Monumental Firsts Across NLL Week 3

by CLL

For those of you who didn't, you need to go back and watch this past weekend's games for NLL Week 3 —wow. Two overtime games, three one-goal games, and a handful of spectacular individual performances; one for the record books! 

Buffalo Bandits 18 - Ottawa Black Bears 7

Jacob Dunbar ('19) with 2 Goals on 5 Shots on Goal and 7 Loose Balls and Jeff Teat ('15) with 3 Goals on 9 Shots on Goal, 2 Assists, and 8 Loose Balls weren't enough to knock off the defending champion Buffalo Bandits. 

Vancouver Warriors 10 - Rochester Knighthawks 7 

Friday night at Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver saw some first for Jonathan Peshko ('19). Peshko scored his first NLL Goal at the 13:36 mark of the 3rd Quarter on the Power Play. He picked up his second of the night, his first multi-goal-game, at 00:43 in the same Quarter. His second goal went on to be the game winning goal —another first. Peshko picked up 1 Assist, 4 Loose Balls, and 1 Caused Turn Over to go with his 8 Shots on Goal. 

San Diego Seals 14 - Colorado Mammoth 11

The Seals offence proved to be too much for the Mammoth and defender Sean Kriwokon ('21). Out the back gate Kriwokon picked up 2 Loose Balls and 1 Caused Turn Over in the loss.  The Seals played well on defence too, with Matthew Wright ('18, '21) contributing on the backend and picking up 1 Loose Ball.

Philadelphia Wings 19 - Las Vegas Desert Dogs 10

Another tough one for the Desert Dogs. Jake Saunders ('18) contributed on the back-end, no stat lines. Goaltender Landon Kells ('19, '21) made 18 Saves in his 57:25 Minutes. For the Wings, Sam LeClair ('19) played lights-out with 2 Goals on 5 Shots on Gaol, contributed with 1 Assist and picked up 5 Loose Balls. Wings Goaltender Deacan Knott ('22) did not play. 

Georgia Swarm 10 - Toronto Rock 9

The Georgia Swarm's Seth Van Schepen ('19) collected 5 Loose Balls and 2 Blocked Shots in a gritty win for the Swarm. On the other side Chris Weier ('19) recorded his first Goal of the season in transition and picked-up 3 Loose Balls.