National Lacrosse League Cup

Last updated January 16, 2025

The National Lacrosse League Cup (NLL Cup) is the trophy awarded each year to the champions of the National Lacrosse League. Prior to 2018, the league awarded the Champions Cup.^[1]

Winners
Most Valuable Players
All-time Finals appearances since league inception
All-time league championships
National Lacrosse League Cup Appearances
All-time National Lacrosse League Cup wins
Champion's Cup appearances
All-time Champion's Cup wins
North American Cup era
North American Cup era league champions
See also
References

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Series
1998	Philadelphia Wings	Baltimore Thunder		2–0^[2]
1999	Toronto Rock	Rochester Knighthawks	13–10
2000	Toronto Rock	Rochester Knighthawks	14–13
2001	Philadelphia Wings	Toronto Rock	9–8
2002	Toronto Rock	Albany Attack	13–12
2003	Toronto Rock	Rochester Knighthawks	8–6
2004	Calgary Roughnecks	Buffalo Bandits	14–11
2005	Toronto Rock	Arizona Sting	19–13
2006	Colorado Mammoth	Buffalo Bandits	16–9
2007	Rochester Knighthawks	Arizona Sting	13–11
2008	Buffalo Bandits	Portland LumberJax	14–13
2009	Calgary Roughnecks	New York Titans	12–10
2010	Washington Stealth	Toronto Rock	15–11
2011	Toronto Rock	Washington Stealth	8–7
2012	Rochester Knighthawks	Edmonton Rush	9–6
2013	Rochester Knighthawks	Washington Stealth	11–10
2014	Rochester Knighthawks	Calgary Roughnecks		2–1^[3]
2015	Edmonton Rush	Toronto Rock		2–0^[4]
2016	Saskatchewan Rush	Buffalo Bandits		2–0^[5]
2017	Georgia Swarm	Saskatchewan Rush		2–0^[6]
2018	Saskatchewan Rush	Rochester Knighthawks		2–1^[7]
2019	Calgary Roughnecks	Buffalo Bandits		2–0^[8]
2022	Colorado Mammoth	Buffalo Bandits		2–1^[9]
2023	Buffalo Bandits	Colorado Mammoth		2–1^[10]
2024	Buffalo Bandits	Albany FireWolves		2–0^[11]

Most Valuable Players

Year	Winner	Team	Statistics
1998	Dallas Eliuk	Philadelphia Wings	2 wins
1999	Colin Doyle	Toronto Rock	4 goals, 2 assists
2000	Dan Stroup	Toronto Rock	5 goals
2001	Dallas Eliuk	Philadelphia Wings	40 saves
2002	Colin Doyle	Toronto Rock	3 goals, 1 assist
2003	Bob Watson	Toronto Rock	40 saves
2004	Curtis Palidwor	Calgary Roughnecks	41 saves
2005	Colin Doyle	Toronto Rock	5 goals, 3 assists
2006	Gavin Prout	Colorado Mammoth	4 goals, 3 assists
2007	John Grant, Jr.	Rochester Knighthawks	3 goals, 5 assists
2008	Mark Steenhuis	Buffalo Bandits	5 goals, 1 assist
2009	Josh Sanderson	Calgary Roughnecks	2 goals, 3 assists
2010	Lewis Ratcliff	Washington Stealth	5 goals, 1 assist
2011	Bob Watson	Toronto Rock	46 saves
2012	Cody Jamieson	Rochester Knighthawks	4 goals, 4 assists
2013	Cody Jamieson	Rochester Knighthawks	3 goals, 2 assists
2014	Dan Dawson	Rochester Knighthawks	3 goals, 5 assists
2015	Mark Matthews	Edmonton Rush	5 goals, 3 assists
2016	Aaron Bold	Saskatchewan Rush	9.50 GAA, 82.5% save pct.
2017	Lyle Thompson	Georgia Swarm	3 goals, 4 assists
2018	Jeff Shattler	Saskatchewan Rush	7 goals, 5 assists
2019	Dane Dobbie	Calgary Roughnecks	7 goals, 6 assists
2022	Dillon Ward	Colorado Mammoth	289 playoff saves
2023	Dhane Smith	Buffalo Bandits	9 goals, 14 assists
2024	Josh Byrne	Buffalo Bandits	4 goals, 12 assists

