Montreal Express

The Montreal Express was a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 2002 season. They played at the Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec. They were inactive during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. The team remained inactive and the franchise was returned to the NLL after the 2004 season. The NLL in turn sold the rights to the franchise to the Minnesota Swarm for the 2005 NLL season.

Montreal Express

League	National Lacrosse League
Division	Central Division
Based in	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Arena	Molson Centre
Colours	Black, Blue

The first-ever Express game was a record-setting affair, with the Express defeating their expansion cousins the Calgary Roughnecks by a final score of 32-17. New NLL records for most goals by one team (32),^[1] most goals by two teams (49), and most penalty minutes by two teams (155) were all set in this game.

All time Record

Season	Division	W-L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Coach	Playoffs
2002	Central	8-8	3rd	4-4	4-4	237	227	Terry Sanderson	Missed playoffs
Total	1 season	8-8		4-4	4-4	237	227

2001–02 schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	November 24, 2001	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 32–17		9,517	1–0
2	November 29, 2001	Calgary Roughnecks	Bell Centre	W 23–16		7,634	2–0
3	December 2, 2001	@ Buffalo Bandits	HSBC Arena	W 18–17	OT	6,118	3–0
4	December 4, 2001	Vancouver Ravens	Bell Centre	L 13–17		6,590	3–1
5	January 11, 2002	Columbus Landsharks	Bell Centre	L 12–13		9,296	3–2
6	January 25, 2002	Ottawa Rebel	Bell Centre	W 20–15		7,132	4–2
7	January 27, 2002	@ Ottawa Rebel	Canadian Tire Centre	W 13–7		6,304	5–2
8	February 1, 2002	Buffalo Bandits	Bell Centre	W 10–7		8,317	6–2
9	February 3, 2002	@ Toronto Rock	Air Canada Centre	L 12–17		14,515	6–3
10	February 9, 2001	@ Rochester Knighthawks (1995–2019)	Blue Cross Arena	L 10–13		8,349	6–4
11	February 17, 2001	Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)	Bell Centre	L 16–21		8,101	6–5
12	February 23, 2001	@ Vancouver Ravens	General Motors Place	L 11–16		9,084	6–6
13	March 2, 2002	@ Columbus Landsharks	Nationwide Arena	W 12–10		3,122	7–6
14	March 8, 2002	Toronto Rock	Bell Centre	W 15–9		9,339	8–6
15	March 15, 2002	Albany Attack	Bell Centre	L 13–14		7,346	8–7
16	March 24, 2002	@ Albany Attack	Times Union Center	L 6–14		3,562	8–8