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Fri, Dec 1
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Halifax
Fri, Dec 1
22:00:00
Albany
Las Vegas
Fri, Dec 1
22:00:00
Panther City
Vancouver
Sat, Dec 2
19:00:00
Calgary
Rochester
Sat, Dec 2
19:30:00
Philadelphia
New York
WK
2
Sat, Dec 9
19:00:00
Philadelphia
Toronto
Sat, Dec 9
19:00:00
Buffalo
Albany
Sat, Dec 9
19:30:00
Colorado
Georgia
Sat, Dec 9
20:00:00
Rochester
Saskatchewan
Sat, Dec 9
22:00:00
Calgary
San Diego
Sun, Dec 10
16:00:00
Las Vegas
Panther City
WK
3
Fri, Dec 15
22:00:00
Saskatchewan
Las Vegas
Sat, Dec 16
13:00:00
Albany
Philadelphia
Sat, Dec 16
19:30:00
Halifax
New York
Sat, Dec 16
19:30:00
San Diego
Buffalo
Sat, Dec 16
22:00:00
Georgia
Vancouver
WK
4
Fri, Dec 22
20:00:00
Toronto
Panther City
Fri, Dec 22
21:00:00
Georgia
Colorado
Sat, Dec 23
19:00:00
Vancouver
Rochester
WK
5
Fri, Dec 29
18:30:00
Philadelphia
Halifax
Fri, Dec 29
19:30:00
Georgia
Buffalo
Fri, Dec 29
22:00:00
Rochester
San Diego
Sat, Dec 30
16:00:00
New York
Toronto
Sat, Dec 30
21:00:00
Las Vegas
Calgary
Sat, Dec 30
21:00:00
Vancouver
Colorado
Sun, Dec 31
20:00:00
Albany
Saskatchewan
WK
6
Sat, Jan 6
19:00:00
Halifax
Albany
Sat, Jan 6
19:30:00
Panther City
Georgia
Sat, Jan 6
19:30:00
Colorado
Buffalo
Sun, Jan 7
15:00:00
New York
Philadelphia
WK
7
Fri, Jan 12
18:30:00
Toronto
Halifax
Fri, Jan 12
22:00:00
San Diego
Las Vegas
Sat, Jan 13
19:00:00
Buffalo
Rochester
Sat, Jan 13
19:00:00
Saskatchewan
Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 13
19:30:00
Panther City
New York
Sat, Jan 13
19:30:00
Albany
Georgia
Sat, Jan 13
21:00:00
San Diego
Colorado
Sat, Jan 13
22:00:00
Calgary
Vancouver
WK
8
Fri, Jan 19
19:30:00
New York
Buffalo
Sat, Jan 20
19:00:00
Georgia
Toronto
Sat, Jan 20
19:00:00
San Diego
Albany
Sat, Jan 20
20:00:00
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Sat, Jan 20
21:00:00
Calgary
Colorado
WK
9
Fri, Jan 26
22:00:00
Colorado
Vancouver
Sat, Jan 27
18:00:00
Rochester
Halifax
Sat, Jan 27
19:00:00
Buffalo
Toronto
Sat, Jan 27
19:30:00
Georgia
New York
Sat, Jan 27
19:30:00
San Diego
Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 27
22:00:00
Panther City
Las Vegas
WK
10
Fri, Feb 2
19:00:00
Halifax
Philadelphia
Fri, Feb 2
19:30:00
Vancouver
Georgia
Fri, Feb 2
21:00:00
New York
Calgary
Sat, Feb 3
19:00:00
Las Vegas
Albany
Sat, Feb 3
19:30:00
Rochester
Buffalo
Sat, Feb 3
20:00:00
Panther City
Saskatchewan
Sat, Feb 3
21:00:00
Toronto
Calgary
Sun, Feb 4
18:00:00
Colorado
San Diego
WK
11
Fri, Feb 9
18:30:00
Las Vegas
Halifax
Fri, Feb 9
20:00:00
Colorado
Panther City
Sat, Feb 10
19:00:00
Georgia
Rochester
Sat, Feb 10
19:00:00
Calgary
Toronto
Sat, Feb 10
19:30:00
San Diego
New York
Sat, Feb 10
22:00:00
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
WK
12
Fri, Feb 16
18:30:00
Buffalo
Halifax
Fri, Feb 16
22:00:00
Philadelphia
Las Vegas
Sat, Feb 17
19:00:00
Colorado
Albany
Sun, Feb 18
19:00:00
Halifax
Calgary
WK
13
Fri, Feb 23
21:00:00
New York
Colorado
Fri, Feb 23
22:00:00
Georgia
San Diego
Sat, Feb 24
19:00:00
Las Vegas
Rochester
Sat, Feb 24
