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<ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1988" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1988"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>1988</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1988-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Major Indoor Lacrosse League</span> </div> </a> <ul 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.4</span> <span>1992</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1992-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1993" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1993"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.5</span> <span>1993</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1993-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1994" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1994"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.6</span> <span>1994</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1994-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1995" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1995"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.7</span> <span>1995</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1995-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1996" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1996"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.8</span> <span>1996</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1996-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1997" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1997"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.9</span> <span>1997</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1997-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Lacrosse_League" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Lacrosse_League"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>National Lacrosse League</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Lacrosse_League-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1998" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1998"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>1998</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1998-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1999" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1999"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>1999</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1999-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.3</span> <span>2000</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2001" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2001"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.4</span> <span>2001</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2001-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.8</span> <span>2005</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2005-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.9</span> <span>2006</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2007" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2007"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.10</span> <span>2007</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2007-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.11</span> <span>2008</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2009" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2009"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.12</span> <span>2009</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2009-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.13</span> <span>2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.14</span> <span>2011</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2012" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2012"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.15</span> <span>2012</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2012-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2013" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.16</span> <span>2013</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.17</span> <span>2014</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2015" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2015"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.18</span> <span>2015</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2015-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2016" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.19</span> <span>2016</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2017" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2017"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.20</span> <span>2017</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2017-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2018" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.21</span> <span>2018</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2019" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2019"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.22</span> <span>2019</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2019-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.26</span> <span>2024</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2024-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2025" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2025"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.27</span> <span>2025</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2025-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Commissioners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Commissioners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Commissioners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Commissioners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Championship_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Championship_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Championship history</span> </div> </a> <ul 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.mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the unrelated defunct league, see <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_(1974%E2%80%9375)" title="National Lacrosse League (1974–75)">National Lacrosse League (1974–75)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Major Indoor Lacrosse League" redirects here. Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Lacrosse" title="Major League Lacrosse">Major League Lacrosse</a> or <a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">Premier Lacrosse League</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">National Lacrosse League</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><b>Current season, competition or edition:</b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Current sports event" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Lacrosse_current_event.svg/31px-Lacrosse_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Lacrosse_current_event.svg/47px-Lacrosse_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Lacrosse_current_event.svg/62px-Lacrosse_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2025_NLL_season" title="2025 NLL season">2025 NLL season</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Lacrosse_League_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/National_Lacrosse_League_Logo.svg/155px-National_Lacrosse_League_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="155" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/National_Lacrosse_League_Logo.svg/233px-National_Lacrosse_League_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6f/National_Lacrosse_League_Logo.svg/310px-National_Lacrosse_League_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="374" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League">Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League</a> (1986–1988)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Indoor Lacrosse League">Major Indoor Lacrosse League</a> (1988–1997)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Box_lacrosse" title="Box lacrosse">Box lacrosse</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1986<span class="noprint">; 38 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1986</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1987_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1987</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Brett Frood</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a><br />(6 teams)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a><br />(8 teams)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a><br />(6th title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a><br /> (6 titles each)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a><br /><a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESPNews" title="ESPNews">ESPNews</a>, <a href="/wiki/ESPNU" title="ESPNU">ESPNU</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nll.com/">NLL.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National Lacrosse League</b> (<b>NLL</b>) is a men's professional <a href="/wiki/Box_lacrosse" title="Box lacrosse">box lacrosse</a> league in North America. The league is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. </p><p>The NLL currently has fourteen teams: eight in the United States and six in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-nll.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nll.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NLL ranks third in average attendance for pro indoor sports worldwide, behind only the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike other box lacrosse leagues, which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring, from December to June. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Cup" title="National Lacrosse League Cup">National Lacrosse League Cup</a>. The NLL has averaged between 8,900 and 10,700 spectators per game each year since 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Box_lacrosse_rules">Box lacrosse rules</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Box lacrosse rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Box_lacrosse" title="Box lacrosse">Box lacrosse</a></div> <p>The NLL plays four 15-minute quarters with 2-minute breaks between quarters and a 15-minute <a href="/wiki/Half-time" title="Half-time">half-time</a>. At the start of the each quarter and after every goal, players "face-off" at the center of the field to determine who will get possession. This is done by the two players pushing the heads of their sticks together with the game ball in the middle. A scrum-like match usually happens when the players on either team try and win the ball.<sup id="cite_ref-Box_Lacrosse_101_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Box_Lacrosse_101-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If a game is tied after regulation, the two teams play <a href="/wiki/Sudden_death_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sudden death (sports)">sudden death overtime</a>. Each team may take a 45-second timeout per half. Each team dresses 19 players: 2 <a href="/wiki/Goaltender_(box_lacrosse)" title="Goaltender (box lacrosse)">goaltenders</a> and 17 "runners".<sup id="cite_ref-rules_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NLL goals are 4'9" wide and 4' tall. </p><p>The NLL uses a 30-second <a href="/wiki/Shot_clock" title="Shot clock">shot clock</a>, which is similar to a professional or collegiate basketball shot clock. The clock starts its countdown once one team gets possession of the ball. If the offense does not shoot the ball in time, they lose possession. However, if the offense shoots on goal and then retrieves the ball, the shot clock is restarted.<sup id="cite_ref-Box_Lacrosse_101_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Box_Lacrosse_101-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fighting is a 5-minute major penalty and does not result in an automatic ejection.<sup id="cite_ref-lax101_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lax101-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_and_playoffs">Season and playoffs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Season and playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_National_Lacrosse_League_Cup_Game_3_Colorado_at_Buffalo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/2022_National_Lacrosse_League_Cup_Game_3_Colorado_at_Buffalo.jpg/200px-2022_National_Lacrosse_League_Cup_Game_3_Colorado_at_Buffalo.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/2022_National_Lacrosse_League_Cup_Game_3_Colorado_at_Buffalo.jpg/300px-2022_National_Lacrosse_League_Cup_Game_3_Colorado_at_Buffalo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/2022_National_Lacrosse_League_Cup_Game_3_Colorado_at_Buffalo.jpg/400px-2022_National_Lacrosse_League_Cup_Game_3_Colorado_at_Buffalo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a> visit the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> in Game 3 of the 2022 NLL Cup Finals</figcaption></figure> <p>Each team in the NLL plays eighteen games during the regular season, nine each at home and away. The league has one standings table for its 14 teams. NLL games are typically played on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays while some weekends see teams play twice. </p><p>The regular season begins in December and ends in April. Starting in 2018, the league announced that the playoffs would be expanded to eight teams to accommodate expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning with the <a href="/wiki/2024_NLL_season" title="2024 NLL season">2024 season</a>, the playoffs feature the top 8 teams in the standings. The first round is single-elimination, and the Conference Finals and Championship rounds are best-of-three.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The NLL adopted a soft <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a> of US$400,000 per team for the 2013 season. The average base salary as of the 2013 season was $19,135.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The maximum salary for a franchise player is approximately $34,000.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most NLL players have full-time jobs off the floor, such as Buffalo's <a href="/wiki/John_Tavares_(lacrosse)" title="John Tavares (lacrosse)">John Tavares</a>, a high school teacher in <a href="/wiki/Mississauga" title="Mississauga">Mississauga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2018, the NLL salary cap was $415,000, with Buffalo Business First reporter Paul Lane citing the following pay scale:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Rookies: $10,208</li> <li>Second-year players: $12,196–$16,631</li> <li>Veteran minimum: $15,165</li> <li>Veteran maximum: $30,132</li> <li>Franchise player: $37,664</li> <li>Average salary: $19,375.21</li></ul> <p>Although eight of the fourteen teams are based in the U.S., less than 7% of players are American. Approximately 83% are Canadian and 10% are <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Haudenosaunee</a>, from either Canada or the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 625px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Lacrosse_League_team_locations.