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WK
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Fri, Dec 1
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Halifax
Fri, Dec 1
22:00:00
Albany
Las Vegas
Fri, Dec 1
22:00:00
Panther City
Vancouver
Sat, Dec 2
19:00:00
Calgary
Rochester
Sat, Dec 2
19:30:00
Philadelphia
New York
WK
2
Sat, Dec 9
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Toronto
Sat, Dec 9
19:00:00
Buffalo
Albany
Sat, Dec 9
19:30:00
Colorado
Georgia
Sat, Dec 9
20:00:00
Rochester
Saskatchewan
Sat, Dec 9
22:00:00
Calgary
San Diego
Sun, Dec 10
16:00:00
Las Vegas
Panther City
WK
3
Fri, Dec 15
22:00:00
Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
Sat, Dec 16
13:00:00
Albany
Philadelphia
Sat, Dec 16
19:30:00
Halifax
New York
Sat, Dec 16
19:30:00
San Diego
Buffalo
Sat, Dec 16
22:00:00
Georgia
Vancouver
WK
4
Fri, Dec 22
20:00:00
Toronto
Panther City
Fri, Dec 22
21:00:00
Georgia
Colorado
Sat, Dec 23
19:00:00
Vancouver
Rochester
WK
5
Fri, Dec 29
18:30:00
Philadelphia
Halifax
Fri, Dec 29
19:30:00
Georgia
Buffalo
Fri, Dec 29
22:00:00
Rochester
San Diego
Sat, Dec 30
16:00:00
New York
Toronto
Sat, Dec 30
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Calgary
Sat, Dec 30
21:00:00
Vancouver
Colorado
Sun, Dec 31
20:00:00
Albany
Saskatchewan
WK
6
Sat, Jan 6
19:00:00
Halifax
Albany
Sat, Jan 6
19:30:00
Panther City
Georgia
Sat, Jan 6
19:30:00
Colorado
Buffalo
Sun, Jan 7
15:00:00
New York
Philadelphia
WK
7
Fri, Jan 12
18:30:00
Toronto
Halifax
Fri, Jan 12
22:00:00
San Diego
Las Vegas
Sat, Jan 13
19:00:00
Buffalo
Rochester
Sat, Jan 13
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 13
19:30:00
Panther City
New York
Sat, Jan 13
19:30:00
Albany
Georgia
Sat, Jan 13
21:00:00
San Diego
Colorado
Sat, Jan 13
22:00:00
Calgary
Vancouver
WK
8
Fri, Jan 19
19:30:00
New York
Buffalo
Sat, Jan 20
19:00:00
Georgia
Toronto
Sat, Jan 20
19:00:00
San Diego
Albany
Sat, Jan 20
20:00:00
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Sat, Jan 20
21:00:00
Calgary
Colorado
WK
9
Fri, Jan 26
22:00:00
Colorado
Vancouver
Sat, Jan 27
18:00:00
Rochester
Halifax
Sat, Jan 27
19:00:00
Buffalo
Toronto
Sat, Jan 27
19:30:00
Georgia
New York
Sat, Jan 27
19:30:00
San Diego
Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 27
22:00:00
Panther City
Las Vegas
WK
10
Fri, Feb 2
19:00:00
Halifax
Philadelphia
Fri, Feb 2
19:30:00
Vancouver
Georgia
Fri, Feb 2
21:00:00
New York
Calgary
Sat, Feb 3
19:00:00
Las Vegas
Albany
Sat, Feb 3
19:30:00
Rochester
Buffalo
Sat, Feb 3
20:00:00
Panther City
Saskatchewan
Sat, Feb 3
21:00:00
Toronto
Calgary
Sun, Feb 4
18:00:00
Colorado
San Diego
WK
11
Fri, Feb 9
18:30:00
Las Vegas
Halifax
Fri, Feb 9
20:00:00
Colorado
Panther City
Sat, Feb 10
19:00:00
Georgia
Rochester
Sat, Feb 10
19:00:00
Calgary
Toronto
Sat, Feb 10
19:30:00
San Diego
New York
Sat, Feb 10
22:00:00
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
WK
12
Fri, Feb 16
18:30:00
Buffalo
Halifax
Fri, Feb 16
22:00:00
Philadelphia
Las Vegas
Sat, Feb 17
19:00:00
Colorado
Albany
Sun, Feb 18
19:00:00
Halifax
Calgary
WK
13
Fri, Feb 23
21:00:00
New York
Colorado
Fri, Feb 23
22:00:00
Georgia
San Diego
Sat, Feb 24
