2016 NLL season

2016 NLL season National Lacrosse League Indoor lacrosse NLL 30th season.jpg 100px 9 18 January 1 – June 4, 2016 Draft Lyle Thompson Georgia Swarm Regular Season Buffalo Bandits Dhane Smith (Buffalo Bandits) National Lacrosse League MVP Award Dhane Smith (Buffalo Bandits) Playoffs Saskatchewan Rush (2nd title) Buffalo Bandits Aaron Bold (Rush) Champion's Cup#Most Valuable Players NLL 2015 NLL season 2015 season 2017 NLL season 2017 season The 2016 National Lacrosse League season, the 30th in the history of the NLL,NLL announces 30th Anniversary Team countdown http://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_353942 NLL.com November 13, 2015 November 14, 2015 began on January 1, 2016,http://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_321055 League announces 2016 NLL regular season schedule September 27, 2015 NLL.com November 14, 2015 and ended with the Champion's Cup Finals series on June 4, 2016. The Saskatchewan Rush won their 2nd straight title; their first while located in Saskatchewan. Milestones and events Pre-season May 29, 2015: The Minnesota Swarm announce that they would move to the Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia as the Georgia Swarm.http://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_303108 Swarm Announce Relocation to Metro-Atlanta Area May 29, 2015 NLL.com May 31, 2015 July 20, 2015: The Edmonton Rush announce that they would move to the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as the Saskatchewan Rush.http://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_310406 Rush announce relocation to Saskatchewan NLL.com July 20, 2015 November 14, 2015 September 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150910154222/http://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_310406 dead September 2, 2015: Buffalo Bandits forward John Tavares announced his retirement after 24 seasons. Tavares is the career leader in goals, assists, points, and games played. He will remain with the Bandits organization as an assistant coach.http://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_320800 NLL.com Bandits legend Tavares retires after 24-year NLL career September 2, 2015 January 12, 2016 Teams 2016 National Lacrosse League Division Team City Arena Capacity East Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York First Niagara Center 19,070 Georgia Swarm Duluth, Georgia Infinite Energy Arena 10,500 New England Black Wolves Uncasville, Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena 7,074 Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662 Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre 18,800 West Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, Alberta Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 Colorado Mammoth Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center 18,007 Saskatchewan Rush Saskatoon, Saskatchewan SaskTel Centre 15,195 Vancouver Stealth Langley, British Columbia Langley Events Centre 5,276 Map of teams left 10px East Division 10px West Division 1320 713 350 425 490 North America North America laea location map (highlight USA & Canada).svg 1200 North America 42.88 -78.88 Blue pog.svg 94 bottom Bandits #ffe7 North America 33.99 -84.09 Blue pog.svg 94 right Swarm #ffe7 North America 41.49 -72.09 Blue pog.svg 94 right Black Wolves #ffe7 North America 43.15 -77.61 Blue pog.svg 94 right Hawks #ffe7 North America 43.64 -79.38 Blue pog.svg 94 left Rock #ffe7 North America 51.04 -114.05 Red pog.svg 94 top Roughnecks #ffe7 North America 39.75 -105.01 Red pog.svg 94 right Mammoth North America 52.19 -106.68 Red pog.svg 94 right Rush #ffe7 North America 49.15 -122.67 Red pog.svg 94 bottom Stealth #ffe7 Standings 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 