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NLL Top 50: Forwards

Welcome to the NLL Top 50. As voted on by the League’s coaches and GMs, these are the players that made the cut to be considered one of the Top 50 players in the league. The list is comprised of the league’s best forwards, defensemen, transition players, goaltenders and face-off men.

- Anna Taylor, Adam Levi, Jon Rapoport & Scott Turken

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NLL Lacrosse on TSN - Broadcast Schedule

Catch the National Lacrosse League all season long on TSN.

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NLL returns to Montreal after 20 years

The NLL is returning to the Greater Montréal area for a regular-season game for the first time in more than 20 years.

- Adam Levi

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Lacrosse’s ties to Indigenous roots more important than ever

For many Indigenous people in North America, lacrosse is not just a sport. It is an indelible part of the culture, and always has been.

- by Adam Levi

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Training Camp Report: Panther City Lacrosse Club

In a recent social media post, Panther City Lacrosse Club head coach Tracey Kelusky was captured saying to his team, “championship or bust.”

- by Anna Taylor

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NLL Top 50: Defensemen

As voted on by the League’s coaches and GM’s, these are the players that made the cut to be considered one of the Top 50 players in the league. The countdown continues looking at who the League’s coaches and GM’s chose as their Top 5 defensemen.

- by Anna Taylor, Adam Levi and Jon Rapoport

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National Lacrosse League to host regular-season game at Place Bell in Laval

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NLL returns to Montreal area for regular season game

The National Lacrosse League announced on Thursday the first-ever NLL UnBOXed Series marquee event game scheduled for Friday, February 16, 2024, at 7 p.m. ET in Laval, Québec, outside of Montréal.

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NLL and StringKIng expand strategic partnership with multi-year renewal

The National Lacrosse League on Tuesday announced that StringKing, has extended its partnership as an official lacrosse equipment supplier for the next three years. The renewal designates StringKing as a non-exclusive “Continental Partner” and “Official Equipment Provider” for the NLL.

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NLL Top 50: Goaltenders

As voted on by the League’s coaches and GM’s, these are the players that made the cut to be considered one of the Top 50 players in the league. The countdown begins looking at who the League’s coaches and GM’s chose as their Top 5 goalies.

- by Adam Levi

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NLL Training Camp Report: Philadelphia Wings

This offseason, the Wings made a concerted effort to get younger and faster by making numerous deals. After the team’s first weekend of training camp at the Wings training facility in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, there’s no doubt that they accomplished their mission.

- by Adam Levi

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NLL moves towards goal of becoming next major league

Growing a fan base from the ground up gives the NLL an advantage when it looks to future expansion. The goal is to introduce box lacrosse to more than 100,000 kids a year – and make them fall in love with it.

- by Anna Taylor

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NLL unveils NLL UnBOXed youth-focused grassroots initiative across North America

The National Lacrosse League on Monday announced the launch of NLL UnBOXed, the League’s new continent-wide grassroots campaign designed to bring the NLL’s fast-paced lacrosse game to more young boys and girls in more communities across North America.

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NLL joins ELEVATE28 at NYSE in historic moment

On October 31, the NLL joined representatives from various lacrosse associations at the New York Stock Exchange to send the lacrosse world an emphatic, unified message that growing the game is the utmost priority.

by Adam Levi

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Rhys Duch retires with nothing left unfinished

For Rhys Duch, being of value translated into success his entire career, and the recently-retired forward will be remembered for what he achieved as a player and how he turned his dreams into an awe-inspiring reality.

by Adam Levi

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NLL, TSN set 'NLL Game of the Week on TSN' 2023-24 schedule

The National Lacrosse League and TSN announced the schedule of “NLL Game of the Week on TSN” broadcasts on TSN for the upcoming 2023-24 NLL regular season.

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Canadian box players are transforming collegiate field lacrosse

Canadian box lacrosse players are transforming the way the field game is played at the collegiate level. These world-class athletes are proving just how valuable it is to have box skills wherever you’re competing.

- by Adam Levi

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Haudenosaunee Lacrosse team one step away from achieving Olympic dreams

The Haudenosaunee Nationals are one step away from achieving a decades-long dream. Lacrosse was restored to the Olympics program on Monday, with men's and women's versions of the game to be played at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

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Haudenosaunee deserves a lacrosse team of its own at the 2028 Olympics

They call it the “medicine game," which is a bit of a misnomer because lacrosse is more than just a game to the Haudenosaunee people. Much more.

