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BUF at TOR - Sat. 7pm ET 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
FINAL
San Diego
17
Panther City
9
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Toronto
11
Albany
9
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Halifax
14
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Georgia
13
New York
8
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Calgary
14
Saskatchewan
6
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL/OT
Buffalo
7
San Diego
6
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Colorado
12
Vancouver
14
Sat, Mar 25
FINAL
Rochester
7
Las Vegas
12
WK
18
Q3
09:33
New York
2
Georgia
7
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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Georgia Swarm Falls To Rochester, Sets New NLL Record For Most Goals In A Season

Swarm drops final game of regular season in defensive gem

The Georgia Swarm (13-5) dropped the final game of the year to the Rochester Knighthawks (7-11) by a score of 9-8 Saturday night. Georgia set a new NLL record for most goals scored by a team in a season with 266; Rochester held the previous record of 258 back in 2002.

The Swarm, having earned a bye in the postseason by securing the top seed in the East Division, will now rest up for a deep postseason run. Georgia will host its historic first home postseason game – Game 2 of the East Division Finals – on Saturday, May 20 at 7:05 p.m. Fans can purchase lower level seats for as low as $20 by calling 844-4-GASWARM or by visiting GeorgiaSwarm.com/Playoff.

5,126 fans witnessed history as MVP-candidate Lyle Thompson netted the historic goal on a power play three minutes into the game. Lyle also finished the weekend as the 2017 NLL scoring champion and set the team record in points with 116, a team-high and second-highest in team history 45 goals, and Swarm record-setting 71 assists. Despite scoring the hat trick in the loss to Rochester, Lyle’s behind-the-back second goal earned him a SportsCenter Top 10 recognition.

“I wasn’t coming in trying to get to a certain point on points I wanted or goals I wanted,” Lyle said. “It all just came with hard work and team chemistry. Last year, I started off slow coming into the league, and I progressed as the season went on. I don’t feel like I did well last year. I wanted to come back and be better and take a bigger role on the team. I worked on myself, just working to see what I had to do to be a better player. A lot of that comes with confidence.”

While not Georgia’s best offense in the season, the team did rest Miles Thompson and Randy Staats with Johnny Powless the scratch for the game. The Swarm defense stepped up big. Finding itself man-down ten times throughout the game, goaltender Brodie MacDonald and co. prevented Rochester from capitalizing on any of its powerplay chances.

“Rochester’s had some injuries down on their end,” head coach Ed Comeau said. “That’s not their number one power play, but we had a lot of man shorts and did a great job. I thought Brodie – he hadn’t played in a while and the first quarter’s always tough when you haven’t been in the net. Once he got in there, he settled in, played really well.”

Georgia started the game with its historic goal but lost the lead six minutes in from back-to-back goals from Rochester’s Dan Dawson and Luke Laszkiewicz. Lyle scored again for the Swarm to tie things up, but Paul Dawson scored on transition to give Rochester the lead again. Captain Jordan MacIntosh, with no one around him, received a long pass from Ethan O’Connor and beat Rochester’s Angus Goodleaf to tie things up once again. Joe Resetarits capped the scoring for the quarter, and Rochester found itself up 4-3.

Only three goals were scored in the second quarter. Georgia found itself man-down due to penalties, but goaltender Brodie MacDonald – making only his second start of the season – made clutch save after clutch save, helping Georgia kill Rochester’s chances.

“Our defense has been playing unbelievable,” Jackson said. “Brodie hasn’t been playing that much this year, but to see him play the way he did tonight, we’re all really happy for him. He really deserved that. We’re going to need that. We’re going to need everyone. If something happens to one of our goalies, we need both goalies to step up. So it was good to see that Brodie stepped up tonight.”

Laszkiewicz finally broke the ice in the quarter to put Rochester up by two. Lyle earned the hat trick with his second power play goal of the night, but D. Dawson scored the Knighthawks’ sixth goal. The teams went to their locker rooms with the score 6-4 in Rochester’s favor.

MacDonald and Georgia’s defense played even better in the third quarter, preventing Rochester from scoring once and killing six penalty minutes. Chad Tutton scored the only goal of the night, a behind-the-back pass received from Kiel Matisz.

With fifteen minutes left to play and the score 6-5 Rochester, Georgia needed some momentum its way, but played catch-up instead. Assistant captain Shayne Jackson scored a shorthand goal to tie things up five minutes into the quarter. Rochester’s Graeme Hossack put his team back on top before Bryan Cole scored on transition. Dan Lomas gave Rochester the lead for the penultimate time before Jackson made a slick catch and shot to tie things up for the last time that night.

Looking to prevent overtime, Georgia found itself with the ball with 31 seconds left in regulation. MacDonald was pulled to give the Swarm the extra attacker. Rochester forced a turnover, and Hossack got the ball and flung it straight at the empty net. The buzzer rang loud as the ball kissed the back of the net. Rochester won with an empty netter, the final score 9-8.

Lyle led the Swarm in goals with three. Jackson finished with four points (2G, 2A). MacDonald earned the loss, but only allowed eight goals all night.

The youngest Thompson Brother was not the only player to set records tonight. Hall set a personal career-best in assists with 60, and Matisz ended the regular season with a new personal high in points with 70 (28G, 42A).

Even with a tough loss, Georgia still retains the best record in the NLL and home field advantage in the playoffs. With a defense that has only allowed 25 goals over the last three games, Comeau is not worried going into the bye week the team earned with its top seed in the East Division.

“We obviously disappointed with some of our execution and things that happened,” Comeau said, “but our guys worked hard and battled hard with sort of a shorter lineup. and we think we know what we need to do to be successful in this league, will have a good practice next week, and be ready to go Game 1.”

Georgia will also host Game 2 of the East Division Finals on Saturday, May 20. The first playoff game to be played at The Hive, fans can purchase lower level seats for as low as $20 by calling 844-4-GASWARM or by visiting GeorgiaSwarm.com/Playoff.

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