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Breaking: League Adopts Unified Standings Format & Updated Playoff Structure for 2023-24 Season

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Saskatchewan
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Albany
Las Vegas
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Panther City
Vancouver
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Calgary
Rochester
Sat, Dec 2
19:30:00
Philadelphia
New York
WK
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Philadelphia
Toronto
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Buffalo
Albany
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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
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Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
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13:00:00
Albany
Philadelphia
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19:30:00
Halifax
New York
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19:30:00
San Diego
Buffalo
Sat, Dec 16
22:00:00
Georgia
Vancouver
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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
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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
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20:00:00
Albany
Saskatchewan
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6
Sat, Jan 6
19:00:00
Halifax
Albany
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19:30:00
Panther City
Georgia
Sat, Jan 6
19:30:00
Colorado
Buffalo
Sun, Jan 7
15:00:00
New York
Philadelphia
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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
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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
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Panther City
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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
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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
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New York
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20:00:00
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 20
21:00:00
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Calgary
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Buffalo
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Dig Deep: Roughnecks Host Bandits At The ‘Dome

The Calgary Roughnecks will shoot for the team’s first win of the season when they host the Buffalo Bandits (3-3), who are looking to get back above .500, at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night. Watch the game live on NLL LIVE in the U.S. and TSN.ca in Canada starting at 9 p.m. ET.

The Roughnecks are coming off one of its best performances of the season, but still fell short of victory, losing to the Toronto Rock by a score of 12-11 on the road last weekend. Despite the loss, Roughnecks head coach Curt Malawsky says he likes what he saw in the game.

“The positives are outweighing the negatives,” Malawsky said. “I thought we competed really hard, I thought our second half defensively was the best half we’ve had all year long.”

One other positive for the ‘Necks is the play of forward Shawn Evans this season. Evans was named IL Indoor’s first star in the NLL this week after his four-goal and six-assist performance against Toronto. He now sits second in the league in goals (13), third in assists (19) and second overall in points (32).

However, there are still plenty of areas in Calgary’s game that need to be cleaned up before going into this weekend.

“I think we’re still making a few mistakes,” Malawsky added. “One-handed loose balls, not getting off the floor, missed assignments in the defensive zone and it ends up in the back of our net, that’s kind of hurting us.”

Calgary native and Roughnecks transition player Geoff Snider (2+6) is in his fifth season with the team and knows all about the difficulties in the National Lacrosse League.

“It’s about following the game plan that’s put in front of us by the coaching staff,” Snider said. “We’re always very prepared, you have to couple that with a strong effort and focus. Last weekend was a step in the right direction.”

This is the worst start to a season for Calgary since joining the NLL in 2001, and Malawsky knows it’s not going to be easy getting that first win against Buffalo.

“They have a world-class goaltender in Cos (Anthony Cosmo),” he said. “They got a big physical, strong defense and you got to earn everything you get.”

“They protect the middle of the floor very well,” Malawsky continued. “If you settle in for the outside shot, their transition game is one of the best in the league, it had six goals in the game against Minnesota and another four more against Rochester. They get up the floor really, really well and they’ve got a lot of guys that can put the ball in the net when they’re up there. “

The two teams haven’t seen each other since April of last season, a 16-13 Calgary road win. The Bandits and Roughnecks have only played each other eight times in history, splitting the overall all-time series at four games apiece.

“They’re very well coached,” Malawsky said. “For the most part, they’ve been very discipline and they got a lot of weapons up front so we’re going to have our hands full.”

The 0-4 start may be leaving many people scratching their heads, including the Roughnecks, but the team says no one is getting nervous quite yet.

“We’re not in ‘panic mode’ right now, but we’re definitely a desperate team,” Malawsky said.

“We’ve got all the tools and the character in our locker room to pull it together,” added the 5’10, 220-pound Snider. “It’s one of those things where we’re going to continue to figure out who we are and continue to push in the right direction.”

“In terms of guys panicking, we’re just coming together as a group. We’re tight, we’re going to have a great practice on Friday night and be ready to go Saturday… we’re excited to get on the floor this weekend and make a push for our first win.”

The Bandits are coming off their second back-to-back weekend of the season that saw a home win over the Minnesota Swarm and a road loss to the Rochester Knighthawks. Buffalo held on to a big lead and fought off a heavy comeback from Minnesota last Friday before mounting an unsuccessful comeback of their own against Rochester on Saturday.

The NLL schedule isn’t always easy and it’s especially tough to come back from a big deficit like the 10-4 hole Buffalo fell into on Saturday.

“It’s a grind to play back-to-back games, by no means is that an excuse,” said Bandits head coach Troy Cordingley. “Our guys had given everything they possibly had.”

Buffalo has been able to put stretches of great play together, but have struggled to play a full 60 minutes of solid lacrosse.

“We got out to a slow start [against Rochester,] we weren’t focused right from the get-go,” Cordingley admitted. “We’ve got to learn. In this league, if you take your foot off the pedal at any time, you’ll be in trouble.”

The key going forward is consistency. Cordingley screamed about being more consistent at last Friday morning’s shootaround.

“If you don’t play a full 60 minutes, you run the risk of either blowing a lead or getting yourselves too far behind to catch up,” added Bandits assistant coach Dan Teat. “We know we can play a half like we did against Minnesota and down 10-4 against Rochester, we were able to take an 11-10 lead, those are positives.”

Bandits forward Mark Steenhuis was happy with the team’s resilience last weekend.

“We had every reason to stop playing,” said Steenhuis. “The game could have gotten out of hand. We said we weren’t going to let that happen.”

Buffalo forward Ryan Benesch is second in the league in scoring with 32 points. He’s also leading the NLL in goals with 19. Dhane Smith is also in the top 10 with 29 points (10+19).

“I like what we have. We’re coming together, we’re working hard,” said Steenhuis confidently. “I expect great things from our offense the rest of the year.”

The Bandits currently sit 1.5 games back of the Toronto Rock for first in the East Division. Both teams will be desperate and hungry for a win this Saturday.

By Kassidy Collins (@RoughnecksBeat) & Steve Bermel (@BanditsBeat) for NLL.com. Photo by Bill Wippert)

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