On Saturday night, the Calgary Roughnecks (1-2) host the Vancouver Stealth (2-1) at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Both teams are coming off Friday night games, but the results were very different. The Roughnecks were soundly defeated by the Edmonton Rush on Friday, by a 15-8 score. Curtis Dickson was held off the scoresheet and Jeff Shattler, who had scored four goals in each of the first two games of the season,…
Stealth Win Thriller in OT
The Stealth needed overtime to beat the Mammoth 14-13 Friday night in a back and fourth game that saw both teams trade goal after exciting goal down to the closing minutes of the fourth quarter and into OT. Vancouver would trail Colorado the entire game but only needed one shot from Lewis Ratcliff in the extra frame to earn it’s second win of the young season. The loss for the…
Bandits v Mammoth: Who’s the Real Underdog?
The Buffalo Bandits (2-1) and the Colorado Mammoth (1-4) will face off for the first of two 2014 NLL regular season matchups Saturday January 18th, 2014 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The last time these two teams met was a 2013 Week 11 battle at the Pepsi Center where the Mammoth emerged victorious with a 16-13 win at home. In Week 3 action last week, the Bandits were…
NLL Preview: Wings vs Swarm Round One
The Philadelphia Wings and the Minnesota Swarm face each other twice this weekend in games that are huge for both teams. The Wings are coming off a back-to-back weekend that saw them drop both games putting their record to 1-2. The Swarm come in at 0-2 and hope to get the offense going. So far in two games the Swarm have only managed a total of 12 goals (5.5 per…
ESPN Announces 2014 Lacrosse Schedule
The 2014 college lacrosse coverage across ESPNU and ESPN3 features a schedule of nationally-ranked programs and top-caliber games including 29 men’s and two women’s regular-season games, as well as the crowning of the ACC, America East and Ivy League tournament champions. With the addition of Notre Dame and Syracuse to the Atlantic Coast Conference, the league currently boasts the top four teams in the nation — No. 1 Duke, No….
Rock Look To Redeem Themselves Against Knighthawks
After a disappointing loss in Buffalo last weekend, the Toronto Rock (1-1) will look for their first road win Saturday as they travel to Rochester to take on the two time defending league champion Knighthawks (2-0) at Blue Cross Arena. The Knighthawks haven’t beaten the Rock in a January game since January 30th of 2010, exactly a week after Toronto handed Rochester their worst loss in franchise history in a…
ILWT Staff: NLL Predictions Week 4
It’s going to be yet another busy weekend in the National Lacrosse League. Many teams are set up for close, down to the wire games while others are expected to be blowouts. Here are the predictions from the staff here at ILWT: Dan Pattison’s Predictions: Rush over Roughnecks Stealth over Mammoth Wings over Swarm Rock over Knighthawks Roughnecks over Stealth Bandits over Mammoth Swarm over Wings
In The Dirt: Face Offs
The most key part of any lacrosse game is the face off. It starts the field battle and limits the number of involved players. A lot of dirty tricks are easily snuck past officials, and the task calls for dynamic low-to-the-ground mobility. On my high school team, my coach would always seek wrestlers for face offs because of their training with body and space manipulation under tight circumstances. Many coaches…
Stealth Place Kyle Sorensen on Injured Reserve
The Vancouver Stealth announced this morning that they have placed Captain, Kyle Sorensen, on the 21 day Injured Reserve with an undisclosed injury. Sorensen has appeared in both games for the Stealth this season collecting 1 assist, 2 loose balls and 17 minutes in penalties. With Sorensen being place on IR the Stealth have activated rookie Josh Hawkins from the Practice Roster. Hawkins, a graduate of Loyola College (MD) was…