The Colorado Mammoth situation with their goaltenders has been well documented this NLL season, and now they currently have two netminders who were not on the active roster to start the season. The Mammoth finally let go of Matt Roik yesterday after his terrible game against the Philadelphia Wings on Sunday. They also activated injured goaltender Tye Belanger who is now the presumed starter for Colorado. “I am very confident…
Saints Acquire Scott Komer
The St.Catharines Saints announced Monday they have acquired goaltender Scott Komer from the Owen Sound Northstars in exchange for goaltender Zach Bowen. “This is the type of deal we have been looking for to take our team another step forward,” said Saints President and General Manager Dave Colbourne. “Scott Komer is a dynamic goaltender that elevates our talent level significantly. “We want to thank Zach for his dedication and service…
Notre Dame Defeats Penn State in Overtime
On Sunday, two of these top ten teams showed why they still can compete at a top notch level. Freshman Matt Kavanagh was the hero. He had scored the go-ahead goal to push Notre Dame to victory. Last year, Penn State had won against Notre Dame 4-3, but today was a different outcome. Neither team had more than a two goal margin. The game was very physical and had fans…
Swarm Struggle to Score in Loss to Rush
In the second game of a double- header weekend the Minnesota Swarm took on the Edmonton Rush. Edmonton lost the first game 13-8 in a tough hard fought game. For the second game played on Sunday afternoon the Rush came out on top 14-9. The Swarm started the game deep in the hole, getting down 9-0 before getting their first point on the board in the third quarter. While the…
Wings Sweep Weekend and Defeat Colorado Mammoth
The two oldest franchises in the NLL faced off Sunday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center in a classic battle that had the Philadelphia Wings defeat the Colorado Mammoth 14-12 in front of 8,606. After a hard fought 10-8 win in Rochester Saturday night, the Philadelphia Wings hopped on an early Sunday morning flight that took 1 hour to return home to prepare for the Mammoth. Saturday night the Wings…
Rattlers and Nationals to Play in Florida
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league (MLL), and ELEV|8 Sports Institute, announced today that the Hamilton Nationals home game against the Rochester Rattlers will be played at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. on Saturday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m. MLL returns to Palm Beach County for the second consecutive year, after a successful All Star Game in 2012. “We had a very successful All Star Game…
Bombers Win Vital Matchup With Kentucky 12-10
The Kentucky Stickhorses need to win their next two games and hope Baltimore falls to Boston in a few weeks. That’s the only way they can make the playoffs now as they suffered a potentially backbreaking loss at the hands of the Bombers. Kentucky and Baltimore were tied after one and Spencer Lyons played pretty well in net, however he allowed a run late by Baltimore that eventually was the…
Blizzard Still Winless, Trounced by Niagara
After suffering two tough losses this weekend the Barrie Blizzard are still winless on the season. Saturday they lost 15-7 in Oshawa against the Durham TurfDogs and then they were blown out 21-5 versus the Niagara Lock Monsters the very next day. The regular referees were at a clinic in Ottawa so the CLax was forced to use replacement refs for Saturday’s matinee. The inexperience of these referees was evident as the game was filled with…
Duke Falls to 1-3 After Loss to Penn
It’s hard to imagine this is the start John Danowski expected for his Blue Devils before the season; five games in, and Duke has lost three and won two. The most recent came Friday against the Pennsylvania Quakers. Penn opened their season with a very impressive 14-9 win over the Blue Devils. Tim Schwalje led all scorers with eight points in the game for the Penn. Duke was outshot 35…
Wings Get Revenge on Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks dropped to 3-5 on the season Saturday night as they lost to the 3-4 Philadelphia Wings. The Philadelphia win was their first against Rochester since 2009. The Knighthawks now have a brutal 1-4 home record. Rochester started out on a roll, leading 4-0 after the first quarter with goals from Cody Jamieson, Paul Dawson, Casey Powell and Cory Vitarelli. But the Wings quickly erased that deficit in…