National Lacrosse League Cup

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

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
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^[2]
2015	Edmonton Rush	Toronto Rock	2—0^[3]

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
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

Champion's Cup appearances

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Winning %
	Currently active franchises
9	Toronto Rock	6	3	.667
7	Rochester Knighthawks	4	3	.571
4	Vancouver Stealth^[4]	1	3	.250
3	Calgary Roughnecks	2	1	.667
3	Buffalo Bandits	1	2	.333
2	Philadelphia Wings	2	0	1.000
	Colorado Mammoth^[5]	1	1	.500
	Edmonton Rush	1	1	.500
0	Minnesota Swarm	0	0	.000
	Inactive franchises
2	Arizona Sting	0	2	.000
1	Orlando Titans^[6]	0	1	.000
1	Portland LumberJax	0	1	.000

All-time Champion's Cup wins

Champion's Cups Won	Team	Winning Seasons
6	Toronto Rock	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
4	Rochester Knighthawks	2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
2	Calgary Roughnecks	2004, 2009
2	Philadelphia Wings	1998, 2001
1	Buffalo Bandits	2008
	Colorado Mammoth	2006
	Vancouver Stealth^[7]	2010
	Edmonton Rush	2015

North American Cup era

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.^[8] It was a tall, skinny, sliver-colored trophy that somewhat resembled the Stanley Cup.

North American Cup era league champions

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
	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

All-time Finals appearances since league inception

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Winning %
	Currently active franchises
9	Philadelphia Wings	6	3	.667
	Rochester Knighthawks	5	4	.556
	Toronto Rock	6	3	.667
8	Buffalo Bandits	4	4	.500
4	Colorado Mammoth^[9]	2	2	.500
4	Vancouver Stealth^[4]	1	3	.250
3	Calgary Roughnecks	2	1	.667
2	Edmonton Rush	1	1	.500
0	Minnesota Swarm	0	0	.000
	Inactive franchises
2	New York Saints^[10]	1	1	.500
	Arizona Sting	0	2	.000
	Washington Wave	0	2	.000
1	Detroit Turbos	1	0	1.000
	Boston Blazers (1989-1997)^[11]	0	1	.000
	Orlando Titans^[6]	0	1	.000
	Portland LumberJax	0	1	.000

All-time league championships

League Championships	Team	Winning Seasons
6	Philadelphia Wings	1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001
6	Toronto Rock	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
5	Rochester Knighthawks	1997, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
4	Buffalo Bandits	1992, 1993, 1996, 2008
2	Calgary Roughnecks	2004, 2009
2	Colorado Mammoth^[12]	1987, 2006
1	Detroit Turbos	1991
	New York Saints^[13]	1988
	Vancouver Stealth^[7]	2010
	Edmonton Rush	2015

Notes

^ 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.
^ In 2014, the Champion's Cup Finals consisted of two games. The first was hosted by the lower seed and the second by the higher seed. If neither team won both games, a 10-minute mini-game was played immediately following the conclusion of Game 2; if still tied, 10-minute sudden death overtime periods thereafter. Calgary won Game 1, 10-7. Rochester won Game 2, 16-10. Rochester won the mini-game, 3-2.
^ In the first 3-game series since 1998, the Rush defeated the Rock two game to none, winning game 1 15-9 and game 2 11-10.
^ ^a ^b 0 wins and 1 loss as the Albany Attack and 1 win and 2 losses as the Washington Stealth
^ 1 win and 0 losses as the Colorado Mammoth and 0 wins and 1 loss as the Baltimore Thunder
^ ^a ^b As the New York Titans
^ ^a ^b As the Washington Stealth
^ GetBenched (2013-12-31), 1993 MILL Championship Game: Buffalo Bandits vs Philadelphia Wings, retrieved 2016-03-13
^ 1 win and 0 losses as the Colorado Mammoth and 1 wins and 2 losses as the Baltimore Thunder
^ 0 wins and 1 loss as the New York Saints and 1 win and 0 losses as the New Jersey Saints
^ As the New England Blazers
^ Won in 1987 as the Baltimore Thunder.
^ As the New Jersey Saints.

[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.

[2] In 2014, the Champion's Cup Finals consisted of two games. The first was hosted by the lower seed and the second by the higher seed. If neither team won both games, a 10-minute mini-game was played immediately following the conclusion of Game 2; if still tied, 10-minute sudden death overtime periods thereafter. Calgary won Game 1, 10-7. Rochester won Game 2, 16-10. Rochester won the mini-game, 3-2.

[3] In the first 3-game series since 1998, the Rush defeated the Rock two game to none, winning game 1 15-9 and game 2 11-10.

[stealth-4] 0 wins and 1 loss as the Albany Attack and 1 win and 2 losses as the Washington Stealth

[5] 1 win and 0 losses as the Colorado Mammoth and 0 wins and 1 loss as the Baltimore Thunder

[titans-6] As the New York Titans

[stealthcups-7] As the Washington Stealth

[8] GetBenched (2013-12-31), 1993 MILL Championship Game: Buffalo Bandits vs Philadelphia Wings, retrieved 2016-03-13

[9] 1 win and 0 losses as the Colorado Mammoth and 1 wins and 2 losses as the Baltimore Thunder

[10] 0 wins and 1 loss as the New York Saints and 1 win and 0 losses as the New Jersey Saints

[11] As the New England Blazers

[12] Won in 1987 as the Baltimore Thunder.

[13] As the New Jersey Saints.

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