The Toronto Rock got an unexpected shot in the arm when Jordan Magnuson rejoined their lineup halfway through the 2018 season. Magnuson was a rookie in 2017, playing 17 games as a defenseman with two goals and seven assists while going 119-269 on face offs. After being signed to a three-year contract in the summer,… Continue reading NLL: Spotlight on Jordan Magnuson

The Whitby Warriors picked up their first win of the 2018 Ontario Jr. A Lacrosse League season on Monday night with a 12-5 win over the Peterborough Lakers at the Memorial Centre. It was Peterborough’s first game of the season, while Whitby was coming off an 8-4 weekend loss to the Mimico Mountaineers. A couple… Continue reading OLA Jr. A: Warriors dominate Lakers in 12-5 win

The Rochester Knighthawks punched their ticket to the post-season on Saturday night with a 15-13 win over the Buffalo Bandits at Keybank Center. The ‘Hawks win also eliminates the Bandits, their closest rivals, from playoff contention. The Knighthawks finish the regular season in second place in the NLL’s eastern division. They will host the New… Continue reading NLL: American scoring record set in Knighthawks’ win over Bandits

Jake Withers is having himself a season. And that’s kind of incredible, considering he’s a rookie. Last weekend, the Rochester Knighthawks’ defenseman broke the league record for rookie face-off wins, going 22 for 28 against the Toronto Rock in a 14-11 win. With 243 wins, Withers passed Stephen Peyser’s 240, and has two more games… Continue reading NLL: Knighthawks’ Withers breaks rookie faceoff record

The Calgary Roughnecks ended their regular season home stand with a bang on Saturday night, prevailing 16-9 over the Buffalo Bandits in front of 17,113 fans at Scotiabank Saddledome. Holden Cattoni’s five goals led the charge for the ‘Necks, who scored 10 straight goals in the second half, shutting out the Bandits for 23:46. The… Continue reading NLL: Cattoni’s five goals lead Roughnecks over Bandits

On Saturday night I took to Twitter to complain to NLL TV that there was an issue with the sound coming through the Colorado Mammoth/Saskatchewan Rush game. It seemed that every time a new song started, the volume would get loud, then fade out when the camera changed direction. After some tweets back and forth… Continue reading Editorial: gamesmanship contradictory to the spirit of lacrosse

The Buffalo Bandits made a big push towards the playoffs on Friday night with a 20-7 win over the New England Black Wolves at Mohegan Sun Arena. Twelve straight second-half Bandits’ goals crushed the Black Wolves, who just couldn’t win a faceoff or even hold possession once they got it. Stephan Leblanc put New England… Continue reading NLL: Bandits bite Black Wolves 20-7

The Toronto Rock breathed a sigh of relief on Friday night as they snapped a three-game losing skid with a 14-9 win over the New England Black Wolves. The win, combined with losses by Rochester and Buffalo on Saturday, vaults Toronto precariously back into second place in the NLL’s east division. The Rock’s losing streak… Continue reading NLL: Rock snap losing skid with 14-9 win over Bandits

The New England Black Wolves are back on track after Kevin Crowley’s overtime goal gave them an 8-7 win over the Toronto Rock on Sunday afternoon at Air Canada Centre. The Black Wolves are resurging after three big losses and some roster moves that included shipping Shawn Evans to Buffalo a couple of weeks after… Continue reading NLL: Crowley the OT hero for Black Wolves

Early spring temperatures this week on the eastern seaboard have NLL teams looking towards playoff runs and acquiring the tools needed to get them there. That means trades, and there were two blockbusters this week with marquee players on the move. Who knows what the next two days could bring?! But there is plenty of… Continue reading Editorial: Recent spate of trades sees marquee NLL players on the move, and that’s okay

Two questions: Has there ever been a game in the NLL where only two members of a team found the scoresheet? And has there ever been an NLL game where BOTH teams were 100% on the power play? These questions arose from the Saskatchewan Rush’s 10-6 win over the Calgary Roughnecks on Saturday night at… Continue reading NLL: Rush dominate Roughnecks at Sasktel Centre

Despite a solid 17-10 win over the Georgia Swarm on Sunday evening, the Rochester Knighthawks remain in last place in the NLL’s east division. At 3-6, they’re half a game back of the Swarm and two games back of New England for the final playoff spot. Both the Swarm and Knighthawks were playing back-to-back. Georgia… Continue reading NLL: Knighthawks win big over Swarm