Category: National Lacrosse League 1974

Quebec Caribous National Lacrosse League 1975

Quebec Caribous

June 28, 2013

The Quebec Caribous – or “Les Caribous” – were a pro box lacrosse team that existed for one season at Le Colisee during the summer of 1975. The National Lacrosse League franchise originated in Syracuse, New York during the league’s inaugural season in 1974 and relocated to Quebec City prior to the 1975 campaign. The Caribous won the final 1975 NLL championship, besting the Montreal Quebecois in six games, but were unable to defend their title after the NLL ceased operations following the season.

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1975 Boston Bolts program from the National Lacrosse League

Boston Bolts (1975)

February 1, 2013

The Boston Bolts lacrosse team played box (indoor) lacrosse for one steamy season at the non-air conditioned Boston Garden in the summer of 1975. The Bolts were members of the short-lived National Lacrosse League (1974-1975). The franchise started out as the Toronto Tomahawks in 1974. The club fared poorly at Maple Leaf Gardens and relocated to Boston prior to the NLL’s second and final season.

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Syracuse Stingers National Lacrosse League

Syracuse Stingers

June 2, 2012

The National Lacrosse League of 1974-1975 was the first serious effort to establish the sport of box (indoor) lacrosse as a major arena sport in North America. Six teams played the 1974 inaugural season, primarily in major hockey palaces like the Philadelphia Spectrum, the Montreal Forum, and Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens in the Northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada. The two exceptions were in upstate New York, where the Syracuse Stingers and the Rochester Griffins set up shop in the downtown War Memorial arenas that had long hosted minor league hockey in those small industrial cities.

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