19:00:00
Vancouver
Toronto
Sat, Feb 24
19:30:00
Albany
Buffalo
Sat, Feb 24
20:00:00
Halifax
Saskatchewan
Sat, Feb 24
21:00:00
Philadelphia
Calgary
Sun, Feb 25
16:00:00
Georgia
Panther City
WK
14
Fri, Mar 1
19:00:00
Georgia
Halifax
Fri, Mar 1
20:00:00
San Diego
Panther City
Fri, Mar 1
22:00:00
Toronto
Las Vegas
Fri, Mar 1
22:00:00
Buffalo
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 2
13:00:00
Calgary
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 2
19:00:00
New York
Albany
Sat, Mar 2
21:00:00
Saskatchewan
Colorado
Sat, Mar 2
22:00:00
Toronto
San Diego
Sun, Mar 3
16:00:00
Rochester
Panther City
WK
15
Fri, Mar 8
19:00:00
Vancouver
Albany
Fri, Mar 8
19:30:00
Calgary
Georgia
Fri, Mar 8
19:30:00
Saskatchewan
Buffalo
Sat, Mar 9
17:00:00
Colorado
Toronto
Sat, Mar 9
19:00:00
Albany
Rochester
Sat, Mar 9
19:30:00
Las Vegas
New York
Sat, Mar 9
22:00:00
Halifax
San Diego
Sun, Mar 10
15:00:00
Panther City
Philadelphia
WK
16
Fri, Mar 15
18:30:00
Panther City
Halifax
Fri, Mar 15
21:00:00
San Diego
Calgary
Fri, Mar 15
22:00:00
Las Vegas
Vancouver
Sat, Mar 16
19:00:00
Rochester
Albany
Sat, Mar 16
19:00:00
Toronto
Buffalo
Sat, Mar 16
19:30:00
Philadelphia
Georgia
Sat, Mar 16
20:30:00
New York
Saskatchewan
WK
17
Fri, Mar 22
20:00:00
Buffalo
Panther City
Fri, Mar 22
21:00:00
Albany
Calgary
Sat, Mar 23
19:00:00
Halifax
Toronto
Sat, Mar 23
19:00:00
Vancouver
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 23
19:30:00
Saskatchewan
New York
Sat, Mar 23
21:00:00
Rochester
Colorado
Sat, Mar 23
22:00:00
Las Vegas
San Diego
Sun, Mar 24
17:30:00
Saskatchewan
Georgia
WK
18
Sat, Mar 30
13:00:00
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 30
19:00:00
Halifax
Rochester
Sat, Mar 30
19:30:00
Toronto
New York
Sat, Mar 30
22:00:00
Vancouver
Las Vegas
WK
19
Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
Buffalo
Colorado
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
Panther City
San Diego
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
Halifax
Vancouver
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
New York
Rochester
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Apr 6
19:30:00
Las Vegas
Georgia
Sat, Apr 6
20:00:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 7
16:00:00
Philadelphia
Panther City
WK
20
Fri, Apr 12
21:00:00
Philadelphia
Colorado
Sat, Apr 13
19:00:00
Rochester
Toronto
Sat, Apr 13
19:30:00
Calgary
Buffalo
Sat, Apr 13
20:00:00
San Diego
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 13
22:00:00
Colorado
Las Vegas
Sat, Apr 13
22:00:00
New York
Vancouver
Sun, Apr 14
16:00:00
Albany
Panther City
WK
21
Fri, Apr 19
19:30:00
Rochester
Georgia
Fri, Apr 19
22:00:00
Vancouver
San Diego
Sat, Apr 20
18:00:00
Colorado
Halifax
Sat, Apr 20
19:30:00
Albany
New York
Sat, Apr 20
20:00:00
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 20
21:00:00
Panther City
Calgary
Sat, Apr 20
22:00:00
Buffalo
Las Vegas
Sun, Apr 21
15:00:00
Philadelphia
Rochester
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Sports Interaction Game of the Week Preview: ROC at TOR

