2017 NLL season

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2017 NLL season
League National Lacrosse League
Sport Indoor lacrosse
DurationDecember 29, 2016 – June 10, 2017
Number of games18
Number of teams9
Draft
Top draft pick Josh Byrne
Picked by Buffalo Bandits
Regular Season
Top seed Georgia Swarm
Season MVP Lyle Thompson (Georgia Swarm)
Top scorerLyle Thompson (Georgia Swarm)
Playoffs
Finals champions Georgia Swarm (1st title)
  Runners-up Saskatchewan Rush
Finals MVP Lyle Thompson (Swarm)
NLL seasons

The 2017 National Lacrosse League season, the 31st in the history of the NLL began on December 29, 2016, [1] and ended with the Champion's Cup Finals series on June 10, 2017, as the Georgia Swarm defeated the Saskatchewan Rush to win their franchise's first Champions Cup.

Contents

Teams

Blue pog.svg East Division Red pog.svg West Division
2017 National Lacrosse League
DivisionTeamCityArenaCapacity
East Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York KeyBank 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

Regular Season Standings

Reference: [2]

East Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Georgia Swarm –xyz18135.7220.07–26–3266213+5314.7811.83
2 Toronto Rock –x1899.5004.04–55–4219200+1912.1711.11
3 New England Black Wolves –x18810.4445.05–43–6220244−2412.2213.56
4 Rochester Knighthawks 18711.3896.04–53–6175209−349.7211.61
5 Buffalo Bandits 18612.3337.03–63–6226251−2512.5613.94
West Division
PTeamGPWLPCTGBHomeRoadGFGADiffGF/GPGA/GP

1 Saskatchewan Rush –xy18126.6670.08–14–5231212+1912.8311.78
2 Vancouver Stealth –x1899.5003.04–55–4218221−312.1112.28
3 Colorado Mammoth –x1899.5003.05–44–5202199+311.2211.06
4 Calgary Roughnecks 18810.4444.05–43–6212220−811.7812.22

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB:  Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; LB = Loose Balls

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIMLB
Lyle Thompson Georgia Swarm 1845711168126
Mark Matthews Saskatchewan Rush 1840731132561
Corey Small Vancouver Stealth 184665111234
Curtis Dickson Calgary Roughnecks 1854531071879
Shawn Evans New England Black Wolves 1738651035090
Callum Crawford Colorado Mammoth 18366298874
Rhys Duch Vancouver Stealth 17385694770
Tom Schreiber Toronto Rock 18336194083
Dane Dobbie Calgary Roughnecks 18395089651
Kevin Crowley New England Black Wolves 184540851180

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: GA = Goals Allowed; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals against average

PlayerTeamGPMinsWLGASV%GAA
Mike Poulin Georgia Swarm 189221241810.78111.77
Aaron Bold Saskatchewan Rush 179351141750.76311.22
Dillon Ward Colorado Mammoth 18909961650.79210.89
Nick Rose Toronto Rock 181019881840.77410.82
Frankie Scigliano Calgary Roughnecks 17844861690.77212.00

Playoffs

Division semifinals Division finals (3-game series) Finals (3-game series)
         
E1 Georgia2
East Division
E2 Toronto 0
E2 Toronto18
E3 New England 10
E1 Georgia2
W1 Saskatchewan 0
W1 Saskatchewan2
West Division
W3 Colorado 0
W2 Vancouver 12
W3 Colorado13

