NLL Announces 2006 Schedule
September 13, 2005 - National Lacrosse League (NLL) News Release
The National Lacrosse League has released the 2006 regular season schedule. Professional indoor lacrosse's twentieth season will begin on December 30, 2005 with the Colorado Mammoth hosting the Philadelphia Wings. Gary Gait will make his debut as Head Coach behind the Mammoth bench after completing a 15-year Hall of Fame playing career. The Wings promising 2005 draft class will be looking to make their NLL debut including Delaware's Luke Wiles, national player of the year Kyle Harrison along with collegiate teammate Benson Erwin from Johns Hopkins and John Christmas from Virginia.
Other highlights of the 2006 season include an early season rematch of last year's championship game between the Arizona Sting and the Toronto Rock on January 7th.
The expansion Edmonton Rush will make their debut as they host the San Jose Stealth on January 6. The expansion Portland LumberJax will make their debut on the road when they travel to Arizona on Friday, January 13. The LumberJax home opener will be Saturday, January 21st vs. the Colorado Mammoth.
The 2006 All-Star Game weekend festivities will include the inaugural NLL Hall of Fame Game. The Hall of Fame Game will feature the Toronto Rock hosting the Philadelphia Wings on Friday, February 24. The All-Star Game will be played the following afternoon on Saturday, February 25 in Toronto. The inaugural Hall of Fame class of Les Bartley, Russ Cline, Chris Fritz, Gary Gait, and Paul Gait will be inducted during the weekend.
The regular season schedule consists of 88 games, to be played over sixteen weekends. Each of the league's eleven teams will play sixteen regular season games, eight home and eight away. The regular season begins on December 30th and concludes on April 15th, with the Champion's Cup Playoffs to follow.
2006 NLL SCHEDULE
All Times Eastern - Schedule is subject to change
WEEK ONE
Friday, December 30
Philadelphia at Colorado - 9:00 PM
WEEK TWO
Friday, January 6
Philadelphia at Minnesota - 8:00 PM
San Jose at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
Saturday, January 7
Arizona at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Rochester at Colorado - 9:00 PM
WEEK THREE
Friday, January 13
Buffalo at Toronto - 7:30 PM
San Jose at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Edmonton at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Portland at Arizona - 9:30 PM
Saturday, January 14
Toronto at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Minnesota at Philadelphia - 8:00 PM
Colorado at San Jose - 10:30 PM
WEEK FOUR
Friday, January 20
Minnesota at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Saturday, January 21
Toronto at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Rochester at Minnesota - 8:00 PM
Calgary at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
Colorado at Portland - 10:30 PM
Philadelphia at San Jose - 10:30 PM
WEEK FIVE
Friday, January 27
Edmonton at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Calgary at Arizona - 9:30 PM
Portland at San Jose - 10:30 PM
Saturday, January 28
Buffalo at Rochester - 8:05 PM
Calgary at Portland - 10:30 PM
Sunday, January 29
Rochester at Minnesota - 6:00 PM
WEEK SIX
Friday, February 3
Colorado at Arizona - 9:30 PM
Minnesota at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
Calgary at San Jose - 10:30 PM
Sunday, February 5
Toronto at Calgary - 3:30 PM
WEEK SEVEN
Friday, February 10
Portland at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Rochester at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Philadelphia at Minnesota - 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 11
Arizona at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Buffalo at Philadelphia - 8:00 PM
San Jose at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Toronto at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
WEEK EIGHT
Friday, February 17
Edmonton at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Saturday, February 18
Minnesota at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
San Jose at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Portland at Philadelphia - 8:00 PM
Calgary at Arizona - 9:30 PM
WEEK NINE
Friday, February 24
Philadelphia at Toronto - 7:30 PM (NLL Hall of Fame Game)
Saturday, February 25
NLL All-Star Game at Toronto - TBD
WEEK TEN
Friday, March 3
Minnesota at Toronto - 7:30 PM
Edmonton at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Saturday, March 4
Rochester at Portland - 4:00 PM
Minnesota at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Toronto at Philadelphia - 8:00 PM
Arizona at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
WEEK ELEVEN
Friday, March 10
Philadelphia at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Edmonton at Arizona - 9:30 PM
Saturday, March 11
Toronto at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Rochester at Philadelphia - 8:00 PM
Colorado at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Edmonton at San Jose - 10:30 PM
Arizona at Portland - 10:30 PM
Sunday, March 12
Portland at Colorado - 9:00 PM
WEEK TWELVE
Friday, March 17
Calgary at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
Minnesota at Portland - 10:30 PM
Saturday, March 18
Buffalo at Rochester - 8:05 PM
Colorado at Arizona - 9:30 PM
Portland at San Jose - 10:30 PM
WEEK THIRTEEN
Friday, March 24
Buffalo at Minnesota - 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 25
Arizona at Philadelphia - 1:30 PM
Calgary at Toronto - 2:00 PM
Rochester at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Colorado at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
San Jose at Portland - 10:30 PM
WEEK FOURTEEN
Friday, March 31
Portland at Edmonton - 9:30 PM
Buffalo at San Jose - 10:30 PM
Saturday, April 1
Rochester at Philadelphia - 8:00 PM
Toronto at Minnesota - 8:00 PM
Buffalo at Arizona - 9:30 PM
San Jose at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Sunday, April 2
Edmonton at Portland - 5:00 PM
Arizona at Colorado - 9:00 PM
WEEK FIFTEEN
Saturday, April 8
Philadelphia at Toronto - 7:00 PM
Colorado at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Minnesota at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Arizona at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Sunday, April 9
San Jose at Minnesota - 6:00 PM
WEEK SIXTEEN
Friday, April 14
Philadelphia at Buffalo - 7:30 PM
Calgary at Colorado - 9:00 PM
Edmonton at Portland - 10:30 PM
San Jose at Arizona - 10:30 PM
Saturday, April 15
Toronto at Rochester - 7:35 PM
Buffalo at Philadelphia - 8:00 PM
Portland at Minnesota - 8:00 PM
Colorado at Calgary - 9:30 PM
Arizona at San Jose - 10:30 PM
National Lacrosse League Stories from September 13, 2005
- Buffalo Bandits Announce 2006 Schedule - Buffalo Bandits
- Sting announce 2006 schedule - Arizona Sting
- Lumberjax announce inaugural schedule, open against Colorado - Portland Lumberjax
- Minnesota Swarm announces 2006 schedule - Minnesota Swarm
- Rock to open defence of NLL Champion's Cup against Arizona - Toronto Rock
- Mammoth kicks off NLL season at home vs. Wings - Colorado Mammoth
- New battle of Alberta emerges - Calgary Roughnecks
- Wings' 20th anniversary season takes flight December 30th - Philadelphia Wings
- NLL Announces 2006 Schedule - NLL
- Watson, Sandersons and Beisel back with Rock - Toronto Rock
- Riggers name new general manager - Calgary Roughnecks
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