The National Lacrosse League dispersal draft is a meeting where the general managers of National Lacrosse League teams choose players from teams that are ceasing operations. The NLL has seen many team changes over the years (the 1993 season was the last time the league had no team changes over the previous season), so dispersal drafts have been commonplace. Recent dispersal drafts have occurred in 2026 (Ottawa Black Bears, Philadelphia Wings), 2024 (Panther City Lacrosse Club), 2011 (Boston Blazers), 2010 (Orlando Titans), 2009 (Portland LumberJax), 2008 (Arizona Sting, Chicago Shamrox), 2007 (Arizona Sting, Boston Blazers), 2005 (Anaheim Storm), 2004 (Vancouver Ravens), 2003 (Ottawa Rebel), and 2002 (Montréal Express).
2026 Draft results Players from the Ottawa Black Bears and Philadelphia Wings - September 15, 2026
OverallTeamPlayer First Round1OshawaJeff Teat2Las VegasNick Damude3RochesterCallum Jones4Georgia (from Calgary)Lukas Nielsen5San DiegoBrennan O'Neill6HalifaxMatt Marinier7ColoradoAlex Pace8GeorgiaDeacon Knott9BuffaloZach Higgins10SaskatchewanJake Stevens11Buffalo (from Vancouver)Dalton Young12Las Vegas (from Toronto)Mitchell Armstrong Second Round13OshawaConnor Kearnan14Las VegasSam Leclair15RochesterBrent Noseworthy16CalgaryBen Kromer17San DiegoJake Saunders18HalifaxDustyn Birkhof19Saskatchewan (from Colorado)Sam Firth20GeorgiaBo Columbus21BuffaloLarson Sundown22SaskatchewanReed Kurtz23Buffalo (from Vancouver)Scott Dominey24Las Vegas (from Toronto)Ryan Wagner Third Round25OshawaRon John26Las VegasLiam Aston27Buffalo (from Rochester)Travis Longboat28CalgaryNicholas Volkov29San DiegoGregory Elijah-Brown30HalifaxLiam Patten31ColoradoAndrew Borgatti32GeorgiaIsaiah Davis-Allen33BuffaloJustin Sykes34Saskatchewanpass35VancouverMichael Sowers36Torontopass Fourth Round37OshawaKevin Brownell38Las VegasChris Corbeil39RochesterLuc Magnan40CalgaryCole Begley41San DiegoMason Woodward42HalifaxLanden Sinfield43ColoradoEvan Messenger All remaining teams pass
2024 Draft results Players from the Panther City Lacrosse Club - September 2, 2024
OverallTeamPlayer First Round1ColoradoWill Malcolm2Las VegasJonathan Donville 3PhiladelphiaNick Damude 4VancouverRyan Sheridan5CalgaryMathieu Gautier6SaskatchewanMatt Hossack7OttawaPhil Caputo8RochesterJosh Medeiros9HalifaxJason Knox10Calgary (from Georgia)Cam McLeod11San DiegoJustin Sykes12TorontoElijah Gash 13Ottawa (from Albany)Liam Patten14Philadelphia (from Buffalo)Anthony Malcom Second Round15ColoradoBrent Mitchell16Las VegasDylan Hutchison17PhiladelphiaConnor Sellars18VancouverRonin Pusch19CalgaryJustin Morgan20SaskatchewanEvan Messenger21OttawaColin Sharkey22RochesterMike Sisselberger23HalifaxPat Foley 24GeorgiaCaleb Kueber25San DiegoCallum Crawford26Las VegasBrandon Goodwin27PhiladelphiaTim Manning
2011 Draft results Players from the Boston Blazers - September 9, 2011
OverallTeamPlayer First Round1 Philadelphia Dan Dawson2 Edmonton Kyle Rubisch3 Minnesota (from Colorado) Anthony Cosmo4 Minnesota Josh Sanderson5 Rochester Mike Kirk6 Buffalo Kevin Buchanan7 Calgary Nick Rose8 Washington Jamie Rooney9 Minnesota (from Toronto) Greg Downing Second Round10 Philadelphia John Orson11 Edmonton Ryan Dilks12 Colorado Ryan Hotaling13 Minnesota Mitch Belisle14 Rochester Casey Powell15 Buffalo Damon Edwards16 Calgary Geoff McNulty17 Washington Josh Wasson18 Toronto Jon Durno Third Round19 Philadelphia Nick Cotter20 Edmonton pass21 Colorado Greg Peyser22 Minnesota Jason Duboe23 Rochester Jack Reid24 Buffalo pass25 Calgary Brock Armour26 Washington Dan Teat27 Toronto pass Fourth Round28 Philadelphia Brett Queener29 Colorado Gary Bining30 Minnesota Tyler Collins31 Rochester pass32 Calgary Kevin Leveille33 Washington pass Fifth Round34 Philadelphia pass35 Colorado Sean Morris36 Minnesota pass37 Calgary pass All remaining teams pass
