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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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Sports Interaction Game of the Week Preview – PC at VAN

NLL rookie Patrick Dodds is about to have the shortest trip of his young professional lacrosse career, and it’s to a road game.

Usually Panther City Lacrosse Club’s leading scorer has to travel from the Canadian Pacific Northwest to Dallas for home games at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. The 2,215-mile trip (that’s 3,564 kilometres eh) to Texas takes more than nine hours, and that’s if everything goes smoothly.

“Travel is a pretty big adjustment,” says Dodds from Victoria BC, also hometown of NLL legends Kevin Alexander, Gary and Paul Gait, Tom Marechek and numerous other pro players from current Calgary star Jesse King to Toronto forward Zach Manns. “Just getting to the game is a little different. It has taken a little getting used to for sure.”

This weekend, however, Dodds will only have to travel from Victoria to Vancouver, a seemingly short 1.5-hour ferryboat ride or quick 30-minute seaplane flight, for expansion Panther City’s meeting with the favored Vancouver Warriors (-1.5, O/U 21.5) at Rogers Arena on Saturday night in the Sports Interaction Game of the Week on TSN (10 p.m. ET).

And Dodds, who bested the BC junior league with 53 points and a league-high 31 assists in just 10 games during a pandemic-shortened 2021 season, is surely looking forward to finally playing a “home” road game in front of family, friends and former Junior Shamrocks teammates.

“It is pretty surreal,” says the 6-foot-3, 212-pound, 20-year-old who is second among NLL rookies with 24 points (8 goals, 16 assists in 6 games) and which also puts him in the league’s top 25 tied with veteran scorers such as Philadelphia’s Ben McIntosh and Rochester’s Shawn Evans.

Dodds’ journey to the NLL took a bit of a circuitous route that included committing to NCAA Manhattan in 2019, renouncing his eligibility and then being drafted by one team before finally hitting the floor with another.

“Just getting drafted was pretty awesome,” says Dodds, who was selected 21st overall by Calgary in 2020 and picked up by Panther City in the 2021 expansion draft. “Obviously took a while to play my first game, but I feel pretty lucky to be among some pretty awesome names in the league points-wise.”

Panther City is 1-5 so far in their inaugural season. The lone win, Panther City’s first-ever, came in overtime at New York on Jan. 15. Dodds exploded for 8 points (3-goal hat trick, 5 assists) and notched the OT winner in the 13-12 victory. Last week Panther City lost 16-7 at Saskatchewan and failed to cover the spread of 2.5 goals. Dodds had 1 goal and 3 assists.

Saturday is the second meeting between Panther City and Vancouver. The teams met earlier this season in Fort Worth. The Warriors led 7-1 in the second quarter and 10-3 in the third en route to a 14-8 win.

Dodds will be lining up on the floor this weekend across from a familiar foe and another of the NLL’s top rookies, Vancouver’s Reid Bowering.

Bowering had a big game in that Dec. 10 win at Panther City, netting 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist) to go along with 15 loose balls. Dodds recorded 1 goal in the loss. The two had previously crossed paths in junior lacrosse.

“He was always a stud,” Dodds says of the 23-year-old Warriors defenceman. “He is a couple years older than me. I only played him a few times and in the Minto Cup before he graduated. He is an awesome player and great defenceman.”

Bowering recalls that meeting in the 2019 Minto Cup Canadian junior championship.

“I remember that game fairly well because it was the last game of my junior career,” says the 6-foot, 190-pound Bowering. “I remember [Dodds] being a shooting threat. Our defence always had to be aware of his position whenever he stepped on the floor. It’s always great to see a guy have success at the next level.”

Vancouver is 2-3 this season and coming off three straight losses, including last week’s low-scoring 9-4 setback at Colorado. At home this season, the Warriors are 1-1 against the spread and have split the over/under totals in each game. Their most recent win was that one against Panther City in December.

Unlike Dodds, Bowering’s route to the NLL was more straight forward (drafted 2nd overall by Vancouver in 2020 from NCAA Drexel) and his commute to home games is a bit easier (he’s from nearby suburban Coquitlam where he won Minto Cups in 2016 and ’18 with the Junior Adanacs).

“It’s been an amazing experience,” says Bowering. “Being able to play against unreal players and learn from veterans on my own team has been crucial for my growth as a lacrosse player. I always want to compete against the best so it’s exciting to finally have the opportunity to do that.”

The Warriors defender leads all NLL rookies with 59 loose balls and is tops in the league among non-faceoff players (Philadelphia’s Trevor Baptiste leads with 89 LB).

“I think I developed a knack for picking up LBs from playing wall ball against uneven surfaces so that I am familiar with how the ball bounces on the floor,” says Bowering, who has also been chipping in offensively this season with 4 goals, including a short-handed tally, and 7 points.

“To be blunt, a team can’t score without the ball and if you look at most stat sheets the team that got more LBs tends to win the game.”

For both Bowering and Dodds there have been adjustments as NLL rookies.

“Transitioning to one practice a week has made me really prioritize doing extra work on my own time,” says Bowering. “In college we would practice 5-6 times a week and in junior we would practice at least twice.

“The players in the NLL have top-notch lacrosse IQ. These guys have so much more experience. I’ve definitely noticed a difference in the mental aspect of the game.”

For Dodds it also has to do with pro-level preparation: “It is an all-week affair leading up to the weekend. You can’t just walk in and expect to have a good game or expect to win.

“Obviously it is pretty hard to win in this league. Everyone can play. There is no one guy on any team that can’t play or can’t put the ball in the back of the net. Everyone is just bigger, stronger and faster.”

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