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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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Stealth’S Hodgson Continues To Live The Dream

In 11 years, Curtis Hodgson has yet to call in sick to work, so to speak. Sure the games are only once or twice a week, but in a sport where hacking and whacking an opponent while jostling for position in front of the net is par for the course, Hodgson has proven to be as durable as they come. Since entering the National Lacrosse League, the Vancouver Stealth captain has missed one game.

Even more impressive was that in that particular game — the first game of the 2010 season — Hodgson wasn’t even injured; it was a coaching decision to make him a healthy scratch for that night’s contest.

Not many competitors like being told they will not be playing and Hodgson wasn’t some fresh-faced rookie either, still finding his way in the league. Until that point, he had played in all 80 games over the course of his first five seasons.

“One of the things (former Stealth coach) Chris Hall was known for was pushing his players,” Hodgson said. “I always told ‘CH’ that was the best thing he could have done for me. He basically challenged me to be better. The conversation we had was basically, ‘play so I can’t take you out.'”

Hodgson credits the coach — who stepped down after the 2014 season and passed away in December from cancer — for much of the success in his career.

“I always felt he was in my ear pushing me and it is a credit to him (that I am) an older guy and still playing in the league,” Hodgson said. “I learned so much from him about being a professional and being prepared each week and not resting on my laurels.

“(The healthy scratch) was a springboard in my career, a turning point, to be honest.”

Since that healthy scratch, Hodgson has played in 98 straight games — 107 with playoffs — and is the Stealth franchise’s all-time leader in games played.

Or as Hodgson calls it, “the all-time old guy.”

“When I was 21, if you told me I got to play a game in the NLL, I would have said that is a dream come true,” he admitted.

Hodgson was drafted by the Vancouver Ravens franchise in the fourth round of the 2001 NLL Draft, but injuries kept him out of the lineup those first couple of years.

Hodgson may have lacked NLL experience, but Stealth general manager Doug Locker — who was the team’s assistant GM at the time — coveted the right-handed defenseman who had a stellar junior career with the Burnaby Lakers with a couple of Minto Cups (Canadian junior A championships) on his resume.

“He was a guy we had a lot of respect for, watching him play junior,” Locker said. “He was a guy that we thought would help jumpstart the franchise defensively and that turned out to be a pretty good move for us.

“He is so steady, is such a good leader and works so hard. It is hard to imagine the Stealth without him.”

While most players would love the opportunity to play for their hometown team, Hodgson — who is from Burnaby — had no problem leaving the Lower Mainland for the Stealth franchise then-located in California.

“I was sold on the chance to get an opportunity to play. At the time, Vancouver was a really veteran team,” Hodgson said. “Looking back, part of the reason I have had success is because I have played with a lot of great veteran players who helped me out.”

Is Hodgson surprised he is still going strong at age 33, as the elder statesman of a team whose average age is almost 26 years old?

“I think one of the reasons I am still playing is that over the years, I have had a lot of great coaches and a lot of players that push you,” he said. “Honestly, the big thing is the league has gotten more athletic and they have cleaned up the game in terms of making it a goal scorer’s league and I think the two reasons I have been successful are as you get older, you get smarter and try to learn as much as you can every year and get better. And the other truth of it is the work you have to put in, push yourself physically.”

He also credits changes to his off the floor routine which he made four or five years ago.

“It is a full time commitment in terms of off-season training, I play in the summer which also keeps me in shape and keeps my mind in it. It is doing all the things off the court to allow yourself to be successful on the floor.

Hodgson also relishes the role of being a teacher to his younger teammates. Being a teacher on the floor should come as little surprise considering his day job is as a high school teacher and athletic director at Burnaby’s Byrne Creek Secondary.

“I think from a teaching standpoint one of the reasons I have been able to play for a long time is I have always been open to learning and to get better,” he said. “I think I model that to guys now. A teacher doesn’t have everything figured out either, but it is engaging guys in those types of conversations. We are trying to learn, we are trying to get better.

“And I think it is the same in school, building relationships with people, engaging them with conversations and trying to mentor and lead by example.”

He also continues to give back to the game at the grassroots level. Earlier this season, he was named the director of the Stealth Lacrosse Academy and its Junior Stealth programs.

“He brings the highest level of integrity to our program,” Locker said. “His teaching, program management, coaching experience, and thorough understanding of the way the game is played today make him the perfect leader to serve as our director.”

“As an educator and team captain I have a strong passion for teaching and mentoring players as well as growing the game of lacrosse,” Hodgson said. “I’ve worked closely with the program over the last couple of years and look forward to building and contributing to the Academy.”

By Gary Ahuja (@VanStealthBeat) for NLL.com. Photo by Garrett James.

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