2023 NLL season

The 2023 National Lacrosse League season, formally known as the 2022–2023 season, was the 36th in the history of the NLL. The season began on December 2, 2022, and ended with the NLL final on June 3, 2023. This was the inaugural season for the expansion team Las Vegas Desert Dogs.^[4]

2023 NLL season
League	National Lacrosse League
Sport	Indoor lacrosse (box lacrosse)
Duration	December 2, 2022 — June 3, 2023
Number of games	18
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	ESPN[1][2][3] (United States) TSN (Canada)
Draft
Top draft pick	Dyson Williams
Picked by	Albany FireWolves
Regular season
Top seed	Buffalo Bandits
Season MVP	Christian Del Bianco (Calgary Roughnecks)
Top scorer	Jeff Teat (New York Riptide)
Playoffs
Finals champions	Buffalo Bandits (5th Title)
Runners-up	Colorado Mammoth
Finals MVP	Dhane Smith (Bandits)

The preseason went from November 5 through November 26, 2022. It included games at Aʼnowaraʼko꞉wa Arena and Toronto Rock Athletic Centre.^[5] The regular season went from December 2, 2022, through April 20, 2023. This season had the most regular season games in NLL history with 135.^[6] The broadcasting partners are TSN in Canada and ESPN in the United States. TSN featured 20 games on TV with their NLL Game of the Week on TSN and show all the games online and their app.^[7] ESPN aired 10 games on TV and all games on ESPN+.^[8] Due to scheduling conflicts with ESPN's linear networks, Game 3 of the NLL Final was simulcast on WNLO in addition to being carried on ESPN+.^[9]

This was the first season for Commissioner Brett Frood, who was previously a NASCAR executive as president of the Stewart-Haas Racing team.^[10] Frood was a collegiate lacrosse player and was captain of the Brown University lacrosse team.^[11]

The 2023 NLL Stadium Showdown, the first outdoor NLL game, was held on March 4 at Snapdragon Stadium, between the San Diego Seals and the Las Vegas Desert Dogs.

Teams

2023 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
	Philadelphia Wings	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center	19,306
	Rochester Knighthawks	Rochester, New York	Blue Cross Arena	10,662
	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
	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Paradise, Nevada	Michelob Ultra Arena	12,000
	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

Map of teams

Albany

Buffalo

Georgia

Halifax

New York

Philadelphia

Rochester

Toronto

Calgary

Colorado

Las Vegas

Saskatchewan

Panther City

San Diego

Vancouver

East Division West Division

Regular season

Reference:^[12]

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	215	191	+24	11.94	10.61
2	Toronto Rock – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	8–1	5–4	234	164	+70	13.00	9.11
3	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	5–4	5–4	238	210	+28	13.22	11.67
4	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	218	214	+4	12.11	11.89
5	Philadelphia Wings	18	9	9	.500	5.0	4–5	5–4	200	211	−11	11.11	11.72
6	Georgia Swarm	18	8	10	.444	6.0	3–6	5–4	219	207	+12	12.17	11.50
7	New York Riptide	18	5	13	.278	9.0	3–6	2–7	201	243	−42	11.17	13.50
8	Albany FireWolves	18	3	15	.167	11.0	0–9	3–6	167	233	−66	9.28	12.94

West Conference

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	San Diego Seals – xy	18	14	4	.778	0.0	7–2	7–2	240	193	+47	13.33	10.72
2	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	13	5	.722	1.0	7–2	6–3	218	167	+51	12.11	9.28
3	Panther City Lacrosse Club – x	18	10	8	.556	4.0	6–3	4–5	204	193	+11	11.33	10.72
4	Colorado Mammoth – x	18	9	9	.500	5.0	7–2	2–7	190	208	−18	10.56	11.56
5	Saskatchewan Rush	18	8	10	.444	6.0	5–4	3–6	204	212	−8	11.33	11.78
6	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	5	13	.278	9.0	4–5	1–8	179	222	−43	9.94	12.33
7	Vancouver Warriors	18	4	14	.222	10.0	2–7	2–7	188	247	−59	10.44	13.72

