National Lacrosse League Cup

Trophy awarded to the playoff winners in the National Lacrosse League

"Champion's Cup" redirects here. For other uses, see Champions Cup (disambiguation).

Three National Lacrosse League Cups, each awarded to the Buffalo Bandits. The design of the Cup on the right was used from 2018 through 2023. The design of the other two cups has been utilized since 2024. The first National Lacrosse League Cup, photographed in 2023, when presented to that season's champion, the Buffalo Bandits. The next NLL Cup premiered in 2024. The Calgary Roughnecks raise the Champion's Cup in celebration of their 2009 championship.

The National Lacrosse League Cup (NLL Cup) is the trophy awarded each year to the champions of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Prior to 2018, the league awarded the Champions Cup.[1] The NLL Cup was redesigned in 2024.[2][3]

## Winners

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Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Series

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1998 | Philadelphia Wings | Baltimore Thunder |  | 2–0[4]
1999 | Toronto Rock | Rochester Knighthawks | 13–10 |
2000 | Toronto Rock  | Rochester Knighthawks  | 14–13 |
2001 | Philadelphia Wings  | Toronto Rock  | 9–8 |
2002 | Toronto Rock  | Albany Attack | 13–12 |
2003 | Toronto Rock  | Rochester Knighthawks  | 8–6 |
2004 | Calgary Roughnecks | Buffalo Bandits | 14–11 |
2005 | Toronto Rock  | Arizona Sting | 19–13 |
2006 | Colorado Mammoth | Buffalo Bandits  | 16–9 |
2007 | Rochester Knighthawks  | Arizona Sting  | 13–11 |
2008 | Buffalo Bandits  | Portland LumberJax | 14–13 |
2009 | Calgary Roughnecks  | New York Titans | 12–10 |
2010 | Washington Stealth | Toronto Rock  | 15–11 |
2011 | Toronto Rock  | Washington Stealth  | 8–7 |
2012 | Rochester Knighthawks  | Edmonton Rush | 9–6 |
2013 | Rochester Knighthawks  | Washington Stealth  | 11–10 |
2014 | Rochester Knighthawks  | Calgary Roughnecks  |  | 2–1[5]
2015 | Edmonton Rush | Toronto Rock  |  | 2–0[6]
2016 | Saskatchewan Rush | Buffalo Bandits  |  | 2–0[7]
2017 | Georgia Swarm | Saskatchewan Rush  |  | 2–0[8]
2018 | Saskatchewan Rush  | Rochester Knighthawks  |  | 2–1[9]
2019 | Calgary Roughnecks | Buffalo Bandits  |  | 2–0[10]
2022 | Colorado Mammoth | Buffalo Bandits |  | 2–1[11]
2023 | Buffalo Bandits | Colorado Mammoth |  | 2–1[12]
2024 | Buffalo Bandits  | Albany FireWolves |  | 2–0[13]
2025 | Buffalo Bandits  | Saskatchewan Rush |  | 2-1[14]

## Most Valuable Players

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Year | Winner | Team | Statistics

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1998 | Dallas Eliuk | Philadelphia Wings | 2 wins
1999 | Colin Doyle | Toronto Rock | 4 goals, 2 assists
2000 | Dan Stroup | Toronto Rock  | 5 goals
2001 | Dallas Eliuk  | Philadelphia Wings  | 40 saves
2002 | Colin Doyle  | Toronto Rock  | 3 goals, 1 assist
2003 | Bob Watson | Toronto Rock  | 40 saves
2004 | Curtis Palidwor | Calgary Roughnecks | 41 saves
2005 | Colin Doyle  | Toronto Rock  | 5 goals, 3 assists
2006 | Gavin Prout | Colorado Mammoth | 4 goals, 3 assists
2007 | John Grant, Jr. | Rochester Knighthawks | 3 goals, 5 assists
2008 | Mark Steenhuis | Buffalo Bandits | 5 goals, 1 assist
2009 | Josh Sanderson | Calgary Roughnecks  | 2 goals, 3 assists
2010 | Lewis Ratcliff | Washington Stealth  | 5 goals, 1 assist
2011 | Bob Watson  | Toronto Rock  | 46 saves
2012 | Cody Jamieson | Rochester Knighthawks  | 4 goals, 4 assists
2013 | Cody Jamieson | Rochester Knighthawks  | 3 goals, 2 assists
2014 | Dan Dawson | Rochester Knighthawks  | 3 goals, 5 assists
2015 | Mark Matthews | Edmonton Rush  | 5 goals, 3 assists
2016 | Aaron Bold | Saskatchewan Rush  | 9.50 GAA, 82.5% save pct.
2017 | Lyle Thompson | Georgia Swarm | 3 goals, 4 assists
2018 | Jeff Shattler | Saskatchewan Rush | 7 goals, 5 assists
2019 | Dane Dobbie | Calgary Roughnecks | 7 goals, 6 assists
2022 | Dillon Ward | Colorado Mammoth | 289 playoff saves
2023 | Dhane Smith | Buffalo Bandits | 9 goals, 14 assists
2024 | Josh Byrne | Buffalo Bandits | 4 goals, 12 assists
2025 | Ian MacKay | Buffalo Bandits | 7 goals, 5 assists

