2022 NLL season

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2022 NLL season
LeagueNational Lacrosse League
SportIndoor lacrosse (box lacrosse)
DurationDecember 3, 2021 —
Number of games18
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)ESPN[1][2][3] (United States)
TSN (Canada)
Regular Season
Playoffs
NLL seasons
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The 2022 National Lacrosse League season, formally known as the 2021–2022 season, is the 35th in the history of the NLL. The season begins on December 3, 2021 and is scheduled to end with the NLL final in late spring of 2022. this will be the inaugural season for the expansion team Panther City Lacrosse Club, and the Albany FireWolves who relocated from New England. the NLL has returned after missing a season due to COVID-19. [4]

Regular season[]

The Current NLL Standings

after games played on March 11, 2022

2022 NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE STANDINGS
DIVISION RANKING East DIVISION WINS LOSSES GAMES BACK GOALS FOR GOALS AGAINST
1 BUFFALO

BANDITS

9 1 - 130 97
2 HALIFAX

THUNDERBIRDS

8 2 1 112 95
3 TORONTO

ROCK

7 4 2.5 124 112
4 ALBANY

FIREWOLVES

6 7 4.5 131 142
5 PHILADELPHIA

WINGS

5 6 4.5 116 119
6 GEORGIA

SWARM

5 6 4.5 130 134
7 ROCHESTER

KNIGHTHAWKS

3 7 6.0 110 128
8 NEW YORK RIPTIDE 2 8 7.0 120 135

Top 4 Teams at the end of the Regular Season qualify automatically for the East Division Playoffs.

DIVISION RANKING WEST DIVISION WINS LOSSES GAMES BACK GOALS FOR GOALS AGAINST
1 SAN DIEGO SEALS 8 2 - 118 87
2 COLORADO

MAMMOTH

6 4 2 111 109
3 VANCOUVER

WARRIORS

5 5 3 113 105
4 CALGARY

ROUGHNECKS

3 6 4.5 88 109
5 PANTHER CITY

LACROSSE CLUB

4 8 5 133 157
6 SASKATCHEWAN

RUSH

3 8 5.5 115 122


The Top 3 Teams in the West Division make the playoffs automatically

A extra team aka the Wild Card will either be the 4th place team in the West or the 5th plaxemteam in the East Division.

Whichever has the better record will play the West Division Champion in the West Division Semifinals.

Awards[]

Annual awards[]

References: Winners[5]

Award Winner Other Finalists
Most Valuable Player
Goaltender of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Transition Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Sportsmanship Award
GM of the Year
Les Bartley Award
Executive of the Year Award
Teammate of the Year Award
Tom Borrelli Award

Stadiums and locations[]

Georgia Swarm Albany FireWolves New York Riptide Philadelphia Wings
Gas South Arena MVP Arena Nassau Coliseum[6] 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[6] Blue Cross Arena First Ontario Centre
Capacity: 19,070 Capacity: 10,595 Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 17,383
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Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth San Diego Seals Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Warriors
Scotiabank Saddledome Ball Arena Pechanga Arena SaskTel Centre Rogers Arena
Capacity: 19,289 Capacity: 18,007 Capacity: 12,920 Capacity: 15,190 Capacity: 18,910
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Attendance[]

Team Attendance[7]
Buffalo Bandits 8,562
Saskatchewan Rush 8,505
Calgary Roughnecks 8,430
Colorado Mammoth 8,149
Georgia Swarm 7,448
Toronto Rock 6,996
Vancouver Warriors 6,502
Philadelphia Wings 6,072
Panther City Lacrosse Club 5,370
San Diego Seals 5,287
Albany FireWolves 5,225
Halifax Thunderbirds 4,982
Rochester Knighthawks 3,965
New York Riptide 3,821
Average 6,224
Total 454,397
Games 73

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rigdon, Jay (October 26, 2021). "ESPN gets exclusive rights to National Lacrosse League in multiyear deal". Awful Announcing.
  2. ^ "Full Schedule".
  3. ^ "National Lacrosse League Heads to ESPN Under New Broadcast Deal". 26 October 2021.
  4. ^ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FULL 2021-22 SCHEDULE". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "NLL announces 2019-20 NLL award winners". NLL.com. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "NLL Announces brands and identities for its two newest teams". NLL.com. February 17, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  7. ^ https://www.nll.com/schedule/full-schedule/
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