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
Jeff Teat	New York Riptide	18	56	80	136	2	105
Dhane Smith	Buffalo Bandits	18	36	96	132	6	99
Mitchell Jones	Vancouver/Philadelphia	19	44	82	126	14	119
Tom Schreiber	Toronto Rock	18	48	68	116	2	110
Connor Fields	Rochester Knighthawks	17	52	60	112	12	142
Joe Resetarits	Philadelphia Wings	18	41	69	110	2	62
Wesley Berg	San Diego Seals	18	39	70	109	12	100
Lyle Thompson	Georgia Swarm	18	46	60	106	2	113
Andrew Kew	Georgia Swarm	16	43	63	106	2	91
Robert Church	Saskatchewan Rush	18	51	53	104	8	82

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	1047	14	4	182	0.803	10.42
Nick Rose	Toronto Rock	18	1056	13	5	159	0.804	9.03
Christian Del Bianco	Calgary Roughnecks	18	1080	13	5	167	0.810	9.28
Frankie Scigliano	San Diego Seals	18	694	10	2	124	0.775	10.71
Nick Damude	Panther City Lacrosse Club	18	971	10	6	167	0.788	10.31

Playoffs

Conference Semifinal

Conference Final (best of 3)

NLL Final (best of 3)

E1

Buffalo

20

E4

Rochester

8

E1

Buffalo

2

Eastern Conference

E2

Toronto

0

E2

Toronto

15

E3

Halifax

11

E1

Buffalo

2

W4

Colorado

1

W1

San Diego

12

W4

Colorado

13

W4

Colorado

2

Western Conference

W2

Calgary

1

W2

Calgary

12

W3

Panther City

9

Conference Semifinal

Eastern Conference

(E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (E4) Rochester Knighthawks

May 6, 2023

Buffalo Bandits

20–8 (3–0, 5–4, 6–3, 6–1)

Rochester Knighthawks

KeyBank Center Attendance: 14,794

Game reference
	Matt Vinc Devlin Shanahan	Goalies	Rylan Hartley Riley Hutchcraft
	MacKay (Byrne) – 00:23 1–0 Buchanan (Fraser, Cloutier) – 05:21 2–0 Byrne (PP) – 09:56 3–0 3–1 16:38 – Cattoni (Fields) 3–2 17:25 – Cattoni 3–3 20:17 – Cattoni (Fields) Cloutier (Byrne, Smith) (PP) – 23:10 4–3 4–4 24:03 – Fields (Smith, Cattoni) (PP) Cloutier (Fraser, Byrne) – 24:48 5–4 Smith (Cloutier) – 25:36 6–4 Smith (Nanticoke) – 27:18 7–4 Nanticoke (Smith, Byrne) – 29:29 8–4 8–5 31:14 – Smith (Gilray, Hasen) 8–6 34:16 – Hoggarth (Cattoni, Evans) (PP) Smith (Cloutier, MacKay) – 37:25 9–6 MacKay – 39:01 10–6 Priolo – 39:39 11–6 Buchanan (Smith) – 39:57 12–6 Byrne (Cloutier, Smith) – 40:54 13–6 13–7 41:16 – Knight (Smith, Fields) Byrne (MacKay) – 43:00 14–7 Fraser (Weiss, Vinc) – 45:34 15–7 McCulley (Smith, Buchanan) – 47:43 16–7 Nanticoke – 49:45 17–7 Buchanan (Smith, MacKay) – 50:13 18–7 Clouiter (Smith, Byrne) – 50:38 19–7 Byrne (Buchanan, Nanticoke) – 52:50 20–7 20–8 59:05 – Cattoni (Fields, Smith) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	60	Shots	58

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

May 5, 2023

Toronto Rock

15–11 (3–1, 2–4, 4–1, 6–5)