*Overtime

Division Semifinals

Eastern Division

(E2) Toronto Rock vs. (E3) New England Black Wolves

May 6, 2017 Toronto Rock 18–10
(5–6, 4–0, 3–1, 6–3)		 New England Black Wolves Air Canada Centre
Attendance: 6,260
Game reference
Nick Rose
Brandon Miller 		Goalies Evan Kirk
Doug Jamieson
Beirnes (Hickey, Reinholdt) – 02:271–0
Edwards (Rose) – 05:392–0
2–107:29 – O'Connor (Suddons, Thorimbert)
2–207:56 – Crowley (Buchanan)
Schreiber (McArdle) – 08:203–2
3–308:49 – Buchanan (O'Connor, Culp)
3–409:27 – Bucktooth (Muir)
Schreiber (McArdle, Leblanc) – 11:274–4
4–512:41 – Crowley (Buchanan, Bucktooth)
Edwards (Merrill) – 14:105–5
5–614:28 – Culp (Buchanan, Coyle)
Hickey (Schreiber, Leblanc) (PP) – 19:146–6
Merrill – 19:227–6
Gamble – 24:138–6
Hickey (Kri) (PP) – 27:379–6
Schreiber (Beirnes, Magnuson) – 32:2310–6
10–736:11 – Evans (Culp, O'Connor)
Linter (Schreiber, McArdle) – 36:4311–7
Reinholdt (Leblanc, Hickey) – 37:1612–7
Leblanc (Hickey, Reinholdt) – 47:1513–7
Schreiber (Reinholdt, Hickey) – 51:2414–7
14–852:22 – Evans (Crowley, Bucktooth)
Leblanc (Hickey, Linter) – 52:5815–8
15–953:04 – Thorimbert
Merrill (Kri) (ENG) – 53:2916–9
Gilbert (Gamble) – 54:2517–9
Beirnes (Schreiber, Hickey) (PP) – 56:5418–9
18–1059:53 – Burns (Manney, Jamieson)
11 minPenalties13 min
60Shots46

Western Division

(E2) Vancouver Stealth vs. (E3) Colorado Mammoth

May 6, 2017 Vancouver Stealth 12–13
(1–3, 5–4, 2–3, 4–3)		 Colorado Mammoth Langley Events Centre
Attendance: 4,011
Game reference
Tye Belanger Goalies Dillon Ward
0–103:06 – Greer (Noble, Crawford)
0–206:22 – Wardle (Adams, Keogh)
0–308:50 – McLaughlin (Greer)
Small (Schuss) – 10:031–3
Small (Schuss, Durtson) – 16:342–3
2–420:40 – Cupido
2–522:12 – Crawford (Noble, Keogh)
2–624:51 – Gilles (Ward)
Schuss (Duch) (PP) – 26:043–6
Durtson (Conway, Schuss) (PP) – 27:014–6
Schuss (Harnett, Beers) – 27:445–6
Schuss (Duch, Smith) – 28:566–6
6–729:59 – Cupido (Ward)
Salt (Durtson) – 31:517–7
7–833:15 – Crawford (Self, Greer)
McCready (Messenger, Schuss) – 34:178–8
8–938:40 – McLaughlin (Keogh)
8–1041:38 – Self (Ward)
Small (Schuss, Conway) – 46:159–10
9–1147:27 – Gillies (Gajic)
9–1252:52 – Greer (Keogh, Self)
9–1353:09 – Crawford (Wardle, Greer)
Small (Salt, Belanger) – 55:2410–13
Small (Beers) – 57:2511–13
Small (Schuss, McCready) – 58:4912–13
0 minPenalties4 min
52Shots45

Division Finals (best of three)

