

February 16, 2022
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The Halifax Thunderbirds narrowly beat the Philadelphia Wings 10-8 on Sunday afternoon at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ont.  Six games into their season, the Thunderbirds now have five wins and one loss. An excellent record for a team who had an unscheduled month-long break because of COVID-19 and had to move two home games to Hamilton, Ont. because restrictions in Nova Scotia prevented them from playing there.  “I think it…

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NLL: Home floor kind on Saturday to all except Panther City

February 15, 2022
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Saturday, February 12th featured four NLL games with home-floor advantage working for three teams. The Georgia Swarm, Rochester Knighthawks and Toronto Rock were all victorious over their visitors. The Panther City Lacrosse Club wasn’t as fortunate, falling to the San Diego Seals 10-4. Read about the Rock’s win over the Bandits here.   New York Riptide 11 @ Georgia Swarm 13 The Riptide were in tough against the Swarm on…

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NLL: Rock get the honour of taking down the Bandits

February 15, 2022
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A pair of players from New York led the Toronto Rock in their 12-10 victory over the Buffalo Bandits. The win extends Toronto’s win streak to three games, while handing Buffalo its first loss of the season. They opened with six straight wins. Tom Schreiber scored four goals in the first half, part of a six point night. The East Meadow, New York native now has 23 this season, two…

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NLL: Schuss rebounds with six points to lead Warriors over Rush

February 14, 2022
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The Vancouver Warriors faced off against the Saskatchewan Rush on Friday night at Rogers Arena in downtown VanCity. Vancouver came out on top with a 13-7 win, which improved the Warriors record to 4-3 for third place in the west. Saskatchewan fell to a record of 2-5, placing fifth in the west. All four quarters were extremely similar in scoring between these two franchises. The difference was the second quarter,…

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NLL: Late-game heroics from King, Currier lift Roughnecks over Mammoth

February 14, 2022
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As the final seconds of the fourth quarter ticked away, there was a collective sigh of relief from the home side. In a tightly contested ball game, the Calgary Roughnecks found a way to do something in the fourth quarter they hadn’t done in the previous two games – score. As the final horn sounded, it was the hometown Riggers picking up their second win of the season defeating the…

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NLL: Thunderbirds defeat Riptide in temporary Hamilton home

February 8, 2022
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The Halifax Thunderbirds defeat the New York Riptide 13-10 in the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ont. Friday night.  This was a home game for Halifax, but they played in Hamilton because Covid restrictions in Nova Scotia prevent games at any level to be played.  “Everyone is comfortable with each other, it makes playing in random environments pretty easy,” said Halifax forward Kyle Jackson. “Whether it is an away game, a…

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