Halifax Thunderbirds

FirstOntario Centre Attendance: 8,831

Game reference
	Nick Rose	Goalies	Warren Hill
	Keogh (Small, Rogers) – 01:06 1–0 1–1 01:13 – Hossack Small (Rogers, Dawson) (PP) – 11:24 2–1 Manns (Jubenville, Rose) – 11:42 3–1 Dawson (Manns, Hostrawser) (PP) – 16:44 4–1 4–2 18:36 – Boushy (Terefenko) Small (Craig, Jay) – 19:58 5–2 5–3 21:46 – Staats (Boushy) (PP) 5–4 22:02 – Benesch (Terefenko, Withers) 5–5 28:39 – Brock (Hill) Craig (Dawson) – 32:43 6–5 6–6 34:54 – Staats (Benesch, Withers) (PP) Small (Manns, Rogers) (PP) – 36:37 7–6 Harris (de Snoo) – 37:16 8–6 Keogh (Manns, Dawson) – 38:07 9–6 Craig (Kri) – 47:11 10–6 Manns (Small, Keogh) – 48:05 11–6 11–7 48:55 – Staats (Boushy, Petterson) 11–8 49:13 – Boushy (Jamieson, Withers) 11–9 50:59 – Boushy (Theede) Manns (Keogh) – 55:30 12–9 12–10 56:57 – Benesch (Boushy, Jamieson) de Snoo (ENG) – 57:33 13–10 Jay (Corbeil) (ENG) – 58:51 14–10 14–11 59:24 – Petterson (Jamieson) (PP) Downing (ENG) – 59:30 15–11
	17 min	Penalties	26 min
	53	Shots	41

Western Conference

(W1) San Diego Seals vs. (W4) Colorado Mammoth

May 5, 2023

San Diego Seals

12–13 (1–3, 2–4, 4–3, 5–3)

Colorado Mammoth

Pechanga Arena Attendance: 5,210

Game reference
	Frankie Scigliano	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	0–1 04:08 – Gilles (Ward) 0–2 05:44 – Wardle (Lee, McLaughlin) Dobbie (Dickson) – 10:38 1–2 1–3 11:28 – McLaughlin (Lee, Williams) 1–4 20:37 – Williams (Robinson) 1–5 21:56 – Lee (McLaughlin) Dickson (Staats, Crowley) – 23:18 2–5 2–6 24:35 – McLaughlin (Williams, Lee) 2–7 29:14 – Lee (Joaquim, Ward) Crowley (Dobbie, Dickson) (PP) – 29:51 3–7 Staats (Dobbie, Belgrave) – 33:45 4–7 Berg (Dickson, Dobbie) – 34:10 5–7 5–8 Edwards – 35:01 Crowley (Berg, O'Keefe) – 36:26 6–8 6–9 39:02 – Lee (Williams, Gibson) 6–10 40:05 – Williams (Kinnear) O'Keefe (Dickson) – 43:17 7–10 Staats (Berg) – 47:05 8–10 8–11 48:58 – Lee (Lintz, Hope) (SH) Berg (Dobbie, Crowley) (PP) – 49:29 9–11 Staats (Crowley) (PP) – 51:27 10–11 O'Keefe (Dickson) – 53:21 11–11 11–12 55:43 – McLaughlin (Lee) Crowley – 56:44 12–12 12–13 59:58 – McLaughlin (Lee) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	64	Shots	45

(W2) Calgary Roughnecks vs. (W3) Panther City Lacrosse Club

May 6, 2023

Calgary Roughnecks

12–9 (4–6, 4–1, 0–2, 4–0)

