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.
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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]
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 |
NLL Teams
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]
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*Overtime
Quarterfinal
(1) Toronto Rock vs. (8) Rochester Knighthawks
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| Nick Rose | Goalies | Rylan Hartley Riley Hutchcraft | |
Rogers (Schreiber, Weier) – 02:08 | 1–0 | | Rogers (Craig) – 02:19 | 2–0 | | Boushy (Martin, Jubenville) – 02:42 | 3–0 | | Small (Matthews, Rogers) – 03:46 | 4–0 | | | 4–1 | 12:00 – Waters (Knight, Lanchbury) | Schreiber (Small, de Snoo) – 13:26 | 5–1 | | | 5–2 | 21:58 – Smith (Fields) (PP) | | 5–3 | 27:10 – Knight (Coates, Evans) | Schreiber (Matthews) (SH) – 29:39 | 6–3 | | Matthews (Rogers, Kri) – 34:53 | 7–3 | | Boushy (Matthews, Rogers) – 45:34 | 8–3 | | | 8–4 | 47:23 – Fields (Rees) | Craig (Small, Boushy) – 52:25 | 9–4 | | | 9–5 | 54:42 – Smith (Fields, Biles) | | 9–6 | 57:39 – Smith (Fields, McConvey) (PP) |
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12 min | Penalties | 16 min |
50 | Shots | 57 |
(4) Buffalo Bandits vs. (5) Georgia Swarm
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| Matt Vinc | Goalies | Brett Dobson | |
| 0–1 | 00:26 – Bomberry (Jackson, Kearnan) | MacKay (Martin) – 03:57 | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | 04:20 – Kew (Jackson) | Weiss (MacKay) – 19:38 | 2–2 | | | 2–3 | 20:27 – L. Thompson (Kew, Jackson) | Byrne (B. Robinson) – 23:53 | 3–3 | | Byrne (Smith, MacKay) – 25:49 | 4–3 | | | 4–4 | 26:44 – Henrick | Byrne (Fraser, Smith) (PP) – 29:07 | 5–4 | | | 5–5 | 29:31 – Bomberry (L.Thompson) | Byrne (Nanticoke) (PP) – 32:29 | 6–5 | | Nanticoke (Smith, Buchanan) (PP) – 35:42 | 7–5 | | Cloutier (Smtih, Byrne) (PP) – 37:43 | 8–5 | | | 8–6 | 42:57 – Kew (L.Thompson) (PP) | | 8–7 | 47:43 – Bomberry (Cole, Comizio) | | 8–8 | 52:53 – Kew (Bomberry, L.Thompson) (PP) | | 8–9 | 53:26 – L.Thompson (Jackson, Kew) | Buchanan (Smith) – 54:05 | 9–9 | | Byrne (Smith) – 64:01 | 10–9 | |
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min |
59 | Shots | 55 |
(2) San Diego Seals vs. (8) Panther City Lacrosse Club
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| Christopher Origlieri | Goalies | Nick Damude | |
Dobbie (Berg, Leclaire) – 02:36 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 06:35 – Crawford (Knox, T. Malcom) | Holding – 09:25 | 2–1 | | | 2–2 | 10:11 – Sheridan (Gautier, T. Malcom) | Leclaire (Staats) – 15:28 | 3–2 | | | 3–3 | 17:28 – Caputo (Patten, Damude) | Staats (Dobbie, Berg) – 17:41 | 4–3 | | | 4–4 | 20:30 – Sheridan (W. Malcom, Gautier) | | 4–5 | 21:11 – Foley (Crawford) | Staats (Berg) – 24:28 | 5–5 | | | 5–6 | 27:03 – W. Malcom (Crawford, Hutchison) | Dobbie (Berg, Dickson) (EA) – 29:57 | 6–6 | | Staats (Logan) – 32:24 | 7–6 | | | 7–7 | 38:10 – Gautier (W. Malcom, Crawford) | | 7–8 | 48:39 – T. Malcom | Staats (Logan, Holding) – 49:35 | 8–8 | | Dobbie (Berg, Dickson) – 62:49 | 9–8 | |
