2022 NLL season

The 2022 National Lacrosse League season, formally known as the 2021–2022 season, was the 35th in the history of the NLL. The season began on December 3, 2021, and ended with the NLL final in late spring of 2022. This was the inaugural season for the expansion team Panther City Lacrosse Club, and the Albany FireWolves who relocated from New England. The NLL returned after missing a season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

2022 NLL season
League	National Lacrosse League
Sport	Indoor lacrosse (box lacrosse)
Duration	December 3, 2021 — June 18, 2022
Number of games	18
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ESPN[1][2][3] (United States) TSN (Canada)
Draft
Top draft pick	Thomas McConvey
Picked by	Rochester Knighthawks
Regular Season
Top seed	Buffalo Bandits
Season MVP	Dhane Smith (Buffalo Bandits)
Top scorer	Dhane Smith (Buffalo Bandits)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Colorado Mammoth (2nd title)
Runners-up	Buffalo Bandits
Finals MVP	Dillon Ward (Mammoth)

The Colorado Mammoth defeated the Buffalo Bandits in a best of three series to win its first championship since 2006.^[5]

The 2022 season was the start of a multi-year broadcasting deal with ESPN.^[6]

Teams

FireWolves

Bandits

Swarm

Thunder
birds

Riptide

Wings

Hawks

Rock

Rough
necks

Mammoth

Rush

Panther City

Seals

Warriors

East Division West Division

2022 National Lacrosse League
Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
East	Albany FireWolves	Albany, New York	MVP Arena	14,236
	Buffalo Bandits	Buffalo, New York	KeyBank Center	19,070
	Georgia Swarm	Duluth, Georgia	Gas South Arena	10,500
	Halifax Thunderbirds	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Scotiabank Centre	10,500
	New York Riptide	Uniondale, New York	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	13,917
	Rochester Knighthawks	Rochester, New York	Blue Cross Arena	10,662
	Philadelphia Wings	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center	19,306
	Toronto Rock	Toronto, Ontario	Scotiabank Arena	18,800
West	Calgary Roughnecks	Calgary, Alberta	Scotiabank Saddledome	19,289
	Colorado Mammoth	Denver, Colorado	Ball Arena	18,000
	Panther City Lacrosse Club	Fort Worth, Texas	Dickies Arena	12,200
	San Diego Seals	San Diego, California	Pechanga Arena	12,920
	Saskatchewan Rush	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	SaskTel Centre	15,195
	Vancouver Warriors	Vancouver, British Columbia	Rogers Arena	18,910

Regular season

Reference: ^[7]

East Conference

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xyz	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	247	185	+62	13.72	10.28
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	7–2	6–3	207	166	+41	11.50	9.22
3	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	11	7	.611	3.0	7–2	4–5	198	195	+3	11.00	10.83
4	Albany FireWolves – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	5–4	4–5	198	195	+3	11.00	10.83
5	Philadelphia Wings – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	4–5	5–4	185	199	−14	10.28	11.06
6	Georgia Swarm	18	9	9	.500	5.0	4–5	5–4	205	212	−7	11.39	11.78
7	New York Riptide	18	6	12	.333	8.0	3–6	3–6	214	226	−12	11.89	12.56
8	Rochester Knighthawks	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	184	221	−37	10.22	12.28

West Conference

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	San Diego Seals – xy	18	10	8	.556	0.0	5–4	5–4	202	183	+19	11.22	10.17
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	10	8	.556	0.0	6–3	4–5	194	201	−7	10.78	11.17
3	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	10	8	.556	0.0	7–2	3–6	196	198	−2	10.89	11.00
4	Saskatchewan Rush	18	8	10	.444	2.0	6–3	2–7	196	194	+2	10.89	10.78
5	Panther City Lacrosse Club	18	7	11	.389	3.0	3–6	4–5	190	223	−33	10.56	12.39
6	Vancouver Warriors	18	6	12	.333	4.0	3–6	3–6	199	209	−10	11.06	11.61

