Attendance Week 5

Another weekend another mixed bag as far as attendance goes in the NLL. While the league will publicly say they are happy with the New York attendance. Behind closed doors its probably a different story.

12 of 13 NLL teams have played at home and the league average attendance is a disappointing  7,665 after five weeks. Only the Philadelphia Wings have yet to play a home game.

Maybe starting the season over Thanksgiving weekend was NOT the best idea after all? Or maybe fans have found other things to occupy their time.  Either way the NLL needs to figure it out.

Buffalo 13,576
Calgary 11,352
Georgia 5,724
New York 6,089  ( Mostly season ticket holders?)
Rochester 5,036
Vancouver 6,125

Seals 11 Warriors 10 OT

Box Score

Attendance 6,125

Brodie Merrill scored 1:49 into overtime to give the San Diego Seals a 11-10 win against the Vancouver Warriors. The OT victory marks the Seals first win of the season.

For the trivia buffs this was the last game of the decade for the NLL. Where the hell does the time go.

Up Next

Sun Jan 12 Saskatchewan 2-1 at San Diego 1-3 4:00 PM ET

Sat Jan 4 Vancouver 1-2 at Colorado 2-1 9:30 PM ET

Riptide Crowd

Its going to be fun following the New York Riptide attendance during the season, if the Home Opener is a sign of things to come.

 

Wings 8 Roughnecks 7

Box Score

Attendance 11,352

Matt Rambo scored the game winner with two seconds left for the Wings and  Zach Higgins made 48 saves for the Wings.

The Necks went 0 for 4 with the man up including a five minute power play in the second quarter.  The Wings also had 2 goals called back in the last minute of the second quarter.

Up Next

Saturday Jan 4 Philadelphia 1-1 at New York 0-4  7:30 PM ET

Saturday Jan 18 Calgary 2-2  at Rochester 0-3 7:00 PM ET

 

Delayed Start

The Wings / Necks game got pushed back to a  10:23 face off. Due to the Roughnecks only arriving at the arena about an hour before face off due to travel issues.

 

Rush 9 Riptide 4

Box Score

Attendance 6,089

Only 6,089 to see the NLL return to Long Island. Disappointing but expected.

This is not what the league and the Riptide were expecting when the NLL came back to New York with the Riptide getting blown out of the building.

The Rush opened the game on a six goal run and and put it on cruise control the rest of the way.

Robert Church had four goals and one assists for the Rush and Evan Kirk had 44 saves.

Looks to be a long season on the Island.

 

Up Next

Sun Jan 12 Saskatchewan 2-1 at San Diego 0-3 4:00 PM ET

Sat Jan 4 Philadelphia 0-1 at New York 0-3 7:30 PM ET

 

Mammoth 13 Swarm 11

Box Score

Attendance 5,724

Maybe the Mammoth are for real?

Trailing 10-8 after three quarters, the Mammoth outscored the Swarm 5-1 in the final frame to earn the come from behind victory.

Jacob Ruest led the Mammoth with five goals and two assists.

 

Sat Jan 4 Vancouver 1-1 at Colorado 2-1 9:30 PM ET

Sat Jan 11 Buffalo 1-1 at Georgia 2-1 7:00 PM ET

 

 

Thunderbirds 15 Bandits 10

Box Score

Attendance 13,576

With the game tied at 4-4 the T-Birds went on a six goal run that stretched between the second and third quarter and never looked back.

Up Next

Sat Jan 11 Colorado 2-1 at Halifax 3-0 6:00 PM ET

Sat Jan 11 Buffalo 1-1 at Georgia 2-1 7:00 PM ET

 

Rock 14 Hawks 11

Box Score

Attendance 5,036

Rob Heller led the Rock with four goals and two assists and Nick Rose made 41 saves for the Rock.

Up Next

Sat Jan 11 Rochester 0-3 at Toronto 2-1 7:00 PM ET

 

Roughnecks 16 Seals 11

Box Score

Attendance 4,088

Jesse King led the Roughnecks with five goals and four assists. That 4,088 is somewhat suspect. It looked like less on the stream.

Up Next 

Sat Dec 28 Philadelphia 0-1 at Calgary 2-1 9:30 PM ET

Sun Dec 29 San Diego 0-3 at Vancouver 1-1  4:00 PM ET