The 2000 National Lacrosse League season is the 14th season in the NLL that began on January 7, 2000, and concluded with the championship game on May 6, 2000. The Toronto Rock defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 14–13. Kaleb Toth scored the winning goal with less than two seconds left in regulation to give the Rock their second straight championship.
Team movement
One expansion team was added to the NLL for the 2000 season, the Albany Attack. In addition, the Baltimore Thunder left Baltimore and became the Pittsburgh CrosseFire, though the franchise would only last a single season in Pittsburgh before moving to Washington.
Teams 2000 National Lacrosse League Team City Arena Capacity Albany Attack Albany, New York Pepsi Arena 14,236 Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York Marine Midland Arena 18,595 New York Saints Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,297 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First Union Center 19,519 Pittsburgh CrosseFire Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Civic Arena 16,958 Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662 Syracuse Smash Syracuse, New York Oncenter War Memorial Arena 5,800 Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens 15,726
Map of teams
Regular season
All Star Game No All-Star game was held in 2000.
Playoffs
Awards
AwardWinnerTeamMVP AwardJohn TavaresBuffaloRookie of the Year AwardJohn Grant Jr.RochesterChampionship Game MVPDan StroupToronto
Weekly awards Each week, a player is awarded "Player of the Week" honours.
Week Player of the Week 1 Kim Squire 2 Josh Sanderson 3 Kip Fulks 4 Tom Marechek 5 Pat O'Toole 6 Roy Colsey 7 Matt Disher 8 Paul Gait 9 Kaleb Toth 10 Rob Blasdell 11 John Grant Jr. 12 Colin Doyle 13 John Grant, Jr. 14 Mark Millon 15 Mark Shepherd
Monthly awards Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.
Month Overall Rookie Jan Ted Dowling John Grant, Jr. Feb John Tavares Devin Dalep Mar Rob Blasdell John Grant, Jr.
Statistics leaders Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records. StatPlayerTeamNumberGoalsTed DowlingAlbany41 Tom MarechekPhiladelphia41AssistsJohn TavaresBuffalo49PointsGary GaitBaltimore83 John TavaresBuffalo83Loose ballsJim VeltmanToronto167Save pctBob WatsonToronto77.2
Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendancePhiladelphia Wings615,85795,143Toronto Rock613,88183,287Rochester Knighthawks68,91053,458Buffalo Bandits 68,18649,116Albany Attack65,74934,492New York Saints 65,67434,046Pittsburgh CrosseFire 64,91629,495Syracuse Smash62,66015,957League488,229394,994
Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendanceToronto Rock 212,38624,772Buffalo Bandits17,873 7,873 League310,88232,645
See also 2000 in sports
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