Eastern Division

(E1) Georgia Swarm vs. (E2) Toronto Rock

May 13, 2017 Toronto Rock 8–11
(1–0, 3–2, 1–4, 3–5)		 Georgia Swarm Air Canada Centre
Attendance: 7,329
Game reference
Brandon Miller Goalies Mike Poulin
Litner ( Leblanc, Reinholdt) – 03:451–0
Edwards (Gamble, Kri) – 15:142–0
Leblanc (McArdle, Chapman) – 18:473–0
3–121:02 – Jackson (L. Thompson, White)
Hickey (Reinholdt, Leblanc) – 21:344–1
4–224:04 – Hall (Sellars, Tutton)
4–334:37 – White
4–437:28 – Tutton (Hall, White)
4–539:28 – Hall (Jackson, Staats)
4–640:28 – Jackson (Matisz, L. Thompson)
Beirnes (Reinholdt) (PP) – 44:095–6
5–747:16 – Staats (White)
Lintner (Gamble, Harris) – 48:366–7
6–852:09 – M. Thompson (Staats, O'Connor)
6–955:54 – Hall (Jackson, L. Thompson)
6–1056:33 – White (ENG)
Schreiber (Leblanc, Rogers) – 56:437–10
Beirnes (Leblanc, Schreiber) – 58:298–10
8–1159:08 – MacIntosh (ENG)
12 minPenalties4 min
47Shots56
May 20, 2017 Georgia Swarm 13–9
(5–4, 4–2, 1–1, 3–2)		 Toronto Rock Infinite Energy Arena
Attendance: 7,992
Game reference
Mike Poulin Goalies Brandon Miller
Nick Rose
Staats (Ranagan, O'Connor) – 00:141–0
M. Thompson (Matisz, L. Thompson) – 01:152–0
Matisz (Jackson, Powless) – 02:563–0
3–105:07 – Reinholdt (Hickey, Schreiber)
3–206:03 – Merrill (Edwards)
L. Thompson (Hall) (SH) – 09:184–2
Cole (Staats) – 10:105–2
5–312:34 – Leblanc (McArdle)
5–412:56 – Reinholdt (Schreiber, Merrill)
Staats (Jackson) – 20:256–4
Hall (Staats, M. Thompson) – 21:087–4
7–524:51 – Beirnes (Leblanc, Hickey)
Jackson (Staats, Hall) – 26:128–5
8–626:56 – McArdle (Leblanc, Merrill)
Jackson (Staats, L. Thompson) – 28:309–6
9–730:23 – Reinholdt (Leblanc, Lintner)
L. Thompson – 42:5610–7
10–849:39 – Reinholdt (Schreiber, Beirnes)
Jackson (L. Thompson) (PP) – 50:2611–8
Powless (Staats, L. Thompson) – 55:1112–8
12–958:41 – Rogers
Hall (MacIntosh) (ENG) – 58:4913–9
2 minPenalties5 min
49Shots51

Swarm wins series 2–0.

Western Division

(W1) Saskatchewan Rush vs. (W3) Colorado Mammoth

May 13, 2017 Colorado Mammoth 9–18
(2–2, 3–3, 3–4, 1–9)		 Saskatchewan Rush Pepsi Center
Attendance: 11,012
Game reference
Dillon Ward
Alex Buque 		Goalies Aaron Bold
McLaughlin (Keogh, Crawford) – 01:411–0
Noble (Hope, Ward) (SH) – 03:542–0
2–107:07 – McIntosh (Jones, Church)
2–212:59 – Keenan (McIntosh, Dilks)
2–316:30 – McIntosh (Matthews, Church)
Noble (McLaughlin) (SH) – 18:153–3
Noble (Greer) (PP) – 24:104–3
4–424:55 – Reinholdt
4–526:31 – Church (Matthews) (PP)
Ruest (Keogh, Coates) – 28:545–5
Wardle (Crawford, Ruest) – 30:256–5
6–634:40 – Jones (Keenan, Matthews)
6–735:51 – Church (Keenan, McIntosh)
6–836:18 – McIntosh (Jones, Knight)
6–939:37 – Jones (Church, Matthews) (PP)
McLaughlin (Crawford, Noble) (PP) – 40:077–9
Noble (Crawford, Greer) – 44:378–9
8–1045:26 – Matthews (Church, Dinsdale)
8–1147:07 – Matthews (Reinholdt)
8–1250:14 – McIntosh (Church, Jones) (PP)
8–1351:04 – Jones (Matthews, Church) (PP)
8–1451:32 – Jones (Knight, Mydske)
8–1553:58 – Messenger (Bold)
8–1654:29 – Jones (McIntosh, Knight)
Greer (PS) – 55:279–16
9–1756:47 – Jones (Matthews, Cornwall)
9–1857:51 – Knight (Matthews)
19 minPenalties6 min
40Shots57
May 20, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush 11–10
(2–3, 2–1, 5–4, 2–2)		 Colorado Mammoth SaskTel Centre
Attendance: 14,052
Game reference
Aaron Bold Goalies Dillon Ward
0–108:15 – Downing (Stuart)
Matthews (Church, Messenger) – 10:271–1
Cornwall (Keenan, Knight) – 11:582–1
2–212:27 – McLaughlin (Greer, Wardle)
2–314:32 – Greer (Crawford)
2–422:47 – Noble (Crawford, Wardle)
McIntosh (Church, Jones) (PP) – 22:473–4
Church (Matthews) – 26:434–4
McIntosh (Matthews, Church) (PP) – 32:355–4
5–532:57 – McLaughlin (Noble, Crawford)
Dinsdale (Matthews, Jones) – 33:296–5
Jones (Reinholdt) – 34:427–5
7–637:02 – Greer (Keogh, Ruest)
7–738:45 – McLaughlin (Crawford, Greer) (PP)
7–841:31 – Cupido (Ward)
Matthews (Keenan, Dinsdale) – 42:008–8
Church (McIntosh, Knight) – 44:549–8
Keenan (Matthews) – 45:4510–8
Messenger – 46:2611–8
11–953:28 – Ruest (Self)
11–1055:26 – Noble (McLaughlin, Wardle)
7 minPenalties6 min
48Shots42

