[First, a refresher of how we got here]

The National Lacrosse League (NLL) today announced that its Panther City Lacrosse Club franchise will cease all operations effective immediately. Players under contract will be included in a dispersal draft among the 14 remaining NLL teams on Monday at 11am ET before the free… pic.twitter.com/tQNeteFWRw

— NLL (@NLL) August 30, 2024

Well then.

“We have worked tirelessly to resolve a complex situation, but this untimely 
withdrawal of Panther City’s membership placed the league in an unprecedented 
situation,” said NLL Commissioner Brett Frood.“We’ll move forward with fortitude and confidence, building off our record league attendance last year and the positive momentum generated from our 37th season.

Without knowing the whole story for sure, what it appears like is that a deal was unable to get done with any potential interested ownership groups in the Panther City Lacrosse Club in a timeframe that they would be comfortable with kicking off ticket campaigns, hiring a ticket/marketing/operations staff etc. with the season only now 3 and a half months away. Note that Ottawa’s announcement of

their relocation from New York came back in February.

It was about 10 days ago that the first suggestions a dispersal draft could be on the way started to arise. Whisperings that made their way to Twitter suggested that there were at least two cities with ownership groups interested in purchasing the team: Tampa Bay and Charlotte. We don’t know for sure when interest began, but into this final week or two before the hard deadline, there didn’t seem to be as much momentum in the form of reporting.

That changed Monday when Adam Levi reported that Charlotte would be the relocation city.

However, the week went on and there was not anymore traction or announcements coming from any of the parties, with the exception of the league announcing on Tuesday that they would be changing the postponement of the start of free agency from August 29 to September 2.

And that changed Friday morning:

Regarding Panther City Lacrosse Club: Hearing the #NLL deal to move the team to Charlotte might be in doubt and dispersal draft discussions may have come back to the table. This does NOT necessarily mean that a dispersal draft is imminent. It’s always good to have a backup plan.

— Adam Levi (@AdamLeviLAX) August 30, 2024

After tweeting later in the day that the final decision would be finishing out the work week, it was about two hours later that the official ceasing of operations was announced by the league.

And with that, the team will be dissolved and their roster will be entered in a dispersal draft, and each of Bob Hamley, Tracey Kelusky, Steve Toll, and Kyle Goundrey will be free to join any other coaching staff and/or front office.

The dispersal draft will start at 11:00 AM Eastern Time on Monday and then the free agency calendar will follow at Noon.

Why Didn’t It Work In Fort Worth?

It would be tough not to consider the timeline when wondering why Panther City was unable to establish sustainable attendance in Fort Worth. After the league had reached 13 teams in 2019-20, welcoming new markets in Halifax and Long Island along with the start of the expansion era for Rochester, then-commissioner Nick Sakiewicz had a pretty rigidly laid out criteria for expansion plans for the NLL, which had stayed at a consistent 9 teams from 2011-2018 before expanding to San Diego and Philadelphia. As far back as that 2017 announcement of the Seals and Wings, Sakiewicz would lay out in interviews that said criteria featured stable ownership, a mid-to-large-sized arena with a good partnership with the aforementioned owners and access to prime scheduling slots, and an underserved professional sports market that wouldn’t be overshadowed by the existing teams in that market.

The plan went as far as to lay out some very lofty exponential growth, as laid out by USA Lacrosse as well that year:

“It’s the first year of a five-year plan,” Sakiewicz said. “After 12 months in, we are on schedule. There’s a lot more to do. We view it as two five-year strategic plans. We want 18-20 teams quickly. Ultimately, over the next decade, I believe 30 teams or maybe more. I see us being the biggest Canadian top-tier league. We’re the best lacrosse league in the world. I can see us adding 7-8 teams in Canada.”

–Source: USA Lacrosse

That five year plan did lead to a 15 team league, with the Vegas Desert Dogs joining in 2022-23 to bookend the plan, but after announcing his departure from the league on February 23, 2022 to join the Arizona Coyotes as their Chief Business Officer (A role he left in December 2023 to become the CEO of the USL Championship’s Hartford Athletic, returning to his soccer roots where he was a professional goalkeeper across a couple of leagues and a founding executive of MLS). Team 16 had been rumored to be announced before he left his position as commissioner, but no other details outside of a couple of groups being interested ever emerged.

