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BUF at SD - Sat. 10pm ET on ESPNews 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
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Mar 25
19:00:00
Halifax
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 25
19:30:00
Georgia
New York
Sat, Mar 25
21:30:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Buffalo
San Diego
Sat, Mar 25
22:00:00
Colorado
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 25
22:30:00
Rochester
Las Vegas
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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Ready For Battle: Calgary Visits Edmonton

The Calgary Roughnecks (1-7) will travel north to take on the Edmonton Rush (4-3) at Rexall Place on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET for this season’s second installment of the “Battle of Alberta.” Watch the game on NLL LIVE in the U.S. and TSN GO in Canada.

The Roughnecks will be searching for the team’s first win against its provincial rival this season after falling to the Rush in January by a score of 16-8 in Week 4. The ‘Necks are coming into the game desperate after losing its last contest 12-11 against the Rochester Knighthawks (6-3) last weekend, its fourth one-goal loss this season.

The Roughnecks coaching staff believes that the close finishes are just the nature of the game.

“Look at the league, there’s so much parity,” said Calgary assistant coach Bob McMahon. “Toronto’s got four one-goal wins, and we’ve got four one-goal losses. They’re at the top of the pile and we’re at the bottom of the pile. We’re just continuing to give it our best effort every night.”

Although the Riggers are sitting 3.5 games back from the Rush, and are in last place in the West Division, they still have plenty of time to make a comeback and earn a playoff spot.

“Look at teams like Buffalo last year,” McMahon stated. “Everybody basically had them written off after a six or seven-game losing streak and they were within a crossbar of going to the championship game.”

As for the tough loss in Rochester, McMahon is still satisfied with the effort the team is putting in.

“I thought we played very well,” McMahon said. “Rochester is the defending champ and it’s always a tough building to play in. We had a bit of a shaky first quarter there, but we actually outscored them 10-4 until Cody Jamieson got one late for them to win… Unfortunately we were just a little short.”

The team is focusing hard on putting everything they have into games, and are staying optimistic.

“We’re right in these games,” said Roughnecks fifth-year transition player Geoff Snider. “A couple of bounces here or there, and things are a lot different for us…They’ll fall, you just have to stay positive and keep working.”

The mindset going into Edmonton seems to remain hopeful, and the Riggers are ready to battle.

“You’re always in the fight here, and that’s the mentality we’re taking into this,” Snider remarked. “We’re going to come ready to play this weekend.”

Snider, who has a faceoff win percentage of 59% this season, believes that the record is not affecting the teams motivation and growth.

“I know the guys are eager and fired up,” Snider said. “I know that we’ve been getting better every practice. Every game day, our preparations great, our systems, and what we’re putting into games is great.”

The Roughnecks are confident the work they have been putting in will pay off on Sunday, and help them triumph over the first-place Rush.

“We just have to continue to play well and hopefully the scores reflect our effort at the end of the night,” McMahon concluded.

Despite allowing 16 goals to the Toronto Rock in last weekend’s overtime loss, the Rush have still have the lowest goals against per game average at 10. The Week 9 game was only the second time this season that Edmonton allowed more than nine goals.

Last week’s game wasn’t necessarily bad for the Rush, scoring 15 goals on the second-best defense in the league, but it was not a game they would use as a model for the future.

“I thought we had a really good push in the fourth quarter,” said Edmonton general manager and head coach Derek Keenan. “But overall, I didn’t think we were great, especially on the defensive side. When we did get our feet moving, I thought we were good in all three zones for the last 12 minutes of the game.”

A big positive for Edmonton this year has been the play of Zack Greer. Greer has scored 16 goals in his last four games, including five tallies last week against Toronto. At his current pace, Greer is set to score 48 goals, which would be 17 more than his career high of 31 set in 2012.

“He’s just continually gotten better in his career,” Keenan said. “He’s shooting the ball well, moving well without the ball, catching it in traffic, and finishing his opportunities. He’s a dangerous player when he has his feet moving and I think that’s one thing he’s learned over the last couple of years. One of his biggest improvements has been his shooting. He mixes things up well, and he has goalies guess at times in terms of where he’s going to shoot the ball, and that’s made a big difference.”

Greer showed off his ability to keep goalies guessing when he faked out Toronto goaltender Brandon Miller twice before depositing the ball in the net for one of his goals last Friday.

Sunday’s game should see Chris Corbeil back in the lineup after being out last week with a foot injury. Keenan said after the game that he could have played if it were a playoff game, but at this point of the season, it’s best not to make the injury worse and risk him missing more time.

Edmonton has played the fewest games in the league at seven, and holds down the top spot in the West, a half game up on Colorado and Vancouver. Wins at the beginning of the season are worth just as much as they are near the end.

“We know were facing a desperate team, that’s for sure,” said Keenan about a Calgary club looking for its second win. “They have played extremely well lately and just haven’t got results. We want to continue to get better, and we want to distance ourselves from division opponents, so this is a big game for us.”

By Laura Bates (@RoughnecksBeat) & Mike Wilson (@RushBeat) for NLL.com. Photo by Jesse Kushneryk.

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