Do you smell that? No, it isn’t the lovely smell of Cheerios in downtown Buffalo or the smell of the ocean off the piers of SoCal. It’s a beautiful, budding rivalry between the Buffalo Bandits and the San Diego Seals. Just a week ago, the Seals handed the Bandits their first loss in an overtime thriller. That game was so nice, we are going to do it twice in as…
NLL: Jamieson shines as FireWolves top Wings
Finally, the stars have aligned. In this Week 13 matchup, we were set to see two rookie phenoms and two number one picks go head-to-head. On one side for the hometown Albany FireWolves, you had Dyson Williams who came into this game leading all rookies in assists. On the other side for the visiting Philadelphia Wings, you had Brennan O’Neill, who became the first American player to be chosen first…
NLL: Desert Dogs use eight-goal run to take down Mammoth
The middle game of the Friday night slate in Week 13 was set to be a good one. The action came to you from the Loud House in Denver, Colorado as the hometown Mammoth were set to clash with the visiting Las Vegas Desert Dogs. These two teams were on opposite ends of the spectrum as Colorado was streaking upwards in the top eight, while Las Vegas still sat towards…
NLL: Georgia Swarm Win In Overtime, Toronto Rock’s Third Straight One-Goal Loss
MISSISSAUGA, CANADA – FEBRUARY 22: the NLL regular season game between the Georgia Swarm and the Toronto Rock at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre on February 22, 2025 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Christian Bender/NLL) One-goal games have not been the friend of the Toronto Rock. Fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive, and just 1-4 in one-goal games this season, the Rock were in another tight battle Saturday…
NLL: Split for Roughnecks
Calgary played their first of two scheduled doubleheaders this season with games against the Saskatchewan Rush and Las Vegas Desert Dogs. The Roughie’s dropped Friday’s game 16-13 to a very good Rush team, but bounced back in a huge way with a 21-8 trouncing of the Desert Dogs. The split keeps them in third position in a tight midfield battle for playoff positioning. Friday’s game against the Rush was a…
NLL: Thunderbirds defeat Wings in back to back games
For the second time in two weekends, the Halifax Thunderbirds defeated the Philadelphia Wings, this time by a score of 13-10 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. They beat the Wings 14-10 last weekend in Philadelphia. “They’re a good team, and I think we had a good plan in place. We stuck with it, and the ball was dropping for us,” said Thomas Hoggarth, who scored three goals and added…
NLL: Teat, Black Bears find offense, beat up on FireWolves
If you’re a fan of goal scoring and physicality when you watch lacrosse, Saturday night’s game between the hometown Albany FireWolves and the Ottawa Black Bears was the game for you. With a combined 27 goals and 90 penalty minutes, this game was full of action, however it was very lopsided when the clock hit zero. All year long, fans have been wondering where the Jeff Teat of old has…
NLL: Berg shows out, Seals end Bandits unbeaten streak in OT thriller
Going into Saturday night’s showdown with the San Diego Seals, the Buffalo Bandits hadn’t lost a lacrosse game in over 300 days. Read that again, that’s almost eleven months. Saturday’s tilt was the second game of a back-to-back for Buffalo, as the night before they had a come-from-behind victory against Toronto. It was Marvel Night in Buffalo, and with a crowd of 18,224, the place was jumping like usual. Much…
NLL: Warriors down Desert Dogs
If you’re from the East Coast, you were in for some lacrosse after dark on Friday night. The late game came to you from Lee’s Family Forum in Las Vegas, as the hometown Desert Dogs welcomed in the Vancouver Warriors. Vancouver saw themselves in the top eight of the standings, while Las Vegas was towards the bottom and needed to string some wins together. We are at about the halfway…
NLL: Rush Take See-Saw Battle Over Roughnecks 16-13
In a game with six lead-changes, the Saskatchewan Rush finished strong to defeat the Calgary Roughnecks by a 16-13 score. The win improves the Rush record to 7-2, solidly in second place in the NLL standings. The Roughnecks drop to 5-4, now tied with the Philadelphia Wings for fourth place. Ryan Keenan opened the scoring for the Rush just 44 seconds into the game, followed a minute-and-a-half later by a…