Of course, the biggest hurdle of that five year plan came around the middle frame. The date of the initial announcement of the 14th expansion franchise being awarded to Bill Cameron’s group? July 22, 2020. With the branding being announced on November 17, it would mean that it would’ve been a whole calendar year before the next NLL game would even be played with or without Panther City, as border complications were a massive hurdle for the part time athletes of the league to play immediately out of the pandemic in 2020-21 the way that other leagues were able to bubble or socially distance crowds etc. Not to mention that the players and coaches were also unable to travel to Fort Worth to drum up interest.

The team had success in its three seasons, surprising the league with a 7-11 record in their first season and then following it up with back-to-back playoff appearances and a combined record of 19-18. But after averaging 4,994 for their 2021-22 attendance, the next two seasons saw 2,812 and 2,703.

The market was big enough, with Fort Worth being one of the bigger cities in the country and also of course adding on its close proximity to Dallas. Dickies Arena is considered one of the best arenas for its size on the continent. It just didn’t work. The arena did not re-up the team’s lease, and the ownership group could not find a close enough replacement to keep the identity as is. Could it have had a more concrete foundation if the inaugural season wasn’t in the early days of returning from COVID? Maybe, but we probably won’t know anytime soon, as multiple markets across the continent are more appealing in the near term.

The Order and Roster

At the top, Colorado has the opportunity to add major fire power in whatever direction that they choose. While Panther City only has 5 players from that initial expansion draft, one of them was their leading scorer last season in Will Malcom, who was traded at the expansion draft along with Jordan Trottier in exchange for the Mammoth getting Chris Wardle back after being the selection from Colorado. With Eli McLaughlin and Connor Robinson on the left side, and Connor Kelly, Zed Williams, Tyson Gibson, and the returning from injury Ryan Lee on the right, Malcom’s return would fit the current state of the Mammoth depth chart.

The top prize on the right side of the forward depth chart is of course Jonathan Donville, who was the first overall pick in the 2021 draft. While his point totals dropped from 90 in his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2023 to 79 last season, Donville’s lacrosse IQ and ability to distribute at 26 is far above that of his peers in his age group. With the trade of Kyle Killen to Vegas earlier this offseason and the emergence of Jack Hannah as the lead [Desert] dog on their right side, there might be too many pieces on that right side for Shawn Williams to take Donville second, the opportunity to pass up that talent level on the young Vegas squad that does have its fair share of Ontario presence already. Their commitment to the transition game with their acquisition of Shane Simpson could make PCLC’s transition specialist, Josh Medieros, intriguing.

If the Desert Dogs do go in another direction, slotting Donville in next to Joe Resetarits and Sam LeClair on the right side could be a perfect fit. Ben McIntosh is currently a Philly-based UFA, but entering his Age 34 season and playing a roll man / inside role wouldn’t be a deterrent for Donville’s talent and could potentially solidify Brennan O’Neill being their number one overall pick in the entry draft if he commits to the box game as a lefty forward.

The next two teams are where it could get extremely juicy, with Vancouver and Calgary. The Warriors are the leaders in the Christian Del Bianco sweepstakes, so a swap of the 4 and 5 picks could be part of the trade package for the franchised-tagged former MVP who requested a trade out of Calgary prior to the roster freeze. A dispersal draft could also drastically alter the return package and enter other suitors, as the Roughnecks would be in prime real estate to be the team to pick up Nick Damude with Dillon Ward, Landon Kells, and Zach Higgins solidified as the starters of the teams to pick in front of them, assuming Del Bianco is heading to Vancouver in this hypothetical. Damude was a few saves short of an .800 save percentage in his third season as a starter in his Age 25 season, continuing consistent growth into one of the top goalies in the league.

Before moving on to Panther City’s top defenders and young forward pieces, the future for Callum Crawford is the next big storyline of the implications of this dispersal draft. Crawford landed with Panther City midway through the 2022-23 season, asking for a trade out of New York to help minimize the travel strain, as he is based in Tulsa, and Fort Worth is less than a 5 hour drive away that kept him out of extended airport weekends for extra weeks on end. Turning 40 this upcoming November, Crawford is coming off a 93 point season in 16 games, putting him second on the team and tied for 18th in the league in scoring last season. He proved that he has yet to fall victim to father time, but a franchise fold could have him retiring after 18 seasons (although the other two closest markets, Denver and Metro Atlanta, are airport hub cities, but I guess we’ll see).