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; LB = Loose Balls

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	LB
Dhane Smith	Buffalo Bandits	18	41	94	135	10	93
Ryan Lee	Colorado Mammoth	18	34	85	119	13	68
Joe Resetarits	Albany FireWolves	18	47	64	111	0	58
Jeff Teat	New York Riptide	16	37	71	108	2	111
Lyle Thompson	Georgia Swarm	17	47	55	102	8	107
Keegan Bal	Vancouver Warriors	17	44	55	99	4	93
Josh Byrne	Buffalo Bandits	18	37	62	99	12	74
Jesse King	Calgary Roughnecks	18	29	66	95	6	104
Robert Church	Saskatchewan Rush	18	38	56	94	4	74
Mark Matthews	Saskatchewan Rush	18	30	62	92	10	59

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: GA = Goals Allowed; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SV%	GAA
Matt Vinc	Buffalo Bandits	18	1063	14	4	179	0.806	10.10
Nick Rose	Toronto Rock	18	1007	13	3	152	0.802	9.05
Christian Del Bianco	Calgary Roughnecks	18	1070	10	8	197	0.771	11.04
Dillon Ward	Colorado Mammoth	18	985	9	7	168	0.803	10.22
Doug Jamieson	Albany FireWolves	18	1062	9	8	183	0.786	10.34

Playoffs

Conference Semifinal

Conference Final (best of 3)

NLL Final (best of 3)

E1

Buffalo

10

E4

Albany

5

E1

Buffalo

2

Eastern Conference

E2

Toronto

0

E2

Toronto

14*

E3

Halifax

13

E1

Buffalo

1

W3

Colorado

2

W1

San Diego

9

WC

Philadelphia

8

W1

San Diego

1

Western Conference

W3

Colorado

2

W2

Calgary

12

W3

Colorado

16

*Overtime

Conference Semifinal

Eastern Conference

(E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (E4) Albany FireWolves

May 7, 2022

Buffalo Bandits

10–5 (1–1, 1–1, 4–2, 4–1)

Albany FireWolves

KeyBank Center Attendance: 12,535

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Doug Jamieson
	0–1 09:17 – O'Connor (Benesch) (PP) Smith (Byrne) – 10:17 1–1 1–2 18:42 – Resetarits (O'Connor, Ruest) MacKay (Spanger) – 28:00 2–2 Smith (Buchanan) – 30:14 3–2 Byrne (Nanticoke, Brownwell) – 31:32 4–2 4–3 33:48 – Ruest (O'Connor, Watkinson) Byrne (Smith, Fields) – 38:04 5–3 5–4 39:05 – O'Connor (Kitchen, Chaykowsky) Fields (Cloutier, Byrne) (PP) – 41:16 6–4 Cloutier (Smith, Fields) – 49:52 7–4 7–5 50:19 – Watkinson (Malcom) Fields (Buchanan, Smith) – 57:31 8–5 Brown (Priolo, Brownwell) (ENG) – 58:20 9–5 Priolo (Smith, Brownwell) (ENG) – 59:01 10–5
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	59	Shots	50

(E2) Toronto Rock vs. (E3) Halifax Thunderbirds

May 6, 2022

Toronto Rock

14–13 OT (5–1, 4–2, 3–5, 1–5, 1–0)

Halifax Thunderbirds

FirstOntario Centre Attendance: 7,241

Game reference
	Nick Rose	Goalies	Warren Hill Aaron Bold
	Schreiber (Hellyer, Burns) – 03:18 1–0 Manns (Schreiber, McKenna) – 06:34 2–0 Harris – 07:28 3–0 Schreiber (Kri, Burns) – 10:57 4–0 de Snoo (Kri) – 11:56 5–0 5–1 12:28 – Fannell (Jamieson) Hellyer (McKenna, Slade) – 21:21 6–1 6–2 21:31 – Terefenko (Withers) Dawson (Rogers, Craig) (PP) – 26:09 7–2 7–3 27:03 – Shanks (Terefenko) de Snoo (Harris) – 27:38 8–3 Craig (Hellyer, Harris) – 28:42 9–3 9–4 30:20 – Withers 9–5 33:38 – Jamieson (Petterson, Shanks) (PP) 9–6 36:14 – Shanks (Petterson, Jamieson) (PP) 9–7 40:35 – Bell (Terefenko) Hellyer (Schreiber, Manns) – 38:15 10–7 10–8 45:28 – Jamieson (Fannell, Keogh) Manns (Hellyer, de Snoo) – 42:57 11–8 Dawson (Craig, Manns) – 44:42 12–8 12–9 46:59 – Gillies (Bell) 12–10 48:54 – Petterson (Fannell, Terefenko) 12–11 50:18 – Keogh (Jamieson, Robinson) 12–12 50:33 – Theede (Petterson, Boushy) 12–13 Schreiber (Craig, Manns) – 52:20 13–13 Rogers – 62:27 14–13
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	54