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min |
63 | Shots | 45 |
(3) Albany FireWolves vs. (6) Halifax Thunderbirds
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| Doug Jamieson | Goalies | Warren Hill | |
Longboat (Firth, Kurtz) – 09:51 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 12:56 – Petterson (Staats, Shanks) (PP) | Simmons – 17:31 | 2–1 | | Kurtz (Wagner) – 20:05 | 3–1 | | Nishimura (Stouros) – 20:49 | 4–1 | | | 4–2 | 30:28 – Shanks (Benesch, Petterson) | Longboat (Firth, Kurtz) – 34:45 | 5–2 | | Walker (Simmons) – 41:06 | 6–2 | | | 6–3 | 44:43 – Petterson (Staats, Jamieson) | Watkinson (Chaykowsky) (ENG) – 57:49 | 7–3 | | Wagner (Jamieson) (ENG) – 58:56 | 8–3 | | Wagner (Joaquim, Nishimura) – 59:17 | 9–3 | |
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12 min | Penalties | 82 min |
56 | Shots | 55 |
Semifinal (best of three)
(1) Toronto Rock vs. (4) Buffalo Bandits
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| Nick Rose Troy Holowchuk | Goalies | Matt Vinc | |
| 0–1 | 07:14 – MacKay | | 0–2 | 08:16 – Fraser (D. Robinson, Priolo) | | 0–3 | 13:44 – Byrne (MacKay, Weiss) | | 0–4 | 19:37 – Cloutier (Weiss, MacKay) | | 0–5 | 21:49 – Buchanan (Byrne) | | 0–6 | 35:01 – Smith (Byrne, Buchanan) | Martin (Corbeil) (SH) – 39:04 | 1–6 | | | 1–7 | 39:31 – B. Robinson (Smith, Cloutier) (PP) | | 1–8 | 44:48 – B. Robinson (Nanticoke) | Schreiber (Martin, Hostrawser) – 47:09 | 2–8 | | | 2–9 | 53:02 – Buchanan (Smith) | | 2–10 | 53:47 – Buchanan (Vinc) (PP, ENG) | | 2–11 | 54:15 – Fraser (Byrne, Farrell) | Small (Boushy, Matthews) – 54:40 | 3–11 | | Small (Rogers, Schreiber) (PP) – 57:56 | 4–11 | | | 4–12 | 58:59 – Cloutier (Smith) |
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23 min | Penalties | 39 min |
58 | Shots | 50 |
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| Matt Vinc | Goalies | Nick Rose | |
Smith (Nanticoke) – 03:19 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 07:48 – Boushy (Schreiber) | | 1–2 | 08:17 – Craig (Matthews, Schreiber) | Nanticoke (Byrne, Smith) – 10:43 | 2–2 | | Buchanan (Smith, B. Robinson) (PP) – 12:48 | 3–2 | | | 3–3 | 21:20 – Rogers (Matthews, Boushy) (PP) | | 3–4 | 26:04 – Matthews (Rogers, Schreiber) (PP) | | 3–5 | 27:39 – Schreiber (Small, Matthews) (PP) | | 3–6 | 28:04 – Small (Schreiber, Boushy) | Smith (Nanticoke, Cloutier) – 33:17 | 4–6 | | | 4–7 | 40:50 – Weier (Jubenville) | | 4–8 | 46:32 – Matthews (Martin, Kri) | Fraser (Byrne, Bomberry) – 47:05 | 5–8 | | Nanticoke (Byrne, MacKay) – 48:01 | 6–8 | | Byrne (Buchanan, Smith) – 48:54 | 7–8 | | Fraser (Byrne, Smith) (EA) – 51:40 | 8–8 | | Fraser (Byrne, Priolo) – 54:21 | 9–8 | | Byrne (Priolo, Weiss) – 55:15 | 10–8 | |
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15 min | Penalties | 10 min |
46 | Shots | 58 |
Bandits win series 2–0.
