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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
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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Il Indoor: Three Stars Of Nll Division Finals – Game 2

The 2016 NLL Champion’s Cup Finals are now set as the Buffalo Bandits will take on the Saskatchewan Rush with Game 1 set for Saturday, May 28 in Buffalo live on TSN2 & TSN GO and the ESPN app at 7:30 p.m. ET. Both teams advanced via Division Finals series sweeps as the Bandits downed the Black Wolves while the Rush knocked off the Roughnecks in the Game 2 matchups this past weekend. Check out which players performed the best with a preview of Stephen Stamp’s Three Stars of the Week on IL Indoor below.

“There’s a saying that in big games, your best players have to be your best players,” Stamp writes. “Is that really the case? There are plenty of examples of big-name guys doing the heavy lifting, but there are also plenty of examples of guys considered to be complementary players stepping up into starring roles on the big stage: had you ever heard of Dexter Jackson before he was the Super Bowl MVP in 2003? Me neither.”

Saturday night saw the Buffalo Bandits and Saskatchewan Rush sweep the division finals to set up an intriguing Champion’s Cup matchup starting next Saturday. In the clinching games, we saw big names and role players demanding the spotlight. Both are represented in this week’s National Lacrosse League 3 Stars.

First Star
Dhane Smith, Buffalo Bandits
4 goals, 5 assists

We start with the biggest of big names in the NLL this season. Dhane Smith followed up his record-setting, credulity-straining regular season by doing in the playoffs what he’d done for 18 games already: keep scoring despite what anyone tries to do to stop him. The thing about the Great Dhane’s 16 points in two playoff wins over New England is that it generally looked like the Black Wolves did a pretty decent job against him. Smith didn’t have tons of great scoring chances and it was seldom easy for him to create them for himself or others.

One of his goals Friday was a perfect exemplar of the Dhane Defence Conundrum. Dan Ball was on Smith at the top of Buffalo’s offensive formation. Smith jab-stepped hard to his right and Ball went with him, just for a moment. As soon as Smith saw that Ball’s right foot had crossed over his left and he’d started to turn his shoulders to try to get ahead of Smith heading down the alley, Smith stepped back and let a shot fly. Ball recovered quickly and jumped out on Smith, but it was too late.

Now, I am able to tell you exactly what happened and how it created just enough space for Smith to get his shot off because I have watched the play several times and analyzed the exact sequence. Just think about what it’s like to be a defender against Smith, knowing that you have to stay between him and the net. You have to take the step that Ball did. Perhaps if he’d used a slide step, leading with his left foot instead of his right, he could have stopped Smith. Then again, the slide step might left him with his feet spread to far to catch up as Smith accelerated into a bit of open space. There’s simply no way to shut Dhane Smith down right now. Ball didn’t play bad defence; he played slightly imperfect defence, and that was plenty for Smith to take advantage. Just think how fascinating it will be to see what Saskatchewan does to try to contain Smith. It will be a chess match played out at lightning speed.

Second Star
Jeff Cornwall, Saskatchewan Rush
1 assist, 6 loose balls, 3 caused turnovers

One of the defenders with primary responsibility for covering Smith will be Cornwall. That should be a source of some comfort for Rush fans. Cornwall doesn’t get the nod here because of his numbers, although his three caused turnovers is a solid stat. He is recognized because he played an absolutely sensational defensive game and was a dynamic difference maker for all 60 minutes. It’s no shocker that Cornwall played well—he’s evolved into one of the best defenders in the league, he just doesn’t get lots of attention because the Rush are so stocked with stud defenders. But while Corbeil, Dilks, Rubisch and others all had strong games for Saskatchewan, it was Cornwall who just seemed to be everywhere, making plays one after another. He blocked shots, he created transition chances, he played his usual aggressive, physical defence without taking a penalty. In short, Cornwall was superb.

Honorable Mentions
Kedoh Hill (Buffalo): 4g, 3a. Hill had a strong year in transition for the Bandits, but only once did he score more than two goals in the regular season. He was on fire in the division final, scoring four goals in each game…Aaron Bold (Saskatchewan): 39/48, .813 save percentage. Saskatchewan did thoroughly outplay Calgary, but Bold playing like his old self both helped keep the Roughnecks’ offence at bay and infused his teammates with added confidence. He’s finding his game at the perfect time for the Rush’s repeat hopes…Greg Harnett (Calgary): 1a, 7LB, 2CTO. Take away the handful of goals Saskatchewan scored in transition and their power play marker, and you see that Calgary’s defence did a pretty solid job against the Rush. Harnett was, as usual, front and centre in the unit’s efforts…Chad Culp (Buffalo): 3g, 1a. There’s just something about a Chad Culp goal that gets his teammates fired up, and when he notches a hat trick it leads to a very inspired team…Zack Greer (Saskatchewan): 4g, 2a. Scored three of the Rush’s four goals in a five-minute span of the fourth that settled the outcome…Chris Corbeil (Saskatchewan): 6LB, 6CTO. Six caused turnovers in one game is impressive…Shawn Evans (New England): 2g, 4a. Evans will be disappointed that the Black Wolves fell short, but he led them much farther than anyone expected them to go this year…Mitch de Snoo (Buffalo): 4LB, 5CTO. Forget about calling him a rookie any more. de Snoo is playing beyond his years …Tyler Digby (Calgary): 4g. Helped give the Roughnecks and their fans just a little bit of hope with his late goals… Ryan Benesch & Mark Steenhuis (Buffalo): 3g each, 4 & 2 assists, respectively. Candidates for best performance in a supporting role…Mark Matthews (Saskatchewan): 2g, 5a. What a beauty his pass to set up…

Click here for the Third Star and full list of Honorable Mentions from Stephen Stamp’s Three Stars of NLL Division Finals Game 2 on IL Indoor.

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