2024 NLL season

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2024 NLL season
League National Lacrosse League
Sport Indoor lacrosse (box lacrosse)
Duration December 1, 2023 — May 18, 2024
Number of games 18
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) ESPN[1][2][3] (United States)
TSN (Canada)
Playoffs
Semi-Final champions Buffalo Bandits
  Semi-Final runners-up Toronto Rock
Semi-Final champions Albany FireWolves
  Semi-Final runners-up San Diego Seals
Finals
Champions Buffalo Bandits (6th title)
  Runners-up Albany FireWolves
Finals MVP Josh Byrne
NLL seasons
2025 season →

The 2024 NLL season was the 37th season of play of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 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.

League business

NLL Unboxed

On November 16, 2023, the NLL announced "NLL Unboxed", a new initiative to promote lacrosse among youth via branded "lacrosse communities" in strategic markets that do not currently have NLL teams.[4] As part of the initiative, the NLL hosted a regular season game known as the NLL Unboxed Series in Laval, Quebec (a suburb of Unboxed market Montreal, which previously had an NLL team in 2002 in the form of the Montreal Express) featuring the New York Riptide hosting the Toronto Rock at Place Bell.[5]

Team relocation

On February 21, 2024, the NLL announced that the New York Riptide would relocate to Ottawa, and will be renamed the Ottawa Black Bears.[6]

Teams

Black pog.svg NLL Teams
2024 National Lacrosse League
Team City Arena Capacity
Albany FireWolves Albany, New York MVP Arena 14,236
Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York KeyBank Center 19,070
Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, Alberta Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289
Colorado Mammoth Denver, Colorado Ball Arena 18,000
Georgia Swarm Duluth, Georgia Gas South Arena 10,500
Halifax Thunderbirds Halifax, Nova Scotia Scotiabank Centre 10,500
Las Vegas Desert Dogs Paradise, Nevada Michelob Ultra Arena 12,000
New York Riptide Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,917
Panther City Lacrosse Club Fort Worth, Texas Dickies Arena 12,200
Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center 19,306
Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662
San Diego Seals San Diego, California Pechanga Arena 12,920
Saskatchewan Rush Saskatoon, Saskatchewan SaskTel Centre 15,195
Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Scotiabank Arena 18,800
Vancouver Warriors Vancouver, British Columbia Rogers Arena 18,910

Regular season

The 2024 season introduced a new regular season format; conferences were abolished, with all teams now playing within the same standings. Each team played each other at least once, and the schedule formula provided the opportunity for four "flex games" to showcase league rivalries and players. The top eight teams advanced to the playoffs.[7]Reference:[8]

P Team GP W L PCT GB Home Road GF GA Diff GF/GP GA/GP

1 Buffalo Bandits 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
2 Toronto Rock 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
3 Halifax Thunderbirds 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
4 Rochester Knighthawks 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
5 Philadelphia Wings 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
6 Georgia Swarm 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
7 New York Riptide 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
8 Albany FireWolves 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
9 San Diego Seals 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
10 Calgary Roughnecks 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
11 Panther City Lacrosse Club 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
12 Colorado Mammoth 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
13 Saskatchewan Rush 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
14 Las Vegas Desert Dogs 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
15 Vancouver Warriors 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

x = clinched playoff berth | z = clinched top overall record

Playoffs

Quarterfinal Semifinal (best of 3) NLL Final (best of 3)
                 
1 Toronto 9
8 Rochester 6
1 Toronto 0
4 Buffalo 2
4 Buffalo 10*
5 Georgia 9
4 Buffalo 2
3 Albany 0
2 San Diego 9*
7 Panther City 8
2 San Diego 0
3 Albany 2
3 Albany 9
6 Halifax 3

