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#1: Which team was among the original four teams in 1987, but is the only one from that group to have since folded?
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Washington Wave. The Wave folded after the 1989 season; The other three options (Charlotte, New England, and Pittsburgh) were expansion franchises.
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#2: This team won the first league championship, in 1987.
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Baltimore Thunder. The Thunder beat the Washington Wave, 11-10, at Capital Centre.
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#3: Who is the single-season goal-scoring record holder?
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Gary Gait. Gait scored fifty-seven goals in 1998.
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#4: This team won the 1988 championship.
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New Jersey Saints. After the season, the team moved to Long Island, and became the New York Saints.
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#5: What retired Philadelphia Wing has played in more Eagle/MILL/NLL games than anyone else?
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Scott Gabrielson. "Gabe" played 106 games in his career, the only player ever to reach triple digits.
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#6: This goaltender topped the NLL in save percentage in 1998.
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Steve Dietrich. Dietrich had 319 saves on 411 shots, for a 0.779 save percentage.
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#7: In feet, this is the diameter of the goaltender's crease.
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Nine.
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#8: True or False? In the 1970s, the was a National Lacrosse League, with teams in such current NLL cities as Philadelphia, Syracuse, Rochester, and Toronto.
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True. The league operated in the summers of 1974 and 1975.
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#9: What team had the best regular-season road record in 1998?
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Philadelphia Wings. Philadelphia was 6-0 away from home, the most road victories ever in a single season.
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#10: One of NLL's more embarrassing moments in 1998 came when what team lost more than half its players for one game due to work visa difficulties?
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Rochester Knighthawks. Surprisingly, the Knighthawks won that game, a 15-14 win at Baltimore.
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