PHILADELPHIA, September 29, 2021 – The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse league in the world, today announced its full schedule for 2021-22, beginning with the Face Off Weekend December 3-4. Early highlights of the list include the Vancouver Warriors’ first standalone contest at the San Diego Seals on Friday, December 3rd; a 2019 NLL Finals rematch between the Calgary Roughnecks and Buffalo Bandits in Buffalo on Saturday December 4th; first game in Fort Worth, Texas (December 10th) and the return of the NLL to Hamilton, Ontario (December 4th) and Albany, New York (December 18th).
Each team will play nine home and nine away games during the season. TSN will broadcast a regular season of “Game of the Week” on linear television and broadcast each regular season game on its digital platforms, the TSN app or TSN.ca. Further broadcast networks and schedules will be announced shortly.
In addition to the Warriors Seals lid lifter, the Calgary Buffalo rematch, and the renewal of many classic rivalries, some of the notable competitions that NLL fans will have on their calendars include:
- Saturday, December 4th, Albany FireWolves at Toronto Rock, first game at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Center since the Ontario Raiders in 1998 and first game for the relocated Albany franchise
- Saturday, December 4th, Panther City Lacrosse Club in Philadelphia Wings, opening competition for the Panther City expansion
- Saturday, December 4th, Saskatchewan Rush at the Halifax Thunderbirds, a remake of their 2019-20 classic matchup that ended in overtime with a 16-15 win for the Rush.
- Friday, December 10th, Vancouver Warriors at Panther City Lacrosse Club, first home game in Fort Worth and first NLL game in Texas
- Saturday, December 11th, Calgary Roughnecks at Saskatchewan Rush and Buffalo Bandits at Rochester Knighthawks, in the first of three matchups of the season between these division rivals
- Friday, December 17th, San Diego Seals at Calgary Roughnecks, return leg for 13-year-old Roughneck and former MVP Dane Dobbie with his new team
- Saturday December 18, Rochester Knighthawks at Albany FireWolves, first game in Albany since the Albany attack in 2003 for the relocated FireWolves franchise
- Saturday February 5th and Saturday March 19th Georgia Swarm at Albany FireWolves return to Albany with outstanding results from the University at Albany Miles Thompson and Lyle Thompson
- Saturday, March 26th, New York Riptide at Albany FireWolves, returning from Callum Crawford to his previous franchise, where he led the team for the past two seasons and had a top division .727 win percentage in the 2019-20 season
- Saturday April 2, Buffalo Bandits at the Colorado Mammoth features the number one and two matchup of the ranked goalkeepers (Matt Vinc and Dillon Ward) according to the NLLPA player survey
- In Week 22, the final week of the regular season April 29-30, each team will be taking action in conference matches, with many potential playoff seeding positions at stake
“It’s great to be back playing lacrosse and a lot of work has gone into putting together the competition schedule. We are all excited to welcome the league’s 14th expansion team, Panther City Lacrosse Club, in its inaugural season and all of the new and exciting players who joined the league during the last two Entry Drafts. There are so many fascinating encounters, especially at the start of the season, and we can’t wait to get started, ”said Nick Sakiewicz, NLL Commissioner. “We know fans have been excited to see when their favorite teams will be back in action so we’ve worked extra hard to make sure all of our teams play on the opening weekend and we can’t wait to see NLL fans, cheering on the ‘Face Off’ The weekend starts in a little over two months. “
Fans can see the entire 2021-22 schedule at https://www.nll.com/schedule/full-schedule/.
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About the National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is North America’s premier professional lacrosse league. Founded in 1986, the NLL ranks third in the world in terms of average attendance in professional indoor sports, only behind the NHL and the NBA. The league consists of 15 franchises in the US and Canada: Albany FireWolves, Buffalo Bandits, Calgary Roughnecks, Colorado Mammoth, Georgia Swarm, Halifax Thunderbirds, Las Vegas NLL, New York Riptide, Panther City Lacrosse Club (TX), Philadelphia Wings, Rochester Knighthawks, San Diego Seals, Saskatchewan Rush, Toronto Rock, and Vancouver Warriors.
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