All-time Finals appearances since league inception

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Winning %
Currently active franchises
13	Buffalo Bandits	6	7	.462
9	Toronto Rock	6	3	.667
6	Colorado Mammoth ^[12]	3	3	.500
5	Saskatchewan Rush ^[13]	3	2	.600
4	Vancouver Warriors ^[14]	1	3	.250
4	Calgary Roughnecks	3	1	.750
1	Georgia Swarm	1	0	1.000
1	Albany FireWolves	0	1	.000
Inactive franchises - Knighthawks relocated, not inactive
10	Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)	5	5	.500
9	Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014)	6	3	.667
2	New York Saints ^[15]	1	1	.500
	Arizona Sting	0	2	.000
	Washington Wave	0	2	.000
1	Detroit Turbos	1	0	1.000
	Boston Blazers (1989-1997) ^[16]	0	1	.000
	New York Titans	0	1	.000
	Portland LumberJax	0	1	.000

All-time league championships

League Championships	Team	Winning Seasons
6	Toronto Rock	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
	Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014)	1989,^[17] 1990,^[17] 1994,^[17] 1995,^[17] 1998,^[17] 2001 ^[17]
	Buffalo Bandits	1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2023, 2024
5	Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)	1997,^[18] 2007,^[18] 2012,^[18] 2013,^[18] 2014 ^[18]
3	Saskatchewan Rush	2015,^[19] 2016, 2018
	Calgary Roughnecks	2004, 2009, 2019
	Colorado Mammoth	1987,^[20] 2006, 2022
1	Detroit Turbos	1991
	Georgia Swarm	2017
	New York Saints ^[21]	1988
	Washington Stealth	2010

National Lacrosse League Cup Appearances

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Winning %
4	Buffalo Bandits	2	2	.500
2	Colorado Mammoth	1	1	.500
1	Saskatchewan Rush	1	0	1.000
	Calgary Roughnecks	1	0	1.000
	Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)	0	1	.000
	Albany FireWolves	0	1	.000

All-time National Lacrosse League Cup wins

NLL Cups Won	Team	Winning Seasons
2	Buffalo Bandits	2023, 2024
1
	Saskatchewan Rush	2018
	Calgary Roughnecks	2019
	Colorado Mammoth	2022

Champion's Cup appearances

Awarded from 1998 to 2017

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Winning %
Currently active franchises
9	Toronto Rock	6	3	.667
7	Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)	4	3	.571
4	Saskatchewan Rush ^[22]	2	2	.500
	Vancouver Warriors ^[14]	1	3	.250
	Buffalo Bandits	1	3	.250
	Calgary Roughnecks	3	1	.750
2	Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014)	2	0	1.000
1	Colorado Mammoth	1	0	1.000
1	Georgia Swarm	1	0	1.000
Inactive franchises
2	Arizona Sting	0	2	.000
1	New York Titans	0	1	.000
1	Portland LumberJax	0	1	.000

All-time Champion's Cup wins

Champion's Cups Won	Team	Winning Seasons
6	Toronto Rock	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
4	Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019)	2007,^[23] 2012,^[23] 2013,^[23] 2014 ^[23]
2	Calgary Roughnecks	2004, 2009
	Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014)	1998,^[24] 2001 ^[24]
	Saskatchewan Rush	2015,^[19] 2016
1	Buffalo Bandits	2008
	Colorado Mammoth	2006
	Georgia Swarm	2017
	Washington Stealth	2010

North American Cup era

For the 1987 and 1988 seasons, the league was known as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League; from the 1989 season until the conclusion of the 1997 season, the league was known as the Major Indoor Lacrosse League. In 1998, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League changed to become the National Lacrosse League. During the entire non-NLL name era (1987-1997), a different trophy was awarded to the league champion called the North American Cup.^[25] It was a tall, skinny, silver-colored trophy that somewhat resembled the Stanley Cup.