2010 Draft results Players from the Orlando Titans - August 6, 2010
OverallPlayerTeam First Round1 Colorado Matt Vinc2 Boston (From Philadelphia) Casey Powell3 Rochester Jordan Hall4 Minnesota Rory Smith5 Philadelphia (From Boston) Brendan Mundorf6 Boston (From Buffalo) John Orsen7 Edmonton Bill Greer8 Philadelphia (From Calgary) Ryan Boyle9 Toronto Mike McLellan10 Washington Chet Koneczny Second Round11 Colorado Jarett Park12 Philadelphia Stephen Peyser13 Rochester Dan Hardy14 Minnesota Tim O'Brien15 Boston Greg Peyser16 Buffalo Jesse Guerin17 Edmonton Matt Alrich18 Calgary Kurtis Wagar19 Toronto Mat MacLeod20 Washington Matt Zash Third Round21 Colorado Chad Thompson22 Philadelphia Jeff Bigas23 Rochester Kenny Nims24 Minnesota Matt Bocklet25 Boston Mike Ammann26 Buffalo Matt Brown27 Edmonton pass28 Calgary Keith Cromwell29 Toronto pass30 Washington pass Fourth Round31 Colorado Marc Burton32 Philadelphia Dan Cocoziello33 Rochester Mike Evans34 Minnesota pass35 Boston Chris Passavia36 Buffalo pass37 Calgary Rob Smith Fifth Round38 Colorado Bryan Barrett39 Philadelphia pass40 Rochester Bobby Horsey41 Boston pass42 Calgary Brian Spallina All remaining teams pass
2009 Draft results Players from the Portland LumberJax - July 7, 2009
OverallPlayerTeam First Round1 Edmonton Brodie Merrill2 Toronto Tyler Codron3 Minnesota Scott Stewart4 Philadelphia Peter Jacobs5 Colorado Cory Conway6 Minnesota (from Rochester) Richard Morgan7 Washington Peter Morgan8 Boston Kevin Leveille9 Buffalo Jamison Koesterer10 New York Ryan Powell11 Calgary Luke Forget Second Round12 Edmonton Matt Disher13 Toronto Joel Weber14 Minnesota Tim Campeau15 Philadelphia Matt Flindell16 Colorado David Morgan17 Rochester Dan Stroup18 Washington Brad MacDonald19 Boston Matt Yager20 Buffalo pass21 New York Matt Brown22 Calgary Dayne Michaud Third Round23 Edmonton Pat Jones24 Toronto pass25 Minnesota Bruce Alexander26 Philadelphia Derek Malawsky27 Colorado Dallas Eliuk28 Rochester pass29 Washington Derek Lowe All remaining teams pass
2008 Draft results There were two separate dispersal drafts in 2008. In June, the Arizona Sting announced that they would not be returning as promised after they decided not to play in the 2008 season. Then just weeks before the 2009 season started, the Chicago Shamrox suspended operations, requiring a second draft.
June 30, 2008 Players from the Arizona Sting
OverallPlayer Team First Round1 Boston Dan Dawson2 Edmonton Andy Secore3 Chicago Scott Self4 Toronto Craig Conn5 Rochester Lindsay Plunkett6 Calgary Bruce Codd7 Colorado Bruce Murray8 San Jose Mike Grimes9 Philadelphia Rob Blasdell10 New York Jamie Rooney11 Minnesota Chris McKay12 Portland Derek Malawsky13 Buffalo Greg Hinman Second Round14 Boston Peter Veltman15 Edmonton Chris Seller16 Chicago Brad MacDonald17 Toronto Mike Attwood18 Rochester Matt Brown19 Calgary Pass20 Colorado Matt Ward21 San Jose Pass22 Philadelphia Luc Pinder23 New York Pass24 Minnesota Brad Dairon25 Portland Kyle McEwen
December 12, 2008 Players from the Chicago Shamrox
OverallPlayer Team First Round 1 Boston Anthony Cosmo 2 Edmonton Scott Self 3 Toronto Bill McGlone 4 Rochester Mike Kirk 5 Calgary Tom Montour 6 Colorado Brad Self 7 San Jose Steve McKinlay 8 Philadelphia Mat Giles 9 New York Josh Funk 10 Minnesota Kevin Fines 11 Portland Kevin Leveille 12 Buffalo Cody Jacobs Second Round 13 Boston Geoff Griffiths 14 Edmonton Callum Crawford 15 Toronto Josh Wasson 16 Rochester Bobby McBride 17 Colorado Steven Brooks 18 San Jose Jake Byrne 19 New York Peter Striebel 20 Minnesota Drew Candy 21 Buffalo Cory Stringer Third Round 23 Edmonton Darryl Gibson 24 Rochester Craig Robertson Fourth Round 25 Rochester Pat Saunders Fifth Round 26 Rochester Brock Boyle
