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WK
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Fri, Dec 2
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Philadelphia
8
Halifax
18
Sat, Dec 3
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Vancouver
8
Toronto
19
Sat, Dec 3
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San Diego
15
New York
14
Sat, Dec 3
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Albany
11
Buffalo
10
Sat, Dec 3
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Rochester
16
Georgia
11
Sat, Dec 3
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Colorado
6
Saskatchewan
18
WK
2
Fri, Dec 9
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Las Vegas
11
Panther City
13
Fri, Dec 9
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Saskatchewan
12
San Diego
13
Sat, Dec 10
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Toronto
7
Rochester
11
Sat, Dec 10
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Vancouver
9
Calgary
11
WK
3
Fri, Dec 16
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Calgary
14
Vancouver
5
Fri, Dec 16
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Panther City
9
Las Vegas
3
Sat, Dec 17
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Buffalo
11
Toronto
8
Sat, Dec 17
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Rochester
14
Albany
13
Sat, Dec 17
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Philadelphia
13
Georgia
12
Sat, Dec 17
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Halifax
20
New York
11
Sat, Dec 17
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Colorado
12
Panther City
9
WK
5
Fri, Dec 30
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Halifax
13
Buffalo
18
Fri, Dec 30
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San Diego
17
Calgary
14
Sat, Dec 31
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Panther City
9
Saskatchewan
11
WK
6
Fri, Jan 6
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Philadelphia
14
Las Vegas
9
Sat, Jan 7
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Panther City
9
Rochester
17
Sat, Jan 7
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Halifax
14
Albany
11
Sat, Jan 7
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Buffalo
18
Georgia
9
Sat, Jan 7
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Toronto
15
New York
7
Sat, Jan 7
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Calgary
8
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 7
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Vancouver
11
San Diego
16
WK
7
Fri, Jan 13
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Albany
11
Halifax
10
Fri, Jan 13
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Saskatchewan
10
Colorado
11
Sat, Jan 14
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Halifax
8
Toronto
17
Sat, Jan 14
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Panther City
12
Philadelphia
10
Sat, Jan 14
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Georgia
9
Buffalo
11
Sat, Jan 14
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San Diego
10
Calgary
14
Sat, Jan 14
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Las Vegas
16
Vancouver
19
Sun, Jan 15
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Rochester
11
New York
8
WK
8
Fri, Jan 20
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Buffalo
12
Rochester
15
Fri, Jan 20
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Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
15
Sat, Jan 21
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Toronto
14
Philadelphia
5
Sat, Jan 21
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New York
16
Albany
10
WK
9
Fri, Jan 27
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Rochester
7
Halifax
17
Fri, Jan 27
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Buffalo
13
Philadelphia
9
Sat, Jan 28
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Buffalo
16
New York
10
Sat, Jan 28
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Las Vegas
10
Saskatchewan
15
Sat, Jan 28
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Toronto
11
Calgary
10
Sat, Jan 28
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San Diego
13
Colorado
9
Sat, Jan 28
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20
Vancouver
7
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10
Fri, Feb 3
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10
Colorado
13
Sat, Feb 4
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12
Halifax
11
Sat, Feb 4
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14
Toronto
22
Sat, Feb 4
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Albany
5
Philadelphia
13
Sat, Feb 4
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Rochester
10
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 4
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10
San Diego
12
Sat, Feb 4
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14
Vancouver
8
Sat, Feb 4
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Colorado
8
Las Vegas
13
WK
11
Fri, Feb 10
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Toronto
11
Georgia
10
Fri, Feb 10
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6
Calgary
13
Sat, Feb 11
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14
Rochester
16
Sat, Feb 11
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Albany
12
New York
14
Sat, Feb 11
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Vancouver
13
Panther City
14
Sat, Feb 11
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Colorado
9
Calgary
13
WK
12
Fri, Feb 17
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Calgary
14
Vancouver
9
Fri, Feb 17
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16
San Diego
11
Sat, Feb 18
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Georgia
7
Toronto
16
Sat, Feb 18
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Las Vegas
12
Albany
10
Sat, Feb 18
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Philadelphia
12
Buffalo
13
Sat, Feb 18
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Colorado
7
Panther City
13
Sun, Feb 19
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New York
12
Halifax
13
WK
13
Fri, Feb 24
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12
Colorado
14
Fri, Feb 24
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Calgary
9
Las Vegas
11
Sat, Feb 25
FINAL/OT
New York
10
Rochester
11
Sat, Feb 25
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Albany
4
Georgia
20
Sat, Feb 25
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Vancouver
16
Saskatchewan
12
WK
14
Fri, Mar 3
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Buffalo
10
Halifax
9
Sat, Mar 4
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New York
12
Philadelphia
19
Sat, Mar 4
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Las Vegas
12
San Diego
15
Sat, Mar 4
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Rochester
8
Toronto
9
Sat, Mar 4
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Georgia
9
Albany
8
Sat, Mar 4
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10
Panther City
16
Mon, Mar 6
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Toronto
10
Philadelphia
11
WK
15
Fri, Mar 10
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Halifax
9
Buffalo
10
Fri, Mar 10
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Calgary
16
Colorado
10
Sat, Mar 11
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Albany
6
Toronto
12
Sat, Mar 11
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Philadelphia
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 11
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San Diego
12
Saskatchewan
11
Sat, Mar 11
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Vancouver
14
Las Vegas
5
Sun, Mar 12
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Rochester
19
Georgia
18
WK
16
Fri, Mar 17
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Saskatchewan
6
Calgary
11
Fri, Mar 17
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San Diego
16
Vancouver
9
Sat, Mar 18
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Georgia
13
Philadelphia
12
Sat, Mar 18
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Toronto
12
Halifax
14
Sat, Mar 18
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Albany
10
New York
13
Sat, Mar 18
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Colorado
13
Buffalo
8
Sat, Mar 18
FINAL
Las Vegas
8
Panther City
11
Sun, Mar 19
FINAL/OT
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9
Rochester
8
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17
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19:00:00
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Sat, Mar 25
21:30:00
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22:00:00
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22:00:00
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Vancouver
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22:30:00
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Fri, Mar 31
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Georgia
Fri, Mar 31
21:00:00
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22:00:00
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Sat, Apr 1
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13:00:00
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Sun, Apr 2
18:00:00
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19
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19:00:00
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Sat, Apr 8
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21:00:00
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Albany
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Buffalo
Sat, Apr 15
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Saskatchewan
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Vancouver
WK
21
Fri, Apr 21
20:30:00
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Panther City
Sat, Apr 22
18:00:00
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Sat, Apr 22
19:00:00
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22
Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
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Sat, Apr 29
19:00:00
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Albany
Sat, Apr 29
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Georgia
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22:00:00
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Panther City Remain On The Prowl Even As The Wins Continue To Pile Up