Vancouver could probably go in any direction with their pick, leading to the Rush’s turn. It might be a stretch to think he could fall to 6, but a reunion with Matt Hossack, who played for the Rush from 2017-2020, would be an optimal target for Derek Keenan and team. Hossack led the team in loose balls each of his three seasons in Fort Worth, picking up 103 in 2024. Ottawa and Rochester would also have some good options on the defensive side of the floor to consider with their selections, including former Knighthawk and RIT grad Tyler Burton, Will Malcom’s brother Tony, who had 98 loose balls in addition to Will’s 94 on the season, Liam Patten, Connor Sellars, John Lintz, and current Peterborogh Laker, Dylan Hutchison. His brother, Drew, is on the next team in the draft order in Halifax, but with the UFA statuses of Austin Shanks, Randy Staats, and Ryan Benesch, they will be candidates to look at one of the rookie forwards from last season who played big roles down the stretch in lefty Jason Knox and righty Ryan Sheridan.

Teams 10-15 in the draft order would probably also look to the defense/transition route. The most notable name on the remaining list would be Phil Caputo, who primarily played defense the last two seasons but also had a fair amount of success as a power play forward, adding 40 points in 2024. Caputo previously played for both the Rock and the Knightawks. Lefty forward Mathieu Gautier would also be in that mix before the draft swings back to the top of the order, as the draft will continue until every player is selected or every team passes, comfortable with their roster as is through however many rounds.

Other “flyers” in later rounds would include backup goalie Cam MacLeod, BC Native Tyler Digby, who held out for work commitments in 2023-24, practice squad players Elijah Gash, Ty Thompson, and Liam Osborne, and Mike Sisselberger, the PA native who has made a name for himself on the Utah Archers of the PLL and is on the team’s Draft List.

Past Dispersal Drafts

Relocation and expansion are certainly not new to the NLL, and it’s the same with the dispersal draft process. Fortunately for the league, this is the first instance in 13 years, which is a fortunate change of luck compared to the 10 that took place between 2002 and 2011.

And because it’s summer, what better a time than any to Remember Some Dudes and Remember Some Teams.

2002 – Montreal Express

How about this Montréal Express Memorabilia 👀

The #NLL returns to Montréal this Friday night for the first-ever NLL UnBOXed Series match between the New York Riptide and the Toronto Rock 🥍

Photos Courtesy of Kelly Sullivan, @Traceykelusky17 & Shawn Parnell. pic.twitter.com/Aaslb7lrRd

— NLL (@NLL) February 12, 2024

After a barnburner of a start to their franchise, winning their first game 32-17 (still the record for most goals in a game), their second 23-16, and then improving to 3-0 with an 18-17 overtime win in Buffalo, the Express finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs. Ownership did not consider the season a business success and looked to sell, and after not being able to find an owner late into the summer (sound familiar?), the franchise had to suspend operations and the roster was released.

Buffalo selected Aime Caines (35 games across 3 seasons with the Bandits) and Kelly Sullivan (3 games in 1 season), while Rochester selected Steve Penny (43 games across 4 seasons with the Knighthawks) and then passed on their second pick.

Current Rock head coach Matt Sawyer was on Terry Sanderson’s coaching staff. Tracey Kelusky was actually selected to Calgary with the first selection, and Bruce Codd (one of Sawyer’s assistants currently) went second. Jason Crosbie went to the Ottawa Rebel and is now coaching for the Ottawa Black Bears. Mat Giles, who also went to Ottawa, was the OC for the 2019-20 Knighthawks.

The rights to the Montreal Express were what were sold to establish the Minnesota Swarm in 2005. After the NLL UnBOXed game in Laval last season, the region is back in consideration for an NLL team in the near future.

2003 – Ottawa Rebel

Older new fans of the Ottawa Black Bears will have memories of the Rebel, who were the second iteration of the Syracuse Smash. After the Smash had a 6-30 record in three seasons in Syracuse, the Rebel weren’t much better, finishing 9-37 across three seasons of their own. The lack of success was reflected with attendance, and they too suspended operations after three seasons with the intention of a new owner taking over and relocating the team for the 2004-05 season.

