NLL History

Darris Kilgour knew how to lower the BOOM 💥

How good is Paul Gait? Bob Matthews of the @DandC got Knighthawks fans excited for their latest addition on this day in 1994.

"I'm sure if the marketing people get the people into the game, we'll get them back for the second game," then-@NLLBandits head coach Bob McCready said at the team's introductory press conference.

Interested in putting down a deposit to become a 1995 Rochester Knighthawks season ticket holder?

On this day in 1994, the original Rochester Knighthawks were born. "We had four others, bigger markets, bigger cities, but my heart was with Rochester from the beginning," shared Chris Fritz, MILL chief executive officer.

On this day in 1991, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League announced it was expanding to Buffalo with the @NLLBandits. Sabres President Seymour Knox shared excitement about the addition to the Buffalo sports and entertainment scene.

Happy birthday to the GOAT, seven-time NLL champion John Tavares.

@DarrylRayHays @34ROCKYP @NLL I don’t think you can trademark colors, right? Plus they wore an alternate in similar colors this season.

@34ROCKYP @NLLHistory @NLL To my knowledge the Thunderbirds own the original logo and colors they also took the championships too.

Where. They. Belong.

Matt knows what’s up!

Mood in Rochester. 💚👏

New on NLL Chatter: The story of the Buffalo Bandits two-year winning streak nllchatter.com/2025/07/29/the…

On this day in 2023, Curt Malawsky was named general manager and head coach of the @VanWarriors.

Can you ID these four Toronto Rock legends who participated in the 2006 @NLL All-Star game hosted by the Rock? #RockCity🎸

From May 2007 to May 2008, Athan Iannucci went on one of the greatest goal-scoring runs in pro lacrosse history. In the summer of 2007, Iannucci scored a Western Lacrosse Association-best 51 goals. That same summer, he scored 16 goals in only 4 games with the Chicago Machine in Major League Lacrosse. In the winter/spring of 2008, Iannucci scored a then-National Lacrosse League record of 71 goals (beating Gary Gait's record of 61 goals set 5 years prior).

The @SaskRushLAX relocated to Saskatoon on this day in 2015, kicking off the franchise's era of success in the prairies.

Let’s just say, new Penn head coach Taylor Wray had some POP to his game back in his day.

Did you know the Rochester Knighthawks made the playoffs in each of their first 13 seasons? The streak, stretching from 1995 until 2007, is a league record.

@GoBills666 Someone somewhere is lifting it every night in their basement!

@NLLHistory Such a sick looking trophy! Rumor is it “disappeared” sometime around when they went from MILL to NLL 🤔

When the Knighthawks won their first championship in 1997, just lifting the trophy was an impressive feat.