19:00:00
Las Vegas
Rochester
Sat, Feb 24
19:00:00
Vancouver
Toronto
Sat, Feb 24
19:30:00
Albany
Buffalo
Sat, Feb 24
20:00:00
Halifax
Saskatchewan
Sat, Feb 24
21:00:00
Philadelphia
Calgary
Sun, Feb 25
16:00:00
Georgia
Panther City
WK
14
Fri, Mar 1
19:00:00
Georgia
Halifax
Fri, Mar 1
20:00:00
San Diego
Panther City
Fri, Mar 1
22:00:00
Toronto
Las Vegas
Fri, Mar 1
22:00:00
Buffalo
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 2
13:00:00
Calgary
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 2
19:00:00
New York
Albany
Sat, Mar 2
21:00:00
Saskatchewan
Colorado
Sat, Mar 2
22:00:00
Toronto
San Diego
Sun, Mar 3
16:00:00
Rochester
Panther City
WK
15
Fri, Mar 8
19:00:00
Vancouver
Albany
Fri, Mar 8
19:30:00
Calgary
Georgia
Fri, Mar 8
19:30:00
Saskatchewan
Buffalo
Sat, Mar 9
17:00:00
Colorado
Toronto
Sat, Mar 9
19:00:00
Albany
Rochester
Sat, Mar 9
19:30:00
Las Vegas
New York
Sat, Mar 9
22:00:00
Halifax
San Diego
Sun, Mar 10
15:00:00
Panther City
Philadelphia
WK
16
Fri, Mar 15
18:30:00
Panther City
Halifax
Fri, Mar 15
21:00:00
San Diego
Calgary
Fri, Mar 15
22:00:00
Las Vegas
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 16
19:00:00
Rochester
Albany
Sat, Mar 16
19:00:00
Toronto
Buffalo
Sat, Mar 16
19:30:00
Philadelphia
Georgia
Sat, Mar 16
20:30:00
New York
Saskatchewan
WK
17
Fri, Mar 22
20:00:00
Buffalo
Panther City
Fri, Mar 22
21:00:00
Albany
Calgary
Sat, Mar 23
19:00:00
Halifax
Toronto
Sat, Mar 23
19:00:00
Vancouver
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 23
19:30:00
Saskatchewan
New York
Sat, Mar 23
21:00:00
Rochester
Colorado
Sat, Mar 23
22:00:00
Las Vegas
San Diego
Sun, Mar 24
17:30:00
Saskatchewan
Georgia
WK
18
Sat, Mar 30
13:00:00
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 30
19:00:00
Halifax
Rochester
Sat, Mar 30
19:30:00
Toronto
New York
Sat, Mar 30
22:00:00
Vancouver
Las Vegas
WK
19
Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
Buffalo
Colorado
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
Panther City
San Diego
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
Halifax
Vancouver
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
New York
Rochester
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Apr 6
19:30:00
Las Vegas
Georgia
Sat, Apr 6
20:00:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 7
16:00:00
Philadelphia
Panther City
WK
20
Fri, Apr 12
21:00:00
Philadelphia
Colorado
Sat, Apr 13
19:00:00
Rochester
Toronto
Sat, Apr 13
19:30:00
Calgary
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 13
20:00:00
San Diego
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 13
22:00:00
Colorado
Las Vegas
Sat, Apr 13
22:00:00
New York
Vancouver
Sun, Apr 14
16:00:00
Albany
Panther City
WK
21
Fri, Apr 19
19:30:00
Rochester
Georgia
Fri, Apr 19
22:00:00
Vancouver
San Diego
Sat, Apr 20
18:00:00
Colorado
Halifax
Sat, Apr 20
19:30:00
Albany
New York
Sat, Apr 20
20:00:00
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 20
21:00:00
Panther City
Calgary
Sat, Apr 20
22:00:00
Buffalo
Las Vegas
Sun, Apr 21
15:00:00
Philadelphia
Rochester
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Alterna Cup Preview: VAN at CAL

