National Lacrosse League

2000 NLL Standings

as of June 03, 2000

  Team Name W L Pct GB GF GA
y Toronto Rock 9 3 .750 - - - 162 130
x Buffalo Bandits 8 4 .667 1.0 202 194
x Rochester Knighthawks 8 4 .667 1.0 187 149
x Philadelphia Wings 7 5 .583 2.0 172 165
e Albany Attack 6 6 .500 3.0 169 160
e Pittsburgh Crossefire 6 6 .500 3.0 184 164
e New York Saints 3 9 .250 560 152 194
e Syracuse Smash 1 11 .083 780 135 207

x: Clinched playoff berth

y: Clinched league title

e: eliminated from playoffs

Final Power Rankings for 2000 released.

News from the NLL

Look here for information on games, trades, injuries, and other happenings around the League.

Playoff matchups

After a month of waiting, the first major offseason news came out Friday when Dennis Townsend announced the Crossefire would be sold.

Now that the seasons over, who are the free agents that can be changing teams for next season? Find out here, courtesy of the PLPA.

2000 Championship - Rochester 13 @ Toronto 14 story available.

Rochester 15 @ Buffalo 11 story and box score available.

Philadelphia 10 @ Toronto 14 story and box score available.

Leaderboard up to date end of season.

2000 regular season results by week.

For older news, click here.

Read the Unoffical NLL Newsletter.

The Outsiders Guide is one of the best sources for NLL news and info.

Older Weeks Results

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

History of the NLL

So far, the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League became the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in 1988, which became the National Lacrosse League in 1998. The first year of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League was 1987. The previous champions, up to and including last year's champions the Toronto Rock are:

Year Team Year Team
1987 Baltimore Thunder 1994 Philadelphia Wings
1988 New Jersey Saints 1995 Philadelphia Wings
1989 Philadelphia Wings 1996 Buffalo Bandits
1990 Philadelphia Wings 1997 Rochester Knighthawks
1991 Detroit Turbos 1998 Philadelphia Wings
1992 Buffalo Bandits 1999 Toronto Rock
1993 Buffalo Bandits 2000 Toronto Rock

Clicking on the year will bring you to a summary of that year. The details on some of the earlier years is missing, so email me if you have the information.

Media Coverage

These lead to the sites of newspapers that will sometimes have a story on the local NLL team.

Albany (Times Union)

Buffalo (News)

New York (Newsday)

Philadelphia (Inquirer/Daily News)

Pittsburgh (Post Gazette)

Rochester (Democrat and Chronicle)

Syracuse (Syracuse.com)

Toronto (Star)

Which teams have been the most competitive in the 13 year history of the NLL? Who has lost the most games? What are the most goals ever scored in a season by a team? These answers and more on the All Time Records Page.

Here are the records of all the teams ever to playi n the NLL, year by year, for the regular season and the post season.

Even the most well run leagues sometimes make mistakes (and the MILL/NLL was never anywhere close to being the most well run league), so visit the Graveyard of Teams for a little bit of information on teams that have died (or the one that is still missing in action).

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