Rochester Defeats Calgary 13-7, Win Streak Now at Five Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks (7-3) made their way to face the Calgary Roughnecks (2-8). Two weeks ago they faced each other in Rochester as the Knighthawks escaped with a 12-11 victory. But on this night we saw a different game. Ian Llord started it off scoring at 1:08 to give the Hawks an early lead, but then the defense would…
Minnesota Swarms Into Colorado
The Minnesota Swarm have struggled once again this year to get the winning of games down consistently. This season has seen the Swarm only win three games out of their nine games played, and only really dominate one game against the New England Black Wolves. The go into Sunday nights tilt in the Mile High City with a 3-6 record and in last place in the East Division, sitting at…
Black Wolves Get Back on Track Against Swarm
It was a hard fought game Saturday night out in Minnesota as the Swarm and the New England Black Wolves faced off. Ten seconds into the game Andrew Suitor dropped the gloves to see if the hype was real about Bill O’Brien. It was a hard fought go both got some good punches in neither really walked away with the win. Once thing got going New England jumped out to…
Rush Crush Stealth 19-7
Saturday night the Edmonton Rush (5-4) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (4-5) in a game that would separate the two teams for first place in the NLL’s Western Division. The winner would walk away with the 1 game lead amongst the top three in an already tight race towards the top playoff spot. The Rush came out of the gate on fire getting the first three goals of the game. Tyler…
Syracuse Fights Past Jays
The Syracuse Orange out ran the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays for a 13-10 win at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse overcame an early deficit and used a number of runs each time Hopkins came back to tie the game to earn the win. Randy Staats offensive output lead the Orange. Johns Hopkins opened the scoring when senior Wells Stanwick found midfielder Kieran Eissler. The Jays continued scoring the next two, taking…
Stealth Face Division Leading Rush
The Vancouver Stealth travel to Rexall Centre to meet the Edmonton Rush in the first meeting of the year between the two clubs. It’s a litmus test with the West Division lead on the line. After having last week off, both teams have had ample time to prepare for this battle and formulate their gameplans. Despite not having played each other this year, you can imagine the energy in the…
Bandits Stun Rock 15-12
Down three goals in the third quarter, the Buffalo Bandits (6-5) unleashed a furious fourth quarter rally to emerge victorious with the 15-12 win against the Eastern Division leading Toronto Rock (9-2) Friday night in front of 12,903 fans at the First Niagara Center. Buffalo concluded the contest on a four goal run to clinch their second consecutive victory and gained some serious ground in the Eastern Division race. With…
Swarm and Black Wolves Battle for Playoff Lives
The Minnesota Swarm are 3-5 and are in fourth place in the East. Their last win was one that came in overtime over the Knighthawks. Since the Swarm lost their last two games, one to the Rock the other to the Stealth in a 21-15 game. They were without their leading point getter at the time Callum Crawford for that contest which does hurt. Callum also scored the game winner…
Shamrocks Sign Duch and Small
According to Teddy Jenner via Twitter, the Victoria Shamrocks have re-signed Rhys Duch and Corey Small. Both Small and Duch are now members of the Vancouver Stealth in British Columbia as well. Duch and Small were both tied for the most points in the Western Lacrosse Association last season when they had 76 points. Impressively, Duch did it in 16 games while Small did in 18. The Shamrocks were led…
Syracuse Looks To Stay Hot Against Hopkins
Syracuse and Johns Hopkins renew their rivalry this weekend as the Blue Jays travel up north for a trip to the Carrier Dome. It may not be the biggest rivalry for either team, but for many years, these two teams were NCAA championship lacrosse. During Syracuse’s run of 22 straight final fours, Johns Hopkins was also there for 15 of them. These two teams met for the championship itself five…