2007 Draft results Players from the Arizona Sting and Boston Blazers - November 5, 2007
Player Team Former team First Round Portland Dan Dawson Arizona New York Patrick Merrill Boston Philadelphia Rob Blasdell Arizona Chicago Scott Self Arizona Minnesota (from Edmonton) Andy Secore Arizona Chicago (from Toronto) Lindsay Plunkett Arizona San Jose Peter Veltman Arizona Minnesota Ryan Avery Boston Calgary Pat Campbell Boston Buffalo Craig Conn Arizona Colorado Bruce Murray Arizona Rochester Jack Reid Boston Second Round Rochester Matt Lyons Arizona Colorado Matt Brown Arizona Buffalo Brian Croswell Boston Calgary Bruce Codd Arizona Minnesota Mike Grimes Boston San Jose Sean Morris Boston Toronto Curtis Ptolmey Arizona Edmonton Chris Seller Arizona Chicago Brock Boyle Boston Philadelphia Jamie Rooney Arizona New York Matt Alrich Arizona Portland Derek Malawsky Arizona Third Round Portland Brad MacDonald Arizona New York Greg Downing Arizona Philadelphia Brenden Thenhaus Boston Chicago Andrew Lazore Boston Edmonton Chris McKay Arizona Toronto Jon Harasym Boston San Jose Keegan Davidson Arizona Minnesota Mark Tinning Arizona Calgary Greg Hinman Arizona Buffalo Joe Smith Arizona Colorado Jed Prossner Boston Rochester Alex Smith Arizona
2005 Draft results Players from the Anaheim Storm - July 20, 2005
Player Team Rory Glaves Edmonton Casey Powell Portland Matt Roik San Jose Bruce Murray Minnesota Peter Morgan Philadelphia Bill Greer Colorado Matt King Calgary Cam Bergman Rochester Chris McElroy Arizona (from Buffalo) Matt Dwane Arizona Scott Stewart Portland (from Toronto) Damien Davis Edmonton Adam Bysouth Portland Mike Law San Jose Ryan Powell Minnesota Pat Jones Philadelphia
2004 Draft results Players from the Vancouver Ravens - December 15, 2004
Player Team Craig Conn Minnesota Rory Glaves Anaheim Cam Sedgwick Arizona Kevin Olson San Jose Chris McKay Rochester Nick Patterson Minnesota Matt Dwane Philadelphia Randy Daly Colorado Curt Malawsky Buffalo D'Arcy Berthiaume Minnesota Bruce Murray Anaheim Noah Talbot Arizona Ian Hawksbee Philadelphia Peter Morgan Rochester Rich Catton San Jose Declined to select Toronto Declined to select Colorado Declined to select Buffalo
2003 Draft results Players from the Ottawa Rebel - July 31, 2003
Player Team Matt Disher Anaheim Bruce Codd New York Scott Self Columbus Kevin Howard Philadelphia Brennan Day San Jose Jamie Roy Vancouver Kyle Laverty Calgary Brad Self Colorado Jason Clark Buffalo Mat Giles Rochester Ryan Painter Toronto Stephen Evans Anaheim Andrew Leyshon New York Eric Pacey Columbus Jake Lawson Philadelphia Chris Konopliff San Jose Peter Veltman Vancouver Kevin Dostie Calgary Mike Henderson Colorado Marc Landriault Buffalo Shawn Zettel Rochester Kevin Lunnie Toronto Adam Mitchell Anaheim Derek Collins New York Shawn Parnell Columbus DJ Serr Philadelphia Rick Matthews San Jose Jamie Raffan Vancouver Jon Tarbell Calgary Declined to select Colorado Mike Hamilton Buffalo Declined to select Rochester Ryan McNish Toronto
2002 Draft results Players from the Montreal Express - September 21, 2002
Player Team Tracey Kelusky Calgary Bruce Codd Ottawa Peter Lough Columbus Jason Crosbie Ottawa (from New Jersey) Mat Giles Ottawa (from New York) Aime Caines Buffalo Eric Pacey Ottawa (from Philadelphia) Forfeited Colorado Bruce Alexander Vancouver Steve Penny Rochester Curtis Palidwor Columbus (from Albany) Todd Richard Toronto Brad MacArthur Calgary Shawn Zettel Ottawa D'Arcy Berthiaume Columbus Shawn Parnell Ottawa (from New Jersey) Dean Harrison New York Kelly Sullivan Buffalo Declines to select Philadelphia Brian Buchanon Colorado Troy Thompson Vancouver Declines to select Rochester Shawn Summerfield Albany Declines to select Toronto
References
See also National Lacrosse League entry draft National Lacrosse League expansion draft