The Calgary Roughnecks have been eliminated from the NLL playoff picture

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After the weekend's losses, many other National Lacrosse League games and the tiebreaker formula against them needed time to process, with the league finding the Roughnecks eliminated from playoff contention with a week to go in 2023. 24 regular season.

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“Very disappointed,” said Roughnecks head coach Josh Sanderson. “Unfortunately, we performed poorly this season. We thought we had a playoff-type team, but we need to be better in a few areas.

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“No one is happy with where we are now.”

A 14-7 loss to the host Buffalo Bandits, the defending NLL champions, on Saturday night dropped the Riggers to 7 in the three other contests over the weekend that favored their teammates in the hunt for the final two playoff spots. 10 records and eight teams in the postseason unchallenged.

It also featured Saturday's regular-season finale against Panther City Lacrosse at the Scotiabank Saddledome (7 p.m.).

However, they can play spoiler, with Panther City still in the hunt for one of the final two postseason spots.

The NLL announced its playoff schedule early Monday, with the Toronto Rock (14-3) and San Diego Seals earning the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, to earn home-court advantage in a one-off quarterfinal (April 26). 28) and — if advanced — in the semi-finals (May 3-5).

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“Several other teams have earned playoff berths, but their seeds and first-round matchups are still being determined,” the league said in a press release. The Albany FireWolves (10-7), Georgia Swarm (10-7), defending champion Buffalo Bandits (10-7) and Halifax Thunderbirds (9-8) secured postseason berths. The Panther City Lacrosse Club (9-8), Vancouver Warriors (8-9), Saskatchewan Rush (8-9), New York Riptide (8-9) or Rochester Knighthawks (6-) will compete for the last two spots. 10).”

After the roughnecks fell to the Bandits, the host Rush defeated the San Diego Seals 13-8, the host Warriors Riptide 16-10 and the visiting Panther City FireWolves 11-7 in the final games of the weekend.

With their wins, both the Rush and Warriors ousted the Riggers, while the Panthers moved past Calgary in the standings.

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