The Outsider's Guide wishes to thank the following people for their help throughout the 2001-2002 National Lacrosse League. Without the assistance of fans across the league, the coverage this season would not have been nearly as successful as it was.

First, thanks to the game correspondents. These are fans who took on the extra responsibility at the games of taking notes and writing great articles. They are listed, with the game reports they wrote, in alphabetical order:

George Bruck          18 Jan: Philadelphia 11, New York 10
                      25 Jan: Philadelphia 8, Buffalo 7
                       1 Feb: Philadelphia 21, Rochester 13
                      16 Feb: New Jersey 13, Philadelphia 11
                      23 Feb: Columbus 15, Philadelphia 14
                       2 Mar: Philadelphia 19, Ottawa 17
                      16 Mar: Philadelphia 12, Washington 11
                      23 Mar: Philadelphia 12, Toronto 11
                      30 Mar: Washington 12, Philadelphia 11

Bob Cochrane          18 Nov: Ottawa 13, Vancouver 10
                       2 Dec: Calgary 17, Ottawa 11
                      21 Dec: Rochester 14, Ottawa 10
                       4 Jan: Columbus 15, Ottawa 11
                      11 Jan: Columbus 13, Montreal 12
                      27 Jan: Montreal 13, Ottawa 9
                      16 Feb: Toronto 15, Ottawa 8
                       8 Mar: Washington 18, Ottawa 15
                      15 Mar: Albany 14, Montreal 13
                      24 Mar: New Jersey 12, Ottawa 11

Joe Fee                5 Jan: Washington 12, Toronto 11
                      19 Jan: Albany 18, Ottawa 17
                       8 Feb: Vancouver 13, New Jersey 8
                      17 Feb: Rochester 21, Montreal 16
                      23 Feb: Albany 15, Buffalo 14
                       9 Mar: Montreal 15, Toronto 9
                      21 Apr: North 14, South 10

Chad Gambone          16 Nov: Albany 20, New Jersey 16
                      24 Nov: Rochester 22, Albany 16
                      30 Nov: New York 14, New Jersey 9
                      21 Dec: Albany 20, New York 8
                      28 Dec: New York 17, Columbus 13
                      29 Dec: Rochester 14, Calgary 13
                      19 Jan: Rochester 24, Columbus 9
                       8 Feb: Albany 13, Columbus 12
                       9 Feb: Rochester 13, Montreal 10
                      15 Feb: New Jersey 15, Washington 8
                      24 Mar: Albany 14, Montreal 6
                       6 Apr: Albany 14, Rochester 10

David Grieco          22 Mar: Rochester 14, Columbus 13
                      30 Mar: Rochester 11, Vancouver 10

Tom Hoffman            1 Dec: Albany 20, Philadelphia 16

Dave Holusha           8 Dec: New York 20, Calgary 14
                      16 Dec: Buffalo 16, New York 13
                      12 Jan: New York 21, Philadelphia 18
                      25 Jan: Washington 17, New York 12
                       2 Feb: Albany 13, New York 8
                       9 Feb: Vancouver 13, New York 7

Ben Knight            14 Dec: Toronto 12, Ottawa 6
                      26 Jan: Toronto 14, Rochester 9
                       3 Feb: Toronto 17, Montreal 12
                      10 Feb: Toronto 17, Washington 14
                      23 Feb: Toronto 14, Calgary 13
                      15 Mar: Toronto 21, New York 7
                      22 Mar: Toronto 17, Philadelphia 9
                       5 Apr: Toronto 12, Washington 11
                      13 Apr: Toronto 13, Albany 12

Lax28                 25 Jan: Montreal 20, Ottawa 15

Loonie                 1 Dec: Vancouver 13, Toronto 12
                      23 Dec: Vancouver 22, New Jersey 10
                      19 Jan: Washington 17, Vancouver 12
                       2 Feb: Vancouver 21, Ottawa 10
                      16 Feb: Vancouver 15, New York 8
                      23 Feb: Vancouver 16, Montreal 11

Deb McAllister        24 Nov: Buffalo 17, Washington 15
                       1 Dec: Montreal 18, Buffalo 17
                      15 Dec: Rochester 15, Philadelphia 10
                       5 Jan: Rochester 22, Buffalo 11
                      12 Jan: Rochester 17, Albany 14
                      26 Jan: Buffalo 17, Vancouver 14
                       1 Feb: Montreal 10, Buffalo 7
                       2 Feb: Buffalo 12, Columbus 8
                       9 Feb: Albany 11, Buffalo 9
                      16 Feb: Buffalo 12, Columbus 10
                      22 Feb: Buffalo 19, Philadelphia 15
                       2 Mar: Toronto 8, Buffalo 7
                       9 Mar: Rochester 12, Buffalo 7
                      23 Mar: Buffalo 23, Washington 22