(2) San Diego Seals vs. (3) Albany FireWolves
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| Christopher Origlieri | Goalies | Doug Jamieson | |
Dobbie (Berg) – 00:40 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 06:15 – Simmons (Powless, Walker) | Dickson (Baptiste, Belgrave) – 06:49 | 2–1 | | | 2–2 | 13:46 – Walker (Simmons) | | 2–3 | 14:59 – Firth (Simmons, Kurtz) (EA) | | 2–4 | 16:22 – Simmons (Wagner) | | 2–5 | 17:35 – Walker (Kurtz, Simmons) (PP) | | 2–6 | 19:32 – Kurtz (Powless, Simmons) | Dobbie (Staats, Berg) (PP) – 23:28 | 3–6 | | Berg (Bradley, Shoemay) – 29:26 | 4–6 | | Berg (Leclaire, Dickson) – 30:23 | 5–6 | | | 5–7 | 30:46 – Simmons (Walker, Longboat) | | 5–8 | 31:20 – Grenon (Kurtz, Firth) | Dickson (Berg, Dobbie) (PP) – 33:11 | 6–8 | | | 6–9 | 36:25 – Simmons (Walker) (PP) | | 6–10 | 39:32 – Simmons (Powless, Walker) | | 6–11 | 43:39 – Grenon (Kurtz, Chaykowsky) | Staats (Gobrecht, LeClair) – 47:19 | 7–11 | | Berg (Dickson, Staats) – 48:16 | 8–11 | | | 8–12 | 49:21 – Byrne (Wagner) | | 8–13 | 54:06 – Powless (Walker, Simmons) (PP) | Leclaire (Staats) – 56:28 | 9–13 | | Dickson (Berg, Staats) (EA) – 56:53 | 10–13 | | Dickson (Gobrecht) – 58:11 | 11–13 | | Dobbie (Staats) (EA) – 58:53 | 12–13 | | | 12–14 | 59:21 – Watkinson (Kaschalk) (ENG) |
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25 min | Penalties | 18 min |
39 | Shots | 52 |
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| Doug Jamieson | Goalies | Christopher Origlieri | |
| 0–1 | 02:23 – Leclaire (Dickson, Gobrecht) | | 0–2 | 02:53 – Staats (Dickson, Berg) | Simmons (Firth, Kurtz) – 07:55 | 1–2 | | Firth (Walker, Kurtz) (PP) – 11:06 | 2–2 | | Longboat (Simmons) – 13:33 | 3–2 | | | 3–3 | 17:49 – Leclaire (Origlieri) | Kurtz (Walker) – 18:31 | 4–3 | | Walker (Kurtz, Simmons) (PP) – 21:04 | 5–3 | | Simmons (Kurtz, Walker) (PP) – 24:31 | 6–3 | | | 6–4 | 28:10 – Dickson (Dobbie) (PP) | | 6–5 | 29:36 – Staats (Dickson) | | 6–6 | 32:27 – Dobbie (Berg) | Longboat (Simmons, Firth) – 33:11 | 7–6 | | Kurtz (SH) – 34:56 | 8–6 | | Longboat (Simmons, Kurtz) (PP) – 37:08 | 9–6 | | | 9–7 | 42:19 – Dickson (Leclaire, Dobbie) (PP) | Simmons (Walker) (PP) – 44:20 | 10–7 | | Walker (Kurtz, Nishimura) – 46:06 | 11–7 | | | 11–8 | 49:44 – Staats (Leclaire, Berg) (PP) | Kurtz – 52:43 | 12–8 | | | 12–9 | 53:58 – Dobbie (Leclaire, Gobrecht) | | 12–10 | 54:51 – Staats (Merrill, Origlieri) | Watkinson (Kaschalk) (ENG) – 58:05 | 13–10 | |
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14 min | Penalties | 63 min |
46 | Shots | 61 |
FireWolves win series 2–0.
