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WK
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Fri, Dec 1
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Halifax
Fri, Dec 1
22:00:00
Albany
Las Vegas
Fri, Dec 1
22:00:00
Panther City
Vancouver
Sat, Dec 2
19:00:00
Calgary
Rochester
Sat, Dec 2
19:30:00
Philadelphia
New York
WK
2
Sat, Dec 9
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Toronto
Sat, Dec 9
19:00:00
Buffalo
Albany
Sat, Dec 9
19:30:00
Colorado
Georgia
Sat, Dec 9
20:00:00
Rochester
Saskatchewan
Sat, Dec 9
22:00:00
Calgary
San Diego
Sun, Dec 10
16:00:00
Las Vegas
Panther City
WK
3
Fri, Dec 15
22:00:00
Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
Sat, Dec 16
13:00:00
Albany
Philadelphia
Sat, Dec 16
19:30:00
Halifax
New York
Sat, Dec 16
19:30:00
San Diego
Buffalo
Sat, Dec 16
22:00:00
Georgia
Vancouver
WK
4
Fri, Dec 22
20:00:00
Toronto
Panther City
Fri, Dec 22
21:00:00
Georgia
Colorado
Sat, Dec 23
19:00:00
Vancouver
Rochester
WK
5
Fri, Dec 29
18:30:00
Philadelphia
Halifax
Fri, Dec 29
19:30:00
Georgia
Buffalo
Fri, Dec 29
22:00:00
Rochester
San Diego
Sat, Dec 30
16:00:00
New York
Toronto
Sat, Dec 30
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Calgary
Sat, Dec 30
21:00:00
Vancouver
Colorado
Sun, Dec 31
20:00:00
Albany
Saskatchewan
WK
6
Sat, Jan 6
19:00:00
Halifax
Albany
Sat, Jan 6
19:30:00
Panther City
Georgia
Sat, Jan 6
19:30:00
Colorado
Buffalo
Sun, Jan 7
15:00:00
New York
Philadelphia
WK
7
Fri, Jan 12
18:30:00
Toronto
Halifax
Fri, Jan 12
22:00:00
San Diego
Las Vegas
Sat, Jan 13
19:00:00
Buffalo
Rochester
Sat, Jan 13
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 13
19:30:00
Panther City
New York
Sat, Jan 13
19:30:00
Albany
Georgia
Sat, Jan 13
21:00:00
San Diego
Colorado
Sat, Jan 13
22:00:00
Calgary
Vancouver
WK
8
Fri, Jan 19
19:30:00
New York
Buffalo
Sat, Jan 20
19:00:00
Georgia
Toronto
Sat, Jan 20
19:00:00
San Diego
Albany
Sat, Jan 20
20:00:00
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Sat, Jan 20
21:00:00
Calgary
Colorado
WK
9
Fri, Jan 26
22:00:00
Colorado
Vancouver
Sat, Jan 27
18:00:00
Rochester
Halifax
Sat, Jan 27
19:00:00
Buffalo
Toronto
Sat, Jan 27
19:30:00
Georgia
New York
Sat, Jan 27
19:30:00
San Diego
Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 27
22:00:00
Panther City
Las Vegas
WK
10
Fri, Feb 2
19:00:00
Halifax
Philadelphia
Fri, Feb 2
19:30:00
Vancouver
Georgia
Fri, Feb 2
21:00:00
New York
Calgary
Sat, Feb 3
19:00:00
Las Vegas
Albany
Sat, Feb 3
19:30:00
Rochester
Buffalo
Sat, Feb 3
20:00:00
Panther City
Saskatchewan
Sat, Feb 3
21:00:00
Toronto
Calgary
Sun, Feb 4
18:00:00
Colorado
San Diego
WK
11
Fri, Feb 9
18:30:00
Las Vegas
Halifax
Fri, Feb 9
20:00:00
Colorado
Panther City
Sat, Feb 10
19:00:00
Georgia
Rochester
Sat, Feb 10
19:00:00
Calgary
Toronto
Sat, Feb 10
19:30:00
San Diego
New York
Sat, Feb 10
22:00:00
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
WK
12
Fri, Feb 16
18:30:00
Buffalo
Halifax
Fri, Feb 16
22:00:00
Philadelphia
Las Vegas
Sat, Feb 17
19:00:00
Colorado
Albany
Sun, Feb 18
19:00:00
Halifax
Calgary
WK
13
Fri, Feb 23
21:00:00
New York
Colorado
Fri, Feb 23
22:00:00
Georgia
San Diego
Sat, Feb 24