Mat Giles was on the move again, being selected by the Knighthawks who had just finished as the runner-ups in 2003. He played two seasons with the Knighthawks and finished his career in two seasons in Buffalo, but this won’t be his last time on this list. With their second pick, they selected defender Shawn Zettel, who was also a member of the 2002 Express, but he did not play another game in the league after 2003. Buffalo selected Jason Clark (16 games for the 2004 Bandits), Marc Landriault (who ended up being moved to Toronto before the season), and Mike Hamilton (who never appeared in an NLL game) with their selections.

Matt Disher went to Anaheim with the first pick, followed by Bruce Codd heading to the New York Saints and Scott Self to the Columbus Landsharks. Brad Self, current Colorado GM, was selected 8th to the Mammoth.

The owner to purchase the rights of the franchise was Bruce Urban, and he moved the team to Edmonton for the first iteration of the Rush from 2005-2015, when they relocated to Saskatchewan after the team was unable to come to terms on a long term arena deal with the new Rogers Place upon also having quarrels with the Oilers over marketing in the shared arena.

2004 – Vancouver Ravens

The league’s first attempt to move West came in the form of the Vancouver Ravens, who made the playoffs and had a winning record in their first two seasons in the league, but after a 5-11 season in 2004 with their own arena leasing issues and ownership issues, the team ceased operations very shortly before the start of the 2004-05 season.

Current Vancouver Warriors GM Curt Malawsky was the selection of the Bandits after moving back home to BC to play for the Ravens after 9 successful seasons with the Knighthawks, but he would be moved to the San Jose Stealth before playing a game in Buffalo. As for Rochester, they selected Chris McKay and Peter Morgan, who also never played for the team, with Morgan going to Anaheim and McKay to Arizona.

Craig Conn was the first pick to Minnesota. Also selected was Ian Hawksbee, who was drafted to Philadelphia. He moved to play for the San Jose Stealth and made his debut in 2006. He would go on to play until 2020, finishing his career with the Vancouver Warriors, who of course are the current iteration of the former Vancouver, Washington, and San Jose Stealth.

2005 – Anaheim Storm

The Storm started with two seasons in New Jersey before relocating to Anaheim. Neither iteration won more than 10 games across two seasons, including a 1-15 2004 season, and they too ceased operations due to a lack of attendance.

Buffalo traded out of their selection due to another influx of Western-based players on the team, while Rochester selected Cam Bergman, who was moved to Edmonton. Casey and Ryan Powell were each selected as part of this draft to Portland and Minnesota respectively, and after being the second pick of the Ravens dispersal draft to Anaheim last season, Rory Glaves was the first overall pick in this edition to the Rush. Also of note, Peter Morgan was selected by the Wings, Bill Greer went to the Mammoth, and Matt King went to the Roughnecks.

2007 – Arizona Sting and Boston Blazers

The Arizona Sting were fresh off their second championship appearance in 2007, losing to a juggernaut Rochester team. Boston had been announced as the 14th team in the league to begin play in the 2008 season and had their expansion draft in July. But there was one not-so-tiny problem.

CBA negotiations between the league and the PLPA (Now NLLPA) were at enough of a large enough impasse for the league to announce a cancelled season for 2008. Because of this, the Sting decided to suspend operations. HOWEVER, 9 days later, negotiations had restarted and the two sides agreed to a 7 year agreement for a new CBA. Because of the turnaround after intending not to have a season in 2008, the league gave teams the options to enter a “voluntary inactive status” and sit the season out, which the Sting took. The Blazers did as well as to take a little bit more time to get their new franchise off the ground before their inaugural season.

Also of note, the Doug Moss quoted in the link to the Sting press release? Same guy.

Back to the task at hand, the three round snake draft saw the Bandits select Craig Conn (Sat out the 2008 season) from Arizona, Brian Croswell (Played 4 games for the 2009 Bandits) from Boston, and Joe Smith (Played 21 games across 3 seasons for the Bandits) from Arizona, while the defending champion Knighthawks selected Jack Reid from Boston after losing him in the expansion draft, and Matt Lyons (Played 12 games for the 2009 Knighthawks before going to Boston) and Alex Smith (Never appeared in an NLL game) from Arizona.

