Why "I" love the NLL

Hello everyone, how are things in the yard? I hope the sporting world has been good to all of you. As we sit in the midst of March Madness (I have Tennessee to win it all), the regular season hockey and basketball playoff stretchs and of course the ever popular pre NFL draft talk, I'd like to take today to discuss why I truly love the game of lacrosse.

This past weekend we played Calgary at home in a very pivotal Western division match up, and came away with a very close 13-12 victory. Allowing us to take a share of first place along the way. What intrigued me the most about the game is how it is truly never over until the final whistle blows. Now, many other sports try and boast the "it is never over until it is over" theory, and some have the odd game to attest to it, but it seems week in and week out, the NLL has numerous match ups that have big time lead changes and usually end up being won or lost in the final seconds!!! I can't tell you the amount of games I have been in that I said immediately after "that was the best game I have ever been a part of!!!!" There was our giant fourth quarter comeback with the Rock vs. the Wings at home. There was the dramatic final second, Kaleb Toth shot at Maple Leaf Gardens. There was our 7 goal comeback last year at Colorado in the playoffs. There was the game in Minny when we led by 8 with a quarter to go and watched them beat us last second. There was the last two times we have been to Calgary and stolen two points from them in huge comeback victories. I could seriously go on and on. I have been on both ends of the dramatics this sport offers on many different levels over the years. It made me finally realize why I believe that this sport is so legit. Every game ends in exciting fashion and more often then not, both the players and fans go home in some sort of disbelief. It is common place in our game!!! There are very few duds!!!

Back to our game this weekend…..In a nutshell, I will do my best to describe it to those who are unfamiliar with lacrosse. We came out like blockbusters and had a 5 or six goal lead after the first quarter. They came back and got it within two heading into half time. The third quarter was all theirs as they took a three goal lead into the final five minutes. We came back to win the game with 4 seconds remaining on the clock………How can you explain that to someone who didn't see it themselves? It is incomprehensible to think about how many NLL games allow the fan to leave the arena saying…….."THAT WAS THE BEST GAME I HAVE EVER SEEN.!!!" That is why I love the NLL.

My Stealth mates and I are off to Edmonton to visit the Rush this coming weekend in a very important Western division battle.

Until next time,

Colin #7

I'll try and attach a little piece of video we shot right after the game this weekend.