Panther City Lacrosse Club

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 10,104

Game reference
	Christian Del Bianco	Goalies	Nick Damude
	King (Cook, Pace) – 00:31 1–0 1–1 00:52 – Donville (Gautier, W. Malcom) (PP) 1–2 01:45 – Crawford (T. Malcom, Sellars) 1–3 03:34 – Caputo (Donville, W. Malcom) Pace (King, Cook) – 05:24 2–3 2–4 07:30 – Dodds (Crawford, Hossack) Cook (Pace, J. Currier) – 07:59 3–4 3–5 09:16 – Gautier (Donville, Dodds) 3–6 10:15 – Caputo (Dodds, Gautier) Z. Currier (Del Bianco) – 14:19 4–6 King (Cook, J. Currier) – 17:39 5–6 Z. Currier (Callies) – 18:37 6–6 Cook (Pace) (PP) – 21:25 7–6 7–7 27:38 – W. Malcom (Crawford, Grenon) King (Pace) – 28:30 8–7 8–8 30:52 – Dodds (Crawford, W. Malcom) 8–9 44:54 – Hossack (Hutchison) (SH) Pace (King) (PP) – 47:05 9–9 Pace (King) (PP) – 51:05 10–9 Pace (Cook, Dickson) – 57:54 11–9 Cornwall (Manning) (ENG) – 58:53 12–9
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	50	Shots	46

Conference Final (best of three)

Eastern Conference

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

May 12, 2023

Buffalo Bandits

14–5 (4–3, 3–1, 6–0, 1–1)

Toronto Rock

KeyBank Center Attendance: 11,510

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Nick Rose Troy Holowchuk
	Byrne (Smith, Nanticoke) – 00:30 1–0 1–1 04:38 – Schreiber (Rogers, Craig) Nanticoke (Smith, McCulley) – 08:11 2–1 Fraser (Bomberry, Robinson) – 08:27 3–1 3–2 09:51 – Rogers (Schreiber, Kri) Robinson (Spanger) – 09:35 4–2 4–3 13:30 – Rogers (Schreiber, Manns) Byrne (Smith, Vinc) – 23:56 5–3 5–4 26:28 – Rogers (Craig, Manns) Byrne (Buchanan) – 24:25 6–4 Nanticoke (Byrne, Smith) – 27:23 7–4 Fraser – 31:29 8–4 MacKay – 33:31 9–4 Byrne (Buchanan, Smith) – 36:05 10–4 Buchanan (Cloutier, Smith) – 36:31 11–4 Byrne (Weiss, Sweeting) – 37:20 12–4 Cloutier (Smith) (PP) – 44:18 13–4 13–5 45:21 – Schreiber (Manns, Rogers) Cloutier (Smith, Byrne) (PP) – 55:32 14–5
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	57

May 13, 2023

Toronto Rock

8–17 (3–3, 1–8, 3–3, 1–3)

Buffalo Bandits

FirstOntario Centre Attendance: 8,304

Game reference
	Nick Rose Troy Holowchuk	Goalies	Matt Vinc Devlin Shanahan
	0–1 01:19 – Byrne (McCulley) Small (Dawson, Mazzuca) – 02:48 1–1 1–2 06:49 – Smith (Byrne, Buchanan) Mazzuca – 11:56 2–2 2–3 10:25 – Nanticoke (Byrne, Buchanan) (SH) Small – 12:15 3–3 3–4 18:18 – Cloutier (Priolo, O'Connor) (SH) Craig (Small, Rogers) (PP) – 18:40 4–4 4–5 21:52 – Cloutier (Smith, Byrne) (PP) 4–6 22:24 – Smith (Byrne) (PP) 4–7 23:28 – Cloutier (Byrne) 4–8 23:38 – Nanticoke (MacKay) 4–9 25:09 – Cloutier (Buchanan, Byrne) 4–10 25:22 – Nanticoke (Smith, Cloutier) 4–11 25:41 – Fraser (Buchanan, Byrne) Jubenville (Harris, Rose) – 33:28 5–11 5–12 33:58 – Robinson Craig (Rogers, Dawson) (PP) – 36:41 6–12 6–13 37:49 – Smith (Byrne, Nanticoke) Craig (Dawson) (PP) – 41:17 7–13 7–14 44:25 – Byrne (Cloutier, Smith) Slade (Downing, Corbeil) – 49:16 8–14 8–15 52:24 – Cloutier (Smith, Weiss) 8–16 52:52 – Priolo (Vinc) 8–17 54:41 – Cloutier (Smith) (ENG)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	47	Shots	57

Bandits win series 2–0.