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/National_Lacrosse_League_team_locations.svg/625px-National_Lacrosse_League_team_locations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="625" height="439" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/National_Lacrosse_League_team_locations.svg/938px-National_Lacrosse_League_team_locations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/National_Lacrosse_League_team_locations.svg/1250px-National_Lacrosse_League_team_locations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="926" data-file-height="651" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:475.95px; top:143.2px"><a href="/wiki/Albany_FireWolves" title="Albany FireWolves">FireWolves</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:442.875px; top:152.125px"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Bandits</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:414px; top:278.125px"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Swarm</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:547.875px; top:83.875px"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Thunderbirds" title="Halifax Thunderbirds">Thunderbirds</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:407.175px; top:104.875px"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Black_Bears" title="Ottawa Black Bears">Black Bears</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:463.875px; top:170.5px"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(2018%E2%80%93present)" title="Philadelphia Wings (2018–present)">Wings</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:429.75px; top:128.5px"><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks" title="Rochester Knighthawks">Knighthawks</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:415.575px; top:140.05px"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Rock</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:120px; top:31.375px"><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Roughnecks</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:172.5px; top:209.875px"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Mammoth</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:73.8px; top:208.825px"><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Desert_Dogs" title="Las Vegas Desert Dogs">Desert<br />Dogs</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:27.6px; top:270.25px"><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Seals" title="San Diego Seals">Seals</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:209.25px; top:38.2px"><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Rush</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:69.075px; top:46.075px"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Warriors" title="Vancouver Warriors">Warriors</a></div> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_teams">Current teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning with the <a href="/wiki/2024_NLL_season" title="2024 NLL season">2024 NLL season</a>, the league eliminated its East and West Conferences that existed during the <a href="/wiki/2023_NLL_season" title="2023 NLL season">2023 NLL season</a> and all teams play in a single division with every team playing every other team at least once.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in the 2025 Season, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Riptide" title="New York Riptide">New York Riptide</a> will relocate to Ottawa, Canada, and rename themselves to the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Black_Bears" title="Ottawa Black Bears">Ottawa Black Bears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Overview of NLL teams </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">City </th> <th scope="col">Arena </th> <th scope="col">Capacity </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Joined </th> <th scope="col">Head coach </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Albany_FireWolves" title="Albany FireWolves">Albany FireWolves</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MVP_Arena" title="MVP Arena">MVP Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">14,236 </td> <td align="center">1987* </td> <td align="center">2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Clark" title="Glenn Clark">Glenn Clark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KeyBank_Center" title="KeyBank Center">KeyBank Center</a> </td> <td align="center">19,070 </td> <td align="center">1991 </td> <td align="center">1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Tavares_(lacrosse)" title="John Tavares (lacrosse)">John Tavares</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Calgary Roughnecks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Saddledome" title="Scotiabank Saddledome">Scotiabank Saddledome</a> </td> <td align="center">19,289 </td> <td align="center">2001 </td> <td align="center">2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Sanderson" title="Josh Sanderson">Josh Sanderson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ball_Arena" title="Ball Arena">Ball Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">17,809 </td> <td align="center">1987* </td> <td align="center">2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Coyle_(lacrosse)" title="Pat Coyle (lacrosse)">Pat Coyle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Georgia Swarm</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Georgia" title="Duluth, Georgia">Duluth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gas_South_Arena" title="Gas South Arena">Gas South Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">11,355 </td> <td align="center">2004* </td> <td align="center">2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Comeau" title="Ed Comeau">Ed Comeau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Thunderbirds" title="Halifax Thunderbirds">Halifax Thunderbirds</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotiabank_Centre" title="Scotiabank Centre">Scotiabank Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">10,595 </td> <td align="center">1995* </td> <td align="center">2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Accursi" title="Mike Accursi">Mike Accursi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Desert_Dogs" title="Las Vegas Desert Dogs">Las Vegas Desert Dogs</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Nevada" title="Henderson, Nevada">Henderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee%27s_Family_Forum" title="Lee's Family Forum">Lee's Family Forum</a> </td> <td align="center">5,567 </td> <td align="center">2021 </td> <td align="center">2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Williams_(lacrosse)" title="Shawn Williams (lacrosse)">Shawn Williams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Black_Bears" title="Ottawa Black Bears">Ottawa Black Bears</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottawa, Ontario">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Tire_Centre" title="Canadian Tire Centre">Canadian Tire Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">18,655 </td> <td align="center">2018* </td> <td align="center">2025 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Ladouceur" title="Dan Ladouceur">Dan Ladouceur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(2018%E2%80%93present)" title="Philadelphia Wings (2018–present)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Center_(Philadelphia)" title="Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)">Wells Fargo Center</a> </td> <td align="center">19,543 </td> <td align="center">2017 </td> <td align="center">2018 </td> <td>Paul Day </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks" title="Rochester Knighthawks">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blue_Cross_Arena" title="Blue Cross Arena">Blue Cross Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">10,664 </td> <td align="center">2019 </td> <td align="center">2019 </td> <td>Mike Hasen </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Seals" title="San Diego Seals">San Diego Seals</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pechanga_Arena" title="Pechanga Arena">Pechanga Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">12,920 </td> <td align="center">2017 </td> <td align="center">2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Merrill" title="Patrick Merrill">Patrick Merrill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Saskatchewan Rush</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Saskatoon" title="Saskatoon">Saskatoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SaskTel_Centre" title="SaskTel Centre">SaskTel Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">15,200 </td> <td align="center">2005* </td> <td align="center">2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quinlan" title="Jimmy Quinlan">Jimmy Quinlan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FirstOntario_Centre" title="FirstOntario Centre">FirstOntario Centre</a> </td> <td align="center">17,383 </td> <td align="center">1998* </td> <td align="center">1999 </td> <td>Matt Sawyer </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Warriors" title="Vancouver Warriors">Vancouver Warriors</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Arena" title="Rogers Arena">Rogers Arena</a> </td> <td align="center">18,910 </td> <td align="center">2000* </td> <td align="center">2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Curt_Malawsky" title="Curt Malawsky">Curt Malawsky</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>An asterisk (*) denotes the franchise moved to its present location and has been in one or more previous locations in its history (see franchise timeline below or team pages for relocation history). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_teams">Former teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following lists franchises that are no longer active in the NLL. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Overview of former NLL teams </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col">City </th> <th scope="col">Years active </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wave" title="Washington Wave">Washington Wave</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> </td> <td>1987–1989 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Thunder" title="Baltimore Thunder">Baltimore Thunder</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a> </td> <td>1987–1999 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_CrosseFire" title="Pittsburgh CrosseFire">Pittsburgh CrosseFire</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Saints" title="New York Saints">New York Saints</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Uniondale,_New_York" title="Uniondale, New York">Uniondale</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td>1987–2003 </td> <td>Relocated from <a href="/wiki/East_Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="East Rutherford, New Jersey">East Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Saints" title="New Jersey Saints">New Jersey Saints</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1987–2014 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Uncasville,_Connecticut" title="Uncasville, Connecticut">Uncasville</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_England_Black_Wolves" title="New England Black Wolves">New England Black Wolves</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Turbos" title="Detroit Turbos">Detroit Turbos</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> </td> <td>1989–1994 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Blazers_(1992%E2%80%931997)" title="Boston Blazers (1992–1997)">Boston Blazers</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>1989–1997 </td> <td>Relocated from <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a>, Massachusetts (<a href="/wiki/New_England_Blazers" title="New England Blazers">New England Blazers</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Bulls" title="Pittsburgh Bulls">Pittsburgh Bulls</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>1990–1993 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995%E2%80%932019)" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a> </td> <td>1995–2019 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada">Halifax</a> (<a href="/wiki/Halifax_Thunderbirds" title="Halifax Thunderbirds">Halifax Thunderbirds</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Cobras" title="Charlotte Cobras">Charlotte Cobras</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Raiders" title="Ontario Raiders">Ontario Raiders</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton, Ontario, Canada">Hamilton, Ontario, Canada</a> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Smash" title="Syracuse Smash">Syracuse Smash</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a> </td> <td>1998–2000 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rebel" title="Ottawa Rebel">Ottawa Rebel</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_CrosseFire" title="Pittsburgh CrosseFire">Pittsburgh CrosseFire</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Power" title="Washington Power">Washington Power</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Albany_Attack" title="Albany Attack">Albany Attack</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a> </td> <td>2000–2003 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> (<a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Stealth" title="San Jose Stealth">San Jose Stealth</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rebel" title="Ottawa Rebel">Ottawa Rebel</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottawa, Ontario, Canada">Ottawa, Ontario, Canada</a> </td> <td>2001–2003 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Rush" title="Edmonton Rush">Edmonton Rush</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Power" title="Washington Power">Washington Power</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a> </td> <td>2001-2002 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Sting" title="Arizona Sting">Arizona Sting</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Arizona" title="Glendale, Arizona">Glendale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> </td> <td>2001–2007 </td> <td>Relocated from <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Columbus_Landsharks" title="Columbus Landsharks">Columbus Landsharks</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Express" title="Montreal Express">Montreal Express</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal,_Quebec,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal, Quebec, Canada">Montreal, Quebec, Canada</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a>) in 2004 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Storm" title="Anaheim Storm">Anaheim Storm</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> </td> <td>2002–2005 </td> <td>Relocated from East Rutherford, New Jersey (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Storm" title="New Jersey Storm">New Jersey Storm</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Ravens" title="Vancouver Ravens">Vancouver Ravens</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> </td> <td>2002–2004 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Stealth" title="San Jose Stealth">San Jose Stealth</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a> </td> <td>2004–2009 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Everett,_Washington" title="Everett, Washington">Everett</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_Stealth" title="Washington Stealth">Washington Stealth</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, Minnesota</a> </td> <td>2004–2015 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Georgia" title="Duluth, Georgia">Duluth</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Georgia