19:00:00
Las Vegas
Rochester
Sat, Feb 24
19:00:00
Vancouver
Toronto
Sat, Feb 24
19:30:00
Albany
Buffalo
Sat, Feb 24
20:00:00
Halifax
Saskatchewan
Sat, Feb 24
21:00:00
Philadelphia
Calgary
Sun, Feb 25
16:00:00
Georgia
Panther City
WK
14
Fri, Mar 1
19:00:00
Georgia
Halifax
Fri, Mar 1
20:00:00
San Diego
Panther City
Fri, Mar 1
22:00:00
Toronto
Las Vegas
Fri, Mar 1
22:00:00
Buffalo
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 2
13:00:00
Calgary
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 2
19:00:00
New York
Albany
Sat, Mar 2
21:00:00
Saskatchewan
Colorado
Sat, Mar 2
22:00:00
Toronto
San Diego
Sun, Mar 3
16:00:00
Rochester
Panther City
WK
15
Fri, Mar 8
19:00:00
Vancouver
Albany
Fri, Mar 8
19:30:00
Calgary
Georgia
Fri, Mar 8
19:30:00
Saskatchewan
Buffalo
Sat, Mar 9
17:00:00
Colorado
Toronto
Sat, Mar 9
19:00:00
Albany
Rochester
Sat, Mar 9
19:30:00
Las Vegas
New York
Sat, Mar 9
22:00:00
Halifax
San Diego
Sun, Mar 10
15:00:00
Panther City
Philadelphia
WK
16
Fri, Mar 15
18:30:00
Panther City
Halifax
Fri, Mar 15
21:00:00
San Diego
Calgary
Fri, Mar 15
22:00:00
Las Vegas
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 16
19:00:00
Rochester
Albany
Sat, Mar 16
19:00:00
Toronto
Buffalo
Sat, Mar 16
19:30:00
Philadelphia
Georgia
Sat, Mar 16
20:30:00
New York
Saskatchewan
WK
17
Fri, Mar 22
20:00:00
Buffalo
Panther City
Fri, Mar 22
21:00:00
Albany
Calgary
Sat, Mar 23
19:00:00
Halifax
Toronto
Sat, Mar 23
19:00:00
Vancouver
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 23
19:30:00
Saskatchewan
New York
Sat, Mar 23
21:00:00
Rochester
Colorado
Sat, Mar 23
22:00:00
Las Vegas
San Diego
Sun, Mar 24
17:30:00
Saskatchewan
Georgia
WK
18
Sat, Mar 30
13:00:00
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 30
19:00:00
Halifax
Rochester
Sat, Mar 30
19:30:00
Toronto
New York
Sat, Mar 30
22:00:00
Vancouver
Las Vegas
WK
19
Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
Buffalo
Colorado
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
Panther City
San Diego
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
Halifax
Vancouver
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
New York
Rochester
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Apr 6
19:30:00
Las Vegas
Georgia
Sat, Apr 6
20:00:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 7
16:00:00
Philadelphia
Panther City
WK
20
Fri, Apr 12
21:00:00
Philadelphia
Colorado
Sat, Apr 13
19:00:00
Rochester
Toronto
Sat, Apr 13
19:30:00
Calgary
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 13
20:00:00
San Diego
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 13
22:00:00
Colorado
Las Vegas
Sat, Apr 13
22:00:00
New York
Vancouver
Sun, Apr 14
16:00:00
Albany
Panther City
WK
21
Fri, Apr 19
19:30:00
Rochester
Georgia
Fri, Apr 19
22:00:00
Vancouver
San Diego
Sat, Apr 20
18:00:00
Colorado
Halifax
Sat, Apr 20
19:30:00
Albany
New York
Sat, Apr 20
20:00:00
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 20
21:00:00
Panther City
Calgary
Sat, Apr 20
22:00:00
Buffalo
Las Vegas
Sun, Apr 21
15:00:00
Philadelphia
Rochester
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Nll Power Rankings On Il Indoor: Week 2