## All-time Finals appearances since league inception

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Appearances  | Team  | Wins  | Losses  | Winning %

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Currently active franchises
14 | Buffalo Bandits | 7 | 7 | .500
9 | Toronto Rock | 6 | 3 | .667
6  | Colorado Mammoth[15] | 3  | 3  | .500
5 | Saskatchewan Rush[16] | 3 | 2 | .600
4 | Vancouver Warriors[17] | 1 | 3 | .250
Calgary Roughnecks | 3 | 1 | .750
1 | Georgia Swarm | 1 | 0 | 1.000
Albany FireWolves | 0 | 1 | .000
Inactive franchises - Knighthawks relocated, not inactive
10  | Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) | 5  | 5  | .500
9  | Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014) | 6  | 3  | .667
2 | New York Saints[18] | 1 | 1 | .500
Arizona Sting | 0 | 2 | .000
Washington Wave | 0 | 2 | .000
1 | Detroit Turbos | 1 | 0 | 1.000
Boston Blazers (1989-1997)[19] | 0 | 1 | .000
New York Titans | 0 | 1 | .000
Portland LumberJax | 0 | 1 | .000

## All-time league championships

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League Championships  | Team  | Winning Seasons

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7  | Buffalo Bandits | 1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2023, 2024, 2025
6  | Toronto Rock | 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014) | 1989,[20] 1990,[20] 1994,[20] 1995,[20] 1998,[20] 2001[20]

| Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) | 1997,[21] 2007,[21] 2012,[21] 2013,[21] 2014[21]
3  | Saskatchewan Rush | 2015,[22] 2016, 2018
Calgary Roughnecks | 2004, 2009, 2019
Colorado Mammoth | 1987,[23] 2006, 2022
1  | Detroit Turbos | 1991
Georgia Swarm | 2017
New York Saints[24] | 1988
Washington Stealth | 2010

## National Lacrosse League Cup Appearances

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Appearances  | Team  | Wins  | Losses  | Winning %

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4 | Buffalo Bandits | 2 | 2 | .500
2  | Colorado Mammoth | 1  | 1  | .500
Saskatchewan Rush | 1  | 1  | .500

Calgary Roughnecks | 1  | 0  | 1.000
Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) | 0 | 1 | .000
Albany FireWolves | 0 | 1 | .000

## All-time National Lacrosse League Cup wins

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NLL Cups Won  | Team  | Winning Seasons

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3  | Buffalo Bandits | 2023, 2024, 2025

Saskatchewan Rush | 2018
Calgary Roughnecks | 2019
Colorado Mammoth | 2022

## Champion's Cup appearances

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The NLL Champion's Cup, photographed in 2006 after the winning season of the Colorado Mammoth.

Awarded from 1998 to 2017

Appearances  | Team  | Wins  | Losses  | Winning %

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Currently active franchises
9 | Toronto Rock | 6 | 3 | .667
7 | Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) | 4 | 3 | .571
4 | Saskatchewan Rush[25] | 2 | 2 | .500
Vancouver Warriors[17] | 1 | 3 | .250
Buffalo Bandits | 1 | 3 | .250
Calgary Roughnecks | 3 | 1 | .750
2 | Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014) | 2 | 0 | 1.000
1 | Colorado Mammoth | 1 | 0 | 1.000
Georgia Swarm | 1 | 0 | 1.000
Inactive franchises
2 | Arizona Sting | 0 | 2 | .000
1 | New York Titans | 0 | 1 | .000
Portland LumberJax | 0 | 1 | .000

## All-time Champion's Cup wins

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Champion's
Cups Won  | Team  | Winning Seasons

