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Playoff night in Toronto.
Hard to believe, but this is something the city hasn’t seen since Toronto’s basketball team, the Raptors, were eliminated in five games by the Orlando Magic over two years ago on Apr. 28, 2008. The last time a Toronto team won a game was four days earlier on Apr. 24.
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You can’t stop the Rock.
A week after Toronto’s dramatic overtime win in their home opener, which featured a royal rumble-style line brawl, the Rock showed they like to use their hands for offence as well.
Led by rookie sensation Garret Billings’ five goals and Bob “Whipper” Watson’s 45 saves, the Rock streamrolled the Rochester Knighthawks 17 to 3 before 10,104 at the Air Canada Centre Saturday night.
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The Toronto Nationals ended their inaugural season by hoisting the Steinfield Cup.
The Nationals beat the Denver Outlaws 10-9 Sunday afternoon at Annapolis, Md. in front of a crowd of 7,003 to win the Major League Lacrosse title.
Attacker Shawn Williams scored two goals in the last five minutes of play, the championship winner coming with just 45 seconds remaining in the game. (More …)
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It was a lacrosse game that didn’t mean much in terms of playoff opposition but the Toronto Nationals wanted to send a message by beating the first-place Denver Outlaws.
The Nationals were 0-2 against Denver this year, out-scored 35-24 along the way. The stats by themselves didn’t look good, but victory is victory.
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Two offensive powerhouses collided at BMO Field Thursday night, and they didn’t disappoint.
Going into the game the Toronto Nationals led Major League Lacrosse (MLL) with 150 goals and the Boston Cannons ranked second with 146.
With two points separating the teams in the standings it wasn’t surprising the game went down to the wire.
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Matt Brown scored six goals and Brendan Mundorf scored five as the Denver Outlaws defeated the Toronto Nationals 20-16 at BMO Field on Saturday night.
Brown and Mundorf broke open a 10-9 Outlaws lead with two goals each in a decisive third quarter. (More …)
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It would be accurate to say the Toronto Nationals have the Washington Bayhawks’ number.
Before an announced crowd of 3,554, the Nationals scored ten first-half goals to walk away with a convincing 19-12 win over the Washington Bayhawks at BMO Field on Saturday afternoon.
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It’s got to be hard to live up to the magic of a franchise home opener, but the Toronto Nationals came as close as they could.
Zach Greer scored four goals and assisted on another as the Long Island Lizards defeated the Toronto Nationals 13-9 in front of over 3,000 fans on a soggy BMO Field Friday night. (More …)
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It was an explosive home opener for the Toronto Nationals field lacrosse team.
Before an announced crowd of 5,144 the Nationals scored eight second half goals en route to a 15-11 win over the Chicago Machine at BMO Field on Friday night.
Coming off a 17-16 win over the Washington Bayhawks last week, the Nationals waited 2:17 into the first quarter to answer another Toronto sports trivia question.
Who would score the Nationals’ first home goal?
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