NLL 2024-25 Week 9 Preview
All four games on deck for week 9 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: J. Brooking/Albany FireWolves
After eight games last weekend, we’re cooling down and catching our breath with a four-game slate in week 9 — interval training split evenly across Friday and Saturday. Stakes are still high even with a light quartet ahead.
Here’s how this works: I’ll tell you the matchups, the results of their five most recent contests (if applicable), top three scorers on each team, probable starting netminders, and team offensive and defensive shift stats as slash lines (S%/SOG%/E%) (offense on the left, defense on the right). All stats are based off my work for this site.
This is intended to be bare bones, quick and easy content to get you caught up before the weekend’s games. No analysis or storylines, just the stats.
If you’re in the US, all games are available on ESPN+; if you’re in Canada, you can catch the games on the TSN app or NLLplus.com.
Here’s what’s ahead.
Photo Credit: Toronto Rock
Toronto Rock (1-5) vs. Calgary Roughnecks (3-2)
Friday, Jan. 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Saddledome
Last 5 Meetings:
3-2 in Roughnecks’ favor
Rock
8.8 GF/GAME | 11.8 GA/GAME
Roughnecks
13.3 GF/GAME | 13.4 GA/GAME
Rock Top Scorers
Chris Boushy, 22 PTS (12G, 10A)
Josh Dawick, 21 PTS (13G, 8A)
Mark Matthews, 12 PTS (1G, 11A) — out for rest of season due to injury
Roughnecks Top Scorers
Jesse King, 33 PTS (6G, 27A)
Curtis Dickson, 32 PTS (18G, 14A)
Dane Dobbie, 24 PTS (18G, 6A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Rock
Nick Rose — 11.52 GAA | .767 Sv% | -3.22 GSAA | 328:08 min.
Roughnecks
Cam MacLeod — 13.19 GAA | .750 Sv% | -7.20 GSAA | 286:31 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Rock O | D
TrueES — 9.8/68.9/8.8 | 13.6/71.2/11.4
TruePP — 14.5/66.7/15.9 | 15.7/61.4/15.9
TrueFB — 21.3/67.2/17.6 | 24.1/82.8/20.0
TrueSH — 3.2/48.4/2.5 | 28.6/57.1/15.0
Roughnecks O | D
TrueES — 12.8/69.2/11.8 | 16.9/71.9/15.1
TruePP — 12.3/70.2/14.4 | 21.7/78.3/21.0
TrueFB — 19.6/73.9/18.0 | 17.4/73.9/15.4
TrueSH — 9.8/63.4/8.2 | 22.7/68.2/17.2
Ottawa Black Bears (4-2) vs. Vancouver Warriors (3-3)
Friday, Jan. 24 at 10:00 p.m. ET at Rogers Arena
Last 3 Meetings (as New York Riptide):
2-1 in Warriors’ favor
Black Bears
9.7 GF/GAME | 9.7 GA/GAME
Warriors
10.5 GF/GAME | 10.0 GA/GAME
Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 33 PTS (13G, 20)
Jacob Dunbar, 22 PTS (14G, 8A)
Kiel Matisz, 17 PTS (4G, 13A)
Warriors Top Scorers
Keegan Bal, 30 PTS (15G, 15A)
Adam Charalambides, 22 PTS (8G, 14A)
Kevin Crowley, 21 PTS (8G, 13A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 9.46 GAA | .811 Sv% | 9.54 GSAA | 355:08 min.
Warriors
Aden Walsh — 9.83 GAA | .791 Sv% | 3.44 GSAA | 359:59 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 12.5/72.1/10.1 | 12.1/71.3/10.0
TruePP — 19.3/68.4/18.6 | 9.7/65.3/11.3
TrueFB — 24.2/66.7/16.7 | 22.4/73.1/19.0
TrueSH — 7.4/59.3/5.7 | 5.3/68.4/3.7
Warriors O | D
TrueES — 10.7/72.8/8.9 | 11.5/64.6/9.8
TruePP — 15.1/64.4/17.2 | 16.1/65.6/16.5
TrueFB — 29.2/83.1/25.7 | 16.0/70.0/13.6
TrueSH — 15.4/76.9/10.5 | 14.3/81.0/10.3
Photo Credit: J. Brooking/Albany FireWolves
Colorado Mammoth (4-3) vs. Rochester Knighthawks (3-5)
Saturday, Jan. 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Blue Cross Arena
Last 2 Meetings:
2-0 in Mammoth’s favor
Mammoth
13.3 GF/GAME | 11.9 GA/GAME
Knighthawks
11.3 GF/GAME | 12.6 GA/GAME
Mammoth Top Scorers
Connor Kelly, 40 PTS (21G, 19A)
Will Malcom, 36 PTS (17G, 19A)
Ryan Lee, 33 PTS (10G, 23A)
Knighthawks Top Scorers
Ryan Lanchbury, 45 PTS (12G, 33A)
Connor Fields, 45 PTS (17G, 28A)
Thomas McConvey, 33 PTS (12G, 21A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Mammoth
Dillon Ward — 11.23 GAA | .783 Sv% | 1.49 GSAA | 416:36 min.
Knighthawks
Riley Hutchcraft — 11.32 GAA | .793 Sv% | 5.68 GSAA | 434:40 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 20.0/66.5/16.9 | 12.7/71.4/11.4
TruePP — 14.0/68.0/15.6 | 23.5/71.6/23.5
TrueFB — 17.2/77.6/14.7 | 22.4/74.1/16.5
TrueSH — 4.0/72.0/2.9 | 20.0/60.0/14.3
Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 12.8/69.2/11.8 | 14.4/69.9/13.3
TruePP — 12.3/70.2/14.4 | 15.5/68.9/17.2
TrueFB — 19.6/73.9/18.0 | 21.1/77.9/18.7
TrueSH — 9.8/63.4/8.2 | 13.0/78.3/8.6
Albany FireWolves (2-5) vs. Saskatchewan Rush (4-2)
Saturday, Jan. 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET at SaskTel Centre
Last 3 Meetings:
2-1 in FireWolves’ favor
FireWolves
11.7 GF/GAME | 11.0 GA/GAME
Rush
11.2 GF/GAME | 10.2 GA/GAME
FireWolves Top Scorers
Alex Simmons, 42 PTS (16G, 26A)
Tye Kurtz, 34 PTS (15G, 19A)
Ethan Walker, 34 PTS (11G, 23A)
Rush Top Scorers
Zach Manns, 31 PTS (18G, 13A)
Austin Shanks, 21 PTS (10G, 11A)
Brock Haley, 18 PTS (7G, 11A)
Probable Starting Netminders
FireWolves
Doug Jamieson — 10.63 GAA | .798 Sv% | 7.37 GSAA | 423:10 min.
Rush
Frank Scigliano — 9.57 GAA | .797 Sv% | 5.54 GSAA | 376:00 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
FireWolves O | D
TrueES — 11.2/66.5/10.3 | 14.5/74.9/13.0
TruePP — 23.7/76.3/22.0 | 19.3/72.7/19.3
TrueFB — 22.2/76.2/17.7 | 13.5/68.9/12.2
TrueSH — 20.0/77.5/18.6 | 6.3/53.1/4.7
Rush O | D
TrueES — 14.5/69.3/12.3 | 11.4/65.2/9.6
TruePP — 11.9/67.9/13.0 | 19.6/80.4/17.6
TrueFB — 18.4/73.7/16.7 | 22.2/74.1/17.4
TrueSH — 14.3/64.3/9.1 | 15.4/76.9/10.3