After an unbelievable regular season in the Canadian Lacrosse League, it’s time to buckle up for a wild playoff ride. The quarter finals are set to begin this Friday when the fifth seeded Durham TurfDogs travel to Brampton to face the fourth place Inferno. This opening round matchup will be broadcast live on The Lacrosse Radio Network with coverage starting at 8pm. This will be the fourth meeting between these…
Wings Avoid Disaster, Swat Swarm
The Philadelphia Wings and their fans knew this weekend would be tough at the start of the season, but coming in on a five game losing streak, and the chance to clinch a playoff spot dwindling, this weekend was huge. Saturday night the Wings headed to Rochester to face the defending champion Knighthawks who have recently started to click. This game was big for both teams as they were playing…
MLL in the NCAA: Nats Prospects Lead College Teams
In this week’s MLL in the NCAA check in, draft picks from the Boston Cannons and Hamilton Nationals are profiled. Senior – Scott Ratliff – LSM – Boston Cannons – Loyola Greyhounds The Cannon’s ninth overall pick in this year’s collegiate draft had an outstanding performance on Saturday versus Fairfield (6-5) in ECAC league action. The Marietta, GA native tallied four goals in a 13-7 victory over the Stags. Ratliff…
Rock Defeat Knighthawks, Clinch East Title
The Toronto Rock (10-5) clinched the regular season eastern division title with a 10-9 win over the Rochester Knighthawks (6-7) Sunday afternoon at the Air Canada Centre. The game marked the third and final meeting between Rochester and Toronto this year, with the Rock taking the edge in the season series 2-1. Toronto jumped out to a 3-0 lead under ten minutes into the game and would never trail…
Cross Checks: NLL Week Fourteen
Philadelphia and Buffalo are slumping, Toronto, Rochester and Colorado are hot while Minnesota gets it going without Andrew Suitor and the Rush struggle at home. We have all of the info on NLL Week 14 right here.
NLL: Stealth Outlast Roughnecks in Rubber Match
Tyler Richards turned aside 48 shots to lead the Washington Stealth to a 12-11 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks Saturday night. One week after costing his team a win by taking a five-minute major in the fourth quarter that gave the Roughnecks a chance to take an insurmountable lead, T-Rich was on his game from start to finish, shutting down the vaunted Calgary offense. He also got a ton of…
Stories of the Week: NLL Results Highlight Week
Wings Road Woes The Philadelphia Wings lost this week in Rochester after suffering losses to Minnesota and Colorado on the road last week. They finally get a chance back at home today where they face the Swarm again, who by the way scored 21 goals against Buffalo last night. Ironmen Clinch The final Canadian Lacrosse League playoff spot was going to go to either the Iroquois Ironmen or the Barrie…
NCAA: Denver and Bellarmine Face Off in ECAC Match
After starting off April by throttling the Marquette University Golden Eagles 15-4, the University of Denver Pioneers (8-2) wrap-up the weekend against the Bellarmine University Knights (7-2) at Denver’s Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium – in the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s game of the week. This is the first meeting between the two teams this season, with Bellarmine chasing Denver for the second spot in the ECAC – and Denver…
NLL: Swarm and Wings face off
On Sunday the Philadelphia Wings (5-8) face off against the Minnesota Swarm (6-7). Both of these teams are in need of a win in order to keep their playoffs hopes alive. So expect for the two teams to be hungry for a win which should make for an exciting game. In the last meeting between these teams the Swarm dominated the Philadelphia Wings and won the game 20-11. The keys…
Swarm Blow Out Bandits 21-7
The Bandits season continued to spiral out of control last night as they were tripled on the score sheet by the Minnesota Swarm. The loss was mathematically the worst in Bandits history and the most goals scored in Minnesota Swarm history. With Colorado and Rochester winning last night, the Bandits now sit alone at the bottom of the league with their 5-9 record. Philadelphia also has 5 wins, but has played one…