Sting Lose Championship Game
Our Arizona Sting made it to the National Lacrosse League finals this year. Their opponent, the Rochester Knighthawks, finished the season with a better record and should have hosted the game. However, they had a scheduling conflict at their arena so we got the game here in Glendale.
It was so exciting to see a big crowd, over 9,000, at the arena and there were pockets of Rochester fans here and there to make it interesting. The Knighthawks scored first but we caught up at 2-2. It was pretty much all downhill from there, unfortunately.
Our guys spent too much time passing and not enough shooting. Both sides played great D but our goalie, Blaisdel, didn't look as crisp as usual. We also made several costly turnovers with sloppy passing.
The Sting finally came alive in the fourth quarter and strung together a bunch of goals to get to 13-11 but time ran out before they could catch up.
We were good sports and stuck around to see them award the cup to Rochester. They played a better game and they earned the win.
It was still sad, though.
On a positive note for me, a 20-something tried to pick me up. Tempting...but I factored in his obvious inebriation in my decision making process and steered him back to his buddies.
It was so exciting to see a big crowd, over 9,000, at the arena and there were pockets of Rochester fans here and there to make it interesting. The Knighthawks scored first but we caught up at 2-2. It was pretty much all downhill from there, unfortunately.
Our guys spent too much time passing and not enough shooting. Both sides played great D but our goalie, Blaisdel, didn't look as crisp as usual. We also made several costly turnovers with sloppy passing.
The Sting finally came alive in the fourth quarter and strung together a bunch of goals to get to 13-11 but time ran out before they could catch up.
We were good sports and stuck around to see them award the cup to Rochester. They played a better game and they earned the win.
It was still sad, though.
On a positive note for me, a 20-something tried to pick me up. Tempting...but I factored in his obvious inebriation in my decision making process and steered him back to his buddies.