After four games in Week 2 of the National Lacrosse League’s 30th anniversary year, every NLL team has now hit the turf at least once, which means Brian Shanahan’s first edition of the NLL Power Rankings on Inside Lacrosse is ready for debate.

“Welcome to the 2016 NLL Power Rankings,” Shanahan writes. “Each week, I’ll give a brief update of the recent weekend of NLL lacrosse and rank the nine NLL teams. Depending on what team you cheer for, the rankings are sure to offend or please you.”

Before we get started, I would like to welcome the new NLL Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz. I was impressed with what he said during his initial press conference and love that he recognizes expansion as a priority as he comes into office. We have too many great lacrosse players for 9 NLL teams and frankly I’m looking forward to road trips to new and old (Montreal?) NLL cities. Good luck Commish.

We’ve now had two weekend of NLL lacrosse and every team has had at least one game. What have we learned? 

Well, based on this weekend, the perennial Eastern power houses Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks have a lot of work ahead of them. The Toronto Rock’s offence was non-existent in the second half of their 12-7 loss to the Georgia Swarm on Saturday and the Rochester Knighthawks looked nothing like the shutdown team we’ve been used to seeing over the last 4 years.

After starting the game with a 4-0 lead the Rochester was outscored 9-1 in the second quarter. On the flip side, most of the IL Insiders predicted the Georgia Swarm and New England Blackwolves to jockey for the bottom spot in the league. If Georgia showed it was not a pushover in its season opening 16-15 loss in Colorado, it showed us that it wants to be a contender when it defeated the Toronto Rock 12-7. 

New England, on the other hand, shot the lights out in Vancouver, getting 4 goals apiece from Pat Saunders and the newly acquired Shawn Evans. We often say lacrosse is a game of runs. New England ended its game on an 8-goal run, Georgia used a 7-goal run in its victory and Colorado outscored Rochester 11-1 through a quarter and a bit.  

The Buffalo Calgary game was different. No team ever scored more than three straight goals and from start to finish, there was never more than a two-goal lead. When the final buzzer went, it was Dhane Smith’s 2nd goal of the game, with 1:10 remaining, that gave the Bandits a 10-9 victory in front of 14,286 Buffalo faithful. It was Calgary’s second straight tight loss.

Without further preamble, let’s check out where I put your team in 2016’s first Power Rankings.

1) Saskatchewan Rush (1-0): The Saskatchewan Rush didn’t play this weekend but defeated the Calgary Roughnecks 10-8 in at the Saddledome last weekend. The Rush didn’t look like champs for half a game but when they awoke in the second half they reminded everyone why they struck fear into their opposition last year. Mark Matthews and the Rush will play their first every game in Saskatchewan when they host the Vancouver Stealth this Friday at the Sasktel Centre.

2) Colorado Mammoth (2-0): Colorado got its second straight win of the 2016 season when it went into Rochester and defeated the Knighthawks 16-14. The Mammoth have scored 16 goals in each of their 2 victories and have been led by Adam Jones and newcomer Callum Crawford, each scoring 8 points on Saturday. 43 year old legend John Grant Jr. hasn’t been too shabby either, scoring 13 points in his first 2 games. Next week the Mammoth will try to go 3-0 when they host the Buffalo Bandits in Denver.

4) Buffalo Bandits (1-0): The Buffalo Bandits started the non-John Tavares era (although he is now on the bench) with an exciting 10-9 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks in a hard fought game. The Bandits got balanced scoring from their lineup with 2 goals from both Ryan Benesch and Dhane Smith and veteran goaltender Anthony Cosmo was solid in the pipes. Next weekend the Bandits will travel to Denver to meet the Mammoth.

5) Georgia Swarm (1-1): In their season opening loss to the Colorado Mammoth the Georgia Swarm impressed me by how they didn’t let the Mammoth pull away from them and eventually turned the game into a 1-goal barnburner. This weekend, the Swarm impressed me even more by how they shut down Toronto’s offence in the second half.  Rookie Randy Staats, the No. 6 overall pick in last fall’s draft, has scored 7 points in each of his two games and Johnny Powless has also got off to a great start picking up 11 points in his first 2 games on some pretty goals and passes. The Swarm will host New England on Sunday next week.

8) Toronto Rock (0-1): The Toronto Rock looked unimpressive in their 12-7 loss to Georgia on Saturday as their offense was stymied in the second half. Last season, the Rock’s offense was a beautiful thing to watch. It seemed logical to think that Colin Doyle’s addition would make up for the loss of Josh Sanderson. They are both crafty veterans who see the floor well and think the game better than most players who have ever played in the NLL. Saturday’s game showed that Toronto still has to work at finding the offense chemistry that seemed so natural for most of last year. We should add that Toronto’s offense was also missing underrated Kevin Ross, who did a lot of the dirty work last year and it was apparent on Saturday that Toronto was unable to get inside on Georgia as most of their goals were from the outside. The Rock will have their home opener on a Thursday this week as they face the Rochester Knighthawks. The two teams meet again in Rochester on Saturday.

Click here to check out the full list of NLL Power Rankings for Week 2 by Brian Shanahan on IL Indoor.

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