Sitting at the podium Saturday with a room full of media members in tow, it was a look of dejection on the face of Saskatchewan Rush captain Ryan Keenan which told the entire story.

Finishing the 2024-25 National Lacrosse League season one win shy of a league title and picking up the pieces following a 15-6 loss to the Buffalo Bandits.

“Definitely not how we expected things to go,” said Keenan post-game on Saturday. “You know, it sucks. I thought we were ready for the moment.”

The Rush watched on as the Bandits raised the NLL Cup for the third year in a row on Saturday, falling in Game 3 of the best-of-three NLL championship series to see their season come to a heartbreaking end.

Trailing only by one goal 7-6 at halftime in Buffalo, the Rush struggled to contain the Bandits’ lethal

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