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NLL: Austin Shanks burns former team in Saskatchewan’s game one win

Saskatchewan's Austin Shanks dives over the crease to score one of six goals during the Saskatchewn Rush's 16-7 victory over the Haifax Thunderbirds in NLL semi-final action at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Photo by James Bennett.

May 4, 2025

Former Halifax Thunderbird, Austin Shanks, scored six goals in the Saskatchewan Rush’s 16-7 win over the Thunderbirds during game one of the NLL semi-final match-up at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, N.S. Shanks scored a hat trick in the first quarter, and another hat trick in the third quarter to propel the Rush to victory. Shanks was a Thunderbird for the past four seasons but signed with the Rush in…

NLL: A dominant first quarter propels Thunderbirds to victory over Rush

Halifax Thunderbird Jake Withers celebrates a goal by standing on a ledge on the boards as Saskatchewan Rush captain Ryan Keenan looks on.

March 16, 2025

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Halifax Thunderbirds used a nine-goal first quarter to propel themselves to victory, defeating the Saskatchewan Rush 17-9 on Friday night in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,595 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “I think we came out with a lot of energy coming off a loss. Also, avenging a loss to these guys earlier in the year, we had a lot of juice coming into this game,” said…

NLL: Rush explode for 17 goals in win over Warriors

March 8, 2020

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The Saskatchewan Rush offense has struggled to find offensive consistency this season, but finally put things together on Saturday night when they handed the Vancouver Warriors a 17-7 drubbing. The win improves the Rush record to 7-3, keeping them locked into first place in the West Division, while the Warriors continue to struggle, sitting in last place in the division at 4-9. Saskatchewan got off to a quick lead, going…

NLL: Second half surge gives Rock 9-8 win over Rush

March 2, 2020

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A strong second half, powered by Reid Reinholdt’s hat trick, erased a four-goal deficit and gave the Toronto Rock a 9-8 win over the Saskatchewan Rush Saturday night. The win improves the Rock to 7-3, maintaining their hold on first place in the North Division. The Rush remain in first place in the West Division in spite of the loss, but drop to 6-3 on the season. The Rush’s Ryan…

NLL: Late Game Rally Gives Rush the Win Over Mammoth

February 10, 2020

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After three evenly contested quarters, the hometown Saskatchewan Rush scored four times in the final frame to defeat the Colorado Mammoth by a 9-7 score Saturday night. Colorado drew first blood on the very first possession of the game when Jacob Ruest snapped a shot at a bad angle on net late in the shot clock. The shot snuck past Rush goaltender Evan Kirk, putting the Mammoth on top just 33 seconds…

NLL: Mammoth trounce Rush 12-6

January 20, 2020

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The Colorado Mammoth took a convincing win from the Saskatchewan Rush Saturday night in Saskatoon, with a 12-6 final score. The win improves the Mammoth to 4-3 on the season while the Rush drop to 3-2. Saskatchewan got off to a quick and encouraging start, sniping three goals in the first five minutes of the game. That’s when Colorado took the game over. The Mammoth would score seven times in…

NLL: Rush cruise to 11-4 win over Riptide

December 29, 2019

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The Saskatchewan Rush made quick work of the New York Riptide in New York’s home opener, jumping out to an early 6-0 lead and earning an 11-4 victory. The Rush improve to 2-1 with the win while the expansion Riptide continue to struggle, sitting at 0-4 so far. Robert Church sniped the first goal of the game for Saskatchewan at the 3:47 mark of the first quarter. Rookie Holden Garlent…

Black Wolves Pounce on the Road, Beating Rush 12-8

December 15, 2019

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The New England Black Wolves improved to 2-0, with both wins coming on the road, as they defeated the Saskatchewan Rush 12-8 in NLL Week 2 action. Coming off a 12-8 win in Toronto last week, the Black Wolves attack was hot early, running up a quick lead, while goalie Doug Jamieson made key stops to allow his team to maintain momentum. The Rush fall to 1-1 on the season…

NLL: Rush crush Stealth 20-10 in one-sided contest

April 14, 2018

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The Vancouver Stealth (2-14) got on the board first but that was the end of the good news for the last-place team in the NLL. The Saskatchewan Rush (13-3) responded by scoring nine straight goals en route to an easy 20-10 victory. The Rush started third-string goalie Adam Shute and after the shaky start—giving up a goal to Vancouver’s Tony Malcom just 35 seconds into the game—he settled in and…

Rush Prove To Be Bad Xmas Hosts, Crush Black Wolves 24-11

December 24, 2017

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Former Saskatchewan Rush goalie Aaron Bold was given a rude welcome back to SaskTel Centre Saturday night as his former team handily beat the New England Black Wolves 24-11. The win keeps Saskatchewan (2-0) in a tie for first place with the Colorado Mammoth in the NLL West Division, while the Black Wolves drop to 1-1 and a second-place tie in the East. The Rush came out strong, getting off…

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