The 1997 season is the 11th season of the league and, is the last as the MILL, began on January 4, 1997, and concluded with the championship game on April 12. The league was renamed to the National Lacrosse League after this season.
Team movement
The
Charlotte Cobras
The Charlotte Cobras were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL). They were based at Independence Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, and only played during the 1996 MILL season, 1996 season. In October 1995, the MILL announced that C ...
, who debuted in the
1996 Major Indoor Lacrosse League season, folded after only a single
winless season.
Teams
Regular season
All Star Game
No All-Star Game was played in 1997.
Playoffs
Awards
Weekly awards
Each week, a player is awarded "Player of the Week" honours.
Monthly awards
An award is also given out monthly for the best overall player.
All-Pro Teams
First Team:
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Gary Gait
Gary Charles Gait (born April 5, 1967) is a Canadian retired Hall of Fame professional lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately. On January 24, 2017, ...
, Philadelphia
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Paul Gait
Paul Gait (born April 5, 1967) is widely regarded as one of the best lacrosse players of all time and is the current Vice President of the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League. Gait, along with his twin brother Gary Gait, had o ...
, Rochester
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Tom Marechek, Philadelphia
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Mark Millon, New York
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John Tavares
John Tavares (born September 20, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward and Alternate Captain (ice hockey), alternate captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the 2009 NHL ent ...
, Buffalo
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Dallas Eliuk, Philadelphia (goalie)
Second Team:
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Thomas Carmean, Boston
*Duane Jacobs, Rochester
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Darris Kilgour, Buffalo
*Jeff Klodzen, Baltimore
*Bob Martino, Baltimore
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Sal LoCascio
Sal LoCascio (born April 6, 1967) is an American former professional lacrosse goaltender and coach who played the majority of his career for the New York Saints of the National Lacrosse League. He also played one season with the Long Island Lizar ...
, New York (goalie)
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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1997 in sports
1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* Alpine Skiing World Cup
** Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France
** Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden
American football
* Super B ...
References
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MILL
Mill may refer to:
Science and technology
* Factory
* Mill (grinding)
* Milling (machining)
* Millwork
* Paper mill
* Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel
* Sugarcane mill
* Textile mill
* List of types of mill
* Mill, the arithmetic ...
Major Indoor Lacrosse League seasons
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