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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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Rock’s Win Streak Ends at 4 After Roughnecks Stunning 16-8 Win

If you were just looking at the Toronto Rock’s (4-2) and Calgary Roughnecks’ (1-5) records coming into this Week 9 matchup, you might have thought that Toronto would have ran away with a win to extend their win streak to five games.

 

Yet, on the contrary, the Roughnecks, who have fallen just short of victories in their last two nail-biting games, stunned the 10,000+ fans inside the Air Canada Centre by stealing a win away from arguably the NLL’s hottest team, ultimately defeating the Rock 16-8.

 

Toronto Rock head coach Matt Sawyer explained the lost simply. “We got what we deserved and they deserved the win,” Sawyer said post-game. “We weren’t willing to put in the effort and pay the price that we needed to to be successful. So, hopefully this is a good learning lesson and we get better and move on, but we got what we deserved.”

 

The Roughnecks defense was strong all game and were led by their 20-year-old goaltender, Christian Del Bianco who had his best game of his young career collecting a personal-best 47 saves on the night including nearly two dozen consecutive shots to end his epic night on a high note.

 

Early on in this one, the Roughnecks came out as the more aggressive of the two teams. They were not only getting more shots on goal but were penalized twice for slashing and check from behind minors. Their penalty kill unit allowed just one goal on the man down and were even able to snag a short-handed goal in the process.

 

It wasn’t until the 1:21 mark in the first-quarter that the scoring really got going in this non-conference battle. In those final 80 seconds, three goals were scored (two from Toronto and one from Calgary). The scoring rush continued in the beginning stages of the second quarter with two more Rock goals -coming nine seconds apart- to gave the home side their first lead with 12:33 to go in the second-quarter.

 

The Roughnecks were able to fight back in the latter part of the first half scoring two of the last three goals to cut the Rock lead to 6-5 going into the break. The six goals scored by the Rock through the first-half tied their second-lowest production in the opening 60 minutes this season.

 

Zach Currier, the Roughnecks dynamic rookie, helped the Roughnecks get the ball moving on offensive collecting three assists in the first half to set a career-high -he finished the night with four helpers. For the Rock, Adam Jones tallied for points including a goal and three assists to lead Toronto with four points through the first half of play.

 

Toronto’s Rob Hellyer made it a 7-5 game with his early second half score on Del Bianco but the game was about to be flipped on its head.

 

The turning point in the match came midway through the third-quarter when the Rock’s Adam Jones was charged with a five-minute spearing penalty. The Roughnecks scored two critical power play goals on the man up to tie the match at 7-7, and they were just getting started.

 

When asked about the game-defining penalty after the match, Coach Sawyer admitted that the team will have to go back and see how that play developed and how the penalty came about. “We have to get a better look at that on tape, but we allowed two goals off it” he said. “but we had the ball three times, threw it away and gave them an extra minute and a half, so I guess I can update you on [the play] once we go back and study and analyze it a little bit more.”

 

The Rock penalty kill has been one of the lowest points of this team during this very successful start to 2018 has been the worst in the NLL so far this season. At home, they had only stopped one power play chance this year and had the NLL’s worst overall penalty kill in 2018 sitting at a poor 34.8%. On the night they would stop 2-5 Calgary power play opportunities.

 

Following Tom Schreiber’s first and only goal on the night to retake the lead for the Rock, the Roughnecks began a run late in the fourth-quarter that didn’t end until the final buzzer. The Rock, who had not given up more than five scores in a row all season long, surrendered nine consecutive Roghnecks tallies as they watched the match and their four-game win streak slip away as the seconds in the final period ticked away.

 

Curtis Dickson, Dane Dobbie and Loewen each had two goals during the 9-0 run that lasted 17:10 while Wesley Berg, Tyson Bell, and Holden Cattoni all added a score for themselves. Del Bianco helped to fuel the Roughnecks offense making save after save including the Rock’s last 19 shots on goal going back to late in third-quarter. His saves ranged from run-of-the-mill to highlight reel material, but it did’t matter what the Rock were throwing his way, Del Bianco had an answer for everything down the stretch. It was only the fourth time dating back to the start of the 2017 season that the Rock had been shutout in a quarter.

 

With the win, the Roughnecks avoid tying the worst start in franchise history moving to 2-5 on the year and have tons of momentum on their side. The Rock, had a chance to have their first win streak of five or more games since early 2015, but will have to start a new streak somewhere down the road if they want to continue to hold a playoff spot.

 

“Our next [game] is against Rochester,” Sawyer said. “We have an opportunity to go in there and get one back, get back on track. It’s a game where, if we can be successful, we can win the tiebreak, so it makes that game much bigger with how we played tonight. For us, we want to part our best foot forward but we’ve got some work to do.”

The Rock now stand at 4-3 on the year and are jammed in the middle of an extremely tight Eastern Conference where the top-4 teams are all separated by just one game. The Rock will head to Rochester next week to play a Knighthawks team that has now lost five in a row after losing Saturday night to the Buffalo Bandits. That game will be featured on NLLTV.com on February 10th at 8:00 pm EST will conference positioning very much on the mind of both squads.

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