Western Conference

(W2) Calgary Roughnecks vs. (W4) Colorado Mammoth

May 11, 2023

Colorado Mammoth

8–7 (0–2, 3–3, 3–2, 2–0)

Calgary Roughnecks

Ball Arena Attendance: 8,183

Game reference
	Dillon Ward	Goalies	Christian Del Bianco
	0–1 05:37 – Cook (King) 0–2 07:04 – Cook (King, J. Currier) (PP) 0–3 15:10 – Z. Currier Williams (Robinson) – 15:43 1–3 1–4 15:54 – Cornwall (J. Currier, Willman) Robinson (Lee, Joaquim) – 17:31 2–4 Gilles (Jeffrey) – 20:37 3–4 3–5 24:15 – Van Schepen (Z. Currier) Wardle (McLaughlin, Lee) (PP) – 30:27 4–5 McLaughlin (Gilles, Sullivan) (SH) – 32:02 5–5 Wardle (Robinson, McLaughlin) (PP) – 34:28 6–5 6–6 38:33 – Taylor (Herreweyers, Waters) 6–7 40:23 – Taylor (Cook, J. Currier) Robinson (Lee, Williams) (PP) – 54:06 7–7 Robinson (Williams, Lee) (PP) – 56:49 8–7
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	43

May 13, 2023

Calgary Roughnecks

13–12 (2–2, 3–1, 4–3, 4–6)

Colorado Mammoth

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 7,681

Game reference
	Christian Del Bianco	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	0–1 07:58 – Robinson (Williams) Simpson – 08:40 1–1 King (Pace, Dickson) (PP) – 09:33 2–1 2–2 12:13 – Jeffrey Taylor (King, Simpson) – 22:29 3–2 Pace (King) (PP) – 24:05 4–2 4–3 26:41 – Williams (Robinson) (PP) Cook (Z. Currier) – 29:46 5–3 Pace (King, Simpson) – 31:21 6–3 6–4 32:40 – Williams (Lee) Taylor (King, J. Currier) – 35:54 7–4 7–5 39:34 – McLaughlin (Lee, Wardle) J. Currier (Waters, King) – 40:27 8–5 8–6 42:11 – Kinnear (Robinson, Lee) Z. Currier (Waters, Dickson) – 44:18 9–6 King (Pace) – 46:18 10–6 10–7 47:09 – Robinson (McLaughlin, Lintz) Cook (Pace, Dickson) – 47:39 11–7 11–8 48:42 – Robinson (Lee, McLaughlin) 11–9 49:52 – Wardle (Lee, Robinson) 11–10 50:54 – McLaughlin (Wardle, Kinnear) Cook (King, Pace) – 54:35 12–10 Pace (Cook) – 56:39 13–10 13–11 58:09 – McIntyre (Robinson, Lee) 13–12 58:35 – Williams (McLaughlin, McIntyre)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	44

May 20, 2023

Calgary Roughnecks

7–9 (4–2, 1–4, 2–0, 0–3)

Colorado Mammoth

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 8,251

Game reference
	Christian Del Bianco	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	Cornwall (LeClair) (SH) – 00:49 1–0 1–1 01:08 – McLaughlin (Robinson) (PP) King (Waters) – 08:01 2–1 Dickson (King, Cornwall) – 10:40 3–1 3–2 11:37 – Williams (Jeffrey) Waters (Cook, Dickson) – 12:39 4–2 4–3 16:11 – Lee (McLaughlin, McIntosh) 4–4 16:29 – Wardle (Gibson, Williams) Z. Currier (Simpson) (SH) – 20:23 5–4 5–5 20:53 – Gibson (Wardle, Williams) 5–6 24:40 – Edwards (Jeffrey) Cook (Dickson) – 31:11 6–6 Simpson (Z. Currier, Callies) (SH) – 33:18 7–6 7–7 51:08 – Williams (Lee, McLaughlin) 7–8 53:32 – Jeffrey 7–9 59:46 – Robinson (Gilles) (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	37

Mammoth wins series 2–1.