Swarm</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Rush" title="Edmonton Rush">Edmonton Rush</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_Alberta,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton, Alberta, Canada">Edmonton, Alberta, Canada</a> </td> <td>2005–2015 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Saskatoon" title="Saskatoon">Saskatoon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Saskatchewan Rush</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Portland_LumberJax" title="Portland LumberJax">Portland LumberJax</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a> </td> <td>2006–2009 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Titans" title="Orlando Titans">Orlando Titans</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> </td> <td>2007–2010 </td> <td>Relocated from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Titans_(lacrosse)" title="New York Titans (lacrosse)">New York Titans</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Shamrox" title="Chicago Shamrox">Chicago Shamrox</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoffman_Estates" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoffman Estates">Hoffman Estates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> </td> <td>2007–2008 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Stealth" title="Washington Stealth">Washington Stealth</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Everett,_Washington" title="Everett, Washington">Everett, Washington</a> </td> <td>2010–2013 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Warriors" title="Vancouver Warriors">Vancouver Warriors</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_England_Black_Wolves" title="New England Black Wolves">New England Black Wolves</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Uncasville,_Connecticut" title="Uncasville, Connecticut">Uncasville, Connecticut</a> </td> <td>2015–2020 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a> (<a href="/wiki/Albany_FireWolves" title="Albany FireWolves">Albany FireWolves</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Riptide" title="New York Riptide">New York Riptide</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Uniondale,_New_York" title="Uniondale, New York">Uniondale, New York</a> </td> <td>2018–2024 </td> <td>Relocated to <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Black_Bears" title="Ottawa Black Bears">Ottawa Black Bears</a>) starting in the 2024–25 season </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Panther_City_Lacrosse_Club" title="Panther City Lacrosse Club">Panther City Lacrosse Club</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> </td> <td>2021–2024 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:0 1em 1em; font-size:95%; text-align:center;"> <caption>NLL Progression </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Teams </th> <th>Games played </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1987</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">4 teams </td> <td>6 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1988 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1988</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">8 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1989 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1989</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">6 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1990 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1990</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1991 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1991</a> </td> <td>10 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1992 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1992</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">7 teams </td> <td rowspan="4">8 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1993 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1993</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1994 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1994</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">6 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1995 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1995</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1996 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1996</a> </td> <td>7 teams </td> <td rowspan="2">10 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1997 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1997</a> </td> <td>6 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 National Lacrosse League season">1998</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">7 teams </td> <td rowspan="3">12 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 National Lacrosse League season">1999</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 National Lacrosse League season">2000</a> </td> <td>8 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 National Lacrosse League season">2001</a> </td> <td>9 teams </td> <td>14 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 National Lacrosse League season">2002</a> </td> <td>13 teams </td> <td rowspan="12">16 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 National Lacrosse League season">2003</a> </td> <td>12 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 National Lacrosse League season">2004</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">10 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 National Lacrosse League season">2005</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 National Lacrosse League season">2006</a> </td> <td>11 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 National Lacrosse League season">2007</a> </td> <td>13 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 National Lacrosse League season">2008</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">12 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_NLL_season" title="2009 NLL season">2009</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_NLL_season" title="2010 NLL season">2010</a> </td> <td>11 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_NLL_season" title="2011 NLL season">2011</a> </td> <td>10 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_NLL_season" title="2012 NLL season">2012</a> </td> <td rowspan="7">9 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_NLL_season" title="2013 NLL season">2013</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_NLL_season" title="2014 NLL season">2014</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">18 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_NLL_season" title="2015 NLL season">2015</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_NLL_season" title="2016 NLL season">2016</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_NLL_season" title="2017 NLL season">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NLL_season" title="2018 NLL season">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_NLL_season" title="2019 NLL season">2019</a> </td> <td>11 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_NLL_season" title="2020 NLL season">2020</a> </td> <td>13 teams </td> <td>18 (12 played) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td colspan="2">Season cancelled </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_NLL_season" title="2022 NLL season">2022</a> </td> <td>14 teams </td> <td rowspan="4">18 games </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_NLL_season" title="2023 NLL season">2023</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">15 teams </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_NLL_season" title="2024 NLL season">2024</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_NLL_season" title="2025 NLL season">2025</a> </td> <td>14 teams </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League">Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1987_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The rebirth of major professional box lacrosse in the United States came on March 13, 1986, with the formation of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League (EPBLL), which was incorporated by <a href="/wiki/Russ_Cline" title="Russ Cline">Russ Cline</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Fritz" title="Chris Fritz">Chris Fritz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "Eagle League" moniker was inspired by a meeting with <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a> leaders, whose culture views the animal as a <a href="/wiki/Totem" title="Totem">tutelary spirit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gssa_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gssa-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously, in 1985, box lacrosse sponsored an event played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. The USA/Canada Superseries was an eight-game series seen as a precursor to the new league. </p><p>Darrell Russell was named Commissioner of the league, which had four teams based in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and East Rutherford, New Jersey. The EPBLL opened play for the <a href="/wiki/1987_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1987 season</a> with two games on 10 January 1987: the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> at the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Saints" title="New Jersey Saints">New Jersey Saints</a> (Philadelphia defeated New Jersey 11–8) and the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Thunder" title="Baltimore Thunder">Baltimore Thunder</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wave" title="Washington Wave">Washington Wave</a>. </p><p>The four teams contested a six-game regular season before a postseason that saw all four teams qualify for a single knockout tournament, which ended with the Baltimore Thunder being crowned as the EPBLL's first champion.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coached by Bob Griebe, the Baltimore Thunder defeated the Washington Wave by a score of 11–10 to capture the league's first championship. </p><p>The league announced that a total of 124,536 fans attended Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League games in its first season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1988">1988</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1988_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1988 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1988 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The same four teams played in the <a href="/wiki/1988_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1988 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">second season</a> of the EPBLL.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The teams expanded to an eight-game schedule, and set up a three-team playoff with the regular season winner claiming a bye to the title game. The <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Saints" title="New Jersey Saints">New Jersey Saints</a> became the second league champions by defeating the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wave" title="Washington Wave">Washington Wave</a> 17–16 before 8,125 fans at the <a href="/wiki/Capital_Centre_(Landover,_Maryland)" title="Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)">Capital Centre</a>. For the Wave, it was the second time in as many years they reached the championship game, only to lose a one-goal game. </p><p>After the season, the league announced that the champion Saints would relocate to the <a href="/wiki/Nassau_Coliseum" title="Nassau Coliseum">Nassau Coliseum</a> on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> and be called the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Saints" title="New York Saints">New York Saints</a> beginning in the 1989 season. Moreover, the league itself would be changing its name, adopting the more conventional Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL) name, as the spiritual implications of its original name proved too cryptic for most people to understand.<sup id="cite_ref-gssa_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gssa-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MILL announced that it awarded expansion teams to Detroit and Boston, to begin play in the 1989 season. The Detroit team was named the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Turbos" title="Detroit Turbos">Turbos</a>, and played at <a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis_Arena" title="Joe Louis Arena">Joe Louis Arena</a>; the Boston entry was called the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Blazers" title="New England Blazers">New England Blazers</a> and they played their home games at the <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Centrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Worcester Centrum">Worcester Centrum</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League">Major Indoor Lacrosse League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major Indoor Lacrosse League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MILL_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/MILL_logo.png" decoding="async" width="124" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="124" data-file-height="120" /></a><figcaption>MILL logo</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1989">1989</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1989_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1989 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1989 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>Each of the six teams played an eight-game schedule in 1989, with an even four home and road games. </p><p>In its first ever regular season game, 12,171 fans watched the expansion Turbos defeat the Washington Wave 11–9 in Detroit to start 1989 season. As the season went on, regular season attendance figures for the league totaled at 230,724 for 24 regular season games, which made an average of 9,614 people in the stands per game. When adding the postseason, the numbers grew to 255,088 total and an average of 9,811 a game. The <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> captured the league championship in front of a record postseason crowd of 16,042 at the Spectrum, defeating the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Saints" title="New York Saints">New York Saints</a> 11–10. </p><p>After the championship game, the league announced expansion into Pittsburgh, with a team called the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Bulls" title="Pittsburgh Bulls">Pittsburgh Bulls</a>. The new team effectively replaced the Washington Wave, who closed operations after three seasons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1990">1990</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1990_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1990 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1990 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>In 1990, each of the six teams played an eight-game schedule. Near of the end of the season, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Saints" title="New York Saints">New York Saints</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> 8–5 before the first sellout and the largest crowd in league history: 17,177 at the Spectrum in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. The Saints' victory forced a playoff rematch the following week. However, the Wings won that game and later went on to become the first team to win a second league championship, defeating the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Blazers" title="New England Blazers">New England Blazers</a> 17–7 in front of 11,479 fans for their second consecutive title. </p><p>The league announced that attendance for 26 total games during the season was 287,585, increasing the average attendance per game to 11,060. After the season, the MILL announced the signing of twin brothers <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gait" title="Paul Gait">Paul Gait</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gait" title="Gary Gait">Gary Gait</a>, 3-time All-Americans at <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Turbos" title="Detroit Turbos">Detroit Turbos</a> after being drafted. The two brothers had won national championships with the Syracuse Orange in 1988, 1989, and 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1991">1991</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1991"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1991_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1991 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1991 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>In 1991, the season schedule increased from 8 to 10 games, with each team playing five games at home and five games on the road. </p><p>In the first game of the regular season, the debut of Detroit rookie twin brothers Paul and Gary Gait was successful, as they paced the Turbos to a 20–16 victory over the Baltimore Thunder. 