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February 24th, 2001 and the Buffalo Bandits visit the Philadelphia Wings at the First Union Center, in regular season action.
Philadelphia was looking for revenge after losing 26-18 to the Bandits a month previous.
The teams were tied for 2nd place both with 5-2 records at the halfway point of the season, and were looking to get a leg up on eachother.
Both squads were tough, and talented, setting the stage for a barnburner of a game.
Buffalo had John Tavaras, Shawn Williams, Pat Maddalena, and Mike Accursi.
Philadelphia countered with Jeff Ratcliffe, Tom Marechek, Jake Bergey, and Kevin Finneran.
Phil Wetherup was in the net for Buffalo, while Dallas Eliuk was tending goal for the Wings.
There’s no love lost between these two teams, and with playoff implications?!?!
Sit back, relax, and enjoy this game in it’s entirety!
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.
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