The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the world’s largest and most successful professional lacrosse league, today announced its schedule of pre-season games, beginning November 5 with Panther City vs. Albany at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre (TRAC) in Oakville, Ontario. Highlighting the preseason slate are two games each among the Halifax Thunderbirds, San Diego Seals and the Las Vegas Desert Dogs at A’nowara’ko:wa Arena in Akwesasne, Ontario, Nov. 11-13, hosted by the Strong Roots Charitable Foundation.
NLL pre-season games continue through November 26, with additional contests at KeyBank Arena in Buffalo, Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, ScotiaBank Saddledome in Calgary and at venues in Brampton, Ontario and Onondaga Nation. Fans can view the entire exhibition slate here.
The preseason previews the largest schedule in NLL history – 135 games – as the 2022-23 regular season gets underway with Face Off Weekend on December 2-3, 2022. The NLL’s 36th year opens with six games, three matchups in Canada and three in the U.S., as part of the 22-week schedule through April 29.
Some quick highlights of the 2022-23 NLL preseason schedule include:
• Seven games will be played at TRAC, including three involving the host Toronto Rock
• Philadelphia and Georgia will meet at Onondaga Nation on Nov. 26
The full NLL regular season schedule is available here.