The Edmonton Rush are 2-0 since the return of head coach Derek Keenan behind their bench and are now 2-2 on the season. The Rush pounded the New England Black Wolves 18-9 last night at Crystal Glass Field in Edmonton. The story lines were plenty but none stood out more than the performances of Edmonton star Mark Mathews and rookie sensation Ben McIntosh who both had eight-point performances. Mathews had…
Bandits Look for Double Win Weekend
The Buffalo Bandits will look to get their second win of the weekend after defeating the Minnesota Swarm 15-12 on Friday. Their opponent in this matchup will be the Rochester Knighthawks, undoubtedly Buffalo’s biggest rival. Rochester has struggled during much of the season so far, but looked to turn a corner after a convincing win against the Toronto Rock 8-6. While the Buffalo Bandits seemed to not miss a beat…
A Different Kind of MLL Draft Review
The MLL Draft is almost a week old and everyone has had time to give their draft grades as well as their surprises of the draft. With more time than I probably needed, here is a little bit of a different break down of the draft. Some of it is a little look behind the scenes and some of it is actual draft analysis and some of it is just…
Mammoth and Stealth Immediately Rematch
Colorado remains the only undefeated team in the NLL this season. However, it’s only 3-0. So what if other teams have already lost, it’s still early in the season to make it a huge deal. What’s more is the Mammoth travel to Vancouver tonight, a mere week later after an initial meeting with the Stealth. I’d like to start off objectively: the Stealth lost last week in an away game…
Bandits Swat Swarm With 15-12 Victory
After being on the road for the previous two weeks against two truly competitive teams in the Vancouver Stealth and the Toronto Rock, the Buffalo Bandits were definitely looking forward to being back in the warm and friendly confines of Banditland as they faced the Minnesota Swarm Friday night at the First Niagara Center. The game was truly a tale of two halves where the Bandits (3-2) dominated the first…
Rocky Road for Roughnecks Leads to Toronto
The Calgary Roughnecks head into Toronto sporting their worst ever record to start a season, as Calgary has opened the season 0-3. Meanwhile the Rock have kicked off the 2015 NLL season with great success, sporting a 3-1 record to lead the NLL’s East Division. Calgary most recently fell 16-8 to Alberta neighbor Edmonton and have struggled throughout the early season to keep the ball out of the back of…
NLL Week Five Staff Picks
Staff Member Swarm @ Bandits BlackWolves @ Rush Roughnecks @ Rock Bandits @ Knighthawks Mammoth @ Stealth Ian Neadle Kris Handley Dan Pattison George Fourlaris Brendan Staudt Damon Gray Chris Vale Ryan Zunner Alex Urquhart Pete Crowley Jim Flannery Mike Mackley Marisa…
NLL Injury Report: Tavares, Powless
There have been quite a bit of transactions in the National Lacrosse League this week, with most of them being injury related. We get you caught up on who will be out this week and in weeks to come. Buffalo Bandits John Tavares—IR Second Level: It sounds like Tavares will be missing quite some time, anywhere in between 3-10 weeks. It’s a lower leg injury and it sounds like an…
Crawford Blog: Swarm Win in New England
Game 3 Delay Delay Delay! This travel day I actually got the whole day to spend at home with the family because I didn’t fly out until 7 pm at night. Actually let me rephrase, I wasn’t supposed to fly out until 7 pm which then turned into 8 pm. I landed in Washington for my connecting flight just in time to make my connection, (Well, just in time for…
Black Wolves Head to Edmonton
This weekend will be the first road trip for the New England Black Wolves as they venture up to Edmonton to face the Rush. The Black Wolves are coming off a rough loss, their first of the season, to the Minnesota Swarm. The Rush are coming off their first win, a dominant showing over Calgary, with their coach Derek Keenan returning to the bench for this first time this season. …