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BUF at SD - Sat. 10pm ET on ESPNews Schedule

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WK
1
Fri, Dec 2
FINAL
Philadelphia
8
Halifax
18
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Vancouver
8
Toronto
19
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
San Diego
15
New York
14
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Albany
11
Buffalo
10
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Rochester
16
Georgia
11
Sat, Dec 3
FINAL
Colorado
6
Saskatchewan
18
WK
2
Fri, Dec 9
FINAL
Las Vegas
11
Panther City
13
Fri, Dec 9
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
12
San Diego
13
Sat, Dec 10
FINAL
Toronto
7
Rochester
11
Sat, Dec 10
FINAL
Vancouver
9
Calgary
11
WK
3
Fri, Dec 16
FINAL
Calgary
14
Vancouver
5
Fri, Dec 16
FINAL
Panther City
9
Las Vegas
3
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Buffalo
11
Toronto
8
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Rochester
14
Albany
13
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Philadelphia
13
Georgia
12
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Halifax
20
New York
11
Sat, Dec 17
FINAL
Colorado
12
Panther City
9
WK
5
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
Halifax
13
Buffalo
18
Fri, Dec 30
FINAL
San Diego
17
Calgary
14
Sat, Dec 31
FINAL
Panther City
9
Saskatchewan
11
WK
6
Fri, Jan 6
FINAL
Philadelphia
14
Las Vegas
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Panther City
9
Rochester
17
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Halifax
14
Albany
11
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Buffalo
18
Georgia
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Toronto
15
New York
7
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Calgary
8
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 7
FINAL
Vancouver
11
San Diego
16
WK
7
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Albany
11
Halifax
10
Fri, Jan 13
FINAL/OT
Saskatchewan
10
Colorado
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Halifax
8
Toronto
17
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Panther City
12
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Georgia
9
Buffalo
11
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
San Diego
10
Calgary
14
Sat, Jan 14
FINAL
Las Vegas
16
Vancouver
19
Sun, Jan 15
FINAL
Rochester
11
New York
8
WK
8
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Buffalo
12
Rochester
15
Fri, Jan 20
FINAL
Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
15
Sat, Jan 21
FINAL
Toronto
14
Philadelphia
5
Sat, Jan 21
FINAL
New York
16
Albany
10
WK
9
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Rochester
7
Halifax
17
Fri, Jan 27
FINAL
Buffalo
13
Philadelphia
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Buffalo
16
New York
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Las Vegas
10
Saskatchewan
15
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL/OT
Toronto
11
Calgary
10
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
San Diego
13
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 28
FINAL
Panther City
20
Vancouver
7
WK
10
Fri, Feb 3
FINAL
Georgia
10
Colorado
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL/OT
Calgary
12
Halifax
11
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
New York
14
Toronto
22
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Albany
5
Philadelphia
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Rochester
10
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Panther City
10
San Diego
12
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Saskatchewan
14
Vancouver
8
Sat, Feb 4
FINAL
Colorado
8
Las Vegas
13
WK
11
Fri, Feb 10
FINAL
Toronto
11
Georgia
10
Fri, Feb 10
FINAL
Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
13
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Halifax
14
Rochester
16
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Albany
12
New York
14
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Vancouver
13
Panther City
14
Sat, Feb 11
FINAL
Colorado
9
Calgary
13
WK
12
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Calgary
14
Vancouver
9
Fri, Feb 17
FINAL
Saskatchewan
16
San Diego
11
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Georgia
7
Toronto
16
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
12
Albany
10
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
12
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 18
FINAL
Colorado
7
Panther City
13
Sun, Feb 19
FINAL
New York
12
Halifax
13
WK
13
Fri, Feb 24
FINAL
Panther City
12
Colorado
14
Fri, Feb 24
FINAL
Calgary
9
Las Vegas
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL/OT
New York
10
Rochester
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL
Albany
4
Georgia
20
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL
Vancouver
16
Saskatchewan
12
WK
14
Fri, Mar 3
FINAL
Buffalo
10
Halifax
9
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
New York
12
Philadelphia
19
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Las Vegas
12
San Diego
15
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Rochester
8
Toronto
9
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL/OT
Georgia
9
Albany
8
Sat, Mar 4
FINAL
Saskatchewan
10
Panther City
16
Mon, Mar 6
FINAL
Toronto
10
Philadelphia
11
WK
15
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL/OT
Halifax
9
Buffalo
10
Fri, Mar 10
FINAL
Calgary
16
Colorado
10
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Albany
6
Toronto
12
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Philadelphia
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
San Diego
12
Saskatchewan
11
Sat, Mar 11
FINAL
Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
5
Sun, Mar 12
FINAL
Rochester
19
Georgia
18
WK
16
Fri, Mar 17
FINAL
Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
11
Fri, Mar 17
FINAL
San Diego
16
Vancouver
9
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Georgia
13
Philadelphia
12
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Toronto
12
Halifax
14
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Albany
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Colorado
13
Buffalo
8
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
8
Panther City
11
Sun, Mar 19
FINAL/OT
Philadelphia
9
Rochester
8
WK
17
Fri, Mar 24
20:30:00
San Diego
Panther City
Sat, Mar 25
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Mar 25
19:00:00
Halifax
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 25
19:30:00
Georgia
New York
Sat, Mar 25
21:30:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Buffalo
San Diego
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Colorado
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 25
22:30:00
Rochester
Las Vegas
WK
18
Fri, Mar 31
19:00:00
New York
Georgia
Fri, Mar 31
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Colorado
Fri, Mar 31
22:00:00
Calgary
San Diego
Sat, Apr 1
19:00:00
Buffalo
Toronto
Sat, Apr 1
20:00:00
Albany
Panther City
Sat, Apr 1
21:30:00
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 2
13:00:00
Georgia
Halifax
Sun, Apr 2
18:00:00
Rochester
Philadelphia
WK
19
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Albany
Rochester
Sat, Apr 8
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Georgia
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Panther City
Calgary
Sat, Apr 8
21:00:00
Vancouver
Colorado
Sat, Apr 8
22:30:00
San Diego
Las Vegas
WK
20
Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Calgary
Fri, Apr 14
21:00:00
San Diego
Colorado
Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Toronto
Sat, Apr 15
19:00:00
Georgia
Albany
Sat, Apr 15
19:30:00
New York
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 15
21:30:00
Halifax
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 15
22:00:00
Panther City
Vancouver
WK
21
Fri, Apr 21
20:30:00
Calgary
Panther City
Sat, Apr 22
18:00:00
New York
Halifax
Sat, Apr 22
19:00:00
Georgia
Rochester
Sat, Apr 22
20:00:00
Toronto
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 22
21:30:00
Colorado
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 22
22:00:00
Las Vegas
San Diego
Sun, Apr 23
15:00:00
Philadelphia
Albany
WK
22
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Rochester
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Buffalo
Albany
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
Halifax
Georgia
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
Colorado
San Diego
Sat, Apr 29
22:00:00
New York
Vancouver
Sat, Apr 29
22:30:00
Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
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Black Wolves Bookend Quick Start with Heavy Finish to Drop Rock