Western Conference

(W1) San Diego Seals vs. (WC) Philadelphia Wings

May 7, 2022

San Diego Seals

9–8 (3–2, 2–2, 3–3, 1–1)

Philadelphia Wings

Pechanga Arena Attendance: 6,726

Game reference
	Frankie Scigliano	Goalies	Zach Higgins
	Berg (Dobbie, Staats) (PP) – 03:30 1–0 Dobbie (Noble, Belgrave) – 05:03 2–0 2–1 11:37 – Charbonneau (Higgins) 2–2 12:41 – Matisz (PP) Berg – 13:58 3–2 Shoemay (Gobrecht) – 15:40 4–2 4–3 23:52 – Rambo (Crowley, McIntosh) (PP) Noble (Dobbie, Staats) – 25:41 5–3 5–4 29:41 – Jackson (McIntosh, Crowley) 5–5 36:12 – Rambo (Crowley, McIntosh) Staats (Noble) – 40:26 6–5 Staats (Jackson, Noble) – 40:49 7–5 7–6 41:38 – Matisz (Crowley, Small) (PP) Shoemay (Leclaire) – 42:50 8–6 8–7 44:32 – Rambo Dobbie (Berg, Staats) – 51:58 9–7 9–8 55:32 – Jackson (McIntosh, Crowley)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	61	Shots	52

(W2) Calgary Roughnecks vs. (W3) Colorado Mammoth

May 6, 2022

Calgary Roughnecks

12–16 (4–3, 2–4, 3–4, 2–1)

Colorado Mammoth

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 6,000

Game reference
	Christian Del Bianco	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	0–1 04:31 – Gilles (Cupido) H. Dickson (Simpson, Salama) – 04:59 1–1 1–2 08:30 – Robinson (McLaughlin, Lee) 1–3 10:44– Robinson (Lee, Chaster) Pace (Taylor, Cook) – 11:19 2–3 Herreweyers (C. Dickson) – 12:16 3–3 King (Pace, C. Dickson) – 12:45 4–3 4–4 16:12 – McLaughlin (Wardle, Kinnear) 4–5 18:51 – Robinson (Lee) (PP) Pace (C. Dickson) (PP) – 23:23 5–5 5–6 25:35 – Lee (Wardle, Gilles) 5–7 25:59 – McLaughlin (Williams, Lee) Herreweyers (King, C. Dickson) (PP) – 28:59 6–7 King (Wilde) – 30:30 7–7 King (C. Dickson, Pace) – 33:21 8–7 8–8 36:16 – McLaughlin (Williams) Herreweyers (Pace, Cook) – 37:33 9–8 9–9 39:40 – Wardle (Lee, Robinson) 9–10 43:31 – Robinson (Lee, Gibson) 9–11 43:59 – Robinson (Wardle, Lee) 9–12 48:48 – Lee (Wardle, McLaughlin) Taylor (King, C. Dickson) – 49:48 10–12 Salama – 53:27 11–12 11–13 53:48 – Williams (Edwards) 11–14 57:09 – Gibson (Lee, McLaughlin) 11–15 58:05 – Cupido (Gilles) (ENG) 11–16 58:17 – Gilles (Edwards) Pace (King) – 59:15 12–16
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	47	Shots	53

Conference Final (best of three)

Eastern Conference

(E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (E2) Toronto Rock

May 15, 2022

Buffalo Bandits

18–17 (5–3, 5–5, 2–4, 6–5)