1991 was a record-breaking year, especially in Detroit. The Gaits set new standards in most offensive categories. Paul scored a record 47 goals, while Gary was second in the league with 32. Gary established new records with 36 assists and 68 points. As a team, Detroit set records for goals scored with 184, assists with 227, and total points with 411. The Turbos went on to defeat the Thunder 14–12 to claim their first championship. The championship game was attended by 10,814 at the Baltimore Arena. Final league attendance numbers for the 1991 season reached 287,654. On 20 April 1991, the National Division All-Stars defeated the American Division All-Stars, 25–20, in the inaugural League All-Star Game at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. </p><p>After the season, the league announced that Buffalo had been awarded an expansion team for the 1992 season. The team was named the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Bandits</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1992">1992</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1992_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1992 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1992 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The league reverted to an eight-game schedule for the 1992 season, with four home games and four road games. The Blazers moved from Worcester to Boston and were rebranded as the Boston Blazers. The expansion Buffalo Bandits defeated the Philadelphia Wings 20–11 in their first ever sellout of 16,325 at Memorial Auditorium. It marked the second sellout in league history. The Bandits also defeated the Baltimore Thunder in front of a second sellout crowd, marking the first time a team sold out two games in the same season. The Bandits advanced to the league championship game by defeating the Detroit Turbos 19–16 to win the National Division crown. The Philadelphia Wings defeated the Saints 8–6 to capture the American Division Championship. Buffalo defeated Philadelphia 11–10 in overtime, marking the first time an expansion team won the league title. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1993">1993</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1993"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1993_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1993 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1993 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>Buffalo won their second consecutive championship with a 13–12 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Wings before 16,325 in the sold-out Memorial Auditorium. The Bandits kept their 18-game winning streak alive, the longest in professional sports at the time. Buffalo joined the Wings as the only team in league history to win back-to-back championships. </p><p>Business-wise, the League and the Players Association announced a three-year contract agreement and the league signed a six-year agreement with <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>. The Pittsburgh Bulls folded after their fourth season, having never made the playoffs, bringing the league back to six teams going into 1994. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1994">1994</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1994"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1994_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1994 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1994 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a>'s first Monday night broadcast featured the Detroit Turbos against the Baltimore Thunder. The Philadelphia Wings denied the Buffalo Bandits a third consecutive championship by defeating the Bandits 26–15 in front of a sellout crowd of 16,284 at Memorial Auditorium. The win gave the Wings its third league championship, the most of any team. ESPN broadcast the game live from Buffalo, marking the first live telecast by ESPN of a league game. </p><p>After the season, the league announced that <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>, would be awarded an expansion team for the 1995 season, the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995%E2%80%932019)" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a>. The team would effectively replace the Turbos, who folded after their sixth season, keeping the league at six teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1995">1995</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 1995"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1995_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1995 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1995 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The expansion Rochester Knighthawks won their inaugural game 12–8 against the New York Saints at the War Memorial. Philadelphia broke the league's attendance record when 17,380 fans watched the Wings defeat the Baltimore Thunder in the regular season finale. The 1995 season marked the first time that Paul and Gary Gait played on different teams, with the former playing for Rochester and the latter for Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Wings won a second-consecutive and fourth overall championship by defeating the Knighthawks 15–14 in overtime. </p><p>After the season the league another expansion team, the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Cobras" title="Charlotte Cobras">Charlotte Cobras</a>, who would play out of Charlotte, North Carolina. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1996">1996</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 1996"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1996_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1996 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1996 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>For 1996, the league schedule expanded to 10 games. A crowd of 16,818, the fourth largest in league history, watched the Wings defeat the Charlotte Cobras at <a href="/wiki/CoreStates_Spectrum" class="mw-redirect" title="CoreStates Spectrum">CoreStates Spectrum</a> in Philadelphia. The Cobras went on to post the first winless season in league history, and subsequently folded after only one year of play. The Wings advanced to their fifth consecutive league championship game by defeating the Boston Blazers 10–8 in the final MILL game to be played in their historic home arena. However, the Buffalo Bandits played spoiler to the Wings and denied them a third consecutive title, defeating Philadelphia 15–10 in the championship game in front of a sold-out <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Memorial_Auditorium" title="Buffalo Memorial Auditorium">Memorial Auditorium</a> in Buffalo. The Bandits picked up their third championship, and said goodbye to their own arena at the end of the season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1997">1997</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1997_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1997 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1997 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The 11th season opened with three games, including Rochester playing Buffalo at the Bandits' new home, the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Midland_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Midland Arena">Marine Midland Arena</a>, in front of a new league record crowd of 18,595 fans. The Rochester Knighthawks, coached by Barry Powless, claimed their first MILL championship in front of the second largest crowd in MILL history, 18,055, also played at the Marine Midland Arena, defeating the Bandits 15–12. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Lacrosse_League">National Lacrosse League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: National Lacrosse League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Lacrosse_League_(logo).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/National_Lacrosse_League_%28logo%29.svg/170px-National_Lacrosse_League_%28logo%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/National_Lacrosse_League_%28logo%29.svg/255px-National_Lacrosse_League_%28logo%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/National_Lacrosse_League_%28logo%29.svg/340px-National_Lacrosse_League_%28logo%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="237" data-file-height="422" /></a><figcaption>NLL logo 1998–2016</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1997, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League was renamed the National Lacrosse League, and announced that the schedule would be expanded from 10 to 12 games. In addition, the league welcomed two new expansion teams, the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Smash" title="Syracuse Smash">Syracuse Smash</a>, based in Syracuse, New York, and the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Raiders" title="Ontario Raiders">Ontario Raiders</a>, based in Hamilton, Ontario, while the Boston Blazers folded after nine seasons. John Livsey Jr. was named as the first Commissioner of the NLL. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1998">1998</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1998_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 National Lacrosse League season">1998 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The 1998 regular season schedule included six home and six road games for each team, with each team facing their six opponents twice during the regular season. In addition, the playoff format saw a best-of-three championship series with semifinal playoff action still taking place in a single-game elimination format, though sites of all post-season games were based on regular season record. </p><p>A blockbuster trade saw seven-time All-Pro Paul Gait go to the expansion Syracuse Smash in exchange for draft picks and player compensation. Reigning league MVP Gary Gait was sent to Baltimore in a blockbuster trade involving player and cash compensation. </p><p>The Philadelphia Wings swept the best-of-three Championship Series with 16–12 and 17–12 victories. The second game marked the first title game appearance by Baltimore since 1991, and the win was Philadelphia's fifth in franchise history. Wings goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named Championship Series MVP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1999">1999</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1999_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 National Lacrosse League season">1999 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>In 1999, the Raiders moved to Toronto and were renamed the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a>. The Rock finished the season with a perfect home record, going a combined 8–0 (regular season and playoffs) after a 13–10 win over the Rochester Knighthawks in the championship game before a sellout crowd of 15,691 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The game was televised throughout Canada by CTV SportsNet, and in the United States on ESPN2. </p><p>After the season, it was announced that the charter franchise Baltimore Thunder would move to Pittsburgh and become the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_CrosseFire" title="Pittsburgh CrosseFire">Pittsburgh CrosseFire</a>. In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Albany_Attack" title="Albany Attack">Albany Attack</a>, based in Albany, New York, joined the NLL as an expansion team, bringing the league to eight teams ahead of the 2000 season for the first time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2000">2000</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2000_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 National Lacrosse League season">2000 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>18,911 fans watched the Philadelphia Wings battle the Pittsburgh CrosseFire. Pittsburgh won the game 14–8 in front of a new record NLL crowd. The Toronto Rock won their second consecutive championship when Kaleb Toth beat Knighthawks goaltender Pat O'Toole with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation time of the title match to give the Rock a 14–13 victory. Considered to be among the best lacrosse games ever played,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 2000 Final was the last sporting event to be held in the historic Maple Leaf Gardens. </p><p>After the season, the league expanded again, with former Commissioner John Livsey leading the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Landsharks" title="Columbus Landsharks">Columbus Landsharks</a> in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, the Smash relocated north of the border and became the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rebel" title="Ottawa Rebel">Ottawa Rebel</a>, after three straight last place finishes, while the CrosseFire moved to Washington, D.C., and became the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Power" title="Washington Power">Washington Power</a>. Jim Jennings was named the new Commissioner and announced that league headquarters would be relocated from Buffalo to Lyndhurst, New Jersey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2001">2001</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2001"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2001_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 National Lacrosse League season">2001 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>In front of the league's largest crowd in history, the Philadelphia Wings won their sixth league championship with a 9–8 win over the Toronto Rock at the Air Canada Centre in front of 19,409 fans. Wings goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named Most Valuable Player. </p><p>The league announced a major expansion after the season, awarding new franchises to Montreal, New Jersey, Calgary, and Vancouver for the 2002. This would take the league from nine to thirteen teams, more than three times the number of teams that played the inaugural season in 1987. The expansion teams were the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Express" title="Montreal Express">Montreal Express</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Storm" title="New Jersey Storm">New Jersey Storm</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Calgary Roughnecks</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Ravens" title="Vancouver Ravens">Vancouver Ravens</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002">2002</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2002_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 National Lacrosse League season">2002 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>With thirteen teams, the league established a divisional format with Eastern, Central, and Northern divisions. The Vancouver Ravens played their inaugural home game at General Motors Place in Vancouver. The Ravens defeated the Toronto Rock 13–12 in front of a crowd of 13,772, the largest to attend the first home game of an expansion franchise. The Albany Attack hosted the Rock in the 2002 Final, with the Rock defeating the Attack by a score of 13–12 to capture their third title in four seasons. 