(3) Albany FireWolves vs. (4) Buffalo Bandits
NLL Final (best of three)
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| Doug Jamieson | Goalies | Matt Vinc | |
Kurtz (Simmons, Walker) – 00:35 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 02:44 – Nanticoke (Byrne, Smith) | | 1–2 | 05:26 – Byrne (Smith, Cloutier) | Walker (Simmons, Powless) – 07:13 | 2–2 | | Kurtz (Simmons, Kaschalk) – 10:09 | 3–2 | | | 3–3 | 12:47 – Byrne (Smith, Cloutier) (PP) | | 3–4 | 13:11 – Smith (Cloutier, Byrne) (PP) | Walker (Grenon, Simmons) – 14:39 | 4–4 | | | 4–5 | 17:43 – Cloutier (Smith) | Longboat (Walker, Kurtz) – 23:44 | 5–5 | | Simmons (Kurtz, Walker) – 29:34 | 6–5 | | | 6–6 | 34:33 – Cloutier (Smith, Nanticoke) (EA) | | 6–7 | 41:57 – Fraser (Smith, Cloutier) | | 6–8 | 45:37 – MacKay (Smith, Byrne) | Simmons (Walker) – 46:10 | 7–8 | | | 7–9 | 52:04 – Buchanan (Smith) | | 7–10 | 55:44 – Byrne (Smith, MacKay) | | 7–11 | 57:26 – Smith (B. Robinson, Byrne) | | 7–12 | 57:40 – D. Robinson (ENG) | Firth (Powless, Walker) – 58:58 | 8–12 | |
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8 min | Penalties | 2 min |
45 | Shots | 56 |
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| Matt Vinc | Goalies | Doug Jamieson | |
Buchanan (Byrne, Weiss) (SH) – 01:58 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 04:54 – Kaschalk (Chaykowsky, Nishimura) | Smith (Byrne, D. Robinson) – 07:56 | 2–1 | | B. Robinson (Byrne, Fraser) – 08:33 | 3–1 | | Nanticoke (Smith, Byrne) (PP) – 10:46 | 4–1 | | | 4–2 | 11:05 – Simmons (Firth) | | 4–3 | 14:57 – Firth (Kurtz, Walker) (PP) | Nanticoke (Fraser, Dawson – 15:53 | 5–3 | | Fraser (Priolo) – 19:14 | 6–3 | | Cloutier (Byrne, Smith) – 20:02 | 7–3 | | Fraser (Byrne, Nanticoke) – 20:32 | 8–3 | | | 8–4 | 21:27 – Simmons (Longboat) | Cloutier (Smith, Byrne) – 22:12 | 9–4 | | | 9–5 | 25:29 – Firth (Walker, Simmons) | | 9–6 | 27:49 – Firth (Simmons, Grenon) | | 9–7 | 29:59 – Longboat (Walker) | | 9–8 | 32:32 – Longboat (Firth, Kurtz) | Smith (Byrne, MacKay) – 33:52 | 10–8 | | Fraser (Buchanan, Cloutier) – 35:30 | 11–8 | | Fraser (Cloutier, Smith) – 37:16 | 12–8 | | Byrne (Buchanan) – 38:53 | 13–8 | | Fraser (MacKay, Farrell) – 39:19 | 14–8 | | | 14–9 | 46:03 – Firth (Simmons, Walker) | B. Robinson (Smith, Cloutier) (PP) – 47:55 | 15–9 | | | 15–10 | 48:08 – Longboat (Grenon, Chaykowsky) | | 15–11 | 49:59 – Simmons (Kurtz) | | 15–12 | 57:21 – Kurtz (Powless) | | 15–13 | 59:52 – Firth (Simmons, Walker) (EA) |
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14 min | Penalties | 12 min |
51 | Shots | 49 |
Bandits win series 2–0.
Annual awards
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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 |
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Regular season
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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 |
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Playoffs
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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 |
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