Toronto Rock

KeyBank Center Attendance: 10,258

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Nick Rose
	Byrne (Smith) – 00:33 1–0 1–1 00:57 – Hellyer (Schreiber) MacKay – 01:56 2–1 2–2 02:24 – Manns (Craig, Schreiber) Fields (Weiss) – 06:25 3–2 Priolo – 06:57 4–2 Smith (Byrne) – 10:56 5–2 5–3 13:46 – Scott (Hellyer) 5–4 16:14 – Manns (Slade) 5–5 19:05 – Schreiber (Dawson) 5–6 20:32 – Schreiber (de Snoo) 5–7 21:32 – Manns (Hellyer, Schreiber) Fraser (Byrne) – 23:36 6–7 Smith (Byrne) – 24:29 7–7 Fraser (Byrne, Smith) – 27:06 8–7 Cloutier (Buchanan, Fields) – 27:32 9–7 Cloutier (Fields, Smith) – 28:05 10–7 10–8 29:58 – Rogers (Craig) Byrne (Nanticoke, Smith) – 30:33 11–8 Cloutier (Smith, Byrne) – 35:18 12–8 12–9 37:08 – Craig (Schreiber, Rogers) 12–10 37:36 – Manns 12–11 41:14 – Rogers (Craig, Manns) 12–12 43:28 – Craig (Schreiber, Dawson) 12–13 46:04 – Slade (de Snoo) 12–14 47:38 – Rogers (Dawson, Scott) Buchanan (Byrne, Smith) – 48:34 13–14 Byrne (Cloutier, Fraser) – 49:51 14–14 Byrne (Smith, Cloutier) – 50:30 15–14 Nanticoke (Fraser, Priolo) – 51:19 16–14 Fields – 52:13 17–14 17–15 54:37– Hellyer (Rogers, Scott) 17–16 57:11 – Scott (Dawson, Hellyer) Smith (Byrne, MacKay) – 58:04 18–16 18–17 59:51 – Schreiber (Craig, Scott)
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	51	Shots	58

May 21, 2022

Toronto Rock

9–10 (1–2, 1–1, 2–3, 5–4)

Buffalo Bandits

FirstOntario Centre Attendance: 7,992

Game reference
	Nick Rose	Goalies	Matt Vinc
	0–1 02:17 – Buchanan Slade (Hellyer, Kri) – 08:23 1–1 1–2 12:13 – Byrne (Cloutier, Priolo) 1–3 17:28 – Fields (Smith, Buchanan) Harris (Kri, Slade) – 20:27 2–3 Schreiber (Jubenville, Rose) – 33:06 3–3 3–4 33:25 – Cloutier (Smith, Byrne) Jubenville (Harris) – 35:29 4–4 4–5 36:58 – Smith (Byrne) (PP) 4–6 42:40 – Cloutier (Byrne, Smith) (PP) Schreiber (Hellyer, Manns) – 45:49 5–6 5–7 48:17 – Smith (Fields, Byrne) 5–8 49:12 – Fraser (Cloutier, Byrne) 5–9 53:10 – Byrne (Smith, MacKay) Hellyer (Schreiber, Kri) – 53:51 6–9 Hellyer (Rogers) – 54:48 7–9 Craig (Schreiber, Hellyer) – 54:19 8–9 8–10 56:26 – Fraser (Nanticoke, Byrne) Schreiber (Craig, Manns) – 59:14 9–10
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	49	Shots	51

Bandits win series 2–0.

Western Conference

(W1) San Diego Seals vs. (W3) Colorado Mammoth

May 13, 2022

San Diego Seals

12–14 (5–3, 4–3, 1–5, 2–3)

Colorado Mammoth

Pechanga Arena Attendance: 6,317

Game reference
	Frankie Scigliano Christopher Origlieri	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	0–1 00:36 – Williams (McLaughlin, Wardle) Staats (Dobbie, Noble) – 01:51 1–1 Berg (Noble, Jackson) – 03:03 2–1 Jackson (Dobbie, Staats) (PP) – 04:56 3–1 3–2 05:30 – Williams (Wardle, Kinnear) 3–3 05:56 – Robinson (McLaughlin, Chaster) Leclaire (Berg, Gobrecht) – 08:45 4–3 Jackson (Noble, Leclaire) – 10:08 5–3 5–4 17:24 – Robinson (Williams, McLaughlin) 5–5 17:57 – Robinson (Chaster, Gilles) Noble – 21:20 6–5 Shoemay (Dobbie, Reinholdt) (SH) – 22:46 7–5 7–6 23:20 – Williams (Gibson) (PP) Dobbie (Noble, Staats) (PP) – 26:39 8–6 Dobbie (Staats, Sykes) – 29:08 9–6 9–7 33:03 – McLaughlin (Kinnear, Robinson) 9–8 33:43 – Cupido (Ward) 9–9 35:26 – McLaughlin (Gibson) (PP) 9–10 38:21 – Robinson (Gibson, Hope) 9–11 40:27 – Williams (McLaughlin, Wardle) O'Keefe (Dobbie) – 41:47 10–11 Dobbie (Staats, Berg) – 51:18 11–11 11–12 54:23 – Kinnear (Wardle, McLaughlin) Leclaire (Merrill) – 54:34 12–12 12–13 55:22 – Williams (Gibson) 12–14 56:15 – McLaughlin (Robinson)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	48	Shots	44