9,289 fans watched the game at the Pepsi Arena in Albany. Toronto forward Colin Doyle was voted Championship Game MVP, scoring three goals and one assist. </p><p>After the season, the league announced another relocation of the Washington Power franchise, now under new ownership in Denver. The team was bought by Kroenke Sports Enterprises, who also owned the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, and the Pepsi Center, where the new <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a> would host games. The new team marked the league's first U.S. team west of the Mississippi River. In addition, the Montreal Express suspended operations after just one season of play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2003">2003</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2003_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 National Lacrosse League season">2003 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The Colorado Mammoth played their inaugural home game at Pepsi Center in Denver. The Mammoth won 13–12 in double overtime against the Toronto Rock in front of 16,121 fans. The crowd broke the record for an inaugural home game attendance. The Mammoth also defeated the New York Saints by a score of 19–13 in front of a sellout of 18,207 fans, the first of two sellouts in Denver that season. The Mammoth averaged over 16,000 fans per game, second only to Toronto. </p><p>The Rochester Knighthawks hosted the Toronto Rock in the 2003 Champion's Cup Final. The Rock defeated the Knighthawks by a score of 8–6 to capture their fourth title in five seasons. 11,051 fans attended the game at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester. Toronto goalie Bob Watson earned Championship Game MVP honors with his 40 saves. </p><p>The off-season was a tumultuous one for the NLL. The Ottawa Rebel joined the Montreal Express in suspending operations, while the New York Saints folded altogether after sixteen seasons. There were also three relocations: the Columbus Landsharks moved to Glendale and became the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Sting" title="Arizona Sting">Arizona Sting</a>; the New Jersey Storm moved to southern California and became the <a href="/wiki/Anaheim_Storm" title="Anaheim Storm">Anaheim Storm</a>; and the Albany Attack moved to northern California and became the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Stealth" title="San Jose Stealth">San Jose Stealth</a>. This led to a new divisional alignment, with the league opting for a two-division, East/West format. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004">2004</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2004_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 National Lacrosse League season">2004 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>For 2004, the new Western Division consisted of Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary, Colorado, San Jose, and Vancouver, while the Eastern Division consisted of Buffalo, Philadelphia, Rochester, and Toronto. The top three teams in each division would earn playoff berths with the division champions receiving byes. The second and third-place finishers would face each other in the opening round with the winners facing their respective division champions in the semi-final round. The semi-final winners (East vs. West) would meet in the 2004 Champions' Cup Final with the higher seed hosting. Fox Sports Net became the league's new national broadcast partner in the United States. Fox Sports Net carried nine regular-season game broadcasts spread across the schedule to over 50 million homes, along with the 2004 All-Star Game on 22 February 2004. </p><p>The Arizona Sting played their inaugural home game at the new Glendale Arena in Arizona, the first event ever held inside the arena. The Sting defeated the Vancouver Ravens by a score of 16–12 in front of 12,789 fans. The Colorado Mammoth hosted a sellout crowd of 18,305 at Pepsi Center in a 14–13 loss to the Calgary Roughnecks, the first of five Mammoth sellout crowds on the season. The 2004 All-Star Game was played in front of 16,742 fans at Pepsi Center in Denver, the largest All-Star Game crowd in league history. The East Division All-Stars defeated the West Division All-Stars by a score of 19–15. </p><p>The Calgary Roughnecks won their first Champion's Cup by defeating the Buffalo Bandits 14–11 at Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary in front of 19,289 fans. The sellout crowd was the second highest single game attendance total in NLL history. </p><p>The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and players' association expired at the end of the season, necessitating negotiations for a new agreement. The Vancouver Ravens suspended operations after three seasons, while the owners of the Minnesota Wild purchased the dormant Montreal Express franchise and relocated it to Saint Paul, calling the team the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Swarm" title="Minnesota Swarm">Minnesota Swarm</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005">2005</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 2005"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2005NLLAllStarAction.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/2005NLLAllStarAction.jpg/220px-2005NLLAllStarAction.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/2005NLLAllStarAction.jpg/330px-2005NLLAllStarAction.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/2005NLLAllStarAction.jpg/440px-2005NLLAllStarAction.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>2005 NLL All-Star Game, Calgary, Alberta.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2005_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 National Lacrosse League season">2005 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The protracted negotiations over a new CBA threatened to encroach upon or even cancel the 2005 season; however, the league announced a new 3-year CBA with the Player's Association (PLPA) in October, allowing the season to porceed. </p><p>A new preseason attendance record was set as 14,084 fans came to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul for the first home exhibition game of the expansion Minnesota Swarm. The game marked the first professional lacrosse game ever played in the state of Minnesota. </p><p>The National Lacrosse League All-Star Game aired live on NBC at 2 PM Eastern. The game became the first live broadcast of lacrosse on national U.S. network television. The game was also televised in Canada on The Score, and internationally via CNBC International, CNBC Asia, and on Armed Forces Network. The East Division defeated the West Division 11–10 in overtime in front of 11,511 fans at Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary. </p><p>The Gait brothers were reunited when Paul ended his retirement, signing with the Colorado Mammoth and re-joining brother and Mammoth captain Gary. </p><p>The 2005 NLL Championship Game was played in front of a record 19,432 fans at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto and in front of a national network television audience in the US on NBC and in Canada on the Score. The Toronto Rock defeated the Arizona Sting 19–13, capturing their fifth title in seven seasons, capping a dominant run for the team and pulling within one title of the Philadelphia Wings' six. Colin Doyle was named MVP of the game after leading the Rock with five goals and three assists. </p><p>After the season, the Anaheim Storm folded after two years in California. However, the dormant Ottawa Rebel franchise was purchased and relocated to Edmonton by Bruce Urban, where the team was called the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Rush" title="Edmonton Rush">Edmonton Rush</a>. In addition, the NLL awarded an expansion franchise to Portland, Oregon, which would be known as the <a href="/wiki/Portland_LumberJax" title="Portland LumberJax">Portland LumberJax</a>, and which brought the league up to eleven teams. </p><p>The league also announced the establishment of the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame. The Hall opened with five charter members who made contributions to the league and the sport of lacrosse: league founders Russ Cline and Chris Fritz; players Paul and Gary Gait; and the late Les Bartley, the coach with the most wins in league history. </p><p>The NLL and Reebok announced a multi-year exclusive partnership in which all NLL players would use Reebok equipment and would be exclusively outfitted in the brand's footwear and apparel. The partnership made the brand the official equipment, uniform, and footwear provider of the league. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006">2006</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 National Lacrosse League season">2006 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The Edmonton Rush played their inaugural game and home opener in front of 11,385 fans at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, losing 10–9 in overtime to the San Jose Stealth, the second time an expansion team forced overtime in their inaugural game. </p><p>The 2006 National Lacrosse League All-Star Game was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The West Division defeated the East Division 14–13 in front of 15,924 fans. Calgary Roughnecks forward Lewis Ratcliff scored the game-winning goal with 4.4 seconds remaining. Ratcliff was named the Game MVP. The league finished its 20th season by setting an all-time single season attendance mark, reaching a total of 1,037,147 fans for the 2006 season, which included 88 regular-season games, six playoff games, and the All-Star Game. </p><p>The Colorado Mammoth defeated the Buffalo Bandits 16–9 in front of 16,104 fans at HSBC Arena in Buffalo to secure the first championship in team history. Mammoth forward Gavin Prout was named game MVP, scoring four goals and adding three assists for seven points in the win. </p><p>After the season, the NLL announced two new expansion franchises for the 2007 season: a return to New York City with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Titans_(lacrosse)" title="New York Titans (lacrosse)">New York Titans</a>, and the first team in Chicago in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Shamrox" title="Chicago Shamrox">Chicago Shamrox</a>. This brought the league back to thirteen teams for the first time since 2002. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007">2007</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2007_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 National Lacrosse League season">2007 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>The expansion New York Titans played their home opener at Madison Square Garden, defeating the expansion Chicago Shamrox 11–9 in front of 13,127 fans. The Eastern Division defeated the Western Division 20–16 in front of 12,856 fans at Rose Garden in Portland in the 2007 All-Star Game. Buffalo Bandits forward Mark Steenhuis was named the game's Most Valuable Player becoming the first player in NLL history to win two All-Star Game MVP honors. </p><p>The NLL reached a milestone in 2007 as the league plays its 1,000th regular season game when the Minnesota Swarm hosted the Colorado Mammoth, with the Mammoth winning 11–9. </p><p>The Rochester Knighthawks defeated the Arizona Sting 13–11 in the 2007 Championship final. John Grant was named Championship Game MVP with a three-goal/five-assist performance. The victory marked the first time that Rochester had won the title since 1997. </p><p>After the season, the NLL reached a new seven-year CBA with the players' union. However, negotiations were protracted and threatened the 2008 season, to the extent that the Arizona Sting and a new Boston expansion franchise, reviving the Blazers name, announced that they would pause operations until 2009. As such, only twelve teams would compete in 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008">2008</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_National_Lacrosse_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 National Lacrosse League season">2008 National Lacrosse League season</a></div> <p>John Tavares broke Gary Gait's all-time goal scoring record in 2008. Tavares, who had already captured the all-time points and assists records, notched his record-breaking 597th career goal in the third quarter of Buffalo's 17–13 victory over New York. Philadelphia Forward Athan Iannucci broke Gary Gait's single season scoring record of 61 goals. He went on to finish the season with 71 goals. </p><p>The Buffalo Bandits defeated the Portland LumberJax by the score of 14–13 in the 2008 Championship game at HSBC Arena. The event, which aired nationally on ESPN2, drew a sellout crowd of 18,690 fans. Mark Steenhuis captured the game's MVP honors with five goals and one assist. The Toronto Rock and Rochester Knighthawks both missed the playoffs for the first time in either franchise's history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009">2009</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Titans_at_Roughnecks.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Titans_at_Roughnecks.JPG/220px-Titans_at_Roughnecks.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Titans_at_Roughnecks.JPG/330px-Titans_at_Roughnecks.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Titans_at_Roughnecks.JPG/440px-Titans_at_Roughnecks.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="1214" /></a><figcaption>The New York Titans defend against the Calgary Roughnecks during the 2009 NLL Championship game, in Calgary.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2009_NLL_season" title="2009 NLL season">2009 NLL season</a></div> <p>The Arizona Sting and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Blazers_(2009%E2%80%932011)" title="Boston Blazers (2009–2011)">Boston Blazers</a> were both expected to re-join the league for the 2009 season. While the Blazers did so, the Sting instead folded, and its players were dispersed in a dispersal draft. Moreover, the Chicago Shamrox folded after just two seasons, failing to make the playoffs either year. The league also announced the addition of instant replay for officials to review disputed goals and crease violations during games. George Daniel was named new league Commissioner. </p><p>Calgary won its second championship, defeating New York 12–10 in front of a crowd of 13,042 at Pengrowth Saddledome. Josh Sanderson was named Championship Game MVP, finishing with two goals and three assists. </p><p>After the season, the San Jose Stealth announced that they were relocating to Everett, where they would be known as the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Stealth" title="Washington Stealth">Washington Stealth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-StealthMoveNorth_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StealthMoveNorth-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The New York Titans, also relocated, moving to Florida and becoming the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Titans" title="Orlando Titans">Orlando Titans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-titans_move_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titans_move-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, the Portland LumberJax folded after four seasons of play. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_NLL_season" title="2010 NLL season">2010 NLL season</a></div> <p>The Washington Stealth won the championship in its first season in its new home, defeating the Toronto Rock 15–11 in front of a crowd of 8,609 at Comcast Arena. Lewis Ratcliff was named Championship Game MVP. </p><p>After the season, the Orlando Titans folded after just one season in Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011">2011</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2011_NLL_season" title="2011 NLL season">2011 NLL season</a></div> <p>2011 marked the 25th season for the NLL. The Toronto Rock won its record-tying sixth championship, tying the Philadelphia Wings, by defeating the Washington Stealth 8–7 in front of a crowd of 8,609 at Air Canada Centre. Bob Watson was named Championship Game MVP. After the season, the latest incarnation of the Boston Blazers announced that it was folding after just three seasons, bringing the league down below ten teams for the first time since 2001, where it would stay until 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012">2012</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2012_NLL_season" title="2012 NLL season">2012 NLL season</a></div> <p>The Rochester Knighthawks won its third championship, defeating the Edmonton Rush 9–6 in front of a crowd of 9,277 at Blue Cross Arena. Cody Jamieson was named Championship Game MVP. For the first time since 1992, there was no off-season team movement in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013">2013</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2013_NLL_season" title="2013 NLL season">2013 NLL season</a></div> <p>The Rochester Knighthawks won its second-consecutive and fourth overall championship, defeating the Washington Stealth 11–10 in front of a crowd of 5,200 at Langley Events Centre. Cody Jamieson was named Championship Game MVP. After the season, the Stealth announced that they would be re-locating north of the border to become the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Stealth" class="mw-redirect" title="Vancouver Stealth">Vancouver Stealth</a>, bringing the NLL back to British Columbia for the first time since 2004. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014">2014</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_NLL_season" title="2014 NLL season">2014 NLL season</a></div> <p>The Rochester Knighthawks won a third-consecutive and fifth overall championship in 2014, defeating Calgary Roughnecks 2–1 in the final series. Game 1 was an 11–7 victory for the Roughnecks in front of a crowd of 16,541 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Knighthawks won game 2, 16–10, and clinched game 3, 3–2, in front of a crowd of 9,188 at Blue Cross Arena. Dan Dawson was named Championship Game MVP. </p><p>After the season, the Philadelphia Wings were purchased and moved to Connecticut, where they were renamed the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Black_Wolves" title="New England Black Wolves">New England Black Wolves</a>, ending a run of 28 seasons for the Wings in Philadelphia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015">2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2015_NLL_season" title="2015 NLL season">2015 NLL season</a></div> <p>The Edmonton Rush won its first championship in 2015, defeating the Toronto Rock 2–0 in the final series. The Rush won game 1, 15–9 in front of a crowd of 9,257 at Air Canada Centre. Game 2 was an 11–10 victory in front of a crowd of 12,275 at Rexall Place. Mark Matthews was named Championship Game MVP. However, the Rush announced after the season that, unable to come to a new arena-lease agreement, the team would be relocating to Saskatoon, where it was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Saskatchewan Rush</a>. In addition, the Minnesota Swarm were relocated to Atlanta and renamed the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Georgia Swarm</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016">2016</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2016_NLL_season" title="2016 NLL season">2016 NLL season</a></div> <p>Nick Sakiewicz was appointed the 5th Commissioner of the NLL ahead of the 2016 season. </p><p>The Rush won its second-consecutive Champion's Cup and its first after relocating to Saskatchewan, defeating the Buffalo Bandits 2–0 in the final series. Game 1 finished 11–9, in front of a crowd of 12,692 at First Niagara Center. Game 2 finished 11–10 in front of a crowd of 15,182 at SaskTel Centre. Aaron Bold was named Championship Game MVP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017">2017</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2017_NLL_season" title="2017 NLL season">2017 NLL season</a></div> <p>In 2017, the Georgia Swarm won its first championship in just its second season in Georgia, defeating the Saskatchewan Rush 2–0 in the final series. It was the third straight year that the Rush made the finals. Game 1 was an 18–14 result in front of a crowd of 7,642 at Infinite Energy Arena. Game 2 finished 15–14 in front of a crowd of 14,264 at SaskTel Centre. Lyle Thompson was named Championship Game MVP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018">2018</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018_NLL_season" title="2018 NLL season">2018 NLL season</a></div><p>In 2018, the Saskatchewan Rush re-gained the title, winning the first <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Cup" title="National Lacrosse League Cup">National Lacrosse League Cup</a>, which replaced the Champion's Cup, defeating the Rochester Knighthawks 2–1 in the final series. It was the third title in four seasons for the Rush with the team making the final all four seasons. </p><p>After the season, the league announced two expansion franchises that would begin play in 2019: a new <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(2018%E2%80%93present)" title="Philadelphia Wings (2018–present)">Philadelphia Wings</a> franchise along with a new southern California team, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Seals" title="San Diego Seals">San Diego Seals</a>. This brought the league back to eleven teams. In addition, the league announced two further expansion teams that would begin play for the 2020 season. First, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Riptide" title="New York Riptide">New York Riptide</a> would play out of the Saints' old home in Uniondale.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secondly, while Knighthawks owner Curt Styres announced that he would be moving the franchise from Rochester to Halifax after the 2019 season, the league awarded a new expansion franchise for Rochester to the owners of the Buffalo Sabres, <a href="/wiki/Pegula_Sports_and_Entertainment" title="Pegula Sports and Entertainment">Pegula Sports and Entertainment</a>, to immediately replace the departing Knighthawks.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2019">2019</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2019_NLL_season" title="2019 NLL season">2019 NLL season</a></div> <p>The 2019 NLL season was delayed when the Professional Lacrosse Players Association went on <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a> shortly before training camp was set to begin over negotiations for a new CBA. On 15 November 2018, the league announced that a counter-proposal submitted by the Players Association had been rejected. Subsequently, the league announced that all games to be played in the first two weeks of the season were canceled.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 November, the NLL and the PLPA reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first week of the season began on December 15 and the league announced each team will still play the standard 18 game schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The league kicked off its first game of the season on 15 December, with the Wings returning to Philadelphia. The Wings fell to the visiting Buffalo Bandits 17–15.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 December, the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Seals" title="San Diego Seals">San Diego Seals</a> played their first ever game, upsetting the Colorado Mammoth at the Pepsi Center, 17–12.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Calgary Roughnecks won their third title, defeating Buffalo 2–0 in the final series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020">2020</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2020_NLL_season" title="2020 NLL season">2020 NLL season</a></div> <p>Three teams debuted in the 2020 season. The original Knighthawks completed their move to Nova Scotia and were re-branded the <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Thunderbirds" title="Halifax Thunderbirds">Halifax Thunderbirds</a>; the departing K-Hawks were replaced by the new expansion <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks" title="Rochester Knighthawks">Rochester Knighthawks</a>; and the New York Riptide also began play.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This brought the league to thirteen teams for the first time since 2007. </p><p>On 13 March 2020, league play was indefinitely suspended due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. At the time teams had played 10 to 14 matches. On 4 June, the league announced that the rest of the season and the playoffs were canceled due to the pandemic, and that attention would turn to organizing the 2021 season.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this development did not stop league business, and in July 2020, a new expansion team was awarded to Fort Worth, Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new team would be known as the <a href="/wiki/Panther_City_Lacrosse_Club" title="Panther City Lacrosse Club">Panther City Lacrosse Club</a>. </p><p>On 3 February 2021, the 2021 season was also canceled due to logistical issues and uncertainties relating to the pandemic, including travel restrictions and quarantine requirements. The NLL stated that it was turning its attention to planning for the 2022 season.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That spring, the New England Black Wolves announced that they would be relocating to New York and would be renamed the <a href="/wiki/Albany_FireWolves" title="Albany FireWolves">Albany FireWolves</a>, bringing the NLL back to Albany for the first time since 2003. In addition, the league awarded another expansion franchise, this one to Las Vegas, to begin play in 2023. This new team would become the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Desert_Dogs" title="Las Vegas Desert Dogs">Las Vegas Desert Dogs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2022">2022</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_NLL_season" title="2022 NLL season">2022 NLL season</a></div> <p>The NLL returned on 3 December 2021, marking the beginning of the 2022 season, the league's 35th, and the first game action in nearly two years. The fourteen teams, the highest number ever for the league, played a full 18-game schedule. The return was successful, and the season ended with the Colorado Mammoth defeating the Buffalo Bandits on 18 June 2022, winning the championship series 2 games to 1.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The season marked the debut of Panther City and the FireWolves. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2023">2023</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: 2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2023_NLL_season" title="2023 NLL season">2023 NLL season</a></div> <p>The 2023 season began 2 December 2022, and ended with the Buffalo Bandits avenging their championship series loss from the previous season, defeating the Colorado Mammoth on 3 June 3, 2023, to win the series 2 games to 1.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the inaugural season for the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Desert_Dogs" title="Las Vegas Desert Dogs">Las Vegas Desert Dogs</a>, bringing the number of teams to fifteen.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2023_NLL_Stadium_Showdown" title="2023 NLL Stadium Showdown">2023 NLL Stadium Showdown</a>, the first outdoor NLL game, was held on 4 March at <a href="/wiki/Snapdragon_Stadium" title="Snapdragon Stadium">Snapdragon Stadium</a> in San Diego, between the Desert Dogs and the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Seals" title="San Diego Seals">San Diego Seals</a>; the Seals won the game 15–12. </p><p>On 29 December 2023, Canadian referee Carmen Massel became the first female to work a game in the National Lacrosse League. She was the Shot Clock Official for the San Diego Seals vs Rochester Knighthawks game in San Diego, CA.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2024">2024</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_NLL_season" title="2024 NLL season">2024 NLL season</a></div> <p>The 2024 season began on December 1, 2023, and ended on May 18, 2024, with the Buffalo Bandits sweeping the Albany FireWolves 2–0 in the NLL Finals series to claim their sixth league title. This season introduced "NLL Unboxed", an initiative to promote lacrosse among youth via branded "lacrosse communities" in strategic markets that do not have NLL teams (see NLL Unboxed section below).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 21, 2024, the NLL announced that the New York Riptide would relocate to Ottawa, and will be renamed the Ottawa Black Bears.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2025">2025</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: 2025"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2025_NLL_season" title="2025 NLL season">2025 NLL season</a></div> <p>Ahead of the 2025 season, the Panther City Lacrosse Club ceased operations after three seasons of play, returning the league to 14 teams.