2020 NLL season | |
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League | National Lacrosse League |
Sport | Indoor lacrosse (box lacrosse) |
Duration | November 29, 2019 — March 12, 2020 |
Number of games | 18 |
Number of teams | 13 |
TV partner(s) | B/R Live[1] (United States) Twitter and Facebook (Globally) |
Regular season | |
Top seed | New England Black Wolves |
Season MVP | Shayne Jackson |
Top scorer | Callum Crawford |
Playoffs |
The 2020 National Lacrosse League season, formally known as the 2019–2020 season, was the 34th in the history of the NLL. The season began on November 29, 2019 and was scheduled to end with the NLL final in late spring of 2020.[2][3] However due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[4] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.[5][6]
This season was the inaugural season for the expansion Knighthawks[7] and Riptide.[8][9] The former Rochester Knighthawks under owner Curt Styres relocated to Halifax for this season while Pegula Sports and Entertainment took over the Knighthawks moniker with a new expansion team.[10][11][12]
With the addition of two teams, the NLL was realigned into a three division league. The five west division teams remained the same but the six east division and two expansion teams were distributed into a north and a new east division. The top-two teams in each division would qualify for the playoffs plus and additional two wild card teams.[13]