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Breaking: League Adopts Unified Standings Format & Updated Playoff Structure for 2023-24 Season

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WK
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Saskatchewan
Halifax
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Albany
Las Vegas
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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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Thrilling OT Win For Rock

The Toronto Rock are certainly keeping their fans on their toes this season. A second consecutive home game went down to the wire as the Rock defeated the Philadelphia Wings 11-10 in overtime at Scotiabank Arena.

Adam Jones’ fifth goal of the game at 3:51 of the overtime period improved the Rock’s record to 2-1. The team was relieved to get a win in front of their home crowd after dropping last week’s game to Georgia in the final minute. Jones and Tom Schreiber combined for 10 of the Rock’s 11 goals. 

“We didn’t have the best home record last season and we lost a tough one last week so if we dropped this one we would have been upset,” the OT hero Jones said. “Schreiber had a great play [to tie it late] and Rosey and the D shut it down when we needed them to.”

Schreiber sent the game to overtime with a shorthanded goal, beating a defenseman and leaping over the crease with 20 seconds remaining after the Wings fought back from a third quarter deficit. Slow offensive starts have been an issue for the Wings thus far but defensively they pushed the pace early which caused the Rock to struggle early, too. It took nearly 10 minutes before Blaze Riorden opened the scoring. Schreiber replied with a shorthanded marker to tie the game at one after one. 

Jones and Brandon Slade put the Rock up 3-1 in the second but Liam Patten’s first of the game cut the deficit to one at the half.

“That was the worst half that we’ve played,” Schreiber said. “This was a character win for us.”

The Rock looked to have things under control early in the third with Jones and Schreiber scoring back-to-back to increase the lead to 5-2. They each scored twice in the frame. But the Wings fought back; Chris Cloutier scored a pair while Steph Charbonneau and Kiel Matisz picked up transition markers and closed the gap to 7-6. 

Seven of the Wings’ goals came on transition as Nick Rose fought through multiple one-on-one situations that allowed the Wings back in the game.

“That’s us not doing our job,” Rock head coach Matt Sawyer said, forgiving his goalie. “We have a horrible habit when things aren’t going well for us up front of selling out and forgetting about our defensive responsibilities. We let them run and they shoved it down our throat.”

Wings’ head coach Paul Day preferred to look at the transition goals as a positive for his team.

“We have a bunch of guys under 25, and a young group means a lot of speed. We’re going to try and push the tempo of the game. We have good speed and we have some young guys that can finish.”

Neither team wanted to give an inch in the fourth. The Wings went on a tear, scoring three goals in a row – on transition – to take a 9-7 lead. Anthony Joaquim tied it on a break at 2:56. Patten converted goaltender Doug Buchan’s long pass to put the Wings up 8-7 at 5:01, and Matisz put them up two at 8:13. It was a short-lived lead: Jones replied 22 seconds after Matisz’s goal, and Schreiber tied the game at nine just 12 seconds after that.

Riorden scored off the bench at 12:36 for what looked like the go-ahead goal. The Wings just couldn’t hold off Captain America, even with a power play.

Sawyer just shook his head after the game.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been so happy with such a bad game,” he said. “We did some good things out there defensively and in goal, but had trouble generating offense. We just let them run on us and gave up a lot of transition goals and that was on us up front. Having said that, sometimes the ugliest ones end up being the prettiest ones and we found a way here tonight.”

For the Wings, now 0-3, there were some positives to be found in a heartbreaking loss. While the first half may have been the Rock’s worst half of the season, defensively it was the best for the young Wings. Their transition game was on fire. And most promising of all was the play of rookie goalie Doug Buchan who made 51 saves and played his first complete game and came very close to his first NLL win 

Jones, who won a Canadian championship this summer with Buchan, was one of only three members of the Rock to beat the rookie. 

“I was expecting a high-scoring game but [Buchan] played great,” Jones said. “I know how good he is. I’m glad he’s getting the shot, he deserves it. He had our number the first half.”

Day said that while it’s not the outcome the Wings wanted, the coaching staff is proud of their group.

“There’s a couple of things at the end of the game we have to learn from but we’re happy. We’re on the same page defensively and we needed some great goaltending.”

The Rock are on the road next weekend in Colorado, facing the Mammoth on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET, while Philadelphia hosts the Georgia Swarm at 7 p.m. the same night. Both games can be viewed on BR Live.

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