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commissioners">Commissioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Darrel Russell, 1987–1997</li> <li>John Livsey Jr, 1997–2000</li> <li>Jim Jennings, 2000–2009</li> <li>George Daniel, 2009–2015<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Sakiewicz" title="Nick Sakiewicz">Nick Sakiewicz</a>, 2016–2022<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brett Frood, 2022–present<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_history">Championship history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Championship history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Cup" title="National Lacrosse League Cup">National Lacrosse League Cup</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:0 1em 1em; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Championships </th> <th>Years </th> <th>Runner-ups </th> <th>Runner-up Years </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a><sup>(Original)</sup>/<a href="/wiki/Albany_FireWolves" title="Albany FireWolves">Albany FireWolves</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td align="left">1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001 </td> <td>4 </td> <td align="left">1992, 1993, 1996, 2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a></td> <td>6 </td> <td align="left">1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011 </td> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">2001, 2010, 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a></td> <td>6 </td> <td align="left">1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2023, 2024 </td> <td>7 </td> <td align="left">1994, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2016, 2019, 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995%E2%80%932019)" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a><sup>(Original)</sup><sub>(Now Halifax Thunderbirds)</sub></td> <td>5 </td> <td align="left">1997, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014 </td> <td>5 </td> <td align="left">1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Edmonton/Saskatchewan Rush</a></td> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">2015, 2016, 2018 </td> <td>2 </td> <td align="left">2012, 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Calgary Roughnecks</a></td> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">2004, 2009, 2019 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Thunder" title="Baltimore Thunder">Baltimore Thunder</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a></td> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">1987, 2006, 2022 </td> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">1991, 1998, 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Saints" title="New York Saints">New Jersey/New York Saints</a> <sub>(Folded in 2003)</sub></td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">1988 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Turbos" title="Detroit Turbos">Detroit Turbos</a> <sub>(Folded in 1994)</sub></td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">1991 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Albany_Attack" title="Albany Attack">Albany Attack</a>/<a href="/wiki/Washington_Stealth" title="Washington Stealth">Washington Stealth</a> <sub>(Now Vancouver Warriors)</sub></td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">2010 </td> <td>3 </td> <td align="left">2002, 2011, 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Georgia Swarm</a></td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">2017 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wave" title="Washington Wave">Washington Wave</a> <sub>(Folded in 1989)</sub> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>2 </td> <td align="left">1987, 1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Sting" title="Arizona Sting">Arizona Sting</a> <sub>(Folded in 2009)</sub> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>2 </td> <td align="left">2005, 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_England_Blazers" title="New England Blazers">New England Blazers</a> <sub>(Folded in 1991)</sub> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Portland_LumberJax" title="Portland LumberJax">Portland LumberJax</a> <sub>(Folded in 2009)</sub> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Titans_(lacrosse)" title="New York Titans (lacrosse)">New York Titans</a> <sub>(Folded in 2009)</sub> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>— </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="left">2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NLL_Champions_Cup,_circa_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/NLL_Champions_Cup%2C_circa_2006.jpg/225px-NLL_Champions_Cup%2C_circa_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/NLL_Champions_Cup%2C_circa_2006.jpg/337px-NLL_Champions_Cup%2C_circa_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/NLL_Champions_Cup%2C_circa_2006.jpg/450px-NLL_Champions_Cup%2C_circa_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1615" data-file-height="2153" /></a><figcaption>The Champion's Cup was awarded to the NLL Champion from 1998 to 2017</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NLL_Cup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NLL_Cup.jpg/225px-NLL_Cup.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="408" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NLL_Cup.jpg/338px-NLL_Cup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NLL_Cup.jpg/450px-NLL_Cup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="2608" /></a><figcaption>The National Lacrosse League Cup replaced the Champion's Cup in 2018</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Winner</th> <th>Runner-up</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Series </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1987</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Thunder" title="Baltimore Thunder">Baltimore Thunder</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wave" title="Washington Wave">Washington Wave</a> </td> <td align="center">11–10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_Eagle_Pro_Box_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1988 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season">1988</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Saints" title="New Jersey Saints">New Jersey Saints</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Wave" title="Washington Wave">Washington Wave</a> </td> <td align="center">17–16 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Major Indoor Lacrosse League </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1989 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1989</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Saints" title="New York Saints">New York Saints</a> </td> <td align="center">11–10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1990 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1990</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_England_Blazers" title="New England Blazers">New England Blazers</a> </td> <td align="center">17–7 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1991 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1991</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Turbos" title="Detroit Turbos">Detroit Turbos</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Thunder" title="Baltimore Thunder">Baltimore Thunder</a> </td> <td align="center">14–12 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1992 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1992</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td align="center">11–10<sup>OT</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1993 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1993</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td align="center">13–12 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1994 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td align="center">26–15 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1995 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1995</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td align="center">15–14<sup>OT</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1996 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1996</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td align="center">15–10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_Major_Indoor_Lacrosse_League_season" title="1997 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season">1997</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td align="center">15–12 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">National Lacrosse League </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_NLL_season" title="1998 NLL season">1998</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Thunder" title="Baltimore Thunder">Baltimore Thunder</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–0<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_NLL_season" title="1999 NLL season">1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td align="center">13–10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_NLL_season" title="2000 NLL season">2000</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td align="center">14–13 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_NLL_season" title="2001 NLL season">2001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Wings_(1987%E2%80%932014)" title="Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014)">Philadelphia Wings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td align="center">9–8 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_NLL_season" title="2002 NLL season">2002</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany_Attack" title="Albany Attack">Albany Attack</a> </td> <td align="center">13–12 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_NLL_season" title="2003 NLL season">2003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td align="center">8–6 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_NLL_season" title="2004 NLL season">2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Calgary Roughnecks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td align="center">14–11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_NLL_season" title="2005 NLL season">2005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Sting" title="Arizona Sting">Arizona Sting</a> </td> <td align="center">19–13 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_NLL_season" title="2006 NLL season">2006</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td align="center">16–9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_NLL_season" title="2007 NLL season">2007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Sting" title="Arizona Sting">Arizona Sting</a> </td> <td align="center">13–11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_NLL_season" title="2008 NLL season">2008</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland_LumberJax" title="Portland LumberJax">Portland LumberJax</a> </td> <td align="center">14–13 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_NLL_season" title="2009 NLL season">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Calgary Roughnecks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Titans_(lacrosse)" title="New York Titans (lacrosse)">New York Titans</a> </td> <td align="center">12–10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_NLL_season" title="2010 NLL season">2010</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Stealth" title="Washington Stealth">Washington Stealth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td align="center">15–11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_NLL_season" title="2011 NLL season">2011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Stealth" title="Washington Stealth">Washington Stealth</a> </td> <td align="center">8–7 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_NLL_season" title="2012 NLL season">2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Rush" title="Edmonton Rush">Edmonton Rush</a> </td> <td align="center">9–6 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_NLL_season" title="2013 NLL season">2013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Stealth" title="Washington Stealth">Washington Stealth</a> </td> <td align="center">11–10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_NLL_season" title="2014 NLL season">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Calgary Roughnecks</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–1<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_NLL_season" title="2015 NLL season">2015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Rush" title="Edmonton Rush">Edmonton Rush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Rock" title="Toronto Rock">Toronto Rock</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–0<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_NLL_season" title="2016 NLL season">2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Saskatchewan Rush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–0<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_NLL_season" title="2017 NLL season">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Swarm" title="Georgia Swarm">Georgia Swarm</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Saskatchewan Rush</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–0<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_NLL_season" title="2018 NLL season">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_Rush" title="Saskatchewan Rush">Saskatchewan Rush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Knighthawks_(1995-2019)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)">Rochester Knighthawks</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–1<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_NLL_season" title="2019 NLL season">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Roughnecks" title="Calgary Roughnecks">Calgary Roughnecks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–0<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_NLL_season" title="2020 NLL season">2020</a> </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Season suspended due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 Pandemic</a>.</i> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f0f0f0"> <td>2021 </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Season canceled due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 Pandemic</a>.</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_NLL_season" title="2022 NLL season">2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–1<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_NLL_season" title="2023 NLL season">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Mammoth" title="Colorado Mammoth">Colorado Mammoth</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–1<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_NLL_season" title="2024 NLL season">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bandits" title="Buffalo Bandits">Buffalo Bandits</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany_FireWolves" title="Albany FireWolves">Albany FireWolves</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">2–0<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expansion_and_relocation">Expansion and relocation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Expansion and relocation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name_changes/relocations"><span id="Name_changes.2Frelocations"></span>Name changes/relocations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Name changes/relocations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>New Jersey Saints (1987–1988) → New York Saints (1989–2003) → Inactive</li> <li>New England Blazers (1989–1991) → Boston Blazers (1992–1997) → Inactive</li> <li>Baltimore Thunder (1987–1999) → Pittsburgh CrosseFire (2000) → Washington Power (2001–2002) → Colorado Mammoth (2003–current)</li> <li>Ontario Raiders (1998) → Toronto Rock (1999–current)</li> <li>Syracuse Smash (1998–2000) → Ottawa Rebel (2001–2003) → Inactive (2003–2005) → Edmonton Rush (2005–2015) → Saskatchewan Rush (2016–current)</li> <li>Albany Attack (1999–2003) → San Jose Stealth (2004–2009) → Washington Stealth (2010–2013) → Vancouver Stealth (2014–2018) → Vancouver Warriors (2018–current)</li> <li>Columbus Landsharks (2001–2003) → Arizona Sting (2004–2007) → Inactive</li> <li>Montreal Express (2002) → Inactive → Minnesota Swarm (2004–2015) → Georgia Swarm (2016–current)</li> <li>New Jersey Storm (2002–2003) → Anaheim Storm (2004–2005) → Inactive</li> <li>New York Titans (2007–2009) → Orlando Titans (2010) → Inactive</li> <li>Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014) → New England Black Wolves (2015–2021) → Albany FireWolves (2022–current)</li> <li>Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019) → Halifax Thunderbirds (2020–current)</li> <li>New York Riptide (2018–2024) → Ottawa Black Bears (2025–current)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Franchise_timeline_by_team">Franchise timeline by team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Franchise timeline by team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_hsps60eyo8bp8hdxajsuooavhasy1rh"></map><img usemap="#timeline_hsps60eyo8bp8hdxajsuooavhasy1rh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/hsps60eyo8bp8hdxajsuooavhasy1rh.