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A championship contender at Rogers Arena? The Vancouver Warriors look that kind of capable
The Vancouver Canucks brought Curt Malawsky in to run their lacrosse team. This is when he might be his most valuable to them. Malawksy has key to the turnaround of the Vancouver Warriors. That’s true. They made a three-win jump in his second year with the National Lacrosse League club last season, finishing 11-7. They…
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Vancouver Warriors win first-ever playoff game, advance to meet Buffalo Bandits in NLL semifinals
Vancouver Warriors head coach and general manager Curt Malawsky and Buffalo Bandits general manager Steve Dietrich are old buddies who speak every day. That’s not changing even though the Warriors are meeting the Bandits in the best-of-three National Lacrosse League semifinals starting Friday in Buffalo. Game 2 is slated for Sunday at Rogers Arena. The…
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VANCOUVER WARRIORS BRING NLL PLAYOFFS TO ROGERS ARENA SATURDAY AND THEY’RE COMING IN HOT
The Vancouver Warriors play their first-ever National Lacrosse League playoff game in six years as a Vancouver Canucks’ property on Saturday night at Rogers Arena, and they come into that on a raucous roll, with a six-game winning streak that has seen them trailing on the scoreboard for all of three minutes, 22 seconds during…
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VANCOUVER WARRIORS CLINCH HOME PLAYOFF DATE NEXT SATURDAY WITH WIN OVER PHILADELPHIA WINGS
The Vancouver Warriors won their sixth straight game, assured the franchise its first home playoff date since 2017 and along the way Saturday night looked like this is every bit business as usual for them. The 11-5 triumph over the Philadelphia Wings before an announced crowd of 10,876 at Rogers Arena means that Vancouver finishes…
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Vancouver Warriors make playoffs for first time in seven years and look poised to make noise there
It’s easy to suggest the Christian Del Bianco trade is working out just fine for the Vancouver Warriors. The Warriors’ 12-10 triumph over the host Toronto Rock Friday night marked their fifth straight win since landing the Del Bianco from the Calgary Roughnecks in a trade deadline blockbuster and clinched the Vancouver franchise just its…
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Fourth straight win strengthens Vancouver Warriors’ grip on playoff spot – could a home postseason game be in the cards?
The Vancouver Warriors are playing playoff style lacrosse and trending to toward just their second postseason appearance in 11 years, but don’t expect Curt Malawsky to get caught up in any future surfing. Malawsky is Vancouver’s general manager and head coach and he has stressed focussing on the moment all season, with one of his…
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Weirdest Vancouver Giants’ game ever? The 7-5 loss to the Spokane Chiefs Sunday has to be up there
The events you’re about to read really happened, no matter how illogical it may all seem. The Spokane Chiefs beat the Vancouver Giants 7-5 Sunday night to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven WHL Western Conference quarterfinal. And this is where things get messy. Vancouver allowed 33 shots in the second period alone. Spokane…
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Christian Del Bianco slams door, Vancouver Warriors surprise Buffalo Bandits to strengthen playoff bid
The Vancouver Warriors gave their chances of making the National Lacrosse League playoffs for a second time in 11 seasons a significant boost Saturday. The Warriors (8-7) downed the first-place Buffalo Bandits (11-4) by a 13-12 count before a crowd of over 19,000 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo. Recent trade pick-up Christian Del Bianco…
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Scoring champion Andrew Cristall pots pair before large crowd of family and friends, Spokane Chiefs take 1-0 lead on Vancouver Giants to open up WHL playoffs
The Vancouver Giants broke a couple of trends in their playoff opener. One was a positive for them. The Giants went 0-for-12 on the power play in their four regular season meetings with the Spokane Chiefs. On Friday at the Langley Events Centre, the Giants scored on their first man advantage of their best-of-seven Western…
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Could the Vancouver Warriors be the team that brings playoffs to Rogers Arena this season?
A postseason appearance could do wonders for the Vancouver Warriors’ brand, and they helped their chances of achieving that this season with a playoff-style win Saturday. The Warriors hung on against a late push from the Georgia Swarm to nab a 15-13 win over before an announced crowd of 9,435 at Rogers Arena. The win…
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