2000 NLL season

August 2019 2000 NLL season National Lacrosse League Indoor lacrosse 100px 8 12 January 7, 2000 – May 6, 2000 Regular season John Tavares (Buffalo Bandits) National Lacrosse League MVP Award John Tavares (Buffalo Bandits)Gary Gait (Pittsburgh CrosseFire) 2000 NLL season Toronto Rock Buffalo Bandits Champion's Cup Champion's Cup Toronto Rock (2nd title) Rochester Knighthawks Dan Stroup (Toronto) Champion's Cup#Most Valuable Players NLL 1999 NLL season 1999 season 2001 NLL season 2001 season The 2000 National Lacrosse League season is the 14th season in the NLL that began on January 7, 2000, and concluded with the championship game on May 6, 2000. The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 14–13. Kaleb Toth scored the winning goal with less than two seconds left in regulation to give the Rock their second straight championship. Team movement thumb|The Toronto Rock vs Albany Attack on 8 April 2000 One expansion team was added to the NLL for the 2000 season, the Albany Attack. In addition, the Baltimore Thunder left Baltimore and became the Pittsburgh CrosseFire, though the franchise would only last a single season in Pittsburgh before moving to Washington. Teams 2000 National Lacrosse League Team City Arena Capacity Albany Attack Albany, New York Pepsi Arena 14,236 Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York Marine Midland Arena 18,595 New York Saints Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,297 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Union Center 19,519 Pittsburgh CrosseFire Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena 16,958 Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662 Syracuse Smash Syracuse, New York Oncenter War Memorial Arena 5,800 Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens 15,726 Map of teams left 10px National Lacrosse League Teams 1775 450 350 425 1850 North America North America laea location map (highlight USA & Canada).svg 3800 North America 42.64 -73.75 Black pog.svg 94 right Attack #ffe7 North America 42.88 -78.88 Black pog.svg 94 bottom Bandits #ffe7 North America 40.72 -73.59 Black pog.svg 94 right Saints #ffe7 North America 39.90 -75.17 Black pog.svg 94 right Wings #ffe7 North America 40.44 -79.99 Black pog.svg 94 left CrosseFire #ffe7 North America 43.15 -77.61 Black pog.svg 94 top Knighthawks #ffe7 North America 43.04 -76.15 Black pog.svg 94 bottom Smash #ffe7 North America 43.66 -79.38 Black pog.svg 94 left Rock #ffe7 Regular season All Star Game No All-Star game was held in 2000. Playoffs Semifinals Championship 3 Rochester 15 2 Buffalo 11 4 Philadelphia 10 1 Toronto 14 3 Rochester 13 1 Toronto 14 Awards AwardWinnerTeamMVP AwardJohn TavaresBuffaloRookie of the Year AwardJohn Grant Jr.RochesterChampionship Game MVPDan StroupToronto Weekly awards Each week, a player is awarded "Player of the Week" honours. Week Player of the Week 1 Kim Squire 2 Josh Sanderson 3 Kip Fulks 4 Tom Marechek 5 Pat O'Toole 6 Roy Colsey 7 Matt Disher 8 Paul Gait 9 Kaleb Toth 10 Rob Blasdell 11 John Grant Jr. 12 Colin Doyle 13 John Grant, Jr. 14 Mark Millon 15 Mark Shepherd Monthly awards Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie. Month Overall Rookie Jan Ted Dowling John Grant, Jr. Feb John Tavares Devin Dalep Mar Rob Blasdell John Grant, Jr. Statistics leaders Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records. StatPlayerTeamNumberGoalsTed DowlingAlbany41 Tom MarechekPhiladelphia41AssistsJohn TavaresBuffalo49PointsGary GaitBaltimore83 John TavaresBuffalo83Loose ballsJim VeltmanToronto167Save pctBob WatsonToronto77.2 Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://nllstats.com/allgames?season=2000 2000 Season nllstats.com 16 June 2023Philadelphia Wings615,85795,143Toronto Rock613,88183,287Rochester Knighthawks68,91053,458Buffalo Bandits 68,18649,116Albany Attack65,74934,492New York Saints 65,67434,046Pittsburgh CrosseFire 64,91629,495Syracuse Smash62,66015,957League488,229394,994 Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendanceToronto Rock 212,38624,772Buffalo Bandits17,873 7,873 League310,88232,645 See also 2000 in sports External links 2000 Archive at the Outsider's Guide to the NLL References 00 NLL season