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NLL_Unboxed_program">NLL Unboxed program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: NLL Unboxed program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2023, ahead of the 2024 season, the NLL launched an initiative known as "NLL Unboxed" (stylized as "NLL unBOXed"). It is designed to help promote the sport of lacrosse via youth and school programs in strategic markets that do not currently have NLL franchises, and build interest in the sport in the lead-up to <a href="/wiki/Lacrosse_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics">lacrosse</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics" title="2028 Summer Olympics">2028 Summer Olympics</a>. Each market in the program receives a team brand as a "lacrosse community", which is used as part of promotion for the program and related activities.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the program, the league began to hold "NLL Unboxed Series" games in the 2024 season, which are played in the market of one of the lacrosse communities in the program. The first of these games was hosted by Castors de Montréal in February 2024, with the Toronto Rock playing the New York Riptide at <a href="/wiki/Place_Bell" title="Place Bell">Place Bell</a> in <a href="/wiki/Laval,_Quebec" title="Laval, Quebec">Laval, Quebec</a>. It marked the first NLL game played in the Montreal area since the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Express" title="Montreal Express">Montreal Express</a>' first and only season in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Lacrosse community </th> <th>City </th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td>Tampa Bay Snowbirds </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Louis Rhythm/Howlers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Baltimore Ghost Crabs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Charlotte Cobras </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Minnesota Lake Dragons </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis-St._Paul,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota">Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Castors de Montréal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al,_Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal, Québec">Montréal, Québec</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Utah Spikes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Seattle Shipwrecks </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dallas OilCats<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas, Texas</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Indianapolis Checkers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Jersey Humpbacks </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nashville Drumsticks </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Portland Undercutters </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chicago Shamrocks </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Columbus Redtails </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Los Angeles Ligers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miami Tormentas </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>London Mounties </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London,_Ontario" title="London, Ontario">London, Ontario</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Edmonton Juice </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton, Alberta">Edmonton, Alberta</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Québec Harfangs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quebec_City,_Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec City, Québec">Quebec City, Québec</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Boston Wickies </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Providence Vampires </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_Lacrosse_League_Players'_Association"><span id="National_Lacrosse_League_Players.27_Association"></span>National Lacrosse League Players' Association</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: National Lacrosse League Players' Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>National Lacrosse League Players' Association</i> (<i>NLLPA</i>), formerly the Professional Lacrosse Players' Association (PLPA), is the <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">trade union</a> of players in the NLL. The PLPA was founded in 1991 by Dave Succamore (a former <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Turbos" title="Detroit Turbos">Detroit Turbos</a> player), Peter Schmitz (a former <a href="/wiki/Boston_Blazers_(1992-1997)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Blazers (1992-1997)">Boston Blazers</a> player and president) and four other players from other teams with assistance by labor attorney Ronald L. Jaros.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The union was organized to assist with missed work pay for players who miss their regular jobs for games; expanded expense reimbursement; more opportunities for promotional pay on top of their regular game salaries; more time for rookies to assess their initial contracts; game compensation for practice players; free agency; a standard grievance and arbitration process for fines and suspensions. Before the players' union was in place, injured players' medical bills were paid by the League through workman's compensation insurance in the states where teams were located.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_on_television" title="National Lacrosse League on television">National Lacrosse League on television</a></div><p>In the early 2000s, <a href="/wiki/CNN_Sports_Illustrated" class="mw-redirect" title="CNN Sports Illustrated">CNN Sports Illustrated</a> aired NLL games regularly. The NLL had had its All-Star Games and Championship games on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> in 2005 and <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a> in 2006. </p><p>In 2007, the NLL had a regularly scheduled "Game of the Week" on <a href="/wiki/NBCSN" title="NBCSN">Versus</a>. For the <a href="/wiki/2008_NLL_season" title="2008 NLL season">2008 season</a>, due to dispute between the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Lacrosse_Players%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional Lacrosse Players' Association">Professional Lacrosse Players' Association</a> and the NLL owners in completing the <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Collective bargaining agreement">collective bargaining agreement</a>, the "Game of the Week" on Versus was cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2007, the NLL signed an agreement with <a href="/wiki/Sirius_Satellite_Radio" title="Sirius Satellite Radio">Sirius Satellite Radio</a>, who were the "Official Satellite Radio Partner". The pact included a "Game of the Week" as well as a weekly highlight show.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the 2011 season, the NLL returned to Versus, beginning with coverage of the 2011 All-Star Game, followed by 6 weekly games, and 2 playoff games, one of these being the championship game.<sup id="cite_ref-nll-vs2011_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nll-vs2011-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2012 season, the rights shifted to <a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports_Network" title="CBS Sports Network">CBS Sports Network</a>, which carried a package of eight regular season games.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the NLL reached an agreement with the <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> channel The Lacrosse Network, with most games broadcast live on the channel, and all games available on-demand after their broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 2016 season, the league moved to Fox Sports' streaming platform <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Go" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports Go">Fox Sports Go</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning with the 2016 division semifinals, the NLL introduced an in-house NLLTV service operated by <a href="/wiki/NeuLion" class="mw-redirect" title="NeuLion">NeuLion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2017 season, the NLL reached a two-season deal with <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> to stream a weekly game, as well as playoff games and the Champion's Cup, via the <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social network</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Live_streaming" title="Live streaming">live streaming</a> features. A separate deal was reached with CBS Sports Digital to stream games on its subscription platform SportsLive.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the 2018–19 season, the league announced a broadcasting agreement with <a href="/wiki/Turner_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Sports">Turner Sports</a>, under which its games would be streamed exclusively by <a href="/wiki/B/R_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="B/R Live">B/R Live</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the 2021–22 season, the NLL reached a new media rights agreement with <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Inc." title="ESPN Inc.">ESPN Inc.</a>, under which all games would stream on <a href="/wiki/ESPN%2B" title="ESPN+">ESPN+</a> in the United States, and at least 10 would air on an ESPN television channel.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Canada, the league also returned to <a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a> (which is minority-owned by ESPN) for the first time since 2016, airing a Saturday-night package focusing on its Canadian franchises, playoff games, and streaming of other games online on subscription platform TSN+.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All other game broadcasts are produced in-house by the league, using a mix of on-site staff and <a href="/wiki/Remote_integration_model" title="Remote integration model">REMI</a> hubs (with Dome Productions, a joint venture between TSN's parent company <a href="/wiki/Bell_Media" title="Bell Media">Bell Media</a> and rival <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Media">Rogers Media</a>, handling the hub for Canadian teams and other games broadcast by TSN).<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Video_games">Video games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Blast Lacrosse</i>, a video game based on the NLL, was released on 23 May 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Developed by <a href="/wiki/Sandbox_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandbox Studios">Sandbox Studios</a> and published by <a href="/wiki/Acclaim_Entertainment" title="Acclaim Entertainment">Acclaim Entertainment</a>, it was the first lacrosse video game and included all nine teams from the NLL's <a href="/wiki/2001_NLL_season" title="2001 NLL season">15th season</a> (2001). </p><p>On 31 March 2010, the NLL announced it had partnered with Crosse Studio and Triple B Games to develop <i>NLL Lacrosse 2010</i> presented by <a href="/wiki/Reebok" title="Reebok">Reebok Lacrosse</a>. The game was released exclusively on <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> via <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Live_Indie_Games" title="Xbox Live Indie Games">Xbox Live Indie Games</a> on April 23, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-video_game_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-video_game-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crosse Studio and Triple B Games developed <i>Inside Lacrosse's College Lacrosse 2010</i> in 2009 before approaching the NLL to license their next game.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Weekly_Awards" title="National Lacrosse League Weekly Awards">National Lacrosse League Weekly Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Monthly_Awards" title="National Lacrosse League Monthly Awards">National Lacrosse League Monthly Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_MVP_Award" title="National Lacrosse League MVP Award">MVP Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Bartley_Award" title="Les Bartley Award">Les Bartley Award</a> (coach of the year)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_GM_of_the_Year_Award" title="National Lacrosse League GM of the Year Award">GM of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" title="National Lacrosse League Executive of the Year Award">Executive of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Defensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award">Defensive Player of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Transition_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="National Lacrosse League Transition Player of the Year Award">Transition Player of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Goaltender_of_the_Year_Award" title="National Lacrosse League Goaltender of the Year Award">Goaltender of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Lacrosse_League_Sportsmanship_Award" title="National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award">Sportsmanship Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Borrelli_Award" title="Tom Borrelli Award">Tom Borrelli Award</a> (writer of the year)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Lacrosse_League&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arena_Lacrosse_League" title="Arena Lacrosse League">Arena Lacrosse League</a>, Canadian semi-professional <a href="/wiki/Box_lacrosse" title="Box lacrosse">box lacrosse</a> league</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_Lacrosse_League" title="Premier Lacrosse League">Premier Lacrosse League</a>, American professional <a href="/wiki/Field_lacrosse" title="Field lacrosse">field lacrosse</a> league</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_teams_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada">List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States" title="Professional 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Brett+Frood+of+Stewart-Haas+Racing+Takes+Over+as+NLL+Commissioner&rft.date=2022-08-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportico.com%2Fleagues%2Fother-sports%2F2022%2Fbrett-frood-nll-commissioner-1234683657%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Lacrosse+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Best-of-three series. Philadelphia won the first two games 16–12 and 17–12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Two games plus mini-game if tied. The first was hosted by the lower seed and the second by the higher seed. Calgary won Game 1, 10–7. Rochester won Game 2, 16–10. 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