“Live more, laugh more, love more” – Tucker Williams Got your tissues ready? Week 20 action came to you live from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Emotions were on high as it was the ninth annual Tucker Out Lymphoma night. Every year the Buffalo Bandits honour the late Tucker Williams, son of former Bandit, Shawn Williams, and raise money and awareness for paediatric cancer, specifically Burkitt’s Lymphoma. They hosted…
NLL: Roughnecks tie franchise record for wins with 12-7 score over Desert Dogs
13,000 loud and enthusiastic Calgary Roughnecks’ supporters packed WestJet Field on Fan Appreciation night to catch their first glimpse of the expansion Las Vegas Desert Dogs. Even NLL commissioner Brett Frood was in the building to take in the action as part of a trip out west to watch a pair of games in Calgary and Saskatoon. Making the most of their hometown crowd (the “seventh man” as coach Malawsky…
NLL: 4th Quarter Rally Pushes Thunderbirds Past Rush, 15-11
After trailing for three quarters, the Halifax Thunderbirds erupted for nine goals in the final 15 minutes to earn a critical 15-11 win over the Saskatchewan Rush. The win keeps Halifax in a fourth-place tie with the Georgia Swarm in the East Conference, while the loss drops the Rush to 6-10 on the season, leaving them in fifth place in the West Conference, and out of the playoff picture for…
NLL: Mammoth win high scoring, physical game to clinch playoff spot
Go get yourself some popcorn and a beverage because this game was one to remember. Week 20 came to you live from the Loud House in Denver, Colorado. The Mammoth took their home turf and welcomed the West’s top dog, the San Diego Seals. Late in the year, a packed barn, playoff vibes, sign us up. What did you have on your “bingo card” for this game? Spoiler, this one…
NLL: Roughnecks get convincing win by committee over Panther City
From the very beginning of the season, Calgary head coach Curt Malawsky said for this team to be successful they would truly need a “scoring by committee” approach. Saturday night at WestJet Field in Calgary, that’s exactly what the Roughnecks received and it resulted in a convincing 12-5 win over the visiting Panther City Lacrosse Club. The stat sheet echoed their coach’s prediction with every forward contributing at least two…
NLL: Dickson joins 500 club, Seals lock up home quarterfinal game
The late game of the Week 19 slate came to you from Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday night. The Desert Dogs hosted the first place San Diego Seals, and hoped to cause some chaos in the Western Conference. Las Vegas needed to win out and had to get some losses from the teams ahead of them. San Diego could clinch home field throughout with a win and few other losses, or…
NCAA: Terps topple UVA in OT thriller
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Daniel Kelly’s step-down shot fired past Matthew Nunes in the cage for the UVA Cavaliers, and the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins stormed Klockner Stadium as they defeated the previously unbeaten No. 1 Virginia 14-13 in an overtime thriller on March 18. The Terps looked as good as they had at any point this season early on against the top-ranked team in the country. Virginia used a 5-1…
NLL: Kelly, FireWolves upset struggling Knighthawks
It was a battle of New York State Saturday night in Rochester, New York. The Rochester Knighthawks played host to an Albany FireWolves team who have had a lackluster season, to say it nicely. Rochester, who also have been struggling as of late, looked to boost their playoff chances and build momentum going into the final weeks of the regular season. Shockingly to some, Albany came out red hot and…
NLL: Swarm Win Fifth Straight, Take Down Rush 13-9
The Georgia Swarm scored early and often en route to a 13-9 win over the visiting Saskatchewan Rush on Saturday night. The win, in front of a season-best crowd of 9,332 fans, was Georgia’s fifth in a row, moving them up to a fourth-place tie with the Halifax Thunderbirds in the East Conference at 7-8. The loss for Saskatchewan drops their record to 6-9, keeping them in fifth place in…
NLL: Wings pull off another OT win over Knighthawks
The game was summed up succinctly in a post-game interview with Mitch Jones. “We’re in a dog fight. We’re in a fight for our playoff lives.” Fortunately for the Philadelphia Wings, their 14-13 OT victory over the Rochester Knighthawks keeps them in playoff contention. Not only did they prevent Rochester from clinching a playoff spot, they kept themselves alive. On fan appreciation night, it was also a night of family…