Sports season
The 2011 National Lacrosse League season , the 25th in the history of the NLL, began January 8, 2011, and ended with the Championship game, won by the Toronto Rock 8-7.
The Orlando Titans announced in July 2010 that they would not participate in the 2011 season, due to financial troubles.[ 1] Some players were granted free agency while others were involved in a dispersal draft.
East Division
West Division
2011 National Lacrosse League Division Team City Arena Capacity East Boston Blazers Boston , Massachusetts TD Garden 17,850 Buffalo Bandits Buffalo , New York HSBC Arena 18,690 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Wachovia Center 19,537 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 Edmonton Rush Edmonton , Alberta Rexall Place 16,839 Minnesota Swarm Saint Paul , Minnesota XCEL Energy Center 18,064 Washington Stealth Everett , Washington Comcast Arena at Everett 8,513
Reference: [ 2]
x : Clinched playoff berth; c : Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y : Clinched division; z : Clinched best regular season record; GP : Games PlayedW : Wins; L : Losses; GB : Games back ; PCT : Win percentage; Home : Record at Home; Road : Record on the Road; GF : Goals scored; GA : Goals allowedDifferential : Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP : Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP : Average number of goals allowed per game
Divisional Semifinal Divisional Final Champion's Cup Final E1 Buffalo 11 E4 Boston 10 E1 Buffalo 11 Eastern Division E2 Toronto 12 E2 Toronto 10 E3 Rochester 8 E2 Toronto 8 W3 Washington 7 W1 Calgary 10 W4 Colorado 6 W1 Calgary 8 Western Division W3 Washington 10 W2 Minnesota 8 W3 Washington 14
Milestones and events [ edit ] July 30, 2010: The league announced that the Orlando Titans would not be participating in the 2011 season.[ 3] John Tavares scores the first goal of the game against the Philadelphia Wings at the Wells Fargo Center in a 16–7 win, marking the first player in league history to reach 700 goals scored. The following week at home against the same team, Tavares would become the first person to tally 1,500 career points. First Team
Second Team
The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie.
Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.
Month Overall Rookie January Bob Watson Curtis Dickson February Garrett Billings Kyle Rubisch March Jeff Shattler Curtis Dickson April Ryan Benesch Cody Jamieson
Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.
Home Team Home Games Average Attendance Total Attendance[ 10] Buffalo Bandits 8 17,095 136,765 Colorado Mammoth 8 15,865 126,927 Calgary Roughnecks 8 10,384 83,074 Boston Blazers 8 8,712 69,696 Philadelphia Wings 8 8,661 69,294 Toronto Rock 8 8,513 68,108 Minnesota Swarm 8 8,287 66,302 Edmonton Rush 8 7,151 57,214 Rochester Knighthawks 8 5,331 42,648 Washington Stealth 8 3,226 25,808 League 80 9,322 745,836
Home Team Home Games Average Attendance Total Attendance[ 11] Toronto Rock 2 12,358 24,716 Buffalo Bandits 2 11,811 23,622 Calgary Roughnecks 2 10,108 20,217 Minnesota Swarm 1 5,878 5,878 League 7 10,633 74,433
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