After watching Saturday night’s rematch between Calgary and San Diego, one couldn’t help but think back to the original Rocky and Rocky II movies from the 70’s. If you recall, a young Rocky Balboa fights the heavyweight champ, Apollo Creed, and takes a beating for most of the fight. A late surge falls short and Creed wins the bout. Fast forward to Rocky II and a hardened Balboa, urged on…
NLL: Byrne, Bandits take game two of home and home with Swarm
Banditland sure knows how to party! Fourteen thousand, one hundred and eighty nine raucous fans came to see the boys in black and orange on Saturday night. The Georgia Swarm were in town with a score to settle from last Saturday. The Bandits went down to Gas South Arena last weekend and stung the Swarm 18-9, so presumably Georgia wanted to give it right back. The game from this Saturday…
NLL: Riptide’s personnel changes don’t pan out in loss to Rochester
The New York Riptide look a little different this week. After their third consecutive loss, the team made some cosmetic changes they hope will provide some deeper results. However, the changes will have to play out over the long run, as they fell to 0-4 after a Sunday afternoon 11-8 loss to Rochester. First, they fired general manager Jim Veltman and named executive vice president Rich Lisk as the interim…
NLL: Panther City Lacrosse Club spoils Philadelphia Wings home opener
The Panther City Lacrosse Club was on the prowl in the second half of the Philadelphia Wings’ home opener this past weekend. At the end, Philadelphia fans were stunned into silence by a 12-10 victory by the Panther City Lacrosse Club. It was a game of two very different halves. Head coach Tracey Kelusky must have given quite the halftime motivational speech that motivated PCLC to win. The first half…
NLL: Mammoth Best Rush 11-10 in OT
The Colorado Mammoth emerged with the 11-10 overtime victory on Friday night, besting the Saskatchewan Rush in what was an evenly matched contest all night long. The win gives the defending league champions a 3-1 record on the season, while the Rush fall to 2-2. Colorado opened the scoring with two quick goals from Eli McLaughlin and Brett McIntyre in the first five minutes, with Saskatchewan responding mid-quarter with a…
NLL: FireWolves defeat Thunderbirds 11-10 in overtime
Kieran McArdle was not allowing the Albany FireWolves to drop two straight games against the Halifax Thunderbirds. McArdle scored two goals and added two assists, getting a point on all of Albany’s four fourth quarter goals to send the game to overtime. In the extra frame, McArdle ran into the high slot and fired the winner into the net. The FireWolves beat the Thunderbirds 11-10 in overtime at the Scotiabank…
NLL: Mammoth pick up where they left off after 2022 championship win; defeat Calgary on banner raising night
The Colorado Mammoth won the 2022 NLL Championship with superior defense, goaltending, physical play and a never-say-die attitude. It’s somehow fitting that on the night they raised the Championship banner to the rafters of Ball Arena, the Mammoth needed all of those traits to come from behind to beat the Calgary Roughnecks 9-8. Trailing 5-2 at halftime, off the heels of Jesse King’s second of the night, the defending champs…
NLL: Philadelphia upsets the odds over Vegas
The Philadelphia Wings flew into Vegas to take on the Las Vegas Desert Dogs Friday night. Or, perhaps, it was Ben McIntosh who flew into Vegas to take on the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. And take them on he did. The Wings stunned the Desert Dogs with a 14-9 victory that would not have been possible without a five-goal effort from McIntosh. Las Vegas sniped the first goal with New…
NLL: Rush beat PCLC 11-9 in New Year’s Eve Tilt
The Saskatchewan Rush wrapped up 2022 with a win, defeating the Panther City Lacrosse Club 11-9 on New Years Eve. The win improves the Rush to 2-1 on the season while PCLC drops to 2-2. Saskatchewan opened the scoring with a power play goal from Dan Lintner at the 11:49 mark. The Rush would add two more in the next three minutes to quickly extend their lead, but Panther City…
NLL: Bandits get big win for weather-ravaged Buffalo
It’s no surprise to anyone that wintertime in Buffalo, New York can be quite nasty. But this past week leading up to Friday night’s showdown with Halifax was another level. Snow, wind and bone-chilling temperatures all caused blizzard-like conditions in the Western New York area. Some even said that this topped the Blizzard of ‘77 (if you know, you know). With that, came people getting stranded, having no power, or…