North American Cup era league champions

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
	Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League
1987	Baltimore Thunder	Washington Wave	11—10
1988	New Jersey Saints	Washington Wave	17—16
	Major Indoor Lacrosse League
1989	Philadelphia Wings	New York Saints	11—10
1990	Philadelphia Wings	New England Blazers	17—7
1991	Detroit Turbos	Baltimore Thunder	14—12
1992	Buffalo Bandits	Philadelphia Wings	11—10 (OT)
1993	Buffalo Bandits	Philadelphia Wings	13—12
1994	Philadelphia Wings	Buffalo Bandits	26—15
1995	Philadelphia Wings	Rochester Knighthawks	15—14 (OT)
1996	Buffalo Bandits	Philadelphia Wings	15—10
1997	Rochester Knighthawks	Buffalo Bandits	15—12

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References

↑ "National Lacrosse League Unveils Its New Championship Trophy". 30 April 2018.
↑ Best-of-three series. Philadelphia won the first and second games 16–12 and 17–12.
↑ Best-of-three series. Rochester won the second and third games 16–10 and 3–2. Calgary won the first game 10–7.
↑ Best-of-three series. Edmonton won the first and second games 15–9 and 11–10.
↑ Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and second games 11–9 and 11–10.
↑ Best-of-three series. Georgia won the first and second games 18–14 and 15–14 (OT).
↑ Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and third games 16–9 and 15–10. Rochester won the second game 13–8.
↑ Best-of-three series. Calgary won the first and second games 10-7 and 13-12 (OT).
↑ Best-of-three series. Colorado won the second and third games 11–8 and 10–8. Buffalo won the second game 15–14.
↑ Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and third games 13–12 and 13–4. Colorado won the second game 16–10.
↑ Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and second games 12–8 and 15–13.
↑ 2 win and 0 losses as the Colorado Mammoth and 1 win and 2 losses as the Baltimore Thunder
↑ 2 wins and 1 losses as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush
1 2 0 wins and 1 loss as the Albany Attack and 1 win and 2 losses as the Washington Stealth
↑ 0 wins and 1 loss as the New York Saints and 1 win and 0 losses as the New Jersey Saints
↑ As the New England Blazers
1 2 3 4 5 6 As the Philadelphia Wings.
1 2 3 4 5 As the Rochester Knighthawks.
1 2 As the Edmonton Rush
↑ As the Baltimore Thunder.
↑ As the New Jersey Saints.
↑ 1 win and 1 loss as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush
1 2 3 4 As the Rochester Knighthawks
1 2 As the Philadelphia Wings
↑ GetBenched (2013-12-31), 1993 MILL Championship Game: Buffalo Bandits vs Philadelphia Wings, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2016-03-13

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[1] "National Lacrosse League Unveils Its New Championship Trophy". 30 April 2018.

[2] Best-of-three series. Philadelphia won the first and second games 16–12 and 17–12.

[3] Best-of-three series. Rochester won the second and third games 16–10 and 3–2. Calgary won the first game 10–7.

[4] Best-of-three series. Edmonton won the first and second games 15–9 and 11–10.

[5] Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and second games 11–9 and 11–10.

[6] Best-of-three series. Georgia won the first and second games 18–14 and 15–14 (OT).

[7] Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and third games 16–9 and 15–10. Rochester won the second game 13–8.

[8] Best-of-three series. Calgary won the first and second games 10-7 and 13-12 (OT).

[9] Best-of-three series. Colorado won the second and third games 11–8 and 10–8. Buffalo won the second game 15–14.

[10] Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and third games 13–12 and 13–4. Colorado won the second game 16–10.

[11] Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and second games 12–8 and 15–13.

[12] 2 win and 0 losses as the Colorado Mammoth and 1 win and 2 losses as the Baltimore Thunder

[rush_alltime-13] 2 wins and 1 losses as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush

[warriors-14] 1 2 0 wins and 1 loss as the Albany Attack and 1 win and 2 losses as the Washington Stealth

[15] 0 wins and 1 loss as the New York Saints and 1 win and 0 losses as the New Jersey Saints

[16] As the New England Blazers

[Philadelphia_Wings_2014-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 As the Philadelphia Wings.

[Rochester_Knighthawks_2019-18] 1 2 3 4 5 As the Rochester Knighthawks.

[edmcups-19] 1 2 As the Edmonton Rush

[20] As the Baltimore Thunder.

[21] As the New Jersey Saints.

[rush-22] 1 win and 1 loss as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush

[roccups-23] 1 2 3 4 As the Rochester Knighthawks

[phicups-24] 1 2 As the Philadelphia Wings

[25] GetBenched (2013-12-31), 1993 MILL Championship Game: Buffalo Bandits vs Philadelphia Wings, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2016-03-13

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