All season long the All Lacrosse All The Time Crew will put together their picks for the upcoming week of NLL games.
Week Six Totals:
Shawn………………….6-1
Ryan…………………….4-3
“Muffler” Mike……..4-3
Gary…………………….7-0
John…………………….7-0
Year to Date:
Shawn………………..20-7
Gary…………………..17-10
John…………………..16-11
Ryan…………………..14-13
“Muffler” Mike……13-14
“Muffler” Mike Kostiuk:
ALB @ HFX
Halifax. The game is in the Nest, and the FireWolves are without Nardella, Connor Kelly, and possibly Doug Jamieson. Hard to see Albany keeping this game close.
SASK @ COL
Colorado. The Mammoth will look to avenge that opening weekend shellacking at the hands of the Rush.
HFX @ TOR
Toronto. Doubleheader weekends are tough for any team, but moreso when the second game is on the road against a good team. The Rock spoil Halifax’s chance to sweep.
PCLC @ PHI
Philadelphia. This one comes down to veteran leadership and savvy. The Wings have much more of it than Panther City does.
GA @ BUF
Buffalo. Bandits will continue their recent dominance of the Swarm. More importantly, let’s all hope the NLL makes next week’s Power Rankings make sense by dropping Buffalo from the top spot despite any win margin – this isn’t college football!
SD @ CGY
San Diego. Former Roughnecks seem to love returning to their old home and lighting it up. Expect it will happen again.
LV @ VAN
Vancouver. SOMEONE has to win this game – I’m going with the home team.
ROC @ NY
Rochester. Another case of bad timing for a struggling team. The Riptide need to turn things around, but will find it difficult against the hottest team in the league right now.
Shawn Slaght:
Albany vs Halifax
Pick – Halifax
I think we are going to see a similar situation to last week. Albany is really missing Nardella and Withers is going to dominate on the face off dot.
Saskatchewan vs Colorado
Pick – Saskatchewan
To be clear, this will not be a repeat of Week 1. It’ll be a lot closer. I really like how this Saskatchewan team is coming together and that young defence will give Colorado fits.
Halifax vs Toronto
Pick – Toronto
The Rock are starting to put it all together. Under other circumstances I’d consider Halifax, but they have a tough back-to-back schedule.
PCLC vs Philadelphia
Pick – Philadelphia
I’m still trying to get the pulse on this Panther City team. They are starting to come together, they just need some consistency. Last week Philly looked like the team we expected them to be.
Georgia vs Buffalo
Pick – Buffalo
Georgia is going through its bumps right now and wins will be tough to come by. I just don’t think they have the firepower that Buffalo has.
San Diego vs Calgary
Pick – San Diego
I learned my lesson last week. San Diego is hands down the better team and the transition didn’t turn out to play much of a factor.
Las Vegas vs Vancouver
Pick – Vancouver
Battle for the basement in the west. Vancouver went through a lot of changes in the past couple weeks and I think it’ll be a wake up call. It’ll be short lived, but we’ll see a Vancouver team playing for their jobs.
Rochester vs New York
Pick – Rochester
This Rochester team has got to be the most well-rounded team in the league. Meanwhile, New York is searching for answers as they should be better than their record shows.
Gary Groob:
Friday:
Albany FireWolves @ Halifax Thunderbirds
Halifax wins.
Albany is suffering through the injury bug. A good team at full strength, I don’t think they are a match for the Thunderbirds.
Saskatchewan Rush @ Colorado Mammoth
Pick: Colorado
Dillon Ward will steal some games in net for the Mammoth. This is one of those games. Awhile the teams are quite even, the edge goes to the All-Star goalie.
Saturday:
Halifax Thunderbirds @ Toronto Rock
Pick: Toronto
The Rock finally righted the ship last week against New York. Also Halifax on the back end of back to back games, look for the Rock to pull away in the second half.
Panther City Lacrosse Club @ Philadelphia Wings
Pick: Philadelphia
Panther City looked very average last week vs. Rochester. I think the Wings are a deeper team than PCLC. The Knighthawks exposed a chink in Nick Damude’s game, look for the Wings to exploit it.
Georgia Swarm @ Buffalo Bandits
Pick: Buffalo
The Bandits beat the Saarm last week in Georgia, and this will be more of the same. Buffalo is too strong for the rebuilding Swarm.
San Diego Seals @ Calgary Roughnecks
Pick: San Diego
The Seals have gelled as a team over the last few weeks. Through adversity builds character! Look for San Diego to jump out to an early lead and go wire to wire.
Las Vegas Desert Dogs @ Vancouver Warriors
Pick: Las Vegas
This is going to be historic! The Desert Dogs first win in the team’s history. Vancouver is in disarray, while Vegas is moving forward, albeit slowly.
Sunday:
Rochester Knighthawks @ New York Riptide
Pick: Rochester
I still don’t think the Knighthawks get the respect they deserve. Rochester is firing on all cylinders, with great goaltending. New York is spuddering at the moment, and this game won’t help.
John Craig:
ALB @ HFX
Halifax.
SASK @ COL
Rush.
HFX @ TOR
Toronto.
PCLC @ PHI
Philadelphia.
GA @ BUF
Buffalo.
This is PAINFUL but for the second week I got to pick Buffalo!
SD @ CGY
San Diego.
LV @ VAN
Las Vegas.
Sorry Troy! BUT on a positive note you are better looking than your brother!!
ROC @ NY
Rochester.
Ryan McMichael:
Friday:
Albany FireWolves @ Halifax Thunderbirds
Pick: Halifax
Saskatchewan Rush @ Colorado Mammoth
Pick: Saskatchewan
Saturday:
Halifax Thunderbirds @ Toronto Rock
Pick: Toronto
Panther City Lacrosse Club vs. Philadelphia Wings
Pick: Philadelphia
Georgia Swarm @ Buffalo Bandits
Pick: Buffalo
San Diego Seals @ Calgary Roughnecks
Pick: Calgary
Las Vegas Desert Dogs @ Vancouver Warriors
Pick: Las Vegas
Sunday:
Rochester Knighthawks @ New York Riptide
Pick: New York
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Gary Groob has been involved with Lacrosse for the majority of his life, whether playing, coaching, or covering the sport for the media.
An avid fan, with a real drive about helping to “grow the game”, Gary became part of podcasts about the game in 2010. Through the podcasts, Mr. Groob was given an opportunity to write about lacrosse, and the rest as they say, is history.
Through many miles (flying and driving) Gary has made inroads with the National Lacrosse League, Major Series Lacrosse League, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, as well as the Arena Lacrosse League, covering the leagues, their teams, and players, working for, and in concert with all of them.
In the year 2020, Mr. Groob was made the media person for the Arena Lacrosse League, voted onto the board of directors of the Brampton Excelsiors Lacrosse Club, as well as being made administrator of the Lacrosse page “Global Lacrosse” with a membership of 9000 members in over 90 Countries. Gary was also made an administrator of Lacrosse History Past Present and Future in 2022.
Mr. Groob co-hosts a weekly Lacrosse show on Spanglish Sports World, and ZingoTV channel 250, as well as writes a weekly lacrosse column for La Portada Canada News (both in print, and online).
Gary also hosts a Lacrosse talk show and podcast for The Edge of Philly Sports Network, seen live Sunday nights at 9pm (ET), and archived on the Edge of Philly YouTube page, as well as Spotify.
Mr. Groob’s other sports interests include Hockey, Football, Boxing, Wrestling, and Baseball, competing competitively in Boxing and Wrestling for many years.
