Category: National Lacrosse League 1998

2009 Boston Blazers program from the National Lacrosse League

Boston Blazers (2009-2011)

The National Lacrosse League’s Boston Blazers of 2009-2011 were a brand revival of the league’s earlier New England/Boston Blazers that played from 1989 until 1997 in Worcester and Boston. The team was consistently competitive on the carpet and featured top indoor stars such as Dan Dawson, Casey Powell and Anthony Cosmo. But the Blazers were hapless in the playoffs and the team’s on-field exploiuts were eventually overshadowed in popular culture by the NSFW shenanigans of the team’s mascot, Scorch.

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2000 Pittsburgh CrosseFire pocket schedule from the National Lacrosse League

Pittsburgh CrosseFire

The Pittsburgh CrosseFire were a One-Year Wonder box lacrosse entry that played in the National Lacrosse League during the 2000 season. Despite a talented roster featuring superstar twins Gary Gait and Paul Gait, the team under-performed and missed the playoffs with a 6-6 record. The team was sold to new owners and moved to Washington, D.C. ahead of the 2001 season. This marked the second time that the league departed the Steel City, following the earlier departure of the Pittsburgh Bulls (1990-1993) after four seasons. The former CrosseFire franchise still exists today in the National Lacrosse League and is now known as the Colorado Mammoth.

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Chris Gill on the cover of a 2001 Vancouver Ravens program from the National Lacrosse League

Vancouver Ravens

The Vancouver Ravens were a supremely troubled box lacrosse franchise that played in the National Lacrosse League for three seasons from 2001 through 2004. Despite two promising seasons on the floor and strong crowds during their debut season, the Ravens’ chronic ownership turmoil soon brought the club crashing down.

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New England Black Wolves National Lacrosse League

New England Black Wolves

The New England Black Wolves were a professional box (indoor) lacrosse team that played five seasons and part of a sixth at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Wolves were in first place and enjoying their best season when the COVID-19 crisis cancelled the National Lacrosse League’s 2020 season. The team was sold and moved to Albany, New York during the pandemic shutdown and never returned to play in Connecticut. Read more…

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Montreal Express

Deposited into the Molson Centre during the National Lacrosse League’s Canadian expansion spree of the early 2000s, the Montreal Express were a box-office bust that came and went in just one season. The Express were competitive on the carpet (8-8) during the 2001-02 NLL season, but heavy financial losses led to the team’s closure during the summer of 2002.

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