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Fri, Dec 29
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Fri, Dec 29
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Sat, Dec 30
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Sat, Dec 30
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Sun, Dec 31
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Sat, Jan 6
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Sun, Jan 7
15:00:00
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Fri, Jan 12
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Fri, Jan 12
22:00:00
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Sat, Jan 13
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Rochester
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Albany
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Fri, Jan 26
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18:00:00
Rochester
Halifax
Sat, Jan 27
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Sat, Jan 27
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Georgia
New York
Sat, Jan 27
19:30:00
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Philadelphia
Sat, Jan 27
22:00:00
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Las Vegas
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10
Fri, Feb 2
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Halifax
Philadelphia
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Georgia
Fri, Feb 2
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Calgary
Sat, Feb 3
19:00:00
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Albany
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Sat, Feb 3
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Sat, Feb 3
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Sun, Feb 4
18:00:00
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Fri, Feb 9
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Fri, Feb 9
20:00:00
Colorado
Panther City
Sat, Feb 10
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Georgia
Rochester
Sat, Feb 10
19:00:00
Calgary
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Sat, Feb 10
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Sat, Feb 10
22:00:00
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Fri, Feb 16
18:30:00
Buffalo
Halifax
Fri, Feb 16
22:00:00
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Las Vegas
Sat, Feb 17
19:00:00
Colorado
Albany
Sun, Feb 18
19:00:00
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Fri, Feb 23
21:00:00
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Colorado
Fri, Feb 23
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Georgia
San Diego
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19:00:00
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Rochester
Sat, Feb 24
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Toronto
Sat, Feb 24
19:30:00
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Sat, Feb 24
20:00:00
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Sat, Feb 24
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Sun, Feb 25
16:00:00
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19:00:00
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Halifax
Fri, Mar 1
20:00:00
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Panther City
Fri, Mar 1
22:00:00
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Fri, Mar 1
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Sat, Mar 2
13:00:00
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Philadelphia
Sat, Mar 2
19:00:00
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Sat, Mar 2
21:00:00
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Sat, Mar 2
22:00:00
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Sun, Mar 3
16:00:00
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Panther City
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Fri, Mar 8
19:00:00
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Albany
Fri, Mar 8
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Fri, Mar 8
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Buffalo
Sat, Mar 9
17:00:00
Colorado
Toronto
Sat, Mar 9
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Rochester
Sat, Mar 9
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New York
Sat, Mar 9
22:00:00
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San Diego
Sun, Mar 10
15:00:00
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Philadelphia
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Fri, Mar 15
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Halifax
Fri, Mar 15
21:00:00
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Calgary
Fri, Mar 15
22:00:00
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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
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Fri, Mar 22
20:00:00
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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
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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
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Georgia
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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
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Las Vegas
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Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
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Calgary
Fri, Apr 5
21:00:00
Buffalo
Colorado
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
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San Diego
Fri, Apr 5
22:00:00
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Vancouver
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
New York
Rochester
Sat, Apr 6
19:00:00
Toronto
Albany
Sat, Apr 6
19:30:00
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Georgia
Sat, Apr 6
20:00:00
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Sun, Apr 7
16:00:00
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Panther City
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Fri, Apr 12
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Colorado
Sat, Apr 13
19:00:00
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Toronto
Sat, Apr 13
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Buffalo
Sat, Apr 13
20:00:00
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Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 13
22:00:00
Colorado
Las Vegas
Sat, Apr 13
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Vancouver
Sun, Apr 14
16:00:00
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Panther City
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Fri, Apr 19
19:30:00
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Georgia
Fri, Apr 19
22:00:00
Vancouver
San Diego
Sat, Apr 20
18:00:00
Colorado
Halifax
Sat, Apr 20
19:30:00
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New York
Sat, Apr 20
20:00:00
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Sat, Apr 20
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Calgary
Sat, Apr 20
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15:00:00
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Take Two: Black Wolves Sweep Knighthawks With 10-8 Win

The New England Black Wolves completed the weekend sweep of the Rochester Knighthawks with a 10-8 win Saturday night in front of 7,582 fans at the Blue Cross Arena. The Black Wolves (7-4) defeated the Knighthawks (6-7) by a score of 16-13 Friday night at Mohegan Sun Arena. 

The mood after the sweep was notably different for the Black Wolves from two weeks ago when they lost a hard-fought game in the very same arena.

