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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
04:43
New York
3
Georgia
8
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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Hero’S Welcome: Rush Slow Down Stealth For 15-14 Ot Win

Overtime has not been kind to the Edmonton Rush (8-4) this season, but its fortunes changed by capturing a 15-14 OT victory at home against the Vancouver Stealth (4-8) on Friday night. Vancouver held an 8-3 lead at one point in the third quarter, but the Rush went on a 9-1 run in the second half to tie the game and take the lead. Vancouver had some late heroics that pushed the game into an extra frame, but Zack Greer sealed the deal for the Rush to keep their West Division lead.

Friday night’s game is the first of a home and home series this weekend. These two teams will play again tomorrow night in Langley at 10 p.m. ET on TSN 1 and 3 in Canada and on WatchESPN in the United States.

“Not pretty, but we’ll certainly take it,” said the overtime hero, Zack Greer. “Big win, in this league, is important, and we gotta learn how to win those though games. Obviously not a great first half, three goals offensively, a few breakdown on the defensive end, and we’re going to have to be better.”

“But give credit to that other team, there’s no easy games in this league. That’s a great team, and we didn’t come ready to work and they did.”

It didn’t take long for Logan Schuss to make an impact for his new team, as he scored on his first shot with the Stealth to give them a 1-0 lead in the first quarter. The Rush responded by hitting the post three times. Joel McCready and Corey Small scored to give Vancouver three goals, while Mark Matthews scored Edmonton’s lone goal in the first.

Schuss was dealt to the Stealth during this week’s trade deadline, a deal that sent Johnny Powless to the Minnesota Swarm.

The Stealth made good use of their opportunities in the second. Digby, Salt, and Small added goals for Vancouver, while McCready scored two, giving him a first half hat-trick. Edmonton got goals from Davis and Greer, but struggled to defeat their true enemy, the post, which they hit five more times in the second. Eric Penney, making his first career NLL start, only allowed three goals out of the 30 shots he faced in the first half.

Edmonton found their rhythm in the third. After Tyler Digby scored to give the Stealth an 8-3 lead, the Rush went on a 7-2 run to tie the game at ten going into the fourth quarter thanks to goals from Matthews (2), Davis (2), Greer, Church, and Rubisch, who scored his first of the year after forcing a turnover out of Logan Schuss in the offensive zone.

“They got on a pretty good run,” said Stealth head coach Dan Perreault. “They hit a couple corners on their shots, they’re great shots. You know, the ball just started going in for them. Left a bit of a gap, on a couple of them and they got a bunch of great shooters. Overall, it was a great game going into overtime, but the third quarter got away on us a little bit. I thought we had a really good start so basically, you know, we had a great 50 minutes. Unfortunately, 10 minutes, they got on a bit of a run and we didn’t stop them.

The Rush carried its momentum into the fourth when they took their first lead of the game on a transition goal from John Lintz, his first of the season and first since 2011. Sorichetti and McIntosh built them a bigger lead, but the Stealth weren’t finished. Back to back beautiful goals from Small and Duch tied the game back up at 13-13.

Things looked up for the Rush when they took a 14-13 lead on a Robert Church goal with 53 seconds left. But Corey Small would respond for Vancouver, scoring with just seven seconds remaining to take the Rush into overtime. Edmonton has played two previous overtime games at Rexall Place this season, neither which ended with the result they wanted.

Friday night was different as Zack Greer scored his fourth of the game to give the Rush the victory. Greer finished with six points (4+2), second best to Ben McIntosh’s seven points (1+7).

Edmonton’s Head Coach and GM, Derek Keenan, didn’t think tonight game was a good showing for his club, and knows they have to be better if they are to come away with two wins this weekend.

“I don’t want our guys thinking that way, that we played great, and we hit a bunch of posts, ’cause we didn’t,” said Keenan. “I just didn’t think we competed hard enough for sixty minutes. Even when we got the lead, 13-10, we kind of stopped playing. We gave up a really bad transition goal, and then we gave up a couple goals that were just clean defensive breakdowns. We’ve got to be better for sixty minutes.”

When asked if there was a danger in defeating the three-time defending champions, the Rochester Knighthawks, 16-3, Keenan immediately answered, “Probably, yeah.”

On the other side, Dan Perreault was more pleased with his team’s play:

“Overall, I thought the boys put in a real good effort,” he said.

Logan Schuss led the way for Vancouver with seven points (1+6) in his debut with the Stealth. Eric Penney, another new face, ended the night with a .722 save percentage, stopping 39 of the 54 shots he faced.

“For Eric, it was a great first game from him, I’m happy for him,” said Perreault. “And with Logan, he’s a good player…we’re aware what Logan can do so certainly I was happy with their performances.”

“[Schuss] does create space because he has a very good outside shot,” said Perreault. “He sees the floor well, and he dishes well. He really is the type of player that’s a dangerous shooter, but he also makes everyone else on the floor better.”

Schuss was nervous coming into tonight’s game, but was happy to be able to contribute and hopes to continue to build chemistry with his new teammates.

“I had a little bit of the jitters tonight coming into this game. I didn’t want to do too much to start, so I was just happy to get that first one off my back to start, and everything just starts coming to you after that, so I thinking we started clicking throughout the game and I’m going to try to use that roll that we got in the fourth quarter going.”

Being from Ladner, B.C., Schuss is excited to play in front of his hometown crowd on Saturday night.

“I’m pretty jacked up, there’s a lot of friends and family who talked to me saying they’re coming out, and hopefully we can pack the LEC and get a good crowd out there.”

Friday night also marked the occasion where Mark Matthews would tie the franchise record for single-season scoring with 78 points (36+42), a record which he set last season. He now has six games left to grow that number as he makes his bid to be the NLL MVP.

With a win tomorrow night the Rush can secure a playoff spot, but to Zack Greer, much bigger goals lay ahead.

“It’s the first step in a long process. Our ultimate goal here is a Champion’s Cup at the end of the year. It’s the first step in the right direction, but it doesn’t mean a whole lot other than that.”

Three Stars of the Game as selected by the media:

1) Zack Greer
2) Logan Schuss
3) Ben McIntosh

By Mike Wilson (@RushBeat) for NLL.com. Photo by Dale MacMillan.

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