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2026 NLL season
2026 NLL season (2025-26): 14-team National Lacrosse League campaign; Vancouver topped standings 13-5; Toronto Rock beat Halifax Thunderbirds 2-0 for its seventh title, Sam English Finals MVP; Finn Thomson drafted first overall.
2026 Premier Lacrosse League season
2026 Premier Lacrosse League season, eighth PLL campaign (May 8 to September 20, 2026); Philadelphia Waterdogs beat Denver Outlaws 14-4 in the championship, CJ Kirst MVP; preceded by the Sixes-format Championship Series and backed by ESPN's five-year deal.
Alexander Turnbull
Alexander Thomas Turnbull (1872 or 1883–1956), Canadian lacrosse player nicknamed "Dad", New Westminster Salmonbellies star 1897–1909, six national titles, and 1908 London Olympic gold with Canada, top scorer of the tournament.
Benjamin Jamieson
Benjamin Jamieson (1874-1915), Canadian lacrosse player with the Winnipeg Shamrocks; won gold in men's lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2; later a Canadian Pacific Railway conductor.
Billy Brennagh
Billy Brennagh (William Thomas Edmund Brennagh, 1877-1934), English-born Canadian lacrosse player with the Winnipeg Shamrocks; won gold in men's lacrosse at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2.
Billy Burns
Billy Burns (William Lawrie Burns, 1875-1953) was a Canadian lacrosse player who won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating St. Louis AAA 8-2; later a CPR conductor.
Doc Campbell
Doc Campbell (George Herrold Campbell, 1878-1972) was a Canadian field lacrosse player and dentist from Orangeville, Ontario, who won gold with Canada at the 1908 London Olympics, beating Great Britain 14-10, and later served as the town's mayor.
Elie Blanchard
Elie Blanchard (Joseph Élie Blanchard, 1881–1941) was a Canadian lacrosse player from Montréal who won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and later became Montréal's Chief Engineer for Public Works.
Ernie Hamilton
Ernie Hamilton (Ernest Samuel Hamilton, 1883-1964), Canadian lacrosse player with the Montreal Lacrosse Club who won gold in men's lacrosse at the 1908 London Olympics, beating Great Britain 14-10; later a lacrosse and hockey administrator.
Field lacrosse
Field lacrosse is the outdoor full-field form of lacrosse: men's is full-contact 10-a-side on a 110 x 60 yard field (Beers rules, 1867); women's is 12-a-side on 120 x 70 yards, with its own 1890s rules.
Frank Dixon
Frank Dixon (Francis Joseph Dixon, nicknamed Tony), Canadian lacrosse player, 1908 London Olympics gold medalist with Canada (14-10 win over Great Britain); St. Catharines Athletics member; died in a 1932 traffic accident. Not the New Orleans Saints figure or the Alabama governor.
George Cattanach
George James Cattanach (1878-1954), Canadian lacrosse player with the Montreal and Winnipeg Shamrock clubs; won gold in men's lacrosse for the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.
George Cloutier
George Cloutier (1876-1946), Canadian lacrosse goalkeeper and Olympian, won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics; later played for the Montreal Nationals, active until at least 1917.
George Rennie
George Haddow Rennie (1883-1966), Canadian lacrosse defender with the New Westminster Salmonbellies; won 1908 Olympic gold when Canada beat Great Britain 14-10; five national titles, Hall of Fame charter inductee.
Gus Dillon
Gus Dillon (Augustus Frederick Dillon, 1883–1952) was a Canadian lacrosse defender with Montreal's Shamrock Lacrosse Club who won gold at the 1908 London Olympics, where Canada beat Great Britain 14–10 in the sport's last medal event until 2028.
Hilliard Lyle
Hilliard Lyle (1879-1931), Canadian lacrosse player with the Winnipeg Shamrocks; won gold at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, served as a colonel in France in World War I, later ran a store in Beaverlodge, Alberta.
History of lacrosse
History of lacrosse: Indigenous North American medicine game (Baggataway, Tewaarathon), codified by George Beers in 1867, Canada's national summer sport, Olympic in 1904, 1908, and LA 2028 sixes.
Jack Broderick
Jack Broderick (John Charles Broderick, 1875-1957), Canadian lacrosse player with the Cornwall Lacrosse Club who won gold for Canada at the 1908 London Olympics, later a Cornwall hotelier and World War I sergeant.
Jack Flett
Jack Flett (John Flett, 1871-1932), Canadian Métis lacrosse defender from Kildonan, Manitoba; won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks in the first Olympic lacrosse tournament at St. Louis 1904.
Lacrosse
Lacrosse: stick-and-ball team sport from Indigenous North America (Haudenosaunee, c. 1100), codified by George Beers in 1867; played as field, box, and Sixes; Olympic medal sport 1904, 1908, and returning at LA 2028.
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's professional field lacrosse league in the United States, founded in 1999 by Jake Steinfeld and played from 2001 through 2020, when it merged into the Premier Lacrosse League.
Martin Stadium (Northwestern University)
Martin Stadium (Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium; Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium) is Northwestern University's ~12,000-capacity lakefront stadium in Evanston, Illinois, opened in its current form in August 2024 as the temporary football home during new Ryan Field construction, distinct from Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.
National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League (NLL), also Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and Major Indoor Lacrosse League, professional box lacrosse league founded 1986 by Russ Cline and Chris Fritz; 12 clubs for 2026-27, Buffalo Bandits hold seven titles.
Oshawa FireWolves
The Oshawa FireWolves are a National Lacrosse League box lacrosse team in Oshawa, Ontario, announced in 2025 after relocating from Albany, where the franchise was the Albany FireWolves.
Ottawa Black Bears
Ottawa Black Bears, formerly the New York Riptide, were an NLL box lacrosse franchise at Canadian Tire Centre for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, led by Jeff Teat, and discontinued operations in September 2026.
Paul Rabil
Paul Rabil, American lacrosse midfielder and executive; Johns Hopkins four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion; pro field lacrosse all-time scoring leader (657 points); co-founder, president, and chief creative officer of the Premier Lacrosse League.
Premier Lacrosse League
The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is a men's professional field lacrosse league in North America with eight teams, co-founded in 2018 by players Paul Rabil and Mike Rabil.
Richard Duckett
Richard Louis Duckett (1885-1972), Canadian lacrosse player and coroner; won 1908 Olympic gold with Canada (14-10 over Great Britain), played one season with the inaugural 1909-10 Montreal Canadiens, later Montreal coroner.
Rochester Knighthawks
Rochester Knighthawks, NLL box lacrosse team in Rochester, New York, playing at The Blue Cross Arena. Expansion franchise since 2019-20 under the Knighthawks brand; Seneca Nation-owned since 2025; original team won three straight titles 2012-14.
Sandy Cowan
Sandy Cowan (Alexander Cowan, 1879-1915), Canadian lacrosse player; won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, beating the Mohawk Indians and St. Louis AAA; career with BC clubs.