2025 NLL season

2025 NLL season
League	National Lacrosse League
Sport	Indoor lacrosse (box lacrosse)
Duration	November 29, 2024 —
Number of games	18
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ESPN [1] [2] [3] (United States) TSN (Canada)
Playoffs
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The 2025 NLL season is the 38th season of play of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The season begins on November 29, 2024, and ends in spring of 2025.

Team movement

On February 21, 2024, the NLL announced that the New York Riptide would relocate to Ottawa, and be renamed the Ottawa Black Bears for competition in the 2025 season. ^[4]

On August 30, 2024, the NLL announced that the Panther City Lacrosse Club would cease operations. The league held a dispersal draft on September 2. ^{[5] [6]}

On April 12, 2024, the Las Vegas Desert Dogs announced they're moving their home arena from Michelob Ultra Arena to Lee's Family Forum. ^[7]

Teams

2025 National Lacrosse League
Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Albany FireWolves	Albany, New York	MVP Arena	14,236
Buffalo Bandits	Buffalo, New York	KeyBank Center	19,070
Calgary Roughnecks	Calgary, Alberta	Scotiabank Saddledome	19,289
Colorado Mammoth	Denver, Colorado	Ball Arena	18,000
Georgia Swarm	Duluth, Georgia	Gas South Arena	10,500
Halifax Thunderbirds	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Scotiabank Centre	10,500
Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Henderson, Nevada	Lee's Family Forum	5,567
Ottawa Black Bears	Ottawa, Ontario	Canadian Tire Centre	18,655
Philadelphia Wings	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center	19,306
Rochester Knighthawks	Rochester, New York	Blue Cross Arena	10,662
San Diego Seals	San Diego, California	Pechanga Arena	12,920
Saskatchewan Rush	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	SaskTel Centre	15,195
Toronto Rock	Mississauga, Ontario	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	5,612
Vancouver Warriors	Vancouver, British Columbia	Rogers Arena	18,910

Map of teams

FireWolves

Bandits

Swarm

Thunderbirds

Black Bears

Wings

Knighthawks

Rock

Rougnecks

Mammoth

Desert Dogs

Rush

Seals

Warriors

NLL Teams

Regular season

Reference: ^[8]

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits	6	6	0	1.000	0.0	4–0	2–0	96	57	+39	16.00	9.50
2	Saskatchewan Rush	8	6	2	.750	1.0	3–1	3–1	96	82	+14	12.00	10.25
3	Calgary Roughnecks	8	5	3	.625	2.0	1–2	4–1	99	101	−2	12.38	12.62
4	Colorado Mammoth	10	6	4	.600	2.0	3–2	3–2	125	114	+11	12.50	11.40
5	Philadelphia Wings	9	5	4	.556	2.5	3–2	2–2	124	120	+4	13.78	13.33
6	Georgia Swarm	9	5	4	.556	2.5	2–3	3–1	105	110	−5	11.67	12.22
7	Ottawa Black Bears	8	4	4	.500	3.0	2–2	2–2	70	77	−7	8.75	9.62
8	Halifax Thunderbirds	8	4	4	.500	3.0	2–2	2–2	104	102	+2	13.00	12.75
9	Vancouver Warriors	9	4	5	.444	3.5	3–1	1–4	92	89	+3	10.22	9.89
10	San Diego Seals	9	4	5	.444	3.5	3–2	1–3	96	100	−4	10.67	11.11
11	Rochester Knighthawks	10	4	6	.400	4.0	1–4	3–2	115	124	−9	11.50	12.40
12	Toronto Rock	9	3	6	.333	4.5	1–3	2–3	86	99	−13	9.56	11.00
13	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	8	2	6	.250	5.0	1–3	1–3	87	115	−28	10.88	14.38
14	Albany FireWolves	9	2	7	.222	5.5	1–3	1–4	105	110	−5	11.67	12.22

x = clinched playoff berth | z = clinched top overall record

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Other Finalists
Most Valuable Player
Goaltender of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Transition Player of the Year
Offensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Sportsmanship Award
GM of the Year
Les Bartley Award
Executive of the Year Award
Teammate of the Year Award
Tom Borrelli Award

Stadiums and locations

Georgia Swarm	Albany FireWolves	Ottawa Black Bears	Philadelphia Wings
Gas South Arena	MVP Arena	Canadian Tire Centre	Wells Fargo Center
Capacity: 11,355	Capacity: 14,236	Capacity: 18,655	Capacity: 19,543

Buffalo Bandits	Halifax Thunderbirds	Rochester Knighthawks	Toronto Rock
KeyBank Center	Scotiabank Centre [9]	Blue Cross Arena	Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Capacity: 19,070	Capacity: 10,595	Capacity: 11,200	Capacity: 5,612

Calgary Roughnecks	Colorado Mammoth	San Diego Seals	Saskatchewan Rush
WestJet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome	Ball Arena	Pechanga Arena	Co-op Field at SaskTel Centre
Capacity: 19,289	Capacity: 18,007	Capacity: 12,920	Capacity: 15,190

Vancouver Warriors	Las Vegas Desert Dogs
Rogers Arena	Lee's Family Forum
Capacity: 18,910	Capacity: 5,567

Regular season

Home Team	Home Games	Average Attendance	Total Attendance [10]
Buffalo Bandits	4	18,083	72,330
Calgary Roughnecks	3	11,595	34,784
Colorado Mammoth	5	9.659	48,293
Halifax Thunderbirds	4	9,609	38,434
Vancouver Warriors	4	9,437	37,747
Philadelphia Wings	5	6,178	30,892
Saskatchewan Rush	4	5,751	23,003
Ottawa Black Bears	4	5,646	22.582
Las Vegas Desert Dogs	5	5,177	20,709
Rochester Knighthawks	5	5,105	25,526
Toronto Rock	4	5,070	20,281
Georgia Swarm	5	4,661	23,307
San Diego Seals [a]	5	4,472	22,361
Albany FireWolves	4	4,377	17,509
League

1. For one game, the Seals reported an attendance total rounded to the even thousand

See also

• 2025 in sports

References

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