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Home: Two Different Meanings for Toronto Rock and Halifax Thunderbirds in Mississauga Finale

April 20, 2025
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Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. On Friday night, two teams looked at the term ‘home’ in two very different ways – the Toronto Rock closing out a chapter in their third home in five seasons; and the Halifax Thunderbirds clinching a home playoff game for the first time with a 16-9 win. GOING HOME With the loss Toronto wraps its one and only season…

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NLL: Warriors Win 11-5 Over Wings

The Vancouver Warriors clipped the Philadelphia Wings with a solid 11-5 win Saturday night in Canada. Philadelphia scored just five goals in the loss, with all five goals coming from different players.  Joe Resetarits, Shane Simpson, Mitch Jones, Alex Pace, and Phil Caputo all scored for the Wings, however no one crossed the goal line more than once. The first quarter saw Vancouver go up 5-3. Vancouver continued its scoring…

April 20, 2025
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NLL: Rush Cruise to 11-6 Win Over Mammoth, Colorado Still Clinging to Playoff Hopes

April 17, 2025
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The Saskatchewan Rush shut out the Colorado Mammoth for over 40 minutes while scoring nine times to cruise to an 11-6 victory in a rare Sunday game. The win guarantees the Rush (12-5) a second-place finish in the league while the Mammoth, at 8-9, are in a four-way tie for the last two playoff spots. Wil Malcom got the Mammoth on the board first, just three minutes into the game,…

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NLL: Buffalo clinches top spot in playoffs

Saturday’s contest between the Buffalo Bandits and Halifax Thunderbirds saw seven ties throughout the game. With 27 total goals scored, and in front of another sellout crowd inside the KeyBank Center, the Buffalo Bandits secured the one-seed in the NLL Playoffs, winning 15-12. Allow me to do something a little bit different with this article. Usually, I’m a big fan of nonbiased opinions in these recaps and a sprinkle of…

April 14, 2025
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NLL: Deacan Knott a beacon in the night for Wings

April 13, 2025
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Original photography by Tracey Happold-Brown Goaltender Deacan Knott was like a beacon in the night as he guided the Philadelphia Wings to a 16-13 win over the Georgia Swarm on Saturday evening at Wells Fargo Center in the Wings final home game of the season. He “knotted” down the net to secure the win in front of the 8,520 attendees during fan appreciation night. Georgia wanted to wrap up a…

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Buffalo secures home playoff game with win over Mammoth

Week 19 saw a rivalry renewed at Ball Arena between the Buffalo Bandits and the Colorado Mammoth. These two teams are no strangers to one another, and both teams were desperate for a win, for completely different reasons. Buffalo saw themselves atop the standings but were on a bit of a skid coming in, so a win would be massive for their confidence as the playoffs approached. Colorado was logjammed…

April 9, 2025
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Del Bianco stands tall late, Warriors continue playoff push

April 1, 2025
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Going into their week 18 matchup, the Buffalo Bandits and Vancouver Warriors were trending in different directions. The Bandits, who sat atop the NLL standings, were 4-3 in their last seven games, while the Warriors were winners of two-in-a-row, and it seemed like the addition of Christian Del Bianco was the boost they needed to make a playoff push. Saturday night’s contest was set to be a good one in…

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Wings Thumped By Bears

The Ottawa Black Bears grounded the Philadelphia Wings in a solid 13-5 victory in Philadelphia Friday night as the Wings continue their losing streak. Ottawa played a physical game.  Combine that with the solid between the pipes play of former Philadelphian Zach Higgins, the Wings could not keep up. Ottawa ended the first quarter 3-2 with goals from Jeff Teat, Larson Sundown, and Reilly O’Connor.  Philadelphia had goals from Brennan…

March 30, 2025
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Warriors keep playoff hopes alive, sneak past Swarm

March 25, 2025
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The final game on Saturday night of the week 17 slate was coming to you live from Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The hometown Warriors were set to do battle with the visiting Georgia Swarm. Both clubs came in logjammed in the middle of the standings, so a win for either side would prove to be crucial when it came to playoff seeding. Vancouver saw themselves with a five-goal lead late…

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NLL: Bandits clinch playoff spot, split back-to-back weekend

The Buffalo Bandits headed into their back-to-back weekend with one goal in mind: win one game and you’re back in the playoffs. First up was a home game Friday night against the Las Vegas Desert Dogs that had those playoff implications, as well as being the finals for the Tucker Out Lymphoma Cup. The emotions of that game were going to be palpable, as the Tucker Out Lymphoma Night originated…

March 25, 2025
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