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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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First Things First: Rock Look To Clinch At Black Wolves

The Toronto Rock (13-4) will shoot for the top overall seed in the National Lacrosse League and first place in the East Division when they roll into Connecticut to take on the New England Black Wolves (4-12) at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday at 7 p.m. ET. Watch the game on NLL LIVE in the U.S. and TSN GO in Canada.

It will take all 18 weeks of the NLL regular season to decide which team will be awarded the league’s top spot heading into the postseason. The reward is a free pass to the Division Finals series, and with home floor advantage to boot. While Toronto has held first place overall for nearly the entire season, it will take one last victory against New England (or a Rochester loss) in the final weekend to solidly their position.

“It’s the whole reason why you play in the regular season,” said Rock transition player Jesse Gamble. “It’s all comes down to this game. It’s extremely important we win this and clinch first place.”

The Rock are coming off of a much needed bye week, which gave recovering players Rob Hellyer (upper body) and Colin Doyle (rotator cuff) one final week to ready themselves for a return to the lineup. Between the two, 23 total man weeks were spent on the injury reserve.

“I think it was a good time for us to have a break, we’ve had some guys banged up, said Rock head coach John Lovell. “The week off gave Rob Hellyer and Colin Doyle another couple weeks to get ready here.”

Hellyer, before falling to injury in Week 12 against the Edmonton Rush, held the league’s highest point total with 86 points (31+55) and looked poised to earn his first career 100 point season. The sudden loss of Hellyer led to the eventual acquisition of league all star Kevin Crowley from New England via trade. As result, Hellyer, with Doyle, will be inserted into a crowded seven-man offensive lineup on Friday night.

“In a perfect world, our team has played very well in a six and ten scenario, but because of the injuries and because we have Rob [Hellyer] playing for the first time in six weeks and Colin [Doyle] for the first time in a year, we thought it would be wise to have the extra offensive guy going this weekend,” said Lovell of the unconventional lineup scenario.”

Count ’em, the Rock now have eight surefooted forwards on the active roster (Doyle, Hellyer, Crowley, Josh Sanderson, Stephan Leblanc, Brett Hickey, Kevin Ross, Kasey Beirnes), which means Lovell is forced to bite his lip and make a decision on who to sit out, a judgment the second-year coach is not excited to make.  

“Whenever you got to tell a guy he’s not in the lineup, I don’t think any coach wants to do that,” said Lovell. “These guys are good people as well as good players and they all want to compete.”

With Sanderson, Hickey and Leblanc each having banner years, the decision really boils down to Kevin Ross (21+34) and Kasey Beirnes (34+23), two players with just a couple points separating each other. Lovell gave no indication to who he’s leaning toward.

“I think about it a lot, we think about it all the time,” said Lovell.

The Black Wolves have come very close to beating the Rock in their previous meetings, losing by only four goals between two games. While the pack is officially out of playoff contention and looks to finish on a high note, the Rock can take the East Division title with a win.

“Every game in this league is tough…no easy games,” said Rock head coach John Lovell. “I don’t know whether it makes any difference if you beat a team by 10 or if you beat them by two. They are difficult games, whenever we play them in the season, on the schedule, there’s always a lot at stake.”

“We want to finish up strong this year,” said Black Wolves assistant general manager Rich Lisk. “We started off really strong, and we got hit with the injury bug pretty early with Quinn Powless going down. And these last few weeks with Andrew Suitor and Brian Megill; Mike Manley was out last weekend and Sheldon Burns was out last weekend. It’s been a different year, I’ll say that, but it’s a process too and we understood that.”

During their first matchup of the season, the Black Wolves controlled the pace most of the way. However, the Rock scored five goals in the fourth quarter to tie it at 12, and eventually won with an early goal in overtime. In their Week 16 rematch, the game was a battle of timely goals and quick answers. Toronto gained momentum late in the second half and ended up beating the Black Wolves, 15-12. Though the Rock and the pack are on opposite ends of the standings, the respect between the two clubs is clear.

“There are no bad teams in this league,” noted Lovell. “Sometimes teams don’t have as good a record as other teams; that doesn’t mean they’re a bad team. That’s just the way things fall sometimes.”

Though their season is over, the Black Wolves will focus on making the most of their final weekend and proving themselves to their fans. Even when the Wolves were suffering from a five-game skid, the Mohegan Sun Arena filled with cheers and howls for the pack. With the support from a passionate New England fan base, the Black Wolves can look back at their debut season with a little bit of pride.

“This first year has been good at Mohegan Sun and we owe nothing but our best to the ownership and the fans who’ve been supporting us all season long,” stated Black Wolves forward Kyle Buchanan. “We’ve got a couple of games to go here. The season didn’t end the way we wanted it to, but we’ve got to be professionals and we want to end on a high note.”

By Justin Millerson (@RockBeatToronto) and Alyssa McLaughlin (@BlackWolvesBeat) for NLL.com. Photo by Graig Abel.

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