In the first half of the 2022 NLL season, Panther City Lacrosse Club looked more like the hunted than the hunter.

Now, heading into the final stretch of this season, the league’s newest expansion club is playing up to the ferociously dominant way their namesake would suggest. Even more frightening, this group of apex predators has no plans to stop being on the prowl until their ultimate mission is complete.

Heading into their Week 19 matchup with one of their West Conference rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks, Panther City is riding a five-game win streak and is currently in a position to qualify for the playoffs. This comes after the young franchise had endured a 1-8 start in their first nine games, which included two four-game losing streaks. The team had a bye in Week 18.

Yet, despite their successful stretch of wins, Panther City defensemen Liam Byrnes explained that this team can’t come into their game this weekend unprepared and unenthusiastic. The last time Panther City had a week off, it was after their first win of the season – one of those mentioned above four-game losing streaks succeeded it.

“The biggest thing after our last win versus Colorado was that Coach [Kelusky] told us to rest the body, but make sure we’re still disciplined with the workouts and pounding the pavement,” Byrnes said. “He said we need to get to the gym and keep working, so we don’t have another four-game slide.”

Byrnes indicated that during this bye week, the team is in better spirits due to their lengthy winning streak and that the team is more focused on preparing for this game than after their first win of the season. That has included studying film and participating in Zoom calls with the coaching staff.

In a league with an incredible amount of parity, taking every moment to perfect the details of the game plan is paramount to a team’s success. As Panther City Head Coach Tracey Kelusky stated, buying into the game plan and building unbreakable chemistry with your teammates have been a couple of the reasons this young team has begun to thrive.

“It’s the minute details – I know I told [Assistant Coaches Steve Toll and Dan Teat], guys who are exceptional minds in this game, to focus on breaking down why we weren’t having success,” Kelusky said. “But, a lot of that has to do with us getting to know one another, understanding where guys are, knowing their tendencies, and just feeling comfortable with each other.”

Emotionally, it has benefited this young team to have endured such significant levels of losing before feeling the highs of winning. Because of that, they’ve learned how bad it feels to be continuously losing.

Also because of that, the team’s leading scorer Patrick Dodds and the rest of his teammates know how badly they don’t want want to feel those losing feelings again. They understand that they need to continue riding this winning momentum through their final four games and into the postseason.

“It’s a good time of the year to be working our way up [the standings], that’s for sure,” Dodds said. “The last few weeks, we’ve been playing well, and we’ve been coming out on top. In these last few weeks of this season, we’re going to go out there and give it our best and see what we can do.”

To say that Panther City has come a long way this season would be an understatement. To go from having one of the worst records halfway through their season in the league to currently fighting for a playoff spot is no small feat.

Furthermore, on Saturday, Panther City has a chance to extend its winning streak to six games. This would be tied for the second-longest winning streak in NLL History by an expansion franchise. Only the 2002 Vancouver Ravens won more games in a row – they won seven straight games that year.

But, what this team has had to overcome as an expansion team began long before the team’s first game in the 2021-22 NLL season. Panther City General Manager Bob Hamley outlined many of the trials and tribulations this team had to face as they were trying to construct a brand new team in a market that was unfamiliar with box lacrosse, all while battling the circumstances set by the COVID pandemic.

“It was a challenge in our expansion year, so we couldn’t go see live games,” Hamley said. “We had to rely on video and our scouts. Kyle Goundrey does a great job for us in the west. Ken Watson does a great job for us in the east. Our Director of Player Personnel, Jordan Cornfield, I think watches more video than all of us put together. Then we’ve got John Grant Jr. as our U.S. scout, so we’ve got an amazing staff, and we feel very fortunate to have all of them.”

As Hamley just explained, it has taken a village of high-lacrosse IQ minds who understand how to lead and teach young men to craft this team. With their destiny in their hands now, Panther City has the potential to become only the 5th expansion team in NLL history to make the postseason in their first year in the league.

All of these accomplishments, all of the potential history that could be made, are all just footnotes in a story that is yet to be completed. Kelusky and his coaching staff have had a goal to make the postseason to prove doubters wrong, but right now, in his mind, they are still in a position they do not want to be in.

“As a team and as an organization, it’s certainly exciting to see our growth,” Kelusky said. “But, we have to be realistic with what we’ve accomplished. We’re chasing a playoff spot, and that’s all that really matters. I don’t care about the five-game win streak, and the good thing is that I don’t think our guys do either. Being content is basically the same thing as being complacent. I’m not content. How could we be content when we’re under .500. Be your best – I don’t think we’ve played our best yet.”

No one in this Panther City organization is content with what they’ve accomplished thus far. They are hungry for more, and it seems as though the only ones that can stop them are themselves.

 

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