DENVER – Game three of the 2026 National Lacrosse League scheduled for next weekend is not necessary after Mark Matthews and Josh Dawick helped Toronto sweep Halifax in the 2026 NLL Finals last weekend.  
 
In game one on Friday night in Toronto, the Rock used a 4-2 fourth quarter to edge the Thunderbirds 14-12 in the series opener. Dawick had a goal and two helpers, while the Mailman Matthews had a goal and three apples. Trailing by as many as five goals in the second quarter, Dawick scored the fourth goal in a 6-0 Rock run to flip the game on its head and give the home team a one-goal edge with 12:56 to go in regulation. Matthews had the primary assist on the go-ahead power play goal in the fourth. In game one on the Thunderbirds side, former Pioneer Casey Wilson had a goal and an assist and Brendan Bomberry had three assists.
 
The series shifted to Halifax on Sunday evening. Matthews matched his game-one production posting a first-quarter goal to put the Rock up 5-3 and three apples, including his final point of the series with two seconds to go before halftime to put the Rock up 8-6. Dawick had a pair of assists for the victorious Rock. Bomberry had a goal and a helper and Wilson had an assist for Halifax, who fell to Toronto 12-7 in the finale.
 
This season's championship is Toronto's seventh NLL title, and its first since 2011.
 
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