Don’t count out the NLL’s reigning champion, the Calgary Roughnecks, especially at this point of the season.

With a win against the Vancouver Warriors on Friday, the Calgary Roughnecks will move to 6-7, the same record they had at one point during their run to the league’s 2019 title, the last Championship awarded due to the cancellation of the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.

In other words, Calgary has the rest of the teams in the NLL right where they want them.

“In previous years we have had slow starts,” says Roughnecks goaltender Christian Del Bianco. “Sadly this year has been no different. We’ve been able to overcome it in years past and are primed to do it again.”

This year Calgary has been consistently inconsistent, alternating wins and losses since the start of the season.

There was also a three-game losing streak through a weird pandemic period of postponements and reschedulings throughout December and January when the Roughnecks went more than 40 days between games.

“The year we won [the championship in 2019] we just took it a game at a time,” Del Bianco says. “With that being said we’re not looking ahead to the playoffs a month from now, we’re looking at the Warriors this weekend.”

Fast forward to 2022 and Calgary is again at 5-7 and looking to move to 6-7 with a win over Vancouver at WestJet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday in the Sports Interaction Game of the Week on TSN (9pm ET/ESPN+).

A Roughnecks win would also leap them over both Panther City (6-8) and the Warriors (6-7) into the third guaranteed playoff spot in the West Conference. In 2019 Calgary also finished third in the West, once again proving lacrosse’s ever-present it’s-not-how-you-start it’s-how-you-finish axiom.

Friday’s game is also part of the all-Canadian Alterna Cup. The competition among all five Canadian clubs was created in partnership with Alterna Savings, the exclusive banking partner of the NLL in Canada. The Roughnecks (3-1) and Halifax (4-0) are the two teams still in contention for the Alterna Cup, which will be awarded to the squad from the north with the best winning percentage against other Canadian clubs. These two clubs will face each other next week on April 8 in what could be the deciding game for the Cup.

“We want to win every game: Alterna Cup, divisional or versus the East. It’s all the same,” says Del Bianco, a 2019 Second Team All-Pro who currently sports an 11.61 goals-against average and .765 save percentage. His career regular-season numbers are 11.13/.785.

“I think we have been hit with a bit of injuries and COVID protocol much like other teams throughout the year so some younger guys have got chances to play bigger roles. We’re hoping, as we get our full lineup back, that will pay dividends and make it easier for us to get the results that are needed.”

On his own journey to consistency this season Del Bianco is cool as a cucumber, much like his demeanor in net: “Overall just putting in the time practice-wise, trusting myself and trusting the guys in front of me. The rest will take care of itself. I don’t overthink it too much.”

Calgary lost to the Warriors earlier this season, giving up three power-play goals in an 11-10 setback on February 18. Vancouver’s power-play is currently second best in the league at 51.8% and led by rangy forward Keegan Bal (seventh in NLL scoring with 71 points), veteran Logan Schuss (47 points) and sniper Kyle Killen (30 goals).

“Obviously you want to avoid being shorthanded,” Del Bianco says. “But if we take penalties working [or] playing hard we can live with it. We just have to eliminate the ones that we can control.”

The Roughnecks will counter the Warriors’ dynamic extra-man offense with big stops from Del Bianco, whose career playoff numbers are better than his regular-season ones with a 10.17 goals-against average and .821 save percentage, as well as an all-round team game.

Calgary is led by rover Zach Currier, first in the league in both loose balls (162) and forced turnovers (37) who also has seven goals and a 57.0 faceoff percentage, and the offense is supplied for the most part by Jesse King (18th in NLL scoring with team-best 60 points), Curtis “Superman” Dickson (22 goals) and Tyler Pace (38 points).

The Warriors, meanwhile, have been consistently streaky this season, with alternating winning- and losing-streaks since the start of the season, and are currently on a three-game road losing streak.

Both Calgary and Vancouver enter Friday’s game with wins under their belts from last weekend, and are trying to keep things moving in the right direction. The Warriors also play this weekend at home in Rogers Arena against Albany on Saturday (10pm ET/ESPN+/TSN.ca).

Back to Roughnecks goalie Del Bianco on what in part helps him maintain his cool inside the crease; he is somewhat active on social media (@cdelbianco35), giving a bit of an irreverent inside look into the life of an NLL player.

“I get a good chuckle out of social media,” he says. “I don’t take it very serious, as anyone who follows me can probably tell.”

But what Del Bianco does take seriously is being solid and steady between the pipes.

Calgary has the championship banners and rings from 2019 to prove it, and the Roughnecks are once again looking to ride off into the sunset at the end of the season with both the Alterna Cup and the NLL crown.

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