The two biggest names in the draft went at the top, with Dan Dawson going to Portland and Patrick Merrill (Now Seals Coach and GM) to New York. Scott Self, Andy Secore (now Swarm assistant coach), Pat Campbell, Bruce Codd, and Jamie Rooney were also selected in this draft, as was the aforementioned in the Vancouver dispersal draft, Chris McKay.

So on the 2008 season went, and for many readers, it’s good that it did. The players that were selected would be returned to the Sting, and the Blazers would have a second expansion draft in the summer of 2008 and both were on their way to being back in the league for the 2009 season.

2008a – Arizona Sting

Well so much for that. While the league was resuming for 2008, the owners of the Sting were looking to sell off while also suffering from poor finances with their other franchise, the Phoenix Coyotes. After no buyer was found, the ceased operations and had another dispersal draft.

This version was not a snake draft, with the defending champion Bandits selecting Greg Hinman before moving him to Calgary, where he also played in 2008. Rochester selected Lindsay Plunkett, who did not play again after the 2008 season, and Matt Brown, who would play for Portland in 2009 and is now the head coach of the Denver Pioneers who made the Final Four this past collegiate season.

Dan Dawson went first overall for the second consecutive season. Andy Secore went second to Edmonton, Scott Self third to Chicago, and Craig Conn fourth to Toronto.

2008b – Chicago Shamrox

The 2009 NLL season was mere weeks away when the Chicago Shamrox announced that they would be ceasing operations after a crazy sequence of events that almost saw them relocated to St. Louis before the start of the previous season too.

In this edition of dispersal, Buffalo selected Cody Jacobs (Played 2 games for the Bandits) and Cory Stringer (Never appeared in an NLL game), while Rochester made 5 selections (the only team to make more than 3) in Mike Kirk (Was moved to San Jose for 2009 but then played 76 regular season games and 16 playoff games for the Knighthawks from 2012-2016, including of course the full three-peat), Bobby McBride (Played 19 games for the Knighthawks), Craig Robertson (Never appeared in an NLL game), Pat Saunders (Played 1 game for the 2009 Knighthawks and 4 for the 2019 Knighthawks before playing 2 games for the 2020 expansion era Knighthawks), and Brock Boyle (Played 1 game for the Knighthawks).

Anthony Cosmo went first overall to Boston, meaning the expansion Blazers would have a franchise goalie right away. Scott Self went to Edmonton while brother Brad went back to Colorado. Mat Giles was once again in the dispersal draft pool, heading to Philadelphia, and a young Callum Crawford was selected in the second round to the Rush. Current Albany FireWolves assistant Darryl Gibson was the other player selected in the third round, also to the Rush.

2009 – Portland Lumberjax

Owned by the youngest pro sports owner in history, Angela Batinovich, the Lumberjax were a victim of the recession after 4 seasons of up and down success on and off the floor.

Rochester traded out of their first round pick to Minnesota, while selecting Dan Stroup (Retired) in the second round. Buffalo selected Jamison Koesterer (moved to Washington) with their lone selection. At the top of this draft, Brodie Merrill went first to Edmonton, while Tyler Codron went second. Edmonton also picked up Matt Disher in new. Despite retiring at the end of the 2008 season, the Colorado Mammoth drafted the rights of all time great goaltender Dallas Eliuk, but he remained retired.

2010 – Orlando Titans

In what is undoubtedly the dispersal draft with the most star power, the Orlando Titans halted operations after an 11-5 season and a trip to the East Division finals where they’d lose to the Toronto Rock. It was their lone season after previously playing in New York, bouncing around Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum, Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton), and the Prudential Center across three seasons, even selling two home games to the visiting teams in 2008.

The top three in the dispersal draft were the goaltender of the year (Matt Vinc to Colorado), the MVP (Casey Powell to Boston), and 2007 number 1 overall pick Jordan Hall to Rochester. Hall had two stints with the Knighthawks from 2011-2012 and 2015-2016 and now is an assistant coach with the San Diego Seals.

Rochester’s other selections were Dan Hardy (moved to Philadelphia), Kenny Nims and Mike Evans who never appeared in an NLL game, and Bobby Horsey who had been retired since 2007. Buffalo traded out of the first round to Boston before selecting Jesse Guerin in the second, and Matt Brown in the third for his second appearance in this post despite not playing following the 2009 season. Guerin’s 2010 season in Orlando was the only of his career as well.

