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2008 NLL season opens in New YorkTitans to host Shamrox on Thursday, 27 DecemberR.A. Philly Outsider's Guide Editor in Chief The New York Titans will host the Chicago Shamrox in the first game of the 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the league announced today in releasing the full schedule. Chicago and New York, each entering its second season of National Lacrosse League play, will meet on Thursday, 27 December at Madison Square Garden.Two nights later, the Western Division begins play with another no-love-lost matchup -- the Portland LumberJax at the Colorado Mammoth. Portland and Colorado play each other again in Week Two, this time at the Rose Garden, with six other clubs -- including reigning NLL champion Rochester -- opening that weekend. Boston, the league's newest franchise, debuts in Week Three with a trip to Edmonton, then hosts New York a week later in Beantown's first professional indoor lacrosse game in a decade. The rest of the 112-game schedule plays out over a seventeen-week season, the first time since 2002 that the NLL regular season will comprise more than sixteen weeks. The complete regular season schedule follows (all times Eastern): Thu 27 Dec Chicago @ New York 8:00 Sat 29 Dec Portland @ Colorado 9:00 Fri 4 Jan Rochester @ Minnesota 8:30 Fri 4 Jan Calgary @ Arizona 9:30 Fri 4 Jan Colorado @ Portland 10:30 Sat 5 Jan Buffalo @ Chicago 8:00 Fri 11 Jan Rochester @ Buffalo 7:30 Fri 11 Jan Minnesota @ Toronto 7:30 Fri 11 Jan Calgary @ San Jose 10:30 Sat 12 Jan Portland @ New York 12:30 Sat 12 Jan Buffalo @ Philadelphia 7:30 Sat 12 Jan Chicago @ Rochester 7:35 Sat 12 Jan Toronto @ Minnesota 8:00 Sat 12 Jan Arizona @ Colorado 9:00 Sat 12 Jan San Jose @ Calgary 9:30 Sat 12 Jan Boston @ Edmonton 9:30 Fri 18 Jan Rochester @ Philadelphia 8:00 Fri 18 Jan Portland @ Arizona 9:30 Sat 19 Jan New York @ Boston 7:30 Sat 19 Jan Minnesota @ Buffalo 7:30 Sat 19 Jan Calgary @ Edmonton 9:30 Thu 24 Jan Arizona @ Portland 10:30 Fri 25 Jan Colorado @ San Jose 10:30 Sat 26 Jan Buffalo @ Toronto 7:00 Sat 26 Jan Minnesota @ Philadelphia 7:30 Sat 26 Jan Portland @ Boston 7:30 Sat 26 Jan Arizona @ Rochester 8:00 Sat 26 Jan New York @ Chicago 8:00 Sat 26 Jan San Jose @ Colorado 9:00 Sat 26 Jan Edmonton @ Calgary 9:30 Thu 31 Jan Philadelphia @ New York 7:30 Fri 1 Feb Toronto @ Boston 7:30 Sat 2 Feb Arizona @ Edmonton 9:30 Sat 2 Feb Calgary @ San Jose 10:30 Thu 7 Feb Edmonton @ Colorado 9:00 Fri 8 Feb Philadelphia @ Boston 7:30 Fri 8 Feb Chicago @ Minnesota 8:30 Fri 8 Feb Arizona @ Calgary 9:30 Sat 9 Feb New York @ San Jose 4:00 Sat 9 Feb