Champion's Cup

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The Champion's Cup is the trophy awarded to the playoff winners in the National Lacrosse League.

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[edit] Winners

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1998 Philadelphia Wings Baltimore Thunder 2-0 [1]
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
  1. ^ In 1998, the Champion's Cup was awarded to the winner of a best of three series. Philadelphia won the first two games 16-12 and 17-12 respectively.

[edit] Most Valuable Players

Year Winner Team Statistics
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

[edit] Champion's Cup appearances

Only currently active teams are listed.

Appearances Team Wins Losses Winning Percentage
6 Toronto Rock 5 1 .833
4 Rochester Knighthawks 1 3 .250
3 Buffalo Bandits 1 2 .333
2 Philadelphia Wings 2 0 1.000
1 Calgary Roughnecks 1 0 1.000
Colorado Mammoth[1] 1 0 1.000
Portland Lumberjax 0 1 .000
0 Chicago Shamrox 0 0 .000
Edmonton Rush 0 0 .000
Minnesota Swarm 0 0 .000
New York Titans 0 0 .000
San Jose Stealth[2] 0 0 .000
  1. ^ Appeared in the Champion's Cup as the Baltimore Thunder in 1998
  2. ^ Appeared in the Champion's Cup as the Albany Attack in 2002

[edit] All-time Champion's Cup wins

Champion's Cups Won Team Winning Seasons
5
Toronto Rock 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005
2
Philadelphia Wings 1998, 2001
1
Calgary Roughnecks 2004
Colorado Mammoth 2006
Rochester Knighthawks 2007
Buffalo Bandits 2008