Alright everyone, it’s time for my personal new favorite feature on Lacrosse All Stars: Top 5 Lacrosse Moments Described in GIFs. We take five of the most monumental moments from the last week of lacrosse action and try to describe them in one GIF. Hilarity ensues. General merriment and lacrosse cheer breaks out. Things such as world peace and world hunger are solved. You get the idea.
Today’s moments focus on Week 1 of the NLL this past weekend. Moments include Trevor Baptiste losing part of a tooth, an insane goal by Thomas Hogarth and more!
Lacrosse GIFs: NLL Week 1
No. 1: Trevor Baptiste Chips Tooth, Gets Player of the Game
Trevor Baptiste was a stud on Saturday in the Wings’ first game back in Philadelphia since 2014, as they took on the Buffalo Bandits. He went 25-for-35 at the faceoff dot and gave Philly lots of extra possessions. He was named player of the game despite the fact that many pundits have said that there isn’t room for a pure faceoff man on an NLL roster.
Trevor Baptiste chipped his tooth, got player of the game. #WeFlyTogether pic.twitter.com/Sd5YL06bfv
— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) December 15, 2018
So, what GIF best describes Baptiste’s performance? Take a look:
No. 2: Thomas Hogarth’s Off-the-Glass Goal
Thomas Hogarth of the Buffalo Bandits had a highlight-reel goal on Saturday versus the Wings. See the goal for yourself below:
Did anyone else catch this UNREAL goal by Thomas Hogarth??? MY GOODNESS!!! https://t.co/LkCVuDrDhs
— Lacrosse All Stars (@LaxAllStars) December 15, 2018
Was it a designed play? Was it just mere luck? Only the Bandits know for sure. The one thing I will say, however, is that no Bandit player is ever going to admit that wasn’t executed just how they drew it up.
There’s really only one GIF that describes this masterfully-executed play:
No. 3: Matt Beers Wins it for the Warriors in OT
They say that great moments are born of great opportunity. Matt Beers (isn’t that the most lacrosse name out there?) certainly capitalized on that statement. Beers scored in OT for the Warriors in the nightcap of NLL Week 1 to win the game over the Calgary Roughnecks. See the goal below:
Character, Integrity, Respect, Hard Work, Community.
— Vancouver Warriors (@nllwarriors) December 16, 2018
Your #Warriors are 1-0 Vancouver. pic.twitter.com/AlfNwRi2QC
The GIF?
Easy.
Except the goal was a little more graceful.
No. 4: B/R Live Stream Working For Most, Not for Others
For most fans, the B/R Live Stream worked great on opening night for lacrosse enthusiasts across the league. However, there were some that weren’t able to get it to work for the majority of the time. That included LaxAllStars Random Thoughts writer and Lacrosse Classified co-host Evan Schemenauer. See his tweet below:
I finally got BR to work. Won't work on a 3 month old laptop or a 5 month old phone, but a 5 year old Chromecast somehow works.
— Evan Schemenauer (@SchemLax) December 16, 2018
Other fans, though, raved about the quality, such as LaxAllStars Publisher Connor Wilson.
This @NLL broadcast is awesome. HD, good angles, multiple cameras, smooth transitions. Young players will benefit by watching, fans get a good experience. Excellent execution so far. Plus… box!!!
— Connor Wilson (@ConnorWilsonLAS) December 15, 2018
How do we describe this situation? Well, like this:
No. 5: Matt Rambo’s Cross-Check to the Ground
Matt Rambo definitely mixed it up in the Wings’ home opener, and let his frustrations out late in the game when down to the Buffalo Bandits. See the play here:
Let's check in on @rattmambo and see how he's transitioning into the box game: pic.twitter.com/stMGVPKDCZ
— Pat Gregoire (@PGreggy) December 15, 2018
How do we sum this one up? Well…
I mean, would you want Matt Rambo coming after you? Yeah, we didn’t think so.
TUNE IN NEXT WEEK…
BONUS: Check out our Twitter reactions page from Week 1 of the NLL season here.