LBDhane Smith Buffalo Bandits 1872651379111Shawn Evans New England Black Wolves 17506811839116Callum Crawford Colorado Mammoth 1832831151589 Rob Hellyer Toronto Rock 1845681132388Rhys Duch Vancouver Stealth 184863111883Mark Matthews Saskatchewan Rush 1840691092376Curtis Dickson Calgary Roughnecks 1861461071384Cody Jamieson Rochester Knighthawks 18336194083Dan Dawson Rochester Knighthawks 184055951262Randy Staats Georgia Swarm 183659952284 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 Aaron Bold Saskatchewan Rush 181042 12 5 1790.76110.30 Dillon Ward Colorado Mammoth 16743 7 3 1280.79910.33 Nick Rose Toronto Rock 18719 5 7 1330.78311.10 Mike Poulin Calgary Roughnecks 17591 4 5 1130.77811.46 Matt Vinc Rochester Knighthawks 18890 5 9 1720.77512.82 Playoffs Division semifinals Division finals (3-game series) Finals (3-game series) 1 East Division West Division E2 New England 14* E3 Georgia 13 W2 Colorado 10 W3 Calgary 11* E1 Buffalo 2 E2 New England 0 W1 Saskatchewan 2 W3 Calgary 0 W1 Saskatchewan 2 E1 Buffalo 0 *Overtime Division semifinals East Division (E2) New England Black Wolves vs. (E3) Georgia Swarm #eeeeee May 6, 2016 New England Black Wolves Georgia Swarm 14–13 OT (3–2, 5–5, 3–5, 2–1, 1–0) Evan Kirk Brodie MacDonald 1–02–02–13–13–24–24–34–45–45–56–56–67–67–78–79–710–710–811–811–911–1011–1111–1212–1213–1213–1314–13 Crowley (Hoar) (SH) – 02:28 Burns (Kirk) – 03:52 Hall (Evans, Kyle Buchanan) – 11:12 Evans (Hall, Saunders) – 21:12 Kyle Buchanan (Ball, Kirk) – 23:56 Crowley (Saunders, Kevin Buchanan) – 24:52 Evans (Saunders) – 27:28 Kyle Buchanan – 29:08 Evans (Hall, Crowley) – 31:31 Crowley (Kyle Buchanan, Hall) (PP) – 41:16 Crowley – 42:56 Kevin Buchanan (Evans, Crowley) – 46:11 Kevin Buchanan (Hall, Crowley) – 46:44 Evans (Crowley) (PP) – 60:57 10:17 – White (SH) 11:50 – Powless (Matisz, Staats) 22:59 – M. Thompson (Staats, King) (PP) 23:12 – Jackson (MacIntosh) 24:13 – Staats (White) 27:11 – L. Thompson (MacIntosh) 28:57 – Powless (Matisz, Jackson) 41:51 – L. Thompson (Jackson, Powless) 43:11 – L. Thompson (O'Connor) 43:42 – M. Thompson (L. Thompson, Tutton) 44:37 – Staats (Tutton, Powless) 44:59 – King (Staats, L. Thompson) 54:50 – L. Thompson (King) (PP) Mohegan Sun Arena 3,266 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22499 12 19 52 66 West Division (W2) Colorado Mammoth vs. (W3) Calgary Roughnecks #eeeeee May 7, 2016 Colorado Mammoth Calgary Roughnecks 10–11 OT (2–3, 3–2, 1–2, 4–3, 0–1) Dillon Ward Mike Poulin Frankie Scigliano 1–02–02–12–22–32–43–44–44–55–55–66–66–77–78–78–88–99–910–910–1010–11 Noble (Crawford, Grant) (PP) – 03:14 Wardle (Gajic) – 06:24 Jones (Mallroy) (PP) – 21:58 Noble – 22:47 Noble – 29:36 Jones (Grant) (PP) – 43:21 Noble (Crawford, Mallroy) – 46:34 Jones (Noble, Crawford) – 48:14 Cupido (Gajic) – 51:28 Jones (Grant, Mallroy) – 51:48 09:18 – Digby (O'Connor, Shattler) 09:46 – Digby (Dickson, Dobbie) 11:59 – Dobbie (Berg, Dickson) (PP) 16:02 – Dickson (Dobbie, Berg) 24:29 – Berg (Dobbie) 37:27 – Dickson (Shattler, Poulin) (SH) 43:41 – Dickson (Burton, Shattler) (SH) 49:36 – Dickson (Poulin) 51:19 – Digby (Berg, Dickson) 59:35 – Dickson (Shattler) 70:17 – Dobbie (Shattler, Dickson) Pepsi Center 13,116 https://nllstats.com/game?id=22498 10 18 67 58 Division Finals (best of three) Eastern Division (E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (E2) New England Black Wolves #eeeeee May 16, 2016 New England Black Wolves Buffalo Bandits 10–15 (3–5, 2–3, 3–3, 2–4) Evan Kirk Tye Belanger Anthony Cosmo 1–02–03–03–13–23–33–43–54–54–64–74–85–85–95–105–116–117–118–118–129–129–139–1410–1410–15 Kevin Buchanan (Kyle Buchanan, Saunders) – 01:45 Saunders (Crowley) (PP) – 04:32 Kyle Buchanan (Crowley) – 05:07 Evans (Crowley, Hall) (PP) – 16:05 