Pat Gregoire and Jon Abbott, credit James Bennett www.jbphotos.ca The 2024 National Lacrosse League (@NLL) Playoffs will take center stage again this weekend with both best-of-three semifinal matchups on linear television in Canada and the U.S. TSN features complete coverage of the top-seeded Toronto Rock (16-3) and defending champion and ...
Read More »National Lacrosse League Playoffs Begin Saturday; Schedule to Feature Broadcasts on TSN and ESPNU
Callum Crawford (photo: Jake Whiting) The National Lacrosse League’s (@NLL) new unified standings aimed to make every game count, and it took until its 135th and final regular season game to set the 2024 NLL Playoffs bracket and schedule. With Rochester defeating Philadelphia, 12-3, the postseason field of eight is ...
Read More »NLL Playoff Slots Come Down To Final Games as ‘The March to May’ Concludes This Weekend
Lyle Thompson When the National Lacrosse League switched to its new unified standings and playoff format, the League’s hope was to have multiple teams battle for the final postseason berths the last weekend of the regular season. Mission accomplished. With one week to go in what has been a thrilling ...
Read More »2024 National Lacrosse League Playoffs Open April 25-28 with Single-Elimination Quarterfinals
Josh Byrne (NLL) The National Lacrosse League (NLL) today announced its 2024 NLL Playoffs schedule that will start as early as April 25th. Postseason positioning continues as the NLL’s “The March to May” playoff push continues this weekend with nearly every team still in contention for a playoff berth and ...
Read More »Tight National Lacrosse League Playoff Race Heightens ‘The NLL March to May’ in Season’s Final Weeks
Buffalo Bandits 2023 NLL Champions With its regular season bounding past the midway mark, the National Lacrosse League (NLL), North America’s largest professional lacrosse league, and its teams prepare for “The NLL March to May,” the annual push towards the eight-team NLL Playoffs under the League’s new unified, single-table format. ...
Read More »NLL Adopts Unified Standings Format and Updated Playoff Structure for the 2023-24 Season
Mammoth vs Bandits NLL Finals 2023 The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world, today announced several new structural formats, most prominently a single-table, “Unified Standings,” in which teams are ranked regardless of geography, debuting with the 2023-24 season. It is the ...
Read More »National Lacrosse League Playoffs Begin Friday, May 5; Schedule Features Two Games on TSN and ESPNU
Credit: NLL/Buffalo Bandits The National Lacrosse League (@NLL) closed out its record-setting 2022-23 regular season in dramatic fashion yesterday, as the Halifax Thunderbirds defeated the Georgia Swarm, 17-11, to claim the final spot in the 2023 NLL Playoffs. The Buffalo Bandits (14-4) and San Diego Seals (14-4) repeated as the ...
Read More »NLL Begins ‘The March to May’ as Teams Vie for Eight Playoff Spots in Season’s Final Weeks
Lyle Thompson (Credit: Philadelphia Wings) With its teams battling for playoff berths and seeds in the remaining weeks of the regular season, “The March to May” is on in the National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the world’s largest and most successful professional lacrosse league. Every matchup down the stretch will influence ...
Read More »National Lacrosse League Announces Playoff Format and Playoff Schedule For 2022-23 Season
NLL Buffalo Bandits vs Toronto Rock The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the world’s largest and most successful professional lacrosse league, today announced its eight-team playoff format for the 2022-23 season. The format will again feature the top four teams from the East Conference and top three from the West Conference, ...
Read More »ESPN, TSN To Broadcast as NLL Releases Playoff Schedule, Pairings Beginning Friday
NLL Playoffs The National Lacrosse League (@NLL) regular season is complete, with Saturday’s results completing the expanded playoff format as eight teams have advanced to the NLL “Chase for the Championship,” beginning on Friday, May 6. Buffalo (14-4) and San Diego (10-8) are the East and West Conference regular season ...
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