The 2011
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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season, the 25th in the history of the NLL, began on January 8, 2011, and ended with the Championship game, which was won by the
Toronto Rock
The Toronto Rock are a Canadian professional box lacrosse team based in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team was the first Canadian franchise in the NLL. The Rock play their home ga ...
8-7.
Team movement
The
Orlando Titans announced in July 2010 that they would not participate in the 2011 season, due to financial troubles.
Some players were granted free agency while others were involved in a dispersal draft.
Teams
Final standings
Playoffs
Milestones and events
Pre-season
* July 30, 2010: The league announced that the
Orlando Titans would not be participating in the 2011 season.
Regular season
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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.
Awards
Annual
All-Pro teams
First Team
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Jeff Shattler
Jeff Shattler (born December 26, 1984) is an Iroquois#People, Iroquois professional box lacrosse player who currently plays with the Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). He has Ojibwe and Inuit roots and has competed internati ...
, Calgary
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Pat McCready, Rochester
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Matt Vinc
Matt Vinc ( ; born June 9, 1982, in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian professional box lacrosse goaltender who plays for the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League and for the Peterborough Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse.
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, Rochester
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Ryan Benesch, Minnesota
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Rhys Duch, Washington
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Dan Dawson
Dan Dawson (born December 11, 1981) is a Canadian former professional box lacrosse player formally playing for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League, Brampton Excelsiors (MSL) of Major Series Lacrosse, and is currently a free agent ...
, Boston
Second Team
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Lewis Ratcliff, Washington
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John Tavares, Buffalo
* Stephan Leblanc, Toronto
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Brodie Merrill, Edmonton
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Mike Carnegie, Calgary
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Anthony Cosmo, Boston
All-Rookie team
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Curtis Dickson, Calgary
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Cody Jamieson, Rochester
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Kyle Rubisch, Boston
* Aaron Pascas, Toronto
* Andrew Suitor, Minnesota
* Tyler Hass, Minnesota
Weekly awards
The NLL gives out
awards
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
An award may be d ...
weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie.
Monthly awards
Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.
Statistics leaders
Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. ''Italics'' indicate tied single-season records.
Attendance
Regular Season
Playoffs
See also
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2011 in sports
References
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National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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