Saunders (Evans, Kyle Buchanan) (SH) – 27:31 Burns (PP) – 39:28 Bucktooth (Manney, Belanger) – 42:47 Kyle Buchanan – 42:54 Saunders (Evans) – 51:36 Kyle Buchanan (Kevin Buchanan, Hall) – 58:04 06:31 – Benesch (D. Smith) (PP) 08:51 – Hill (D. Smith) 09:56 – Jones (Benesch) 11:32 – D. Smith (Benesch) (PP) 13:35 – Hill (Benesch) 17:02 – Hill (Weiss) 18:09 – D. Smith (Benesch, Culp) 21:02 – D. Smith (Malcom) 30:33 – Culp (Benesch, Steenhuis) 33:33 – Steenhuis (Veltman, Culp) 33:53 – D. Smith (Jones) 51:08 – Hill (Benesch) 52:51 – D. Smith (Culp) 53:05 – Benesch (Brownwell, Thorimbert) 58:45 – Benesch (Brownwell, Weiss) (ENG) https://nllstats.com/game?id=22497 3,697 Mohegan Sun Arena 38 32 55 52 #eeffff May 21, 2016 Buffalo Bandits New England Black Wolves 20–15 (3–5, 6–4, 5–4, 6–2) Anthony Cosmo Evan Kirk 1–02–02–12–22–32–42–53–54–55–55–66–66–76–86–97–98–99–910–910–1011–1011–1112–1112–1213–1213–1314–1315–1315–1416–1417–1417–1518–1519–1520–15 Thorimbert (Jones) – 00:11 Steenhuis (D. Smith, Hill) – 02:18 Jones (Benesch, Hill) – 12:37 Malcom (Culp, Benesch) – 15:31 Steenhuis (PP) – 15:59 Hill (Steenhuis) (PP) – 19:05 Hill (D. Smith, Brownwell) – 23:56 Benesch (D. Smith) (PP) – 27:23 D. Smith (Watt) – 29:05 Culp (D. Smith) – 35:10 D. Smith (Malcom, Steenhuis) – 36:15 Hill (Benesch, D. Smith) (PP) – 39:14 D. Smith (Priolo, Weiss) (SH) – 41:48 Malcom – 44:17 Culp (Brownwell, Cosmo) – 48:04 Benesch (Hill) – 54:29 Benesch (Weiss, Cosmo) – 55:13 Culp (Benesch) – 58:07 Steenhuis (PS) – 58:52 Hill (Jones) – 58:57 02:58 – Hoar (Kirk) 08:38 – Kevin Buchanan (Evans, Kyle Buchanan) 09:07 – Crowley (Bucktooth, Kirk) 12:03 – Evans (Bucktooth, Reid) (PP) 13:52 – Evans (Bucktooth) 16:53 – Saunders (Hall, Kevin Buchanan) 20:39 – Saunders (Evans, Hall) (PP) 21:16 – Crowley (Evans, Hall) (PP) 22:31 – Suddons (Bucktooth) (SH) 35:40 – Kevin Buchanan (Crowley, Saunders) 38:36 – Burns (Kirk) (SH) 39:46 – Kevin Buchanan (Crowley, Evans) 43:58 – Kevin Buchanan 52:53 – Kevin Buchanan (Hall, Evans) 55:53 – Kevin Buchanan (Hall) https://nllstats.com/game?id=22493 14,255 First Niagara Center 28 21 61 50 Bandits win series 2–0. Western Division (W1) Saskatchewan Rush vs. (W3) Calgary Roughnecks #eeeeee May 14, 2016 Calgary Roughnecks Saskatchewan Rush 10–16 (3–4, 2–2, 3–2, 2–8) Mike Poulin Frankie Scigliano Aaron Bold 0–11–11–22–22–33–33–43–54–54–65–65–76–77–78–78–88–98–108–119–119–129–139–1410–1410–1510–16 O'Connor (Dobbie, Dickson) – 01:44 Dickson (Shattler, Manning) – 04:19 Harnett (Dobbie) (PP) – 11:35 Berg (Dobbie, O'Connor) – 22:22 Shattler (Leung, McIntosh) – 27:05 Dobbie (Dickson, Berg) (PP) – 31:01 Digby (O'Connor, Harnett) – 31:50 Dickson (Bell, Harnett) –33:42 Shattler (Dobbie, Digby) – 51:19 Dickson (Shattler, O'Connor) – 58:22 01:18 – Davis (Taylor, Matthews) 03:32 – Matthews (Mydske) 05:21 – Bilic 14:51 – Church (Taylor, Davis) 21:25 – McIntosh (Matthews, Greer) (PP) 25:12 – McIntosh (Taylor, Corbeil) 30:06 – Thompson 41:21 – Mydske 47:09 – Church (Dilks, Bold) 48:52 – Matthews (Church) (PP) 50:42 – Bilic 52:22 – McIntosh (Matthews, Church) 54:50 – Corbeil 57:49 – McIntosh (Sorichetti, Corbeil) (ENG) 58:33 – Corbeil (Rubisch) (ENG) 59:33 – Cornwall (Corbeil, Taylor) (ENG) https://nllstats.com/game?id=22494 12,211 Scotiabank Saddledome 14 12 45 52 #eeffff May 21, 2016 Saskatchewan Rush Calgary Roughnecks 12–9 (1–1, 4–2, 3–2, 4–4) Aaron Bold Mike Poulin Frankie Scigliano 1–01–12–13–13–24–24–35–36–37–37–48–48–58–69–610–611–612–612–712–812–9 Church (Matthews) – 04:11 Greer (Matthews, Church) – 16:09 Matthews (LaFontaine, Bold) – 16:34 Church (Greer, Matthews) (PP) – 20:32 McIntosh (Church, Greer) LaFontaine (Matthews, Davis) – 35:11 McIntosh (Cornwall) – 38:33 Sorichetti (Rubisch) – 41:24 Greer (Davis) – 50:26 Matthews (Bilic, Thompson) (ENG) – 50:34 Greer (Matthews, Church) – 53:51 Greer (McIntosh, Taylor) – 55:10 11:47 – Digby (Berg, O'Connor) 18:25 – Berg (O'Connor, McFetridge) 27:23 – Dobbie (Dickson) (PP) 39:43 – McFetridge (Harnett) 43:00 – Dickson (Dobbie, Shattler) (PP) 47:04 – Digby (Berg) 56:08 – Dobbie (O'Connor) 57:47 – Digby (O'Connor) 59:10 – Digby (O'Connor) https://nllstats.com/game?id=22495 15,192 SaskTel Centre 6 10 49 48 Rush wins series 2–0. NLL Finals (best of three) (E1) Buffalo Bandits vs. (W1) Saskatchewan Rush #f7f6a8 May 28, 2016 Buffalo Bandits Saskatchewan Rush 9–11 (0–2, 6–4, 2–2, 1–3) Anthony Cosmo Aaron Bold 0–10–20–31–32–32–43–44–45–46–46–56–67–67–78–78–89–89–99–109–11 Malcom (Weiss, Jones) – 17:13 D. Smith (PP) – 18:19 Benesch (D. Smith) (PP) – 21:58 Steenhuis (D. Smith, Culp) – 23:53 Malcom (D. Smith, Benesch) – 24:01 Hill (Thorimbert) – 24:43 D. Smith (Veltman, Culp) – 32:36 D. Smith (Steenhuis) – 42:12 Benesch – 49:18 07:51 – Matthews (Church, Davis) 13:50 – Sorichetti 15:53 – Matthews (Church) (PP) 20:26 – Cornwall 25:49 – Greer (Matthews) 27:20 – Davis (Knight, Matthews) 36:37 – Church (Knight) 42:50 – McIntosh (Greer) (PP) 50:04 – Church (McIntosh, Sorichetti) 55:44 – McIntosh (Davis) 56:34 – Greer (Church, Knight) https://nllstats.com/game?id=22496 12,692 First Niagara Center 6 4 52 52 #eeeeee June 4, 2016 Saskatchewan Rush Buffalo Bandits 11–10 (3–4, 2–1, 2–4, 4–1) Aaron Bold Anthony Cosmo 1–02–02–12–22–33–33–44–44–55–55–65–76–77–77–87–98–99–99–1010–1011–10 Matthews (Church, Knight) – 01:14 Knight (Taylor, Davis) – 01:50 McIntosh (Taylor, Matthews) (PP) – 12:36 Knight (Church, Bilic) – 19:11 Greer (Matthews, Church) – 29:55 McIntosh (Knight) – 36:49 Greer (Corbeil, Dilks) (SH) – 38:51 Matthews (Church) (PP) – 49:12 Church (Greer, Matthews) – 54:29 Church (Matthews, Knight) – 55:25 Cornwall – 59:48 06:49 – Malcom (D. Smith, Culp) 09:09 – Watt 11:25 – Benesch (D. Smith, Hill) 13:37 – D. Smith (Benesch) 29:12 – Hill (D. Smith, Culp) 31:05 – Weiss (Jones) 34:04 – Benesch (D. Smith, Steenhuis) (PP) 42:48 – Steenhuis (Brock) 44:16 – D. Smith (Culp) 55:36 – Brownwell (Brock) https://nllstats.com/game?id=22492 15,182 SaskTel Centre 11 8 54 57 Rush wins series 2–0. Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerOther Finalists Most Valuable Player Dhane Smith, Buffalo Shawn Evans, New EnglandMark Matthews, Saskatchewanhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_454328 NLL.com 2016 NLL Most Valuable Player award finalists June 30, 2016 September 8, 2016 Goaltender of the Year Evan Kirk, New England Nick Rose, TorontoDillon Ward, Coloradohttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_453116 NLL.com 2016 NLL Goaltender of the Year award finalists June 2, 2016 September 8, 2016 Defensive Player of the Year Ryan Dilks, Saskatchewan Chris Corbeil, SaskatchewanSteve Priolo, Buffalohttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_452997 NLL.com 2016 NLL Defensive Player of the Year award finalists June 21, 2016 September 8, 2016 Transition Player of the Year Brad Self, Rochester Jordan MacIntosh, GeorgiaJeremy Thompson, Saskatchewanhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_453258 NLL.com 2016 NLL Transition Player of the Year finalists June 23, 2016 September 8, 2016 Rookie of the Year Randy Staats, Georgia Wesley Berg, CalgaryJesse King, Georgiahttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_454181 NLL.com 2016 NLL Rookie of the Year finalists June 29, 2016 September 8, 2016 Sportsmanship Award Ben McIntosh, Saskatchewan Karsen Leung, CalgaryKiel Matisz, Georgiahttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_451095 NLL.com 2016 NLL Sportsmanship Award finalists June 20, 2016 September 8, 2016 GM of the Year Steve Dietrich, Buffalo