Rush wins series 2–0.

NLL Finals (best of three)

(E1) Georgia Swarm vs. (W1) Saskatchewan Rush

June 4, 2017 Georgia Swarm 18–14
(3–4, 4–5, 4–2, 7–3)		 Saskatchewan Rush Infinite Energy Arena
Attendance: 7,642
Game reference
Mike Poulin Goalies Aaron Bold
Tyler Carlson
Staats (Matisz, Hall) – 02:161–0
Matisz (L. Thompson, Powless) – 02:432–0
2–104:54 – Thompson (Bold)
2–207:14 – Knight (Matthews, Dinsdale)
Hall (Jackson) – 08:223–2
3–312:44 – Matthews (Church) (PP)
3–414:50 – Matthews (Church) (PP)
3–516:38 – Jones (Corbeil, McIntosh) (SH)
L. Thompson – 18:094–5
4–619:23 – Keenan (Messenger)
4–719:52 – Thompson (Sorichetti, Rubisch)
Hall (Jackson, Powless) – 21:165–7
Powless (Jackson, L. Thompson) – 23:446–7
Powless (M. Thompson, Staats) – 24:497–7
7–827:15 – Church (Knight, Keenan)
7–929:57 – Knight (Matthews, Church)
7–1031:00 – Church (Matthews)
7–1137:18 – Jones (Matthews, McIntosh) (PP)
Hall (Sellars, Noble) – 38:598–11
Matisz (Staats, Powless) – 40:279–11
Jackson (Hall, Sellars) – 43:3110–11
Jackson (Hall, L. Thompson) – 44:4611–11
Hall (L. Thompson, MacIntosh) – 45:1712–11
Staats (White) – 47:5913–11
M. Thompson (Staats, White) – 48:3814–11
14–1250:14 – Jones (Church)
14–1351:06 – Matthews (Church) (PP)
M. Thompson (White) – 52:5015–13
Matisz (Jackson) – 53:2016–13
Hall (Matisz, M. Thompson) – 56:2717–13
Cole (Sellars) (ENG) – 59:0318–13
18–1459:10 – Thompson
34 minPenalties4 min
54Shots50
June 10, 2017 Saskatchewan Rush 14–15 OT
(3–5, 3–2, 2–3, 6–4, 0–1)		 Georgia Swarm SaskTel Centre
Attendance: 14,264
Game reference
Aaron Bold
Tyler Carlson 		Goalies Mike Poulin
0–100:58 – Staats (M. Thompson)
0–201:13 – Powless (O'Connor)
0–302:43 – Staats (Jackson, Matisz)
Jones (Matthews, Church) (PP) – 04:131–3
Church (Knight, Matthews) – 10:352–3
2–411:26 – L. Thompson (Jackson, Staats)
McIntosh (Matthews, Dinsdale) – 12:123–4
3–514:34 – L. Thompson (Jackson, Powless) (PP)
Keenan (Hossack) – 20:514–5
Jones (LaFontaine) – 23:235–5
5–622:48 – Staats (Powless, Jackson)
5–726:29 – Staats (Powless, Jackson) (PP)
McIntosh (Knight, Jones) – 26:416–7
Keenan (Cornwall) – 31:087–7
7–832:18 – M. Thompson (L. Thompson, Poulin)
Church (Keenan, Knight) – 33:048–8
8–942:18 – Powless (Matisz)
8–1043:24 – Hall (L. Thompson, Matisz)
Church (Matthews) – 45:309–10
Hossack (Bold) – 47:2910–10
McIntosh (Keenan) – 48:1211–10
Church (Corbeil, Thompson) – 48:3612–10
12–1153:17 – Hall (Staats)
12–1254:27 – L. Thompson (Matisz, Jackson)
12–1357:16 – Jackson (Matisz, Staats)
Thompson (Bold) – 58:2613–13
Jones (Matthews, Keenan) – 58:4814–13
14–1459:48 – White (L. Thompson) (ENG)
14–1561:17 – M. Thompson (L. Thompson)
4 minPenalties4 min
62Shots53