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| Toronto Rock | 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011

| Rochester Knighthawks (1995-2019) | 2007,[26] 2012,[26] 2013,[26] 2014[26]
2  | Calgary Roughnecks | 2004, 2009
Philadelphia Wings (1987-2014) | 1998,[27] 2001[27]
Saskatchewan Rush | 2015,[22] 2016
1  | Buffalo Bandits | 2008
Colorado Mammoth | 2006
Georgia Swarm | 2017
Washington Stealth | 2010

## North American Cup era

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For the 1987 and 1988 seasons, the league was known as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League; from the 1989 season until the conclusion of the 1997 season, the league was known as the Major Indoor Lacrosse League. In 1998, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League changed to become the National Lacrosse League. During the entire non-NLL name era (1987-1997), a different trophy was awarded to the league champion called the North American Cup.[28] It was a tall, skinny, silver-colored trophy that somewhat resembled the Stanley Cup.

## North American Cup era league champions

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Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score

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|  Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League
1987 | Baltimore Thunder | Washington Wave | 11—10
1988 | New Jersey Saints | Washington Wave  | 17—16
|  Major Indoor Lacrosse League
1989 | Philadelphia Wings | New York Saints | 11—10
1990 | Philadelphia Wings  | New England Blazers | 17—7
1991 | Detroit Turbos | Baltimore Thunder  | 14—12
1992 | Buffalo Bandits | Philadelphia Wings  | 11—10 (OT)
1993 | Buffalo Bandits  | Philadelphia Wings  | 13—12
1994 | Philadelphia Wings  | Buffalo Bandits  | 26—15
1995 | Philadelphia Wings  | Rochester Knighthawks | 15—14 (OT)
1996 | Buffalo Bandits  | Philadelphia Wings  | 15—10
1997 | Rochester Knighthawks  | Buffalo Bandits  | 15—12

## See also

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* Mann Cup

## References

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1. ^ "National Lacrosse League Unveils Its New Championship Trophy". 30 April 2018.
2. ^ National Lacrosse League (18 May 2024). A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the NLL Cup. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
3. ^ Anna Taylor (12 May 2024). "Meet Kathryn Corbiere, the Indigenous Designer of the New NLL Cup". NLL.com. National Lacrosse League. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
4. ^ Best-of-three series. Philadelphia won the first and second games 16–12 and 17–12.
5. ^ Best-of-three series. Rochester won the second and third games 16–10 and 3–2. Calgary won the first game 10–7.
6. ^ Best-of-three series. Edmonton won the first and second games 15–9 and 11–10.
7. ^ Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and second games 11–9 and 11–10.
8. ^ Best-of-three series. Georgia won the first and second games 18–14 and 15–14 (OT).
9. ^ Best-of-three series. Saskatchewan won the first and third games 16–9 and 15–10. Rochester won the second game 13–8.
10. ^ Best-of-three series. Calgary won the first and second games 10-7 and 13-12 (OT).
11. ^ Best-of-three series. Colorado won the second and third games 11–8 and 10–8. Buffalo won the second game 15–14.
12. ^ Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and third games 13–12 and 13–4. Colorado won the second game 16–10.
13. ^ Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and second games 12–8 and 15–13.
14. ^ Best-of-three series. Buffalo won the first and third games 12–10 and 15–6.
15. ^ 2 win and 1 loss as the Colorado Mammoth and 1 win and 2 losses as the Baltimore Thunder
16. ^ 2 wins and 1 losses as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush
17. ^ a b 0 wins and 1 loss as the Albany Attack and 1 win and 2 losses as the Washington Stealth
18. ^ 0 wins and 1 loss as the New York Saints and 1 win and 0 losses as the New Jersey Saints
19. ^ As the New England Blazers
20. ^ a b c d e f As the Philadelphia Wings.
21. ^ a b c d e As the Rochester Knighthawks.
22. ^ a b As the Edmonton Rush
23. ^ As the Baltimore Thunder.
24. ^ As the New Jersey Saints.
25. ^ 1 win and 1 loss as the Saskatchewan Rush and 1 win and 1 loss as the Edmonton Rush
26. ^ a b c d As the Rochester Knighthawks
27. ^ a b As the Philadelphia Wings
28. ^ GetBenched (2013-12-31), 1993 MILL Championship Game: Buffalo Bandits vs Philadelphia Wings, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, retrieved 2016-03-13

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