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Lacrosse at the Olympics gives Native Americans a chance to see their sport shine

Nearly 1,000 years after lacrosse was first played on fields that could sometimes stretch for miles across the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the sport will be on the Olympic schedule in Los Angeles in 2028.

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Teat ready to take next step in his career

Lacrosse is blessed with a new generation of talented players, poised to lead the game to levels not yet seen from both a competitive and participation standpoint. Perhaps the young man best positioned to become the future face of the NLL is New York Riptide forward Jeff Teat.

by Jon Rapoport

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Olympic inclusion will make lacrosse a truly global sport

The International Olympic Committee has officially voted to include lacrosse (Sixes) as a medal event at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. It is a game-changing moment for lacrosse; a game-changing moment for the world of sport.

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Dan Dawson: From everyman to superhero

Dan Dawson showed the world that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Dawson came into the league as a sixth-round pick (68th overall) in the 2001 NLL Entry Draft. After 21 seasons, Dawson announced his retirement this summer.

- by Adam Levi

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Brodie Merrill leaves indelible legacy for future box lacrosse talent

After nearly two decades of a prolific professional career, one of the most captivating and influential players to ever pick up a lacrosse stick will somehow no longer be competing in the sport that is dearest to his heart.

- by Adam Levi

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Rock enter new season among swirling winds of change

Without a shadow of a doubt, the Toronto Rock stand as one of the most iconic franchises in the National Lacrosse League. Six league titles, a bevy of past and present superstar players and a rabid fanbase spread through the vast borders of lacrosse-obsessed Ontario.

- by Jon Rapoport

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NLL adopts unified standings format and updated playoff structure

The National Lacrosse League on Tuesday announced several new structural formats, most prominently a single-table, “Unified Standings,” in which teams are ranked regardless of geography, debuting with the 2023-24 season.

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Hall of Fame fathers and their sons make NLL history

This weekend was all about NLL Hall of Fame fathers and their sons who one day hope to join their dads among the all-time greats in box lacrosse.

by Adam Levi

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Williams, Poitras, Jones first three selections in 2023 NLL Draft

Hearing their names called first at the 2023 NLL Draft were Dyson Williams (Oshawa, Ontario) by the Albany FireWolves, Adam Poitras (Whitby, Ontario) by the Las Vegas Desert Dogs and Callum Jones (Burlington, Ontario) by the New York Riptide.

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Renovation change allows Toronto Rock to stay put this upcoming season

The Toronto Rock won't be booted out of their home arena during the upcoming season because of renovations.

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Massive trade between Vancouver and Las Vegas heats up NLL Draft

On Tuesday afternoon, the Vancouver Warriors and Las Vegas Desert Dogs swapped draft picks, including Top 5 picks in this year’s entry draft, as well as players, with the hopes that they’ll be able to secure the players that they think will be the best fit for their team in the future.

- by Adam Levi

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10 things to know heading into NLL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Entry Draft

The National Lacrosse League readies for two major events this weekend in Ontario: the NLL Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Friday in Burlington, and the 2023 Entry Draft in Oakville.

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Casey Powell: An American box lacrosse pioneer

Growing up in Carthage, New York, Casey Powell didn’t know much of anything about lacrosse. It wasn’t until his fifth-grade gym teacher, Kirk Ventiquattro, introduced Powell and his brothers, Mikey and Ryan, to the sport.

- by Adam Levi

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NLL refreshes brand logos; introduces NLL authentics initiative

The National Lacrosse League on Wednesday unveiled a refreshed brand identity system detailing how the NLL league and team brand architecture operates, communicates, and interacts with various audiences.

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San Diego Seals Placing Faith In Goaltender Chris Origlieri

Christopher Origlieri is about to become a household name in San Diego. Following a season’s worth of impressive performances for the Orangeville Northmen in the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) this summer, Origlieri earned himself a rare five-year contract with the San Diego Seals and the starting gig in between the pipes for this upcoming NLL season.

- Adam Levi

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Deacan Knott ready to step into NLL spotlight

Deacan Knott may not be a boxer like Balboa was, but he is the ultimate competitor. There is never a game when Knott is on a lacrosse floor and settled in between the pipes where he isn’t giving his team a fighting chance to win.

- Adam Levi

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Premier Lacrosse League: Atlas vs. Redwoods

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