“Looking at where we are, as opposed to where we could have been after this weekend, it’s obviously big,” said Black Wolves forward and former Knighthawk Jordan Hall who finished the night with six points (2+4). “A couple of guys stepped up. I thought (Kevin) Crowley in the second half was awesome. Our defense, honestly stepped up big time. If you look at how they scored, it was a lot of transition which kind of looks bad on our ‘O’ guys, as well as power play stuff. Our ‘D’ guys locked them up pretty good.”

“It was really big,” said Black Wolves head coach Glenn Clark. “It’s in division. You just allow yourself to keep yourself in that second-place spot, keep yourself in a playoff spot. More for our psyche, too. I thought they really gave it to us the first time we were here and outplayed us in a lot of ways. To come back and respond the way we did, it’s just good for our mental makeup.”

The Black Wolves may not have put up the same numbers offensively as they did Friday night but used a balanced attack to score the goals when they needed them. Former league MVP Shawn Evans finished the night with seven points (3+4), Kevin Crowley had five points (2+3), Kyle Buchanan had five assists, and Pat Saunders had two goals in the fourth quarter including the final goal with just over 20 seconds to play.

“That’s the nice thing that we like about our ‘O’ right now,” Clark said. “It’s pretty level. They can all put the ball in the net. Even Kevin Buchanan has been scoring a lot for us and making good plays. Just getting loose balls and being responsible. It’s a good group and they’re really clicking right now as an offense.”

At the other end of the tunnel, the mood was much more somber for the Knighthawks who had a chance to make a real statement in the playoff race this weekend.

“It was a hard-fought battle by both teams,” said Knighthawks defenseman Brad Self, who had three points (2+1) while pulling double duty with the offense at times. “Nobody likes losing, that’s for sure. We obviously weren’t too happy with the two losses. We were really unhappy with last night’s effort. Tonight was a whole lot better, so we have to build off that.”

“This is a tough weekend,” said Knighthawks forward Dan Dawson who had a four-point night (2+2). “Going into a bye week, you never want to give up two games like that. They out-played us this weekend. There’s nothing more to it. They out-executed us, they out-worked us, and it showed in the result.”

“It’s a good time to have this bye week,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. “We’re pretty banged-up. It’s a good time to get refreshed and healthy. We still control a lot of things. We’ve got Buffalo two more times, we’ve got these guys one more time, and we’ve got Georgia. All divisional games that we control and we’ve got a lot of lacrosse left to play.”

The bye week was a major theme for the Knighthawks after playing the back-to-back games versus the Black Wolves. Forward Cory Vitarelli was not on the active roster, along with defenseman Mike Manley who came over from the Black Wolves in the Hall trade. 

“We’ve got some time, but we’re definitely a hurting group with injuries and sicknesses,” Dawson said. “We’re going to use this bye week to get better and to get healthy. It’s the right time as far as getting healthy and getting better. As far as timing and coming off two losses, it’s not really good timing. We’re definitely going to have to use these two weeks to get the sticks in our hands and get better, but right now, this one’s going to sting for a while. You’ve got two weeks to let this sink in.”

“We’ll see how healthy we get,” Self said. “We have some bodies banged up, and time will tell. Even for the guys that are healthy right now have some bumps and bruises. It will be nice to just take a week off and regroup then get back to work in a couple of weeks.”

For the Knighthawks, the weekend series with the Black Wolves continued a trend of slow offensive starts in 2016. In both games, the Knighthawks failed to score in the first quarter. The Knighthawks trailed 3-0 only 23 seconds into the second quarter before taking a lead keyed by defensemen Brad Self, Ian Llord, and Scott Self. 

“You see what our defense does with the lead,” Dawson said. “We’ve never really gave them a huge lead to start off this season, to start off the year. That last couple of games we’ve played, we’ve come from behind in almost every single game. It’s going to come back to bite you. Especially with how good teams are, you need to play a full 60 and we just haven’t done that recently. It’s something we’ve got to address.”

“I think a couple of times, we’ve been panicking really early in the game,” said Knighthawks forward Stephen Keogh. “We just need to calm down and spread the offense. Move the ball and move our feet. Just get back to Knighthawks lacrosse where everyone’s contributing. We’re a great team, but we can’t be spotting everyone a lead early in a game. Hopefully we can fix it for the rest of the season.”

With the season heading towards the stretch run, the Black Wolves trail the Eastern Division-leading Buffalo Bandits by half a game. The Knighthawks trail the Bandits by 2.5 games but are still in the final playoff spot in the East. The Black Wolves return home to face the Colorado Mammoth on April 2 while the Knighthawks get the bye week.

Three Stars of the Game:

1) Shawn Evans
2) Dan Dawson
3) Brad Self

By Jeremy Pike for NLL.com. Photo by Micheline Veluvolu.

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