This past weekend in indoor lacrosse was monumental for both of the divisional finalists. The older of the two teams, Toronto, had been 4-0 at home against the Knighthawks and 5-2 overall (1-2 in Rochester) despite never having one a game at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial during the regular season until last season. All the pressure was on Rochester, especially since the first two meetings at the ACC were the 1999 and 2000 Championship Games. It was even further emphasized that the Rock were the defending champions and probably could have lost to Buffalo (not to be a homer). If the Bandits won over Toronto, it would have ended a five year meeting drought, when Rochester won the Champion's Cup in 2007.
Toronto typically has good thirds, and the current set is the best they've had. But I wanted to see a red third to replace the current black ones, yet two alternates would be cool . . . the Bandits did that this season. I didn't notice until after I finished, but the numbers are the ones from the original Blue Jays uniforms. The design down the sleeves was inspired by Team Canada Curling from the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, IT. Either way, this could "blend in" with the history of Toronto Rock jerseys However, the red alternate here reminds me of a Hawai'ian jersey they had a while back. Then this one used to be the third jersey - it was red instead of blue at the bottom of the home whites.
Meanwhile back at the hive, the Swarm clinched a home playoff win after beating Colorado for the second straight week - this time at home. These two met at the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis the week prior when JGJ broke the single-season scoring record (as mentioned on Wednesday). This was Minnesota's first playoff win in franchise history. Two losses to Buffalo (both road losses) and a home loss to the New York Titans covers 2006-2008. A one year absence during their first West Division season was followed by two straight losses to the newly relocated Washington Stealth last season and the season before.
That brings us up to date - leading up to last weeks home game against the Rush, following the first ever playoff win, much to the delight of the Arlotta family, who owns the team. But we are very looking forward to the Rush at the Knighthawks tomorrow night! Surprised by this concept? I decided that I needed to change some color schemes after reading a blog post about how there is too much black and red in the league - which I tried to use as the epiphany for my concepts wherever possible. Recognize the sides? It should remind you of this year's All-Star Game threads. Don't forget, Saturday's post will be up after 9:30 PM EDT (-5:00 GMT) sometime, when the new league champ is crowned. Well I've gone over everything I wanted to take care of. In the mean time, so-long for now!
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| Red replaces black. |
Toronto typically has good thirds, and the current set is the best they've had. But I wanted to see a red third to replace the current black ones, yet two alternates would be cool . . . the Bandits did that this season. I didn't notice until after I finished, but the numbers are the ones from the original Blue Jays uniforms. The design down the sleeves was inspired by Team Canada Curling from the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, IT. Either way, this could "blend in" with the history of Toronto Rock jerseys However, the red alternate here reminds me of a Hawai'ian jersey they had a while back. Then this one used to be the third jersey - it was red instead of blue at the bottom of the home whites.
Meanwhile back at the hive, the Swarm clinched a home playoff win after beating Colorado for the second straight week - this time at home. These two met at the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis the week prior when JGJ broke the single-season scoring record (as mentioned on Wednesday). This was Minnesota's first playoff win in franchise history. Two losses to Buffalo (both road losses) and a home loss to the New York Titans covers 2006-2008. A one year absence during their first West Division season was followed by two straight losses to the newly relocated Washington Stealth last season and the season before.
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| I wanted to toy with Minnesota Wild Colors |
That brings us up to date - leading up to last weeks home game against the Rush, following the first ever playoff win, much to the delight of the Arlotta family, who owns the team. But we are very looking forward to the Rush at the Knighthawks tomorrow night! Surprised by this concept? I decided that I needed to change some color schemes after reading a blog post about how there is too much black and red in the league - which I tried to use as the epiphany for my concepts wherever possible. Recognize the sides? It should remind you of this year's All-Star Game threads. Don't forget, Saturday's post will be up after 9:30 PM EDT (-5:00 GMT) sometime, when the new league champ is crowned. Well I've gone over everything I wanted to take care of. In the mean time, so-long for now!
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