NLL veterans Shawn Evans and Dan Dawson have experienced a lot and almost seen it all during their long professional lacrosse careers, including the historic, sometimes heated and always tightly contested rivalry between the Rochester Knighthawks and Toronto Rock.

“It’s been a close rivalry for years,” says Evans, who entered the NLL in 2006 with Rochester and won the NLL championship in 2007.

“Those years the Rock had some big-name players like Doyle, Sanderson, Watson, and the Knighthawks had John Grant Jr., Shawn Williams and Pat O’Toole. Those games were just electric in the building. Both teams have legends who have played this game, and it’s going to continue this weekend on Saturday night.”

Legends indeed. And Saturday night is when Evans’ Knighthawks visit Dawson’s Rock (-1.5, O/U 22.5) at FirstOntario Centre in the Sports Interaction Game of the Week on TSN (7 p.m. ET, TSN2).

Evans played with Rochester until 2011 before moving onto Calgary where he was the NLL MVP in 2013 and ’15. He has also had stops in New England and Buffalo.

“I’ve been in this league 16 years now, and I’ve seen a lot and played in a lot of big games,” says Evans. “Rochester is considered a second home for me, having played almost 10 years here dating back to the previous Knighthawks franchise.”

Saturday night’s matchup is as big as any as Rochester and 1.5 point favorite Toronto try to gain traction in the East Division standings. Both teams are 2-3 and coming off two straight losses. The Knighthawks lost back-to-back games last weekend and went 0-2 against the spread in their games versus Georgia (12-8) and at Philadelphia (18-10), while the Rock had a bye last weekend after losing in OT on Jan. 15 against Halifax (14-13) but still managed to cover the 1.5 spread.

“Yeah, last weekend wasn’t our best lacrosse,” says Evans, who against Philadelphia became the fifth player in NLL history to record 800 career assists. “We need to hit the reset button, and get back to just playing lacrosse and doing what makes us successful. Every game is a big game, and we need to be ready.

“This is a big game for both teams. 3-3 is better than 2-4, and puts us in a better position to get back on track. It’s going to be a great game, and might come down to the fourth quarter to decide it.”

Toronto’s Dawson has a similar assessment of Saturday’s importance: “We’re one-third of the way through the season after this weekend, so there’s no doubt in our minds we want to be 3-3. At some point we have to find that sense of urgency or the season gets away from you very quickly.”

Dawson, an NLL rookie way back in 2002 with Columbus, also recently reached some truly impressive major career milestones.

Against Halifax on Jan. 15, Dawson became the second player in league history to play in 300 games (only Buffalo Bandits legend and current coach John Tavares has played more at 306) and moved into second all-time in NLL points with 1,447, passing legend John Grant Jr. Tavares leads that category with 1,740 career points.

If that wasn’t impressive enough Dawson, the 2009 league MVP with Boston and three-time NLL champion (Rochester in 2013 and ’14; Saskatchewan in ’18), needs 18 more assists to become the all-time leader at 935, passing Tavares.

Evans, meanwhile, needs only three goals to pass Josh Sanderson for ninth on the all-time goals list with 450 and eight penalty minutes to pass Geoff Snider for third all-time with 583.

“This is an absolute must-win for us; it’s an absolute must-win for Rochester,” says Dawson, who has also suited up for Arizona, Portland, Philadelphia and San Diego before landing in Toronto in 2020.

“We are playing a team in our own division … these head-to-head matchups are extremely important. We know the parity that’s happening across league, and obviously in the East we’re fighting for a playoff spot right now and so is Rochester.”

Like a true lacrosse warrior who has been through years of on-floor battles Dawson certainly understands the storied Knighthawks-Rock rivalry, but looks at it with a bit of different perspective.

“It’s a long, historic rivalry. So many [games and moments] to draw on. For me I’ve been on actually the other side [Rochester] more than I have with the Rock,” says Dawson, who played for the Knighthawks from 2013 to ’18.

And Dawson’s recall also certainly includes the thrilling 2000 NLL championship–called the “Greatest Professional Indoor Lacrosse Game of All-Time” and one of the most memorable moments in the league’s 35-year history–in which the Rock’s Kaleb Toth scored on Knighthawks goalie Pat O’Toole with one second remaining in regulation to give Toronto a 14-13 win before more than 14,000 fans in the final sporting event held in the historic Maple Leaf Gardens.

“But at the same time, that’s in the past,” says Dawson. “There’s a rich history between these squads, but we’re just more focused on the current Rochester team and obviously the current Rock.”

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