Graeme Perrow

This was a really interesting episode. Doing all of this with no technology (even a compass or sextant) is really impressive but without even a system of *writing* is incredible.

Turtles all the way down... the river

New feature on nllstats.com: team offense and defense totals. You can now see team totals for offensive and defensive stats. Want to see what team led the league in blocked shots in 2025? (ROC) How about Save %? (VAN)

nllstats.com/teamoffense
nllstats.com/teamdefense

You and me both!

NLLStats.com update: I've made some changes to improve performance. There should not be any actual changes to the site itself, but things should be faster. Please let me know what you think

Note that "best schedule" is just my opinion, looking at doubleheader weekends and long gaps and such, not which teams you are facing. That said, the Rock face SSK twice and BUF, VAN, and HFX (last year's semi-finalists) once each

NLL schedule analysis:
Teams with 5 bye weeks: GEO, PHI, ROC, SD
Teams with 2 double weekends: GEO, PHI, ROC, SD
Teams with 3 two-week gaps: ROC
Teams with three-week gaps: SD, VAN

Best schedule: TOR - byes in weeks 2, 4, 6, then exactly 1 game per week for the rest of the year

2025 Offseason report, Part I

It’s been a busy off-season so far, and there’s lots more to come. Because we don’t have a CBA for next season, teams aren’t allowed to sign free agents yet though they’re allowed to talk to them. I’m sure many handshake agreements have been made and once we have a…

Alice In Flip Flops

No coach totals (eg. how many games has Derek Keenan coached? What is his win/loss record?) are available because so much data is missing - meaning that *I* don't have it. The league does

New feature on NLL Stats: Game coaches
- only available for *most* games from 2017-2025
- coaches are only listed in game sheets as "head coach", "assistant coach", or in a few cases "goalie coach". There are no "defensive coach" or "offensive coach" entries

The Streak: The story of the 1992-1994 Buffalo Bandits

Many NLL fans these days have heard the story that the Buffalo Bandits had a long winning streak back in the early 90’s that lasted an entire season. It’s true, but there’s more to it than just that. Let’s have a look the facts of this amazing…

Future Hall of Famers, Part II

Recently I wrote about non-players who deserve consideration for induction to the NLL Hall of Fame once their careers are over. In that article, I covered owners as well as broadcasters and today I’m going to cover GMs, coaches and officials.

Future Hall of Famers, Part I

The National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame is a very important place. It contains players, coaches, GMs, journalists, and officials that have had a significant effect on the league during their careers. However, it’s also not a place at all, in the sense that there is…

Well said Scott. Read this whole thread.

As a Canadian, I have sometimes felt a bit insulated from the insanity going on in American politics, but there are a lot of Canadians who would love a Trump clone to run Canada and then we'd be in the same boat. Again, there but for the grace of God...

So that's a solid "maybe"

Lots of seats available on the Maple Leafs bandwagon!

Agreed with Tool and the Hip. For Tool, you could just keep going - every record is better than the previous one. I don't know much about Finger Eleven (but Paralyzer is a great song) but I just added them to my Tidal playlist to check out some more of their stuff today

Going back a coupla years, but Collective Soul fits

2025 NLL Playoffs: Finals week two

The 2025 NLL season is over. Congratulations to the Buffalo Bandits, who became the second team in NLL history to win three straight Championships with an impressive 15–6 victory over the Saskatchewan Rush. My prediction for game three of the finals was not…

2025 NLL Playoffs: Finals week one

Only one game left. The Rush refused to be taken out in two games, and the Bandits lost their first playoff game in almost two years (Game 2 of their Championship series against the Mammoth in 2023). The 2025 season is now down to one game, next Saturday…

Maple Leafs fan here. Hurting right now but damn, this was funny.

2025 NLL Playoffs: Semi-finals week two

There was only one game this past weekend but it was an exciting game, particularly the crazy ending. The finals are now set and will feature the Buffalo Bandits hosting the Saskatchewan Rush in a rematch of the 2016 finals. The Rush won that series in two…

2025 NLL Semifinals – week one

And then there were three. Christian Del Bianco and the Vancouver Warriors played two strong games, but Matt Vinc and the Bandits were just too much for them and the Bandits swept their semi-final series. Buffalo will now need to wait a week to see who they will host…

New on NLLStats.com: This day in history

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2025 NLL Quarterfinals

We are through the first round of 2025 playoff games. Home fans in all four cities were sent home happy as the higher seeds prevailed in each quarterfinal game, and the semifinal matchups are set. The defending champion Buffalo Bandits will take on the unbeaten-in-seven…

Why your team will/won’t win the 2025 NLL Championship

For all you fans of NLL teams that are not in the playoffs, or maybe those of you who want to bet some bucks on the NLL playoffs, here is a handy reference guide for why each playoff team may or may not win the Championship.

Don't hold back Ty, tell us what you really think

2025 NLL Week 21

That will do it for the 2025 regular season. Seems like just a few weeks ago we were getting ready to start the season and now it’s already over. But of course, the playoffs are an entirely different beast, and even though there are no more than thirteen games left before the long…