Toronto @ Rochester TBD Sun 10 Feb Buffalo @ Minnesota 4:00 Fri 15 Feb Boston @ Toronto 7:30 Fri 15 Feb Chicago @ Philadelphia 8:00 Fri 15 Feb Calgary @ Colorado 9:00 Sat 16 Feb Toronto @ Buffalo 7:30 Sat 16 Feb New York @ Rochester 7:35 Sat 16 Feb Philadelphia @ Chicago 8:00 Sun 17 Feb Edmonton @ Arizona 4:00 Sun 17 Feb San Jose @ Portland 6:00 Mon 18 Feb Minnesota @ New York 1:00 Fri 22 Feb Toronto @ Philadelphia 8:00 Fri 22 Feb Colorado @ Portland 10:30 Sat 23 Feb Buffalo @ Rochester 7:35 Sat 23 Feb San Jose @ Edmonton 9:30 Sun 24 Feb Toronto @ New York 12:30 Sun 24 Feb Minnesota @ Chicago 3:00 Fri 29 Feb Colorado @ Arizona 9:30 Sat 1 Mar Rochester @ Toronto 7:00 Sat 1 Mar Minnesota @ Boston 7:30 Sat 1 Mar San Jose @ Buffalo 7:30 Sat 1 Mar New York @ Philadelphia 7:30 Sat 1 Mar Calgary @ Chicago 8:00 Sat 1 Mar Edmonton @ Portland 10:30 Sat 8 Mar Rochester @ Boston 7:30 Sat 8 Mar New York @ Buffalo 7:30 Sat 8 Mar San Jose @ Colorado 9:00 Sat 8 Mar Arizona @ Calgary 9:30 Sat 8 Mar Philadelphia @ Portland 10:30 Fri 14 Mar Chicago @ Toronto 7:30 Fri 14 Mar Boston @ Philadelphia 8:00 Fri 14 Mar New York @ Minnesota 8:00 Fri 14 Mar Buffalo @ Calgary 9:30 Sat 15 Mar Rochester @ Edmonton 9:30 Sun 16 Mar ALL STAR GAME @ EDMONTON TBD Fri 21 Mar Colorado @ Calgary 9:30 Fri 21 Mar Edmonton @ Arizona 10:30 Sat 22 Mar Portland @ San Jose 3:00 Sat 22 Mar Philadelphia @ Toronto 7:00 Sat 22 Mar Boston @ New York 7:30 Sat 22 Mar Chicago @ Buffalo 7:30 Sat 22 Mar Minnesota @ Rochester 7:35 Thu 27 Mar Boston @ Minnesota 8:00 Sat 29 Mar San Jose @ Philadelphia 7:30 Sat 29 Mar Boston @ Rochester 7:35 Sat 29 Mar Toronto @ Chicago 8:00 Sat 29 Mar Portland @ Edmonton 9:30 Sat 29 Mar Colorado @ Arizona 10:00 Thu 3 Apr Chicago @ Colorado 9:00 Fri 4 Apr Buffalo @ Boston 7:30 Fri 4 Apr Calgary @ Edmonton 9:30 Sat 5 Apr New York @ Toronto 7:00 Sat 5 Apr Boston @ Buffalo 7:30 Sat 5 Apr Rochester @ Chicago 8:00 Sat 5 Apr Philadelphia @ Minnesota 8:00 Sat 5 Apr Arizona @ Portland 10:30 Sun 6 Apr Edmonton @ San Jose 7:00 Fri 11 Apr Arizona @ San Jose 10:30 Fri 11 Apr Calgary @ Portland 10:30 Sat 12 Apr Edmonton @ Toronto 7:00 Sat 12 Apr Buffalo @ New York 7:30 Sat 12 Apr Philadelphia @ Rochester 7:35 Sat 12 Apr Chicago @ Boston 7:30 Sat 12 Apr Colorado @ Minnesota 8:00 Sat 12 Apr Portland @ Calgary 9:30 Sat 12 Apr San Jose @ Arizona 10:00 Fri 18 Apr Rochester @ New York 7:30 Fri 18 Apr Edmonton @ Colorado 9:00 Fri 18 Apr Portland @ San Jose 10:30 Sat 19 Apr Philadelphia @ Buffalo 7:30 Sat 19 Apr Boston @ Chicago 8:00 Sat 19 Apr Toronto @ Calgary 9:30 Sat 19 Apr Colorado @ Edmonton 9:30 Sat 19 Apr Minnesota @ Arizona 10:00 -30- |