Seven Games Across Three Days has 14 of 15 NLL Teams in Action, Here are 10 Things to Know

PHILADELPHIA - Dec. 28, 2023 - PRLog -- The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world, features seven games, a season high to date, this New Year's weekend over three days, highlighted by the New York Riptide vs. Toronto Rock (Saturday, 4 p.m. ET) matinee serving as the NLL Game of the Week on TSN and on ESPNU in the U.S. Seven local market outlets will broadcast games that include the NLL Saturday Showcase featuring the Vancouver Warriors at Colorado Mammoth (Saturday, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT, ESPN+, TSN+, Altitude Sports) and the NLL New Year's Eve Special when the undefeated Albany FireWolves visit the Saskatchewan Rush (Sunday, 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT, ESPN+, TSN+, My4 Albany).

Here are 10 things to know about the NLL entering Week 5:

• Resetarits Ranks: Philadelphia Wings forward Joe Resetarits remains one of the all-time great U.S.-born NLL players. He now needs six points to pass Casey Powell (674 points) to be the top scoring American in League history. Read more on his pursuit in this NLL.com feature (https://www.nll.com/news/resetarits-nearing-powells-ameri...) by Adam Levi.
• Post Exclusive: The N.Y. Post's Dexter Henry had this exclusive interview with New York Riptide standout and former #1 NLL Draft pick Jeff Teat (https://nypost.com/video/exclusive-interview-with-jeff-te...) (Brampton, Ont.) this week, where he discussed the expectations of that lofty selection, team goals, and more.
• Hasen Century: Rochester's thrilling 13-11 victory over Vancouver pushed the Knighthawks to 3-0 for the second straight season, and also marked the 100th victory behind the bench for Mike Hasen.
• Mammoth Save Makes ESPN Top 10: This series of saves by Colorado's Brett Dobson (https://youtu.be/vePA_nOEQlo?si=ZXJ9MKwMTvu3aCdA) (Oshawa, Ont.) garnered the No. 9 spot on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 plays on Saturday.
• Auld Lang Sask: The Albany FireWolves and Saskatchewan Rush get New Year's Eve to themselves on the NLL schedule, and the SaskTel Centre will be the place to be (https://www.saskrush.com/news/detail/what-to-expect-biggest-nye-party-in-sask) on Sunday night to ring in 2024.
• Here Comes the Metric System: LAXMetrics, powered by the NLL, is an innovative data approach to better understand the League. This week, NLL.com's Cooper Perkins looks at the prospect of an MVP run by Toronto Rock forward Mark Matthews (https://www.nll.com/news/laxmetrics-week-4-matthews-mvp-watch/).
• Go Local: Seven local outlets will have live coverage of six of the NLL's games this weekend
• Power Up: NLL.com's Adam Levi checks in with his weekly Power Rankings, keeping the Bandits at No. 1 (https://www.nll.com/news/week-5-power-rankings-2/) and the Halifax Thunderbirds (2-0) at No. 2.