The 2017 National Lacrosse League season, the 31st in the history of the NLL began on December 29, 2016, and ended with the Champion's Cup Finals series on June 10, 2017, as the Georgia Swarm defeated the Saskatchewan Rush to win their franchise's first Champions Cup.
Teams 2017 National Lacrosse League Division Team City Arena Capacity East Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York KeyBank Center 19,070 Georgia Swarm Duluth, Georgia Infinite Energy Arena 10,500 New England Black Wolves Uncasville, Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena 7,074 Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662 Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre 18,800 West Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, Alberta Scotiabank Saddledome 19,289 Colorado Mammoth Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center 18,007 Saskatchewan Rush Saskatoon, Saskatchewan SaskTel Centre 15,195 Vancouver Stealth Langley, British Columbia Langley Events Centre 5,276
Map of teams
Regular Season Standings
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; LB = Loose Balls
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM LBLyle Thompson Georgia Swarm 1845711168126 Mark Matthews Saskatchewan Rush 1840731132561Corey Small Vancouver Stealth 184665111234Curtis Dickson Calgary Roughnecks 1854531071879Shawn Evans New England Black Wolves 1738651035090Callum Crawford Colorado Mammoth 18366298874Rhys Duch Vancouver Stealth 17385694770Tom Schreiber Toronto Rock 18336194083Dane Dobbie Calgary Roughnecks 18395089651Kevin Crowley New England Black Wolves 184540851180
Leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: GA = Goals Allowed; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player Team GP Mins W L GA SV% GAA Nick Rose Toronto Rock 181019 8 8 1840.77410.82 Dillon Ward Colorado Mammoth 18909 9 6 1650.79210.89 Aaron Bold Saskatchewan Rush 17935 11 4 1750.76311.22 Tye Belanger Vancouver Warriors 18818 7 7 1540.79411.28 Matt Vinc Rochester Knighthawks 18902 6 9 1710.79611.37
Playoffs
*Overtime
Division Semifinals
Eastern Division
(E2) Toronto Rock vs. (E3) New England Black Wolves
Western Division
(E2) Vancouver Stealth vs. (E3) Colorado Mammoth
Division Finals (best of three)
Eastern Division
(E1) Georgia Swarm vs. (E2) Toronto Rock
Swarm wins series 2–0.
Western Division
(W1) Saskatchewan Rush vs. (W3) Colorado Mammoth
Rush wins series 2–0.
NLL Finals (best of three)
(E1) Georgia Swarm vs. (W1) Saskatchewan Rush
Swarm wins series 2–0.
Awards Annual awards
AwardWinnerOther Finalists Most Valuable Player Lyle Thompson, Georgia Corey Small, VancouverMark Matthews, Saskatchewan Goaltender of the Year Dillon Ward, Colorado Mike Poulin, Georgia Nick Rose, Toronto Defensive Player of the Year Jason Noble, Georgia Graeme Hossack, Rochester Steve Priolo, Buffalo Transition Player of the Year Brodie Merrill, Toronto Jay Thorimbert, New EnglandJordan MacIntosh, Georgia Rookie of the Year Tom Schreiber, Toronto Kyle Jackson, RochesterLatrell Harris, Toronto Sportsmanship Award Jordan Hall, Georgia Kyle Buchanan, New EnglandDan MacRae, Calgary GM of the Year John Arlotta, Georgia Jamie Dawick, TorontoDerek Keenan, Saskatchewan Les Bartley Award Ed Comeau, Georgia Derek Keenan, SaskatchewanJamie Batley, Vancouver Executive of the Year Award Amber Cox, New England Andy Arlotta, GeorgiaJohn Catalano, Rochester Teammate of the Year Award Mike Poulin, Georgia Kyle Buchanan, New EnglandJoel McCready, Vancouver Tom Borrelli Award Jake Elliott Budd Bailey Neil Stevens
All-pro teams Reference First Team Lyle Thompson, Georgia Swarm Mark Matthews, Saskatchewan Rush Corey Small, Vancouver Stealth Jason Noble, Georgia Swarm Brodie Merrill, Toronto Rock Dillon Ward, Colorado Mammoth
Second Team Curtis Dickson, Calgary Roughnecks Kevin Crowley, New England Black Wolves Shayne Jackson, Georgia Swarm Graeme Hossack, Rochester Knighthawks Jay Thorimbert, New England Black Wolves Mike Poulin, Georgia Swarm
All-Rookie Team Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock Kyle Jackson, Rochester Knighthawks Josh Currier, Rochester Knighthawks Latrell Harris, Toronto Rock Mike Messenger, Saskatchewan Rush Joel Coyle, New England Black Wolves
Stadiums and locations
Buffalo Bandits Georgia Swarm New England Black Wolves Rochester Knighthawks Toronto Rock KeyBank Center Infinite Energy Arena Mohegan Sun Arena Blue Cross Arena Air Canada Centre Capacity: 19,070 Capacity: 11,355 Capacity: 7,700 Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 18,819
Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Saskatchewan Rush Vancouver Stealth Scotiabank Saddledome Pepsi Center SaskTel Centre Langley Events Centre Capacity: 19,289 Capacity: 18,007 Capacity: 15,190 Capacity: 5,276
Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendanceBuffalo Bandits 915,148136,340Saskatchewan Rush914,921134,289Colorado Mammoth 914,458130,128Calgary Roughnecks 9 11,622104,599Toronto Rock99,62386,613Rochester Knighthawks96,75560,798New England Black Wolves95,40248,626Georgia Swarm93,95035,558Vancouver Stealth 93,20628,860League819,454765,811
Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendanceSaskatchewan Rush 214,15828,316Colorado Mammoth111,01211,012Georgia Swarm27,01214,024Toronto Rock26,79413,589Vancouver Stealth14,0114,011League88,86970,952
See also 2017 in sports
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