May 21, 2022

Colorado Mammoth

10–11 OT (2–3, 1–2, 4–2, 3–3, 0–1)

San Diego Seals

Ball Arena Attendance: 10,545

Game reference
	Dillon Ward	Goalies	Frankie Scigliano
	McLaughlin (Kinnear, Joaquim) – 03:00 1–0 1–1 04:26 – Staats (Dobbie, Noble) 1–2 06:25 – Staats (Berg, Hickey) (PP) 1–3 11:59 – Dobbie (Berg, Leclaire) McLaughlin (McIntyre, Williams) – 12:12 2–3 2–4 16:47 – Dobbie (Holding, Shoemay) 2–5 25:39 – Dobbie (Noble, McCannell) McLaughlin (Robinson, Wardle) – 26:32 3–5 Kinnear (McLaughlin, Hope) – 31:36 4–5 McIntyre – 35:28 5–5 Gibson (Kinnear, Joaquim) – 37:30 6–5 Cupido (Edwards) – 38:31 7–5 7–6 39:20 – Staats (Berg) 7–7 42:44 – Staats (Dobbie, Noble) McLaughlin (Robinson) (PP) – 47:56 8–7 McLaughlin (Gibson, Robinson) – 51:12 9–7 9–8 51:47 – Greer (Jackson, Hickey) 9–9 53:14 – Staats (Jackson, Berg) 9–10 56:54 – Greer (Berg, Noble) McLaughlin (Gibson, Williams) – 59:00 10–10 10–11 62:26 – Dobbie (Noble, Jackson)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	52	Shots	52

May 28, 2022

San Diego Seals

13–15 (2–2, 7–3, 0–3, 4–7)

Colorado Mammoth

Pechanga Arena Attendance: 7,114

Game reference
	Frankie Scigliano Christopher Origlieri	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	0–1 03:17 – Turner (Wardle, Edwards) Greer (Noble, Jackson) – 05:25 1–1 1–2 11:18 – Williams (McLaughlin, Robinson) Greer (Berg) – 12:46 2–2 2–3 19:51 – Gibson (McLaughlin) (PP) Berg (Noble) – 20:15 3–3 Jackson (Noble, Staats) – 21:32 4–3 Staats (Leclaire, Belgrave) – 21:52 5–3 5–4 22:19 – Robinson (McLaughlin, Kinnear) Shoemay (McCannell) – 23:42 6–4 Berg (Dobbie, Noble) – 25:21 7–4 Dobbie (Noble, Berg) – 26:11 8–4 8–5 26:39 – McLaughlin (Williams, Gibson) Leclaire (Dobbie) – 28:46 9–5 9–6 35:21 – Gibson (McLaughlin) (PP) 9–7 36:01 – Robinson (McIntyre, McLaughlin) 9–8 38:11 – McLaughlin (Gibson, Williams) 9–9 47:46 – Robinson (McLaughlin) 9–10 48:50 – Cupido 9–11 50:23 – McLaughlin (Robinson, Hope) Berg (Dobbie, Staats) (PP) – 51:27 10–11 10–12 51:34 – Chaster (Edwards) 10–13 53:26 – Williams (McLaughlin, Robinson) Dobbie (PS) – 55:23 11–13 Staats (Gobrecht) – 56:00 12–13 12–14 57:00 – McLaughlin (Robinson) 12–15 59:00 – McLaughlin (Robinson, Williams) Berg (Leclaire, Holding) – 59:15 13–15
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	55	Shots	49

Mammoth wins series 2–1.

