2014 NLL schedule announced
09/03/2013, 1:00pm EDT
By NLL.com
Expanded 18-game regular season schedule opens on Saturday, Dec. 28
The National Lacrosse League has announced the schedule for the 2014 NLL regular season. As the 28th season of professional indoor lacrosse, the new 81-game schedule has expanded from 16 to 18 games per team this year and will open on Saturday, Dec. 28 with three Face Off 2014 games.
The back-to-back NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks will open the year and begin their title defense by hosting the Minnesota Swarm in a Division Final rematch. Meanwhile, the league’s oldest rivalry enters its 23rd year when the Buffalo Bandits host the Philadelphia Wings. Later that night, West Division action gets into gear when the Colorado Mammoth take on the visiting Edmonton Rush. Three more teams begin their season the following weekend as the Toronto Rock host the Calgary Roughnecks in a matchup of 2013 regular season division champions while the Vancouver Stealth open their schedule against the Mammoth on the road.
The Roughnecks play their home opener in Week 3 on Friday, Jan. 10 before the Rush and Stealth open at home on Saturday, Jan. 11. The Wings host their first game on Sunday, Jan. 12 while the Swarm play their home opener in Week 4 on Sunday, Jan. 19.
Each team will play an 18-game schedule over the course of 18 weeks before the start of the playoffs, with regular season play concluding with four games on Saturday, Apr. 26, including a matchup between East Division rivals in the Bandits and Knighthawks along with a rematch of the West Division Final as the Roughnecks take on the Stealth. Week 16 features a rematch of the 2013 NLL Championship Game when the Knighthawks host the Stealth on Saturday, Apr. 12.
2014 NLL regular season schedule:
|
Week |
Day |
Date |
Matchup |
Time (ET) |
| 1 | Sat | 2013-12-28 | Philadelphia at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 1 | Sat | 2013-12-28 | Minnesota at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 1 | Sat | 2013-12-28 | Edmonton at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 2 | Fri | 2014-01-03 | Calgary at Toronto | 7:30PM |
| 2 | Sat | 2014-01-04 | Vancouver at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 3 | Fri | 2014-01-10 | Toronto at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 3 | Fri | 2014-01-10 | Colorado at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 3 | Sat | 2014-01-11 | Philadelphia at Rochester | 7:00PM |
| 3 | Sat | 2014-01-11 | Colorado at Edmonton | 9:00PM |
| 3 | Sat | 2014-01-11 | Minnesota at Vancouver | 10:00PM |
| 3 | Sun | 2014-01-12 | Buffalo at Philadelphia | 4:00PM |
| 4 | Fri | 2014-01-17 | Calgary at Edmonton | 9:30PM |
| 4 | Fri | 2014-01-17 | Colorado at Vancouver | 11:00PM |
| 4 | Sat | 2014-01-18 | Minnesota at Philadelphia | 12:00PM |
| 4 | Sat | 2014-01-18 | Toronto at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 4 | Sat | 2014-01-18 | Vancouver at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 4 | Sat | 2014-01-18 | Buffalo at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 4 | Sun | 2014-01-19 | Philadelphia at Minnesota | 3:00PM |
| 5 | Sat | 2014-01-25 | Rochester at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 5 | Sat | 2014-01-25 | Colorado at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 5 | Sat | 2014-01-25 | Edmonton at Vancouver | 10:00PM |
| 6 | Fri | 2014-01-31 | Vancouver at Toronto | 7:30PM |
| 6 | Sat | 2014-02-01 | Toronto at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 6 | Sat | 2014-02-01 | Vancouver at Philadelphia | 7:30PM |
| 6 | Sat | 2014-02-01 | Minnesota at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 6 | Sat | 2014-02-01 | Rochester at Edmonton | 9:00PM |
