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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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Limelight: Rush Shines In Game 1 Win Over Roughnecks, 16-10

The Saskatchewan Rush showed why the defending champs tied for the NLL’s best regular season record as they defeated the Calgary Roughnecks with a 16-10 road win to take a 1-0 series lead in the West Division Finals in front of a crowd of 12,211 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night. With the win, the Rush continued its playoff winning streak against Calgary dating back to last year’s West Finals and won the fifth game against its rivals in 2016 after sweeping the season series, 4-0.

Rush general manager and head coach Derek Keenan was very happy with how his team handled themselves.

“We played a great 60 minute game,” he said. “Our composure is key. We’re still a relatively young team yet a veteran team when it comes to these battles.”

The top scorers for the Rush were Mark Matthews (2g, 3a), Chris Corbeil (2g, 3a) and Robert Church (2g, 2a) while Ben McIntosh scored four goals as the game’s first star. The Roughnecks leading scorers were Curtis Dickson (3g, 2a), Dane Dobbie (1g, 4a) and Jeff Shattler (2g, 2a).

Saskatchewan got an early lead as Jarrett Davis put one past Calgary starter Mike Poulin just over a minute into the game. Less than 30 seconds later Roughneck rookie Reilly OConnor tied the game. Mark Matthews and Curtis Dickson traded goals before Saskatchewan defenseman Nik Bilic put the Rush ahead 3-2. The back-and-forth first quarter continued as Jon Harnett tied the game with a power play goal. Dickson said he knew it would be a battle because of how important winning game one is.

“They are defending champions and first in the West for a reason,” Dickson said. “You definitely want to get the first one in the back pocket.”

Robert Church was able to put the Rush up with just nine seconds left in the frame as Saskatchewan took a 4-3 lead into the second. Shots were 16-14 in favor of the Rush.

There were a lot of chances early on in the second but nobody was able to get one through. The Roughnecks looked to tie the game but the goal was negated due to a Too Many Men penalty. On the ensuing power play the Rush extended their lead to 5-3 as Ben McIntosh finished off a nice passing play. Wesley Berg was able to snipe one by Saskatchewan starter Aaron Bold as Calgary cut the lead to 5-4. McIntosh got his second of the game to restore the two-goal lead. Keenan praised his offence knowing the Roughnecks were going to play good defense against them.

“I thought we really stuck with it,” Keenan said. “Their defense plays our offence tougher than anybody else in the league.”

Riggers veteran Jeff Shattler took a shot that trickled over the line as Saskatchewan took a 6-5 lead into the second half. Despite being down at the half, Calgary head coach Curt Malawsky thought his offence was doing great.

“I thought we generated some good chances,” he explained. “Their goalie was looking behind him a lot. A couple fortuitous bounces here and there and we’d be up a couple goals.”

The third started fast as Jeremy Thompson scored for the Rush just six seconds in to put the visitors up 7-5. Dane Dobbie got a power play goal and Tyler Digby scored shortly after to tie the game again at 7-7. Dickson scored Calgary’s third straight goal as the Roughnecks took their first lead of the game, 8-7.

Keenan said aside from the three-straight goals, his starting goalie played great.

“I thought he made big saves at big times,” he said. “Every night, he gives you an opportunity to win.”

The quarter would go almost 10 minutes without a goal before Saskatchewan defenseman Brett Mydske tied the game at 8-8. That’s how the quarter would finish as the teams headed into the final frame. Saskatchewan held a slight edge in shots, 36-33.

Church opened the scoring in the fourth quarter netting his second of the game to give Saskatchewan the 9-8 lead. A power play goal by Matthews extended the Rush’s lead to 10-8. The Rush notched their third straight goal as Bilic squeezed one through Poulin on a partial breakaway as Saskatchewan continued to lead 11-8. Malawsky said his team needed to be good on transition, but Saskatchewan got the upper hand in this game.

“They had four transition goals and that changes the momentum. That was one of our keys to the game that we had to control the transition game,” he said. “To their credit, they did.”

Keenan praised his defense saying they came up huge in the later stages of the game.

“Our defense really did a good job taking away their time and space, creating some turnovers, got some transition goals which are always backbreakers,” he said.

Shattler was able to get one back for the Riggers but McIntosh answered right back with his hat-trick goal as the Rush led 12-9 halfway through the frame. Chris Corbeil got in on a dominant quarter by the Rush with a goal of his own as the Rush took a 13-9 lead. McIntosh got his fourth if the game before Dickson potted his hat-trick goal, the Rush continued to lead 14-10. Corbeil and Jeff Cornwall each scored empty net goals as the Rush would go on to take game one in convincing fashion, 16-10.

Calgary’s Jeff Shattler didn’t appreciate the empty net goals.

“When you have a team beat you just pull it out and kill the 30 and dump it in the corner,” the veteran said. “They gave us a lot of hate for next weekend and we’re going to be ready for these guys.”

Three Stars of the Game:

1) Ben McIntosh
2) Aaron Bold
3) Curtis Dickson

By Matt Fetinko for NLL.com. Photo by Candice Ward.

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