(E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (W4) Colorado Mammoth

NLL Final (best of three)

May 27, 2023

Buffalo Bandits

13–12 (5–4, 2–4, 5–1, 1–3)

Colorado Mammoth

KeyBank Center Attendance: 14,260

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	Smith (Cloutier) – 00:40 1–0 Smith (Nanticoke, MacKay) – 02:02 2–0 Fraser – 04:36 3–0 Smith (Cloutier) (PP) – 08:16 4–0 4–1 10:11 – Downey (Edwards) 4–2 11:36 – Lee (Williams, Garrison) Smith (MacKay, Buchanan) – 12:01 5–2 5–3 14:07 – Williams (Lee, Robinson) 5–4 14:57 – McLaughlin (Gibson, Robinson) MacKay (Buchanan) – 16:29 6–4 6–5 17:39 – Gibson (McLaughlin) 6–6 18:12 – Robinson (McLaughlin, Williams) (PP) 6–7 25:45 – Gibson (McLaughlin) (PP) McCulley (Nanticoke, Weiss) – 24:44 7–7 7–8 27:34 – Lee (Kinnear) Nanticoke (MacKay, Buchanan) (PP) – 30:24 8–8 Fraser (Smith, MacKay) (SH) – 31:31 9–8 Smith (Weiss, MacKay) – 33:01 10–8 Nanticoke (Cloutier, Buchanan) – 33:24 11–8 11–9 34:06 – McLaughlin (Lee, Williams) Nanticoke (MacKay, Buchanan) (PP) – 37:00 12–9 12–10 45:38 – Williams (Lee) (PP) Fraser (Cloutier, Buchanan) (PP) – 48:13 13–10 13–11 47:37 – Wardle (Robinson, Downey) 13–12 54:42 – McLaughlin (Lee, Robinson) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	43

May 29, 2023

Colorado Mammoth

16–10 (4–3, 5–4, 5–1, 1–5)

Buffalo Bandits

Ball Arena Attendance: 10,686

Game reference
	Dillon Ward	Goalies	Matt Vinc Devlin Shanahan
	0–1 04:00 – MacKay (Smith, Priolo) 0–2 07:54 – Buchanan (Cloutier) (PP) Wardle (Chaster, Lee) – 10:43 1–2 1–3 12:23 – Smith (Cloutier) (PP) Edwards (Gilles) – 12:33 2–3 Robinson (Hope, Ward) – 13:35 3–3 Lee (Williams, Robinson) – 16:24 4–3 Lee (McLaughlin, Kinnear) – 16:48 5–3 5–4 20:29 – Smith (Cloutier) Lee (McLaughlin, Williams) (PP) – 21:34 6–4 Robinson (Lee, McLaughlin) (PP) – 24:37 7–4 7–5 26:43 – Cloutier (Smith) Williams (McIntosh, Jeffrey) – 29:14 8–5 McLaughlin (Robinson) (PP) – 33:23 9–5 9–6 33:52 – Nanticoke (Smith, Cloutier) (PP) Lee (Williams, Gibson) – 34:48 10–6 McLaughlin (Kinnear, Downey) – 36:54 11–6 11–7 38:36 – Nanticoke (Priolo, McCulley) Williams (Downey) – 39:01 12–7 McLaughlin (Lee, Williams) (PP) – 43:36 13–7 Gibson (McLaughlin) (PP) – 46:33 14–7 14–8 47:40 – Nanticoke (Smith) 14–9 51:27 – Fraser (Smith, Buchanan) Robinson (Joaquim, Hope) (SH) – 55:29 15–9 15–10 55:46 – Nanticoke (Buchanan, Smith) (PP) Kinnear – 59:26 16–10
	16 min	Penalties	50 min
	59	Shots	48

June 3, 2023

Buffalo Bandits

13–4 (2–1, 2–1, 4–1, 5–1)

