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PLL: Archers claim first league title for Utah

September 26, 2024
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All photos by Tracey Happold-Brown The Utah Archers continued their dominance as back-to-back Premier Lacrosse League champions on a glorious Sunday, September 15 at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. They stunned the Maryland Whipsnakes and their fans with a strong 12-8 win, even though they were missing last year’s most valuable championship player in Tom Schreiber. Despite the absence of Captain America on the field, Utah was locked, loaded and…

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WLBC 2024: Photo Gallery, Day 1 & 2

September 22, 2024
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The 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships (formerly the WILC) kicked off on Friday in Utica, NY, with 28 teams contesting the men’s division and 10 in the first-ever women’s championship. Our Cliff McCaig is in Utica capturing the action as it happens!

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NLL dispersal draft kicked off wild start to 2024-25 season

September 17, 2024
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Welcome to some very unprecedented times in the NLL’s history. My name is Dan Dudziak. I have awakened from my postseason slumber, and I will be your tour guide. The league is in arguably the best position it’s ever been, and is gaining popularity at an insane rate. Well, in most areas. We learned recently that Panther City Lacrosse Club was in the danger zone and was facing a possible…

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Young: Changes needed to give Thunderbirds playoff success

September 1, 2024
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Another year and the same story for the Halifax Thunderbirds.  For the third straight season, the team finished with a record of 10 wins and eight losses in the regular season. Even with the record, there was hope they would move deeper into the playoffs after having the league’s second-best offence and a deep defence. However, the Thunderbirds came out flat against the Albany FireWolves in the quarterfinals, losing 9-3…

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NLL: Buffalo Bandits go back-to-back, winning 6th championship in franchise history  

June 2, 2024
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For the second year in a row, the Buffalo Bandits are the NLL Champions. The phrase “back to back” applies in multiple ways here as the Bandits are the back-to-back champions, of course, winning the NLL Cup last year as well. It also applies because they had to win back-to-back games in order to get to raise the new and improved NLL Cup this year. “I always think the most…

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NLL: Buffalo bounces Toronto once again, reaches third straight Finals  

May 7, 2024
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Food for thought: Is it really that uncharacteristic if a team loses to the same opponent eight straight times and suffers three straight eliminations from the playoffs? Regardless of that, game two of the semifinal round was set from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo won game one Friday night in Hamilton, so they set their sights on punching their ticket to their third straight Finals appearance. Banditland was…

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NLL: Simmons & FireWolves surprise Seals, take Game 1

May 4, 2024
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It is almost 2,500 miles from Albany, New York to San Diego, California. Also, there’s playing on the road, and there’s playing on the road in the playoffs. The FireWolves had a long way to go for game one of the semi-final round in this year’s playoffs, and boy, they did not squander that opportunity. We’ve discussed before that Albany’s team average in age is 26 years young. Saturday night…

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NLL: Uncharacteristic loss sees Rock down 1-0 in Semifinal series vs Bandits

May 4, 2024
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Uncharacteristic. It’s perhaps the only word to describe the Toronto Rock’s 12-4 loss to the Buffalo Bandits on Friday night. Prior to game one of the semifinal series, Toronto (who sported the best goal differential in the regular season) had never been shutout in a half in the playoffs (it was 5-0 at halftime). The Rock matched a franchise low in goals scored (4: Jan 12 in Minnesota, and Feb…

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Semifinal Preview: Toronto Rock vs Buffalo Bandits

May 3, 2024
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On Friday night in Hamilton, the Toronto Rock and Buffalo Bandits will write the latest chapter in one of the most storied rivalries in the history of the NLL. In 77 previous meetings, Toronto holds a slight edge 39-38. However, the playoffs have been a different story. Buffalo leads the all time playoff matchup 7-3. Recently, the Bandits have been even more dominant winning eight of the last nine meetings,…

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NLL: Dobbie and Origlieri the catalysts as Seals get by PCLC in OT

April 30, 2024
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In Denver, Colorado, on September 1, 2007, Dane Dobbie was selected fourth overall in the NLL entry draft by the Calgary Roughnecks. In Orangeville, Chris Origlieri was just aging out of his first summer of introductory lacrosse. Saturday night, as teammates in San Diego, they helped the Seals advance past Panther City Lacrosse Club 9-8 to their third semi-final in four playoff seasons. In their first ever playoff game, Panther…

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