Colorado Mammoth to play Buffalo Bandits for lacrosse championship
Yesterday the Colorado Mammoth took on the Arizona Sting for the West Division title. In the East Division, the Buffalo Bandits faced the Rochester Knighthawks to determine their champion. The winners of these games are going on to the 2006 NLL Champions Cup on May 13th, 2006.
In the case of the East Division, the Buffalo Bandits completely dominated the Knighthawks to win their title 15–10. The game, held in the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, saw John Tavares and Cory Bomberry lead the Bandits to their victory. Of course, some great goaltending by Dietrich helped fend off the Knighthawks fourth quarter push.
In the west, those damn Mammoth won again — as a sidenote, my bitterness is only due to the fact that this is the team that knocked out the Roughnecks, had it been the Sting that won I would be cheering them on. In a game that was a little closer than the East Division final, the Mammoth only lead the Sting by 2 at the half — and that lead was lost by the fourth when the Sting tied the game at 11. Of course that’s when the defense took over and put the Mammoth on top for a 13–12 victory.
As mentioned earlier, the championship game will be held in the HSBC Arena on May 13th, 2006. For fans in the US, the game will be televised live on ESPN2 starting at 6pm EST. For us Canadians that aren’t making the trip to Buffalo, the game will be broadcast by Fox World Sports.
A small note to Shaw Cable subscribers, you can get an add-on package of two channels to your cable subscription for $2.99/month and Fox World Sports is one of the channels available. If you really want to watch the game, you should look into it — I’ll be subscribing for the month of May.