The 2010 National Lacrosse League season, the 24th in the history of the NLL, began on January 8, 2010, and ended with the Championship game on May 15.
Team movement After five seasons in San Jose, the Stealth announced shortly after the 2009 season ended that they would be relocating to Everett, Washington, approximately 30 miles north of Seattle. The Washington Stealth will play at the Comcast Arena. In addition it was announced on May 4, 2009, that after four seasons in Portland, the Lumberjax would no longer operate in that city and on July 7, 2009, the NLL held a dispersal draft for the Lumberjax players.
On August 10, 2009, it was announced that after three seasons in New York City, the Titans franchise will be relocating to Orlando, Florida, where they will become the Orlando Titans. The franchise will play its home games at Amway Arena.
Teams 2010 National Lacrosse League Division Team City Arena Capacity East Boston Blazers Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden 17,850 Buffalo Bandits Buffalo, New York HSBC Arena 18,690 Orlando Titans Orlando, Florida Amway Arena 15,948 Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center 19,537 Rochester Knighthawks Rochester, New York Blue Cross Arena 10,662 Toronto Rock Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre 18,800 West Calgary Roughnecks Calgary, Alberta Pengrowth Saddledome 19,289 Colorado Mammoth Denver, Colorado Pepsi Center 18,007 Edmonton Rush Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place 16,839 Minnesota Swarm Saint Paul, Minnesota XCEL Energy Center 18,064 Washington Stealth Everett, Washington Comcast Arena at Everett 8,513
Map of teams
Standings
Playoffs
Milestones and events
Pre-season June 17, 2009: The NLL announced that the San Jose Stealth would be relocating to Everett, Washington, playing at the Comcast Arena. June 30, 2009: The NLL announced that George Daniel had been named as Commissioner. Daniel had been Interim Commissioner since Jim Jennings' resignation in January. July 7, 2009: A dispersal draft was held for Portland Lumberjax players making the team officially defunct. August 10, 2009: The NLL announced that the New York Titans would be moving to Orlando, Florida, becoming the Orlando Titans.
Awards
Annual AwardWinnerTeam Most Valuable Player Casey Powell Orlando Titans Goaltender of the Year Matt Vinc Orlando Titans Defensive Player of the Year Sandy Chapman Toronto Rock Transition Player of the Year Brodie Merrill Edmonton Rush Rookie of the Year Stephan LeBlanc Toronto Rock Sportsmanship Award Shawn Williams Rochester Knighthawks GM of the Year Derek Keenan Edmonton Rush Les Bartley Award Derek KeenanChris Hall Edmonton RushWashington Stealth Executive of the Year Award David Takata Washington Stealth Tom Borrelli Award Paul Tutka
All-Pro teams First Team Casey Powell, Orlando Josh Sanderson, Calgary Dan Dawson, Boston Brodie Merrill, Edmonton Sandy Chapman, Toronto Matt Vinc, Orlando
Second Team Colin Doyle, Toronto Lewis Ratcliff, Washington Rhys Duch, Washington Jordan Hall, Orlando John Orsen, Orlando Anthony Cosmo, Boston
All-Rookie team Stephan Leblanc, Toronto Garrett Billings, Toronto Alex Gajic, Colorado Curtis Manning, Calgary Matt Beers, Washington Chris Corbeil, Buffalo
Weekly awards The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best transition player, best defensive player, and best rookie.
Month Week Overall Offensive Defensive Transition Rookie January 1 Josh Sanderson Josh Sanderson Pat O'Toole Paul Rabil Garrett Billings 2 Colin Doyle Colin Doyle Brandon Miller Bobby McBride Ilija Gajic 3 Bob Watson Lewis Ratcliff Bob Watson Paul Rabil Garrett Billings 4 Aaron Bold Jeff Zywicki Greg Peyser Brodie Merrill Brett Mydske February 5 Blaine Manning Blaine Manning Matt Vinc Peter Morgan Stephan LeBlanc 6 Mike Poulin John Tavares Angus Goodleaf Jay Thorimbert Stephan LeBlanc 7 Callum Crawford Ryan Powell Pat O'Toole Steve Toll Garrett Billings March 8 Casey Powell Casey Powell Matt Vinc Geoff Snider Alex Gajic 9 Mark Steenhuis Mark Steenhuis Matt King Jeff Shattler Kyle Clancy 10 John Tavares John Tavares Matt Vinc Jordan Hall Alex Gajic 11 Dan Dawson Dan Dawson Anthony Cosmo Jeff Shattler Ryan Hotaling 12 Lewis Ratcliff Lewis Ratcliff Brandon Miller Paul Rabil Alex Gajic April 13 Stephan LeBlanc Callum Crawford Brandon Atherton Brodie Merrill Stephan LeBlanc 14 Shawn Williams Rhys Duch Matt Roik Jed Prossner Chris Corbeil 15 Dan Dawson Dan Dawson Matt Vinc Geoff Snider Stephan LeBlanc 16 Rhys Duch Rhys Duch Mike Thompson Jordan Hall Kyle Clancy
Monthly awards Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.
Month Overall Rookie January Bob Watson Garrett Billings February Matt Vinc Stephan LeBlanc March John Tavares Alex Gajic April Brodie Merrill Stephan LeBlanc
Statistics leaders Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records. StatPlayerTeamTotalGoalsLewis RatcliffWashington46AssistsJosh SandersonBoston70PointsJosh SandersonBoston104Penalty MinutesRory SmithOrlando104Shots on GoalJohn Grant, Jr.Rochester197Loose BallsGeoff SniderPhiladelphia245Save PctMatt VincRochester.810GAAMike PoulinCalgary8.99
Attendance Regular season + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendanceBuffalo Bandits 816,604132,836Colorado Mammoth 815,037120,299Calgary Roughnecks 8 10,41883,349Toronto Rock810,06680,532Minnesota Swarm89,58876,706Philadelphia Wings89,45875,664Boston Blazers 8 8,30966,478Edmonton Rush87,55860,465Rochester Knighthawks87,12957,037Orlando Titans87,03556,283Washington Stealth 83,94431,559League889,559841,208
Playoffs + Home team Home games Average attendance Total attendanceCalgary Roughnecks 110,38810,388Toronto Rock19,3679,367Washington Stealth35,37316,119Orlando Titans24,4288,856League76,39044,730
See also 2010 in sports
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