NLL Final (best of three)

(E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (W3) Colorado Mammoth

June 4, 2022

Buffalo Bandits

15–14 (4–1, 5–7, 3–3, 3–3)

Colorado Mammoth

KeyBank Center Attendance: 14,274

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	0–1 00:55 – McIntyre (Robinson, Wardle) Byrne (Spanger) – 02:14 1–1 Smith (Byrne) (PP) – 07:29 2–1 Fields (Cloutier) – 14:11 3–1 Smith (Buchanan) – 14:16 4–1 Fraser (Byrne, Nanticoke) – 16:43 5–1 5–2 17:27 – Robinson (Jeffrey, Ward) 5–3 22:19 – Williams (McLaughlin, Robinson) Nanticoke (Fraser, Fields) – 22:42 6–3 6–4 23:08 – McLaughlin (Williams, Robinson) Smith (Cloutier) – 23:50 7–4 Nanticoke (Brownwell, Brown) – 24:04 8–4 8–5 24:45 – Williams (McLaughlin) 8–6 25:11 – McLaughlin (Gibson) (PP) 8–7 25:41 – McIntyre (McLaughlin, Williams) Nanticoke (Buchanan, Smith) – 26:49 9–7 9–8 27:47 – Robinson (Williams, McIntyre) Nanticoke (Byrne, Smith) – 34:30 10–8 Nanticoke (Smith, MacKay) – 35:30 11–8 11–9 41:12 – McLaughlin (Robinson, Williams) Byrne (Buchanan, MacKay) – 41:34 12–9 12–10 42:01 – McIntyre (Kinnear, Wardle) 12–11 43:07 – Wardle (Gibson, Robinson) 12–12 47:19 – Robinson (McLaughlin) Cloutier (Fields, Byrne) – 50:57 13–12 13–13 53:23 – Williams (Robinson, McLaughlin) Byrne (Nanticoke, Smith) – 56:34 14–13 14–14 58:03 – Williams (McIntyre, Wardle) Weiss (MacKay) – 59:09 15–14
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	55	Shots	54

June 11, 2022

Colorado Mammoth

11–8 (1–0, 3–6, 2–1, 5–1)

Buffalo Bandits

Ball Arena Attendance: 10,082

Game reference
	Dillon Ward	Goalies	Matt Vinc
	Williams (Kinnear, Wardle) – 02:47 1–0 Robinson (McIntyre, Gibson) – 16:18 2–0 2–1 19:30 – Smith (Cloutier) 2–2 23:00 – MacKay (Priolo) 2–3 24:00 – Smith (Byrne, MacKay) 2–4 24:26 – Byrne (Smith, Nanticoke) 2–5 25:25 – Cloutier (Fields) (PP) Williams (Wardle, McIntyre) – 27:08 3–5 3–6 Byrne (Fields, Brownwell) – 29:10 Robinson (Williams, Gibson) – 29:58 4–6 Williams (Robinson, Carnegie) – 31:09 5–6 5–7 31:28 – Cloutier (Nanticoke, Buchanan) Robinson (Wardle, McIntyre) – 33:33 6–7 6–8 45:46 – Buchanan (Byrne, MacKay) McIntyre (Wardle, Sullivan) – 48:01 7–8 Williams (Kinnear, McIntyre) – 49:04 8–8 Kinnear (Gibson, Cupido) – 50:10 9–8 Gibson (Williams, Kinnear) – 52:47 10–8 McIntyre (Williams) – 53:41 11–8
	6 min	Penalties	15 min
	44	Shots	48

June 18, 2022

Buffalo Bandits

8–10 (3–2, 2–5, 1–0, 2–3)

Colorado Mammoth

KeyBank Center Attendance: 19,060

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	0–1 00:24 – Williams (Wardle, Hope) Smith (Byrne, MacKay) – 01:15 1–1 Byrne (Buchanan, Fraser) – 01:34 2–1 MacKay (O'Connor) – 07:33 3–1 3–2 10:01 – Williams (Robinson, Wardle) 3–3 15:36 – McIntyre (Robinson, Wardle) 3–4 15:49 – Firth (Kinnear, Wardle) Buchanan (Byrne, Weiss) – 17:05 4–4 4–5 18:20 – Kinnear (Wardle, Williams) Buchanan (O'Connor, Vinc) – 22:25 5–5 5–6 24:09 – Gibson (Williams, McIntyre) 5–7 25:29 – Joaquim Cloutier (Byrne, Smith) (PP) – 40:14 6–7 Fields (Smith, Priolo) – 45:27 7–7 7–8 48:14 – Williams (Firth, Cupido) 7–9 50:31 – Wardle (Joaquim, Hope) 7–10 59:34 – Williams (Gilles, Hope) (ENG) Buchanan (Nanticoke) – 59:53 8–10
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	63	Shots	47

Mammoth wins series 2–1.