In addition to adding Jordan Hall to their offense, the Knighthawks were part of the biggest splash in all of the dispersal drafts. With Matt Vinc declining to play in Colorado due to his teaching commitments in St. Catharines, and the Mammoth traded him to Rochester and in return received John Grant Jr. in what is now a trade featuring two of the league’s GOATs.

2011 – Boston Blazers

The Blazers had a rocky start to their existence, and despite three playoff appearances (albeit first round exits), their place in the pecking order for arena availability at TD Garden behind the Bruins and Celtics limited the team’s gate revenue despite the big market. The team announced over the summer of 2011 that they were looking for a new arena and therefore would sit out the 2012 season, but just like what happened after the Arizona Sting initially intended on sitting out a single season, they did not return. Although they are still considered a suspended operation and never formally folded publicly.

Rochester got Mike Kirk back 5th overall, followed by Buffalo selecting Kevin Buchanan 6th. Unlike Kirk, Buchanan only played a single season for his new team before playing for the Wings and New England Black Wolves the rest of his career. In round 2, the Knighthawks selected Casey Powell, who started his career in Rochester in 1999 and 2000. He didn’t play in 2012 but played 7 games in 2013 before being traded to Colorado to finish his career. Buffalo selected current Black Bears captain, Damon Edwards, who was moved to Toronto before the start of the 2012 season. As they did in 2007, the Knighthawks selected Jack Reid in round 3, but his career ended after the 2011 season.

Dan Dawson, for the third time in his career, was the first overall pick of the dispersal draft, this time going to Philadelphia where he played for a season before joining the Knighthawks from 2013 to 2018 as the leader of the right side of their offense during that time. Current San Diego Seal, Kyle Rubisch, went second, and current Calgary Roughnecks head coach, Josh Sanderson, went to Minnesota. Both of Boston’s goalies were selected in the first round, with Anthony Cosmo also going to the Swarm in a pick trade with the Mammoth, and a young Nick Rose went to the Roughnecks 7th overall. Current Vancouver Warriors, Ryan Dilks, went to the Rush in the second round. The Blazers had the rights to former Knighthawk and Bandit, Dan Teat, who had not played in 2011, and the Washington Stealth took a flier on his rights in the third round, but his career was over.

Growing Pains

And for 13 seasons, despite a relocation every year or two and the most recent expansion era that began in 2018-19, the league has managed not to contract teams until now. With the momentum the league gathered after a very successful 2023-24 season, and numerous ownership groups still interested in joining the league, all parties involved are hoping that Panther City is an exception to the rule in the immediate and distant future for the NLL. Maybe (hopefully) the next history lesson of drafts will come in the form of the next expansion.

The Brett Frood era of the league still has their eyes set on becoming the Next Major League. An article in Sports Business Journal recently helps to re-paint the bigger picture with the state of the league. Even with the struggles in Panther City, the league has the highest average attendance for indoor sports outside of the NBA and NHL, who they are competing with in season for eyeballs.

While expanding media coverage and game consumption globally is a prime growth goal, amplifying awareness, participation and momentum well beyond its existing franchise footprint and current base of more than 90 million fans throughout North America serves as the core pillar of the NLL’s growth strategy in the U.S. and Canada.

-Sports Business Journal, August 19, 2024 Weekly Issue

The UnBOXed initiative is going to continue to be the greatest way for the league to introduce themselves in new markets and re-introduce themselves in old ones (like the ones mentioned above), and assigning team brands as part of introducing the sport to kids through gym classes and clinics highlights the grassroots initiatives to expand the reach of lacrosse in North America, as the PLL has done in the summer with their traveling model and overnight camp reach. The press release announced that Dallas will be one of the upcoming new UnBOXed markets.

New UnBOXed markets will also help to signal what cities have investors interested in joining the league down the road, and the more markets that have NLL familiarity will help with the league’s biggest business goal. which remains league-wide corporate sponsorships to help to cushion the weight that gate revenue has on team financial success currently (while every team continues to work towards full buildings, almost every team has seen year-over-year average attendance growth since returning from covid, so the extra league revenue can help lessen those growing pains as the league becomes more popular to those outside of the current markets).

Between two weeks of free agency before the draft, the start of Worlds the week after, and the Mann Cup in Six Nations in the meantime, there will be plenty of lacrosse to mix in.

(Photo Credit: Colleen Shaw)