| 7 | Fri | 2014-02-07 | Philadelphia at Toronto | 7:30PM |
| 7 | Sat | 2014-02-08 | Edmonton at Philadelphia | 7:30PM |
| 7 | Sat | 2014-02-08 | Buffalo at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 7 | Sat | 2014-02-08 | Calgary at Minnesota | 8:00PM |
| 7 | Sat | 2014-02-08 | Colorado at Vancouver | 10:00PM |
| 8 | Fri | 2014-02-14 | Vancouver at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 8 | Sat | 2014-02-15 | Rochester at Toronto | 7:00PM |
| 8 | Sat | 2014-02-15 | Philadelphia at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 8 | Sat | 2014-02-15 | Edmonton at Minnesota | 8:00PM |
| 8 | Sat | 2014-02-15 | Vancouver at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 9 | Sat | 2014-02-22 | Minnesota at Toronto | 7:00PM |
| 9 | Sat | 2014-02-22 | Rochester at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 9 | Sun | 2014-02-23 | Minnesota at Philadelphia | 4:00PM |
| 10 | Fri | 2014-02-28 | Toronto at Edmonton | 9:30PM |
| 10 | Sat | 2014-03-01 | Toronto at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 10 | Sat | 2014-03-01 | Rochester at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 11 | Sat | 2014-03-08 | Minnesota at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 11 | Sat | 2014-03-08 | Philadelphia at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 11 | Sat | 2014-03-08 | Calgary at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 11 | Sat | 2014-03-08 | Vancouver at Edmonton | 9:00PM |
| 12 | Fri | 2014-03-14 | Edmonton at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 12 | Sat | 2014-03-15 | Rochester at Toronto | 7:00PM |
| 12 | Sat | 2014-03-15 | Colorado at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 12 | Sun | 2014-03-16 | Rochester at Philadelphia | 4:00PM |
| 12 | Sun | 2014-03-16 | Toronto at Minnesota | 6:00PM |
| 13 | Fri | 2014-03-21 | Buffalo at Edmonton | 9:30PM |
| 13 | Fri | 2014-03-21 | Calgary at Vancouver | 11:00PM |
| 13 | Sat | 2014-03-22 | Toronto at Philadelphia | 7:30PM |
| 13 | Sun | 2014-03-23 | Buffalo at Minnesota | 3:00PM |
| 14 | Sat | 2014-03-29 | Edmonton at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 14 | Sat | 2014-03-29 | Minnesota at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 14 | Sat | 2014-03-29 | Philadelphia at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 14 | Sat | 2014-03-29 | Buffalo at Vancouver | 10:00PM |
| 14 | Sun | 2014-03-30 | Edmonton at Toronto | 3:00PM |
| 15 | Fri | 2014-04-04 | Calgary at Philadelphia | 7:00PM |
| 15 | Fri | 2014-04-04 | Rochester at Minnesota | 8:30PM |
| 15 | Sat | 2014-04-05 | Calgary at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 15 | Sat | 2014-04-05 | Minnesota at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 15 | Sat | 2014-04-05 | Colorado at Edmonton | 9:00PM |
| 15 | Sat | 2014-04-05 | Toronto at Vancouver | 10:00PM |
| 16 | Fri | 2014-04-11 | Edmonton at Colorado | 9:00PM |
| 16 | Sat | 2014-04-12 | Philadelphia at Toronto | 7:00PM |
| 16 | Sat | 2014-04-12 | Vancouver at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 16 | Sat | 2014-04-12 | Buffalo at Minnesota | 8:00PM |
| 16 | Sat | 2014-04-12 | Edmonton at Calgary | 9:00PM |
| 17 | Fri | 2014-04-18 | Buffalo at Toronto | 7:00PM |
| 17 | Sat | 2014-04-19 | Buffalo at Rochester | 7:30PM |
| 17 | Sat | 2014-04-19 | Colorado at Minnesota | 8:00PM |
| 17 | Sat | 2014-04-19 | Calgary at Edmonton | 9:00PM |
| 17 | Sat | 2014-04-19 | Philadelphia at Vancouver | 10:00PM |
| 18 | Fri | 2014-04-25 | Vancouver at Edmonton | 9:30PM |
| 18 | Sat | 2014-04-26 | Rochester at Buffalo | 7:30PM |
| 18 | Sat | 2014-04-26 | Colorado at Philadelphia | 7:30PM |
| 18 | Sat | 2014-04-26 | Toronto at Minnesota | 8:00PM |
| 18 | Sat | 2014-04-26 | Calgary at Vancouver | 10:00PM |