Vaun Mehling          24 Nov: Montreal 32, Calgary 17

Scott Neiss            1 Dec: Washington 13, Rochester 12
                      16 Feb: Albany 17, Washington 9
                       9 Mar: New Jersey 15, New York 9
                      16 Mar: Ottawa 12, New Jersey 10
                      23 Mar: Ottawa 17, New York 16

Kent Ridley           14 Dec: Calgary 20, Columbus 13
                      21 Dec: Calgary 20, New Jersey 11
                      12 Jan: Toronto 15, Calgary 12
                      18 Jan: Buffalo 13, Calgary 12
                      27 Jan: Albany 12, Calgary 7
                       9 Feb: Ottawa 20, Calgary 15
                      23 Mar: Vancouver 17, Calgary 9

Winston Seeney        17 Nov: Toronto 16, Vancouver 11

Shamus                16 Mar: Vancouver 17, Calgary 10

Don Wilg              23 Feb: Rochester 20, New York 9

In addition to all that, I wrote a handful of articles myself, and I thank those who offered behind-the-scenes help in crafting them.

R.A. Philly           29 Nov: Montreal 23, Calgary 16
                       1 Dec: New Jersey 13, Columbus 12
                       8 Dec: Albany 13, New Jersey 5
                       8 Dec: Philadelphia 18, Vancouver 14
                      14 Dec: Vancouver 17, Montreal 13
                      15 Dec: Washington 21, New Jersey 9
                      28 Dec: Calgary 14, New Jersey 13
                      13 Jan: Washington 19, Columbus 15
                      20 Jan: Philadelphia 17, New Jersey 15
                      25 Jan: Columbus 12, Vancouver 11
                      26 Jan: Washington 23, New York 15
                       2 Feb: Washington 19, Calgary 15
                       2 Mar: Columbus 12, Montreal 10
                       9 Mar: Albany 20, Columbus 15
                       9 Mar: Washington 19, Philadelphia 12
                      16 Mar: Rochester 16, Toronto 14
                      23 Mar: New Jersey 10, Columbus 9

Extra thanks to Chad Gambone for his weekly Power Rankings articles, and to Scott Neiss and Deb McAllister for stepping in to update this site at times when I was unavailable to do so.

I also owe a debt of gratitude to the people who did not write any game summaries but who contributed frequent assistance, without which most game summaries would never have been complete. Whether they were helping to write lead paragraphs for articles and for the home page, suggesting headlines, adding their own comments to the articles of others, providing stats, sending press releases, making suggestions, or just offering the little things that keep the Outsider's Guide at such a high level of quality, they've helped in ways that usually go without recognition. My thanks to Campy, Brent Clark, Dave Coleman, Glen Dundas, eSs88, Daryl Fernquist, Gonzo in Rochester, Fabio Gump, Laxiter, Doug Marcus, Johnny Mogul, John Sapello, Shae Sperry, Jennifer Stefani, WingsFan423566, the Outsider's Guide's insiders throughout the league, and the multitudes who passed through the About.com/Lacrosse-Network.com chat room throughout the course of the season.

An extra round of applause goes to Saul Davidson and Scott Neiss, for bringing an unrealistic fifty-three games (from eleven NLL cities plus Uncasville, CT) to fans around the league and around the world through the netcasting power of the ArenaMedia Sports Network, and to Keith Welner, for setting up the server which kept AMSN on the air. Between our coverage and that provided by various radio stations around the league, 105 of 110 games were available online. In addition to Saul and Scott, the AMSN on-air staff included Lou Anthony, Rob Christ, Joe Fee, Mike "Hammer" Hancock, Dave Holusha, Rob Lee, Ben Knight, Andrew McKay, Kent Ridley, Michael Scott, and Greg White, while the technical side of things (encoding) was managed superbly by Saul, Scott, Keith, Daryl Fernquist, John Sapello, and John Vickers. Nine of AMSN's 53 netcasts were streams of radio broadcasts not otherwise online -- thanks to WYSL 1040 (Rochester), Fan 590 (Toronto), and Team 1040 (Vancouver) for working with us on those games.

The biggest thanks, however, go to you, the readers. This is usually the space where I bring up just how many more of you there were this season over last year, but due to a series of setbacks around Christmas, Lacrosse-Network.com is still working without site statistics -- so I have no idea what the actual numbers are, only that they're larger than they were in the 2001 season. Those setbacks we suffered cost us our original domain name and left us offline for about ten days, but we came roaring back on New Year's Eve, and so did you. As fast as the Outsider's Guide was re-uploaded, you came back to the Outsider's Guide even faster. All I can say is this -- thank you.

R.A. Philly