Arena Lacrosse League

The Arena Lacrosse League (ALL) is a senior men's semi-professional box lacrosse league based in Canada. The league consists of seven teams in Ontario. Teams play a 14-game regular season schedule before league playoffs conclude with the ALL Cup.

Arena Lacrosse League
Sportbox lacrosse
Founded2016
No. of teams7
Most recent
champion(s)		Men: St. Catharines Shockwave (2019)
Women: Lady RiverWolves (2019)
Most titlesOshawa, St. Catharines & Whitby (1 each)
Official websiteArenaLacrosseLeague.ca

History

Founded by Paul St. John in the summer of 2016, the ALL began with six teams for their first season in the winter of 2017. Oshawa Outlaws, Paris RiverWolves, Peterborough Timbermen, Six Nations Snipers, St. Catharines Shockwave and Toronto Monarchs were the original six of the ALL.[1][2][3]

Oshawa Outlaws defeated the Toronto Monarchs 11-10 in the first league championship game played on April 9, 2017 at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa.[4] The Outlaws were the regular season winner with a 10-4 record.[5]

Season two included expansion with the Whitby Steelhawks.[6] Toronto Monarchs finished with a league-best 11-3 regular season, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Whitby who would go on to capture the ALL Cup by defeating Paris RiverWolves 12-10 on April 8, 2018 at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre.

In November of 2018 the ALL partnered with the National Lacrosse League.[7][8] It will serve as a development league for the NLL.

Women

ALL added a women's division in 2018 with three teams (RiverWolves, Shockwave and Snipers) competing in the first season. All games are contested at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.

A fourth team (Steelhawks) was added for the 2019 season.

Teams
ALL teams
Team Arena First season
Oshawa Outlaws Children's Arena 2017
Paris RiverWolves Syl Apps Community Centre 2017
Peterborough Timbermen Children's Arena 2017
Six Nations Snipers Iroquois Lacrosse Arena 2017
St. Catharines Shockwave Iroquois Lacrosse Arena 2017
Toronto Monarchs Toronto Rock Athletic Centre 2017
Whitby Steelhawks Children's Arena 2018

ALL Cup
ALL Champions
Season Winner (Men) Runner-up (Men) Result Winner (Women) Runner-up (Women Result
2017 Oshawa Outlaws Toronto Monarchs 11-10 --- --- ---
2018 Whitby Steelhawks Paris RIverWolves 12-10 Lady Snipers Lady Shockwave
2019 St. Catharines Shockwave Paris RIverWolves 8-6 Lady RiverWolves Lady Shockwave 8-5

References
  1. "New Arena Lacrosse League coming to Oshawa in January 2017". DurhamRegion.com. October 24, 2016.
  2. "Peterborough Timbermen fill out roster in inaugural ALL draft". Peterborough Examiner. November 27, 2016.
  3. "New Arena Lacrosse League teams getting ready for inaugural season". Two Row Times. December 14, 2016.
  4. "Oshawa Outlaws take first Arena Lacrosse League championship in thrilling fashion". DurhamRegion.com. April 11, 2017.
  5. "Oshawa Outlaws finish on top of Arena Lacrosse League in first season". DurhamRegion.com. April 3, 2017.
  6. "Steelhawks pick 12 in ALL expansion draft". ArenaLacrosseLeague.ca. October 26, 2017.
  7. "NLL partners with the Arena Lacrosse League". NLL.com. November 29, 2018.
  8. "Arena Lacrosse League reaches deal to work with National Lacrosse League". Peterborough Examiner. November 29, 2018.
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