John Arlotta, GeorgiaRich Lisk, New Englandhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_454018 2016 NLL GM of the Year finalists NLL.com June 28, 2016 September 8, 2016 Les Bartley Award Glenn Clark, New England Troy Cordingley, BuffaloDerek Keenan, Saskatchewanhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_453828 NLL.com June 27, 2016 September 8, 2016 2016 NLL Head Coach of the Year finalists Executive of the Year Award Lee Genier, Saskatchewan Mike French, New EnglandScott Loffler, Buffalohttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_455204 NLL.com July 7, 2016 September 8, 2016 2016 NLL Executive of the Year finalists Teammate of the Year Award Mike Poulin, Calgary Joel McCready, VancouverAndrew Watt, Buffalohttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_454880 NLL.com July 5, 2016 September 8, 2016 2016 NLL Teammate of the Year finalists Air Canada Wingman of the Year Award Callum Crawford, Colorado Rob Hellyer, TorontoDhane Smithhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_455032 NLL.com July 6, 2016 September 8, 2016 2016 NLL Air Canada Wingman of the Year finalists Tom Borrelli Award Teddy Jenner, ILIndoor.comhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_455821 NLL.com July 11, 2016 September 8, 2016 Teddy Jenner named 2016 NLL Media Person of the year Monthly awards Awards are presented monthly for the best overall player and best rookie. Month Overall Rookie Januaryhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_389935 NLL.com Bandits' Dhane Smith wins Player of the Month for January February 5, 2016 February 5, 2016 Dhane Smith- Buffalo Bandits Randy Staats- Georgia Swarm Februaryhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_403385 NLL.com Bandits' Smith repeats as NLL Player of the Month March 4, 2016 March 6, 2016 Dhane Smith- Buffalo Bandits Jesse King- Georgia Swarm Marchhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_444351 NLL.com Bandits' Smith wins third-straight Player of the Month award April 1, 2016 April 1, 2016 Dhane Smith- Buffalo Bandits Wesley Berg- Calgary Roughnecks Aprilhttp://www.nll.com/view/nll/news-1147/news_447014 NLL.com Rock's Hellyer wins NLL Player of the Month for April May 6, 2016 May 8, 2016 Rob Hellyer- Toronto Rock Randy Staats- Georgia Swarm Stadiums and locations Buffalo Bandits Georgia Swarm New England Black Wolves Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock KeyBank Center Infinite Energy Arena Mohegan Sun Arena Blue Cross Arena Air Canada Centre Capacity: 19,070 Capacity: 11,355 Capacity: 7,700 Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 18,819 200px 200px 200px 200px 200px Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Stealth Scotiabank Saddledome Pepsi Center SaskTel Centre Langley Events Centre Capacity: 19,289 Capacity: 18,007 Capacity: 15,190 Capacity: 5,276 200px 200px 200px 200px Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=14886 National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports TechnologiesBuffalo Bandits 915,833142,505Colorado Mammoth 913,832124,489Saskatchewan Rush911,737105,637Calgary Roughnecks 9 11,471103,246Toronto Rock99,15982,432Rochester Knighthawks98,16473,483Georgia Swarm94,66742,010Vancouver Stealth 93,75833,828New England Black Wolves93,75133,761League819,152741,391 Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/attendance.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=15797 National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports TechnologiesSaskatchewan Rush 215,18730,374Buffalo Bandits213,47326,947Colorado Mammoth113,11613,116Calgary Roughnecks113,11613,116New England Black Wolves23,4816,963League811,20189,611 See also 2016 in sports References 2 15 National Lacrosse League