Colorado Mammoth

KeyBank Center Attendance: 18,296

Game reference
	Matt Vinc	Goalies	Dillon Ward
	Nanticoke (Byrne, Priolo) – 01:40 1–0 1–1 05:06 – Robinson (Lee, Kinnear) Byrne (Smith) (PP) – 14:59 2–1 Fraser (Robinson, Priolo) – 18:27 3–1 Fraser (Smith, Cloutier) – 25:20 4–1 4–2 27:32 – McLaughlin (Williams) Byrne (Smith) – 30:28 5–2 Byrne (Smith, Nanticoke) – 33:14 6–2 6–3 40:33 – McLaughlin (Robinson) Byrne (Smith, Nanticoke) – 41:02 7–3 Smith (Fraser) – 42:42 8–3 Cloutier (Byrne, Smith) (PP) – 48:24 9–3 9–4 48:51 – Wardle (McLaughlin, Robinson) Spanger (MacKay) – 49:10 10–4 McCulley (Smith, Byrne) – 50:28 11–4 Adler – 50:33 12–4 Smith (Cloutier) – 54:19 13–4
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	60	Shots	51

Bandits win series 2–1

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Other Finalists
Most Valuable Player	Christian Del Bianco, Calgary Roughnecks[13]	Dhane Smith, Buffalo Bandits Jeff Teat, New York Riptide
Goaltender of the Year	Christian Del Bianco, Calgary Roughnecks[14]	Nick Rose, Toronto Rock Matt Vinc, Buffalo Bandits
Defensive Player of the Year	Latrell Harris, Toronto Rock[14]	Graeme Hossack, Halifax Thunderbirds Brad Kri, Toronto Rock
Transition Player of the Year	Zach Currier, Calgary Roughnecks[14]	Reid Bowering, Vancouver Warriors Challen Rogers, Toronto Rock
Rookie of the Year	Jonathan Donville, Panther City Lacrosse Club[13]	Brett Dobson, Georgia Swarm Jack Hannah, Las Vegas Desert Dogs
Sportsmanship Award	Lyle Thompson, Georgia Swarm[15]	Kyle Buchanan, Buffalo Bandits Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock
GM of the Year	Dan Carey, Rochester Knighthawks[16]	Mike Board, Calgary Roughnecks Jamie Dawick, Toronto Rock
Les Bartley Award	Curt Malawsky, Calgary Roughnecks[16]	Tracey Kelusky, Panther City Lacrosse Club Mike Hasen, Rochester Knighthawks
Executive of the Year Award	Mark Fine, Las Vegas Desert Dogs[17]	Melissa Blades, Calgary Roughnecks Matt Hutchings, Colorado Mammoth
Teammate of the Year Award	Dan Dawson, Toronto Rock[15]	Kyle Buchanan, Buffalo Bandits John LaFontaine, Albany FireWolves
Tom Borrelli Award	Teddy Jenner, TSN, Off The Crossebar Podcast[17]	Adam Levi, NLL, Lacrosse Flash Pat Gregoire, Halifax Thunderbirds, Off The Crossebar Podcast

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

Buffalo Bandits	Halifax Thunderbirds	Rochester Knighthawks	Toronto Rock
KeyBank Center	Scotiabank Centre[18]	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
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

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

Attendance

Regular Season

Home Team	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance[19]
Buffalo Bandits	9	14,731	132,581
Calgary Roughnecks	9	11,665	104,984
Colorado Mammoth	9	9,972	89,748
Toronto Rock	9	9,423	84,806
Georgia Swarm	9	8,665	77,984
Saskatchewan Rush	9	8,606	77,454
Philadelphia Wings	9	8,530	76,768
Halifax Thunderbirds	9	8,512	76,604
Vancouver Warriors	9	8,166	73,489
Las Vegas Desert Dogs	9	5,960	53,636
San Diego Seals	9	5,115	46,032
Rochester Knighthawks	9	5,114	46,024
New York Riptide	9	4,612	41,501
Albany FireWolves	9	3,610	32,491
Panther City LC	9	2,813	25,316
League	135	7,700	1,039,418

Playoffs

Home Team	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance[19]
Buffalo Bandits	4	14,715	58,860
Calgary Roughnecks	3	8,679	26,036
Colorado Mammoth	2	9,435	18,869
Toronto Rock	2	8,568	17,135
San Diego Seals	1	5,210	5,210
League	12	10,509	126,110

See also

• 2023 in sports