2001 NLL season

2001 NLL season National Lacrosse League Indoor lacrosse 100px 9 14 December 21, 2000 – April 27, 2001 Draft Gavin Prout New York Saints Regular season John Tavares (Buffalo Bandits) National Lacrosse League MVP Award John Tavares (Buffalo Bandits) 2001 NLL season Toronto Rock Philadelphia Wings Champion's Cup Champion's Cup Philadelphia Wings (6th title) Toronto Rock Dallas Eliuk (Wings) Champion's Cup#Most Valuable Players NLL 2000 NLL season 2000 season 2002 NLL season 2002 season CNN Sports IllustratedFatsis Stefan March 9, 2001 Trainer to the Stars Plans Launch of Lacrosse League https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB984093254966003347 The Wall Street JournalDecember 8, 2014 Passion, energy was driving force of former commissioner Jim Jennings https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/passion-energy-was-driving-force-of-former-commissioner-jim-jennings/30258 Inside LacrosseUmstead R. Thomas September 23, 2001 CNN/SI Shifts Focus From News to Events https://www.multichannel.com/news/cnnsi-shifts-focus-news-events-150716August 20, 2001 CNN/SI to televise NLL games https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/cnn-si-to-televise-nll-games/n-2707856 OurSports CentralSeptember 15, 2001 NLL ONLY SHAKEN BY TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK https://buffalonews.com/2001/09/15/nll-only-shaken-by-tragedy-in-new-york/ The Buffalo News The 2001 National Lacrosse League season is the 15th season in the NLL that began on December 21, 2000, and concluded with the championship game on April 27, 2001. The Philadelphia Wings won their 6th NLL championship, defeating the Toronto Rock 9–8 in Toronto. Philadelphia had now won twice as many championships as any other team in NLL history (the Buffalo Bandits had won three, and the Rock two). The Championship game was one of only two games (out of ten) the Rock lost at home during the 2001 season, and ended Toronto's bid for an unprecedented third straight Championship. The NLL expanded its schedule from 12 games to 14 during this season. The lowest-scoring game in NLL history happened during the 2001 season, as the Toronto Rock and Albany Attack combined for only 11 goals in a 7-4 Toronto win at the Air Canada Centre. Team movement For the 2001 season, one expansion team was added to the NLL, the Columbus Landsharks. In addition, the Syracuse Smash ended a dismal existence (dead last in the standings for three straight years) in Syracuse, moving to Ottawa, Ontario to become the Rebel. Unfortunately, the Rebel would finish in the basement three straight years as well. The Pittsburgh CrosseFire, formerly the Baltimore Thunder, moved again, this time to Washington, becoming the Washington Power. In addition, the Toronto Rock moved from the aging Maple Leaf Gardens to the Air Canada Centre for the 2001 season. The first Rock game at the ACC was a 17-7 Toronto win over the Ottawa Rebel on the opening night of the season, December 21, 2000.http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/game0101otto.htm Toronto Rocks Ottawa in season opener, 17-7 Outsider's Guide to the NLL Ben Knight 2006-12-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20070818040422/http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/game0101otto.htm 2007-08-18 usurped Teams 2001 National Lacrosse League Team City Arena Capacity Albany Attack Albany, New York Pepsi Arena 14,236 Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York HSBC Arena 18,690 Columbus Landsharks Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arena 18,136 New York Saints Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,297 Ottawa Rebel Ottawa, Ontario Corel Centre 18,500 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Union Center 19,519 Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662 Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre 18,800 Washington Power Washington, District of Columbia MCI Center 18,277 Map of teams left 10px National Lacrosse League Teams 1475 450 350 325 1440 North America North America laea location map (highlight USA & Canada).svg 3000 North America 42.64 -73.75 Black pog.svg 94 top Attack #ffe7 North America 42.88 -78.88 Black pog.svg 94 bottom Bandits #ffe7 North America 39.97 -83.00 Black pog.svg 94 left Landsharks #ffe7 North America 40.72 -73.59 Black pog.svg 94 right Saints #ffe7 North America 45.30 -75.93 Black pog.svg 94 left Rebel #ffe7 North America 39.90 -75.17 Black pog.svg 94 right Wings #ffe7 North America 43.15 -77.61 Black pog.svg 94 right Knighthawks #ffe7 North America 43.64 -79.38 Black pog.svg 94 top Rock #ffe7 North America 38.90 -77.02 Black pog.svg 94 right Power #ffe7 Regular season Statistics leaders Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; LB = Loose Balls The following players lead the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on April 14, 2001. Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes LB Loose ballsJohn Tavares lacrosse Buffalo Bandits 14 51 64 115 14 159Gary Gait Washington Power 14 43 47 90 10 82John Grant Jr. Rochester Knighthawks 14 42 48 90 18 124Jake Bergey Philadelphia Wings 14 43 43 86 2 90Tom Marechek Philadelphia Wings 13 48 31 79 14 62Shawn Williams lacrosse Buffalo Bandits 14 46 31 77 0 100Roy Colsey New York Saints 14 51 25 76 52 92Derek Malawsky Buffalo Bandits 12 23 47 70 12 81Cory Bomberry Rochester Knighthawks 14 24 42 66 14 69Kevin Finneran Philadelphia Wings 14 23 39 62 11 54 Leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: GA = Goals Allowed; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals against average The following goaltenders lead the league at the conclusion regular season on April 14, 2001. Player Team GP Games played Mins Minutes played W Wins L Losses GA Goals allowed SV% Save percentage GAA Goals against averageBob Watson lacrosse Toronto Rock 14 715 10 2 106 .796 8.90Pat O'Toole Rochester Knighthawks 13 555 8 2 98 .796 10.59Dallas Eliuk Philadelphia Wings 14 747 8 2 149 .771 11.97Rob Blasdell Albany Attack 13 745 5 8 151 .758 12.16Gee Nash New York Saints 14 807 6 6 168 .772 12.46 All Star Game No All-Star game was held in 2001. Playoffs Semifinals Championship 3 Rochester 11 2 Philadelphia 12 4 Washington 9 1 Toronto 10 2 Philadelphia 9 1 Toronto 8 Awards AwardWinnerTeamMVP AwardJohn TavaresBuffaloRookie of the Year AwardTracey KeluskyColumbusCoach of the YearTony ReschPhiladelphiaExecutive of the Year AwardRuss ClinePhiladelphiaGoaltender of the Year AwardBob WatsonTorontoChampionship Game MVPDallas EliukPhiladelphia Weekly awards Each week, a player is awarded "Player of the Week" honours. Week Player of the Week 1 no award given 2 John Grant Jr. 3 John Tavares 4 Roy Colsey 5 Derek Malawsky 6 Steve Toll 7 Jake Bergey 8 Devin Dalep 9 Pat O'Toole 10 Gee Nash 11 Tracey Kelusky 12 Kim Squire 13 Kevin Finneran 14 Pat O'Toole 15 Matt Shearer 16 Roy Colsey 17 Dallas Eliuk Monthly awards Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie. Month Overall Rookie Jan Derek Malawsky Tracey Kelusky Feb John Tavares Kris Bryde Mar Gary Gait Tracey Kelusky Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancehttp://nllstats.com/allgames?season=2001 2001 Season nllstats.com 16 June 2023Toronto Rock715,749110,240Philadelphia Wings715,174106,215Rochester Knighthawks79,14764,032Ottawa Rebel 78,05856,409Buffalo Bandits 78,04156,289Columbus Landsharks76,55945,912New York Saints 75,91841,426Albany Attack74,25529,782Washington Power73,34123,386League638,471533,691 Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendanceToronto Rock 216,92633,851Philadelphia Wings110,259 10,259 League314,70344,110 See also 2001 in sports References 2 External links 2001 Archive at the Outsider's Guide to the NLL 01 National Lacrosse League