Swarm wins series 2–0.

Awards

Annual awards

AwardWinnerOther Finalists
Most Valuable Player Lyle Thompson, Georgia Corey Small, Vancouver
Mark Matthews, Saskatchewan
Goaltender of the Year Dillon Ward, Colorado [3] Mike Poulin, Georgia
Nick Rose, Toronto
Defensive Player of the Year Jason Noble, Georgia [4] Graeme Hossack, Rochester
Steve Priolo, Buffalo
Transition Player of the Year Brodie Merrill, Toronto [5] Jay Thorimbert, New England
Jordan MacIntosh, Georgia
Rookie of the Year Tom Schreiber, Toronto [6] Kyle Jackson, Rochester
Latrell Harris, Toronto
Sportsmanship Award Jordan Hall, Georgia [6] Kyle Buchanan, New England
Dan MacRae, Calgary
GM of the Year John Arlotta, GeorgiaJamie Dawick, Toronto
Derek Keenan, Saskatchewan
Les Bartley Award Ed Comeau, GeorgiaDerek Keenan, Saskatchewan
Jamie Batley, Vancouver
Executive of the Year Award Amber Cox, New EnglandAndy Arlotta, Georgia
John Catalano, Rochester
Teammate of the Year Award Mike Poulin, Georgia [7] Kyle Buchanan, New England
Joel McCready, Vancouver
Tom Borrelli Award Jake ElliottBudd Bailey
Neil Stevens

All-pro teams

Reference [8]

First Team

Second Team

All-Rookie Team

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: 19,070Capacity: 11,355Capacity: 7,700Capacity: 11,200Capacity: 18,819
HSBC Arena Lacrosse.jpg ArenaatGwinnettCenterSat.png Mohegan Sun Arena.jpg Rochester Blue Cross Arena - NW Exterior.jpg Air Canada Centre and CN Tower from Bay St.jpg
Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Stealth
Scotiabank Saddledome Pepsi Center SaskTel Centre Langley Events Centre
Capacity: 19,289 Capacity: 18,007Capacity: 15,190Capacity: 5,276
Pengrowth Saddledome lacrosse.jpg Denver Pepsi Center 1.jpg Sasktel Centre.jpg LangleyEventsCentreExterior.jpg

Attendance

Regular Season

Home TeamHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendance [9]
Buffalo Bandits915,148136,340
Saskatchewan Rush914,921134,289
Colorado Mammoth914,458130,128
Calgary Roughnecks911,622104,599
Toronto Rock99,62386,613
Rochester Knighthawks96,75560,798
New England Black Wolves95,40248,626
Georgia Swarm93,95035,558
Vancouver Stealth93,20628,860
League819,454765,811

Playoffs

Home TeamHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendance [10]
Saskatchewan Rush214,15828,316
Colorado Mammoth111,01211,012
Georgia Swarm27,01214,024
Toronto Rock26,79413,589
Vancouver Stealth14,0114,011
League88,86970,952

See also

References

  1. ↑ "League announces 2017 NLL regular season schedule". NLL.com. September 20, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "NLL Standings". NLL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "2017 Goaltender of the Year". NLL.com. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "2017 Defensive Player of the Year". NLL.com. June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ "2017 Transition Player of the Year". NLL.com. June 24, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "2017 Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ "2017 Teammate of the Year". NLL.com. June 26, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ "NLL announces 2017 All-Pro & Rookie Teams". NLL.com. July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  9. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  10. ↑ "National Lacrosse League - attendance | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
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