For the first time since February of 2020, the Buffalo Bandits walked into Rogers Arena in Vancouver ready to battle the Warriors. These two clubs are eerily similar when it came to needing a win, badly. Buffalo, the reigning champs may I remind you, have been an injury-ridden, sputtering mess. Vancouver, the last place team, still was not out of playoff contention, but needed to string some wins together. Buffalo…
NLL: Las Vegas keeps pace in standings with win over Rochester
Week 13 action came to you from Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York. Saturday night’s tilt featured two teams in desperate need of a win to keep pace in the standings and increase any chance of a playoff spot. The visiting Las Vegas Desert Dogs took a massive step towards that, blanking Rochester in the fourth quarter en route to a 12-8 victory. Hope you like teeter-totters because the…
NLL: Roughnecks take first meeting in 4 years over Wings
It’s been a minute since the Philadelphia Wings played the Calgary Roughnecks. And by a minute, that would be four years ago in the COVID shortened 2019/20 season. Back then Philadelphia was led by the likes of Kevin Crowley, Kiel Matisz, Matt Rambo and one Josh Currier. Of course, Calgary still had Curtis Dickson and Dane Dobbie sporting the red Roughneck jersey and the Riggers were fresh off their championship…
Thunderbirds Trounce Rush 19-6
The Halifax Thunderbirds grabbed a big lead early and never looked back on Saturday night, winning easily by a 19-6 score. The win improves The Thunderbirds’ record to 7-4, good for fourth place in the NLL. The Rush fall to 3-5 on the season, and currently sit in 11th place. Halifax dominated the game from the outset, scoring three times in the first five-and-a-half minutes and never looking back. They…
NLL: Kurtz’s sock trick helps FireWolves complete season sweep of Bandits
In the NLL, there are many rivalries, some new, some old. It appears as though a new one is blooming right before our very eyes. The Buffalo Bandits took their home floor on Saturday night and welcomed in the Albany FireWolves. The first time these two clubs played in Albany to open the season, it was extremely physical and high scoring. This game in Buffalo followed suit. In front of…
NLL: Berg’s sock trick seals OT win for San Diego
Who’s ready for some NLL after dark? The Friday night contest between the Georgia Swarm and San Diego Seals came to you from Pechanga Arena, with an 11 p.m. start on the East Coast. If you couldn’t stay up for this game in its entirety, we highly suggest you rewatch, because man, it was good. The Charlie Daniels classic “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” is an all-time hit. Here’s…
NLL: Mammoth offense explodes en route to home victory
Don’t look now, but the Colorado Mammoth may have found their mojo. After one of their worst starts to the season in recent history, the Mammoth came back with a vengeance Friday night at the Loud House. They played host to a streaking New York Riptide team, and quelled their momentum convincingly. Using a 10-goal run between the third and fourth quarters, Colorado quickly put this game to bed, cruising…
NLL: Roughnecks win critical game against Halifax
What a difference two weeks can make. When the Calgary Roughnecks stepped off the turf on February 3rd, they’d just dropped both games of a double header and plummeted to 15th in the standings – last place. You did not want to look at the power rankings if you were a Roughnecks fan. Following those two losses, it seemed like Josh Sanderson saw something the rest of us didn’t when…
NLL: Wings bet on themselves in Las Vegas victory
The Philadelphia Wings are flying high after testing their luck against the Las Vegas Desert Dogs and landing a 10-8 victory over the weekend. The third quarter made all the difference for the Wings. And although it was a low-scoring, scrappy battle, the Wings are grateful to be back to their winning ways—and so are their fans. “We stuck to our game plan here and got outstanding performances from our…
NLL: Simmons, Kurtz propel Albany back into victory column
The NLL’s Saturday Showcase in Week 12 featured two teams that were in similar situations, but at opposite ends of the standings. Both the Colorado Mammoth and Albany FireWolves came in on two-game losing streaks, but one of these things was not like the other. Colorado saw themselves on the outside looking in if the playoffs started today, and Albany was right towards the top. Regardless of the standings and…