Around the National Lacrosse League for the games of the Division Final round, 29 April 2006 (Summaries are based on best-available information and may be amended as necessary.)

Arizona Sting at Colorado Mammoth
Saturday, 2:00 PM - Pepsi Center
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Dan Carey's goal four minutes into the fourth quarter held up as the game-winner as the Mammoth eked past the Sting, 13-12.

Twelve seconds after allowing Craig Conn to open the scoring, Colorado (12-6) struck back on a Gavin Prout goal and moved ahead courtesy of Chris Gill in the eighth minute, eventually extending to a 4-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Carey and Andrew Burkholder scored in the first 75 seconds of the second quarter, putting Arizona (9-9) behind by three, but despite getting back within a goal a short time later, the Sting couldn't tie the game before halftime, going to the room down 9-7.

Arizona did get its equalizer early in the third, then went ahead 10-9 as Conn completed a natural hat trick. Nick Carlson and Dan Stroup teamed up for Colorado to retake the lead, but Scott Self made it an 11-11 tie with two and a half minutes to go in the period.

Carlson and Carey joined up in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, but Dan Dawson narrowed the Sting's deficit to one goal with 6:43 to play.

That was as close as Arizona would get, with Gord Nash turning into a brick wall, making a total of 19 saves in the fourth quarter.

Conn (4 goals, 2 assists) and Prout (1 goal, 5 assists) tied for the game high in points, six.

Rochester Knighthawks at Buffalo Bandits
Saturday, 7:35 PM - HSBC Arena
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The Bandits turned the offense late, scoring six fourth-quarter goals to defeat the Knighthawks, 15-10.

Buffalo (13-5) had the only goal of the first quarter (Jason Crosbie) and led 3-0 midway through the second quarter. The Knighthawks battled back to within 4-2 late in the first half, but the Bandits regained the three-goal lead on a last-minute tally by Dan Teat.

John Tavares made it 6-2 just 57 seconds into the third period, with Rochester (9-9) able to reply with just a single tally; it continued that way all period, Buffalo scoring once and Rochester scoring once, before a Roger Vyse goal at 14:05 extended the gap to 9-5.

Rochester moved to within 10-8 with seven minutes left on goals by Scott Evans, Ken Millin and John Grant, but the Bandits netted five of the next six goals to pull away for good.

Cory Bomberry led all scorers with nine points (2 goals, 7 assists), while Tavares netted a hat trick. Scott Evans (1 goal, 4 assists) and Grant (3 goals, 1 assist) led the Knighthawks offensively.