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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
20:30:00
San Diego
Panther City
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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San Diego’s resurgent offense stuns Warriors

The San Diego Seals handed the visiting Vancouver Warriors a decisive 15-10 loss on Saturday, dominating the second half from start to finish. The game was brutally physical and that comes as no surprise considering what was on the line for these two divisional rivals. With the win, the Seals move to 4-6. They lock up both the season series and a tiebreaker over the Warriors, who are now last place in the West Division.

The game saw former Warrior forward, Casey Jackson, explode once again in his first month back on the active roster. He notched 5 goals with 1 assist and continues to remind us why he was the Seals’ leading scorer last season. On the other side, the big story was Mitch Jones’ lack of scoring. The league’s leading points scorer only managed 2 goals and 1 assist against a San Diego team that had some early struggles and did some goalie shuffling before settling in and playing quality defense.

The game began as most have for the Seals, who seem to love getting off to a slow start. Vancouver took full advantage of that tendency and played a near perfect first quarter.

Warriors forward Riley Loewen (3g, 1a) got the party started with two consecutive goals: the first was an easy loose ball pickup right on Nick Damude’s doorstep and the second was just a minute later on a nice dodge, drawing the double and slipping the bouncer between the defenders to make it 2-0 Vancouver. Between the two goals, Warriors face-off man, defenseman Bob Snider, went down with an apparent knee injury and was unable to return. His absence may very well have decided the game as San Diego absolutely had their way with Vancouver on the center line, going on to win 23 of 28 total face-offs throughout the day.

Following those first Vancouver goals, the Seals were given a power play opportunity, with the best scoring chance coming on a pretty move by Zack Greer, who slipped underneath his defender with a neat toe drag but was unable to finish as he put the shot off the post.

Forward Logan Schuss (2g, 2a) kept it rolling for the Warriors with an outside shot that was initially stopped by Damude but trickled in. The ball got underneath the keeper and meandered into the goal, despite his effort. Mitch Jones notched his first shortly after, finishing a cross-crease feed to make it 4-0 Vancouver. At this point, San Diego opted to give rookie goalie Nick Damude a breather to bring in their usual starter, Frank “The Tank” Scigliano.

“We had a slow start obviously,” said general manager and head coach Patrick Merrill. “We were a little bit tight to begin the game and [Vancouver] came at us right off the bat.”

Seals forward Wes Berg managed to bounce in a second chance opportunity to finally stop the bleeding and bring the score to 4-1, but only after Austin Staats took a huge licking trying to handle a feed on the crease. The Seals didn’t take the hit very kindly and the result was 8 minutes of some of the most physical lacrosse exhibited thus far this season. The violence would continue the whole way.

San Diego played sloppy on the offensive side of the field through the beginning of this game. A turnover gave Vancouver the ball with 20 seconds left. They took a timeout to pull Eric Penney out of the goal and set up their 6-on-5 offense. Sure enough, forward Keegan Ball (1g, 4a) managed to power a bouncer past Scigliano to make it a 5-1 game with just three seconds left on the clock.

Casey Jackson responded right away in the second and gave the Seals a little life with a worm burning 5-hole goal through Penney that made it 5-2.

Vancouver had answers, though. The first coming in the form of Mitch Jones, who scored a textbook goal, utilizing a double screen to put a lefty bouncer past Scigliano at what looked like changeup speed. A few minutes later, Logan Schuss would tack on another with a carbon copy of the Jones goal, extending their lead to five and bringing the game up to 7-2. The Seals opted to sub Nick Damude back into the game at this point and the young goalie stood on his head the rest of the game.

“I mean it wasn’t really anything with me,” said Damude. “…really just a great team effort.”

What was to follow is unlike anything most National Lacrosse League fans have had the privilege of witnessing.

It began with about eight minutes left to play in the second. Casey Jackson swam his defender on the left wing, beat the slide, and dove across the crease to beat Penney for the score. A few minutes later, he stepped into time and room off of a feed from forward Jeremy Noble (1g, 6a) and let it rip to cut the Vancouver lead to three at 7-4.

“It feels great. I mean this is my old team so it was kind of nice to get a little win against them, and a little revenge, I guess you could say,” said Casey Jackson.

Then it was Noble’s turn, who slipped one in with a minute left to play in the half, cutting the lead to two and sparking a little wrestling match between Warriors defenseman Chris O’Dougherty and Seals forward Zack Greer (1g, 2a). The goal would take the game into the halftime break, Vancouver leading it 7-5.

The third quarter is one that the Vancouver Warriors would very much like to forget. They didn’t get a single quality possession through the first fourteen minutes of the second half while the Seals went to work, unleashing an offensive onslaught that saw the Seals not only take the lead, but run the score all the way up to 7-12 on ten unanswered goals. Nearly a quarter and a half of this game elapsed without a Warriors goal. At one point, with five minutes left to play in the fourth quarter, the Seals were on a 12-1 run.

The physicality of the game, combined with the lopsided scoring, finally reached its boiling point in the fourth as Seals defenseman Eli Gobrecht and Warriors star Mitch Jones dropped the gloves and went at it. Jones managed to land a few solid shots before the two wrestled each other to the ground and were broken up. A shirtless and bloodied Eli Gobrecht strutted excitedly off the field to a standing ovation from the San Diego crowd.

The real story of the fourth quarter, however, was that of Seals captain and future hall of famer Brodie Merrill, who scooped his 2,518th loose ball, making him the National Lacrosse League’s all-time loose balls leader.

“I couldn’t be happier for Brodie,” said brother and head coach Patrick Merrill. “I’m his biggest fan. The key thing about that stat is that it’s a hard working stat. When you pick up loose balls, you control the game. With his ability, his grit, and his determination for all these years, I’m really happy he was able to accomplish that, especially with a big win.”

With only a few minutes left in the fourth, the game was simply too far out of reach for the Warriors, but they fought valiantly nonetheless and managed to crawl back with a few late goals to make the final score a respectable 15-10 with San Diego on top.

The significance of this win for the Seals really can’t be understated. They’ve dug themselves out of last place in the West Division and are only a few games back from first heading into the back half of the season.

The Seals head to Calgary next week for a February 29 appointment with the Roughnecks, another West Division team in extremely tight contention with both San Diego and Vancouver at 3-6 on the year.

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