It was not exactly a ‘must have’ game for the New England Black Wolves, but it was an important one.

For the Black Wolves (6-4) who were opening the second half of their season, they needed to start building a foundation for their run to the playoffs and what better way to start than at home against the National Lacrosse League’s East Division leading Toronto Rock.

The Rock (7-2) came in riding a six game winning streak, but they also have not played in nine days. It showed early on Sunday afternoon at Mohegan Sun Arena as the Black Wolves started fast and ended faster to defeat the Rock by a 13-11 score.

It was the Dereck Downs show early as he scored 27 and 48 seconds into the game to give the Black Wolves a 2-0 lead less than a minute in. After that, this matchup of East Division rivals was up and down and all over the place, often leaving players and fans gasping for a breath during the rare breaks in play.

New England got caught running around midway through the opening quarter and thanks to six big saves by Doug Jamieson over a three minute span they were able to hold on to their 2-0 lead. However, too much running around eventually caused New England rookie Jackson Nishimura to take a holding penalty which put the hottest power play in the NLL to work.

On that man advantage Dan Craig got Toronto on the board shortly after start of power play for his 10th goal of the season. Toronto was 4 for 6 on the man advantage last weekend against San Diego and 11 for their last 18 coming in.

Jamieson stopped 14 of 16 shots in 1st quarter to keep this one in New England’s grasp as this one got a little hairy in the 2nd quarter when Toronto threw everything at them. Adam Jones tied the game 1:03 into the 2nd quarter and Dan Lintner followed that up to give the Rock their first lead of the game 2:29 later.

After a 3-0 Toronto run gave them the lead, Tyler Digby used a Callum Crawford screen to send a laser past Nick Rose who did not even move. The tie game did not last long as a slashing penalty to Greg Downing sent the Toronto power play back to work. Toronto’s leading scorer Tom Schreiber made them pay as he put a low shot past Jamieson putting the Rock back on top 5-4.

David Brock tied the score at 5-5 and if you have been following the Black Wolves this season you know that coming into today’s game they were undefeated when at least three defenders or transition players score in a game. Brock was the first and as New England took over this game late they picked up goals from two more with Colton Watkinson and Adam Bomberry scoring clutch, and much needed goals late.

Another key to New England’s success this season has been their two stars Callum Crawford and Stephan Leblanc. It took them both a little while to get going but they led the way yet again for the Black Wolves who desperately needed it after the Rock scored seven goals in the 2nd quarter to take a 9-7 lead into halftime.

The only goal of the 3rd quarter came late when Schreiber finished off his hat trick to give Toronto a three goal lead and it looked like New England was struggling to put anything together. Nevertheless, soon after that goal, Reilly O’Connor dropped a huge hit on Brad Kri in the offensive zone and it completely turned this game around putting all the momentum in New England’s favor as they headed into the final frame.

The Black Wolves were shut out in the 3rd quarter but they came on strong in the finishing quarter with five goals before the five minute mark to take a 12-10 lead. Getting started by Leblanc, the five goal stretch ended a 17 minute drought where the Black Wolves were held scoreless.

Crawford scored his 30th goal of the season and took over both, the NLL’s goals and points lead as he ended the day with three goals and five assists to lead all players. Leblanc also had another big game picking up two goals and four assists. Crawford kept his impressive goal streak going to 27 games and Leblanc stretched his point streak to 40 games. Downs picked up his second hat trick in the last three games. The rookie has scored seven goals total in those three games. Digby also kept his strong play going as he added a goal and five helpers to the Black Wolves offense.

With 4:50 left in the game, Crawford was handed a five minute major for his hit on Kri and the Black Wolves were tasked with preserving their two goal lead while killing off the remaining time a man down. New England killed off that late penalty and after giving up goals on Toronto’s first two power plays, they were able to cool off the Rock power play on their final three, man advantages. Jamieson had a handful of big saves down the stretch to add to his huge game in net and mark a new career high with 46 saves on 57 shots.

Toronto’s Schreiber did all he could as he put away three goals and dished out three assists. Rob Hellyer and Adam Jones added two goals each for five and four point games, respectively. Kieran McArdle also contributed with four assists on the afternoon.

The New England Black Wolves will be back in action at Mohegan Sun Arena next Sunday, March 3 for a 1 p.m. face-off when they take on the Colorado Mammoth.

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