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Other Finalists
Most Valuable Player	Dhane Smith, Buffalo Bandits[8]	Joe Resetarits, Albany FireWolves[9] Matt Vinc, Buffalo Bandits
Goaltender of the Year	Matt Vinc, Buffalo Bandits[10]	Nick Rose, Toronto Rock[9] Dillon Ward, Colorado Mammoth
Defensive Player of the Year	Mitch de Snoo, Toronto Rock[10]	Steve Priolo, Buffalo Bandits[9] Kyle Rubisch, Saskatchewan Rush
Transition Player of the Year	Zach Currier, Calgary Roughnecks[10]	Reid Bowering, Vancouver Warriors[9] Challen Rogers, Toronto Rock
Rookie of the Year	Jeff Teat, New York Riptide[8]	Reid Bowering, Vancouver Warriors[9] Patrick Dodds, Panther City Lacrosse Club
Sportsmanship Award	Lyle Thompson, Georgia Swarm[11]	Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors[9] Dan Dawson, Toronto Rock
GM of the Year	Steve Dietrich, Buffalo Bandits[11]	Jamie Dawick, Toronto Rock[9] Bob Hamley, Panther City Lacrosse Club
Les Bartley Award	Tracey Kelusky, Panther City Lacrosse Club[11]	Matt Sawyer, Toronto Rock[9] John Tavares, Buffalo Bandits
Executive of the Year Award	Jamie Dawick, Toronto Rock[11]	Greg Bibb, Panther City Lacrosse Club[9] Rich Lisk, New York Riptide
Teammate of the Year Award	Jeremy Thompson, Panther City Lacrosse Club[11]	Zach Currier, Calgary Roughnecks[9] Jeff Shattler, Saskatchewan Rush
Tom Borrelli Award	Pat Gregoire, Halifax Thunderbirds[11]	Jake Elliott, Vancouver Warriors[9] Tyson Geick, Halifax Thunderbirds / Lacrosse Flash

Stadiums and locations

Georgia Swarm	Albany FireWolves	New York Riptide	Philadelphia Wings
Gas South Arena	MVP Arena	Nassau Coliseum[12]	Wells Fargo Center
Capacity: 11,355	Capacity: 14,236	Capacity: 13,917	Capacity: 19,543

Buffalo Bandits	Halifax Thunderbirds	Rochester Knighthawks	Toronto Rock
KeyBank Center	Scotiabank Centre[12]	Blue Cross Arena	First Ontario Centre
Capacity: 19,070	Capacity: 10,595	Capacity: 11,200	Capacity: 17,383

Calgary Roughnecks	Colorado Mammoth	San Diego Seals	Saskatchewan Rush	Vancouver Warriors
Scotiabank Saddledome	Ball Arena	Pechanga Arena	Co-op Field at SaskTel Centre	Rogers Arena
Capacity: 19,289	Capacity: 18,007	Capacity: 12,920	Capacity: 15,190	Capacity: 18,910

Attendance

Regular season

Home Team	Home Games[a]	Average Attendance	Total Attendance[13]
Buffalo Bandits	9	9,921	89,293
Calgary Roughnecks	9	9,282	83,539
Saskatchewan Rush	9	8,947	80,523
Colorado Mammoth	9	8,218	73,963
Georgia Swarm	9	8,098	72,889
Toronto Rock	6	8,071	48,424
Vancouver Warriors	9	6,920	62,277
Philadelphia Wings	9	6,586	59,276
San Diego Seals	9	5,778	52,000
Albany FireWolves	9	5,524	49,713
Halifax Thunderbirds[b]	7	5,439	38,070
Panther City LC	9	4,995	44,951
New York Riptide	9	4,267	38,400
Rochester Knighthawks	9	4,153	37,376
League	121	6,865	830,694

1. Only games open to the public are included
2. For three games, the Thunderbirds reported attendance totals rounded to the even thousand

Playoffs

Home Team	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance[13]
Buffalo Bandits	4	14,031	56,127
Colorado Mammoth	2	10,314	20,627
Toronto Rock	2	7,617	15,233
San Diego Seals	3	6,719	20,157
Calgary Roughnecks	1	6,000	6,000
League	12	9,845	118,144

See also

• 2022 in sports