*Overtime

Awards

Annual awards

Award Winner Other Finalists
Most Valuable Player Josh Byrne, Buffalo Bandits[9] Dhane Smith, Buffalo Bandits[10]
Nick Rose, Toronto Rock
Goaltender of the Year Nick Rose, Toronto Rock[11] Doug Jamieson, Albany FireWolves[10]
Chris Origlieri, San Diego Seals
Defensive Player of the Year Ryan Dilks, Vancouver Warriors[11] Mitch de Snoo, Toronto Rock[10]
Brad Kri, Toronto Rock
Transition Player of the Year Jake Withers, Halifax Thunderbirds[11] Ian MacKay, Buffalo Bandits[10]
Shane Simpson, Calgary Roughnecks
Offensive Player of the Year Josh Byrne, Buffalo Bandits[11] Dhane Smith, Buffalo Bandits[10]
Jeff Teat, New York Riptide
Rookie of the Year Alex Simmons, Albany FireWolves[12] Owen Grant, Vancouver Warriors[10]
Tye Kurtz, Albany FireWolves
Sportsmanship Award Lyle Thompson, Georgia Swarm[13] Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors[10]
Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock
GM of the Year Glenn Clark, Albany FireWolves[14] Jamie Dawick,[10] Toronto Rock
Curt Malawsky, Vancouver Warriors
Les Bartley Award Glenn Clark, Albany FireWolves[14] Curt Malawsky,[10] Vancouver Warriors
Matt Sawyer, Toronto Rock
Executive of the Year Award John Catalano, Halifax Thunderbirds[15] Mike Hancock,[10] Toronto Rock
Oliver Marti, Albany FireWolves
Teammate of the Year Award Zach Greer, Las Vegas Desert Dogs[13] not announced
Tom Borrelli Award Adam Levi, NLL.com, NLLPA, Inside Lacrosse, "Lacrosse Matrix" podcast[15] Teddy Jenner, TSN, "Off the CrosseBar" podcast[10]
Graeme Perrow, NLL Chatter

Stadiums and locations

Georgia Swarm Albany FireWolves New York Riptide Philadelphia Wings
Gas South Arena MVP Arena Nassau Coliseum Wells Fargo Center
Capacity: 11,355 Capacity: 14,236 Capacity: 13,917 Capacity: 19,543
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Buffalo Bandits Halifax Thunderbirds Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock
KeyBank Center Scotiabank Centre[16] Blue Cross Arena First Ontario Centre
Capacity: 19,070 Capacity: 10,595 Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 17,383
200px Scotiabank Centre - EXTERIOR - 091914 - Paul Darrow (3).JPG Rochester Blue Cross Arena - NW Exterior.jpg 200px
Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth San Diego Seals Saskatchewan Rush
WestJet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome Ball Arena Pechanga Arena Co-op Field at SaskTel Centre
Capacity: 19,289 Capacity: 18,007 Capacity: 12,920 Capacity: 15,190
200px Denver Pepsi Center 1.jpg San Diego Sports Arena.jpg 200px
Vancouver Warriors Las Vegas Desert Dogs Panther City Lacrosse Club
Rogers Arena Michelob Ultra Arena Dickies Arena
Capacity: 18,910 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,200
Rogers Arena.jpg 200px

Attendance

Regular season

Home Team Home Games Average Attendance Total Attendance[17]
Buffalo Bandits 9 16,974 152,767
Calgary Roughnecks 9 11,713 105,417
Colorado Mammoth 9 10,380 93,416
Halifax Thunderbirds 9 9,165 82,484
Vancouver Warriors 9 8,874 79,867
Toronto Rock 9 8,636 77,727
Philadelphia Wings 9 8,364 75,276
Saskatchewan Rush 9 8,085 72,767
Las Vegas Desert Dogs 9 6,350 57,154
Georgia Swarm 9 6,231 56,079
Rochester Knighthawks 9 5,526 48,738
New York Riptide 9 4,891 44,021
San Diego Seals 9 4,667 42,002
Albany FireWolves 9 3,963 35,665
Panther City LC 9 2,704 24,332
League 135 7,768 1,047,712

Playoffs

Home Team Home Games Average Attendance Total Attendance[17]
Buffalo Bandits 3 17,749 53,247
Toronto Rock 2 7,032 14,064
San Diego Seals 2 4,903 9,805
Albany FireWolves 3 2,930 8,790
League 10 8,591 85,906

See also

References

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