Austin Shanks Takes Down the Thunderbirds — Again
Losing Austin Shanks in free agency to the Saskatchewan Rush has turned into the Halifax Thunderbirds’ worst nightmare. After scoring the overtime winner in last year’s NLL semifinal to end Halifax’s season, Shanks once again played the villain — scoring the game-winner with just over a minute left as the Rush defeated the Thunderbirds 10–9 […]
All Lacrosse All The Time Weekly NLL Lacrosse Pick ‘Ems – Week 5
All season long the All Lacrosse All The Time Crew will put together their picks for the upcoming week of NLL games. Week 4: “Muffler” Mike…3-1Shawn……………..3-1Gary…………………3-1Pat…………………..2-2Caden……………..4-0 Standings: Gary…………………13-4 .764“Muffler” Mike..11-6 .646Shawn……………..10-7 .588Pat…………………….9-8 .529Caden……………….9-8 .529 Week 5 picks: “Muffler” Mike: Saskatchewan vs. Halifax Halifax. The Thunderbirds are coming off a road win over the defending champs, while […]
Jones Holds It Down For Vegas In Home Opener Win
This was a great start for the Las Vegas Desert Dogs, scoring six unanswered goals to open the game. Las Vegas was scoring off the rush, in transition, getting creative in the offensive zone, making great cuts to the net. Getting great production from Chase Fraser with a pair of goals in his Desert Dogs […]
Fields Gets Eleven As Rochester Grounds The Wings
(Photos courtesy of Micheline Veluvolu) The Philadelphia Wings (1-1) visited the Rochester Knighthawks (2-0) in NLL action Saturday evening at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY. Both teams had good weeks in their first outing last week, and were looking to build on it. For Philadelphia, the combination of Phil Caputo, Joe Resetarits, and […]
Rush Drop Swarm in Low-Scoring Affair
In a defensive battle, the Saskatchewan Rush came away with a 7-4 win over the Georgia Swarm in a low-scoring affair on Saturday night in Saskatoon. Saskatchewan’s defence and goaltender Frank Scigliano held the Swarm to just one goal through three quarters of play. Scigliano finished the night stopping 35 of 39 shots in the […]
Six Goal Run Sends Warriors To Victory
(Photos courtesy of David Pickering NLL) The Vancouver Warriors (2-1) visited the Oshawa FireWolves (1-3) at the Tribute Centre in Oshawa, Ontario for the Teddy Bear Toss game. The Warriors were dominant in their victory last week of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. Adam Charalambides, Curtis Dickson, Jesse King, and Keegan Bal all had strong […]
All Lacrosse All The Time Weekly NLL Lacrosse Pick ‘Ems – Week 4
All season long the All Lacrosse All The Time Crew will put together their picks for the upcoming week of NLL games. Week 3: “Muffler” Mike…5-2Shawn……………..4-3Gary…………………6-1Pat…………………..2-5Caden……………..2-5 Standings: Gary………………..10-3 .769“Muffler” Mike…8-5 .615Shawn……………..7-6 .538Pat…………………..7-6 .538Caden………………5-8 .385 Week 3 picks: “Muffler” Mike: Vancouver vs. Oshawa Vancouver. Oshawa is averaging just 5 goals per game over their first three […]
Wings Win Season Opener Against Colorado
The Philadelphia Wings defense quickly put the league on notice, bringing some smash mouth, Welcome-To-Philly play in their home opener on Saturday. The Wings physically became too much for the Colorado Mammoth in the first half. I talked with Wings coach Ian Rubel and asked, “Is this the brand of defense you wanted? A Philly […]
Petterson’s OT Goal Sends Thunderbirds Soaring To Victory
(Photo courtesy of the Halifax Thunderbirds Instagram Page) The Halifax Thunderbirds (2-0) visited the Buffalo Bandits (1-1) at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Both teams were successful in their opening week match-ups. Buffalo beat Georgia in a hard fought battle, while Warren Hill made history in the Thunderbirds victory. Hill only surrendered two […]
FireWolves Offense Continues To Struggle In Second Straight Loss
The Oshawa FireWolves traveled to Gas South Arena for a Week 3 showdown with the Georgia Swarm. The FireWolves, who are the only team to have played in each of the first three weeks of the season, were looking to bounce back from a Week 2 loss to Halifax in which they tied the NLL […]