OAKVILLE, ONTARIO - 2023-24 National Lacrosse League Toronto Rock Practice at Toronto Rock Athletic Centre on November 4th, 2023 in Oakville, Ontario. (Photo by Ryan McCullough / Toronto Rock)

As the NLL season approaches, nearly every team was in training camp this weekend. While teams around the league are better than ever at promoting their teams, we thought it would be a good idea to consolidate all of the Training Camp information around the league.

In case you missed it, check out our summary of all the preseason action available to fans, sorted by venue.

Without further ado, lets get into the action in alphabetical order!

Albany Firewolves

The Firewolves broke camp with one of the smaller tryout lists in the league, indicative of a team that made the NLL finals last year and knows their identity.

The Firewolves didn’t post much in terms of recap, but they did post this video of star goaltender Doug Jamieson getting back in the swing of things.

Buffalo Bandits

Nobody in the league has fewer questions than the two-time defending champions. The only content they posted this weekend was the training camp roster, which can be found below.

Calgary Roughnecks

The Roughnecks have one of the most active social teams in the league, and posted several interviews with players and coaches throughout the weekend. In addition to practices, the Roughnecks conducted a intra-squad scrimmage which went to overtime.

Hear from Head Coach Josh Sanderson here.

And from Dane Dobbie here.

And from new goaltender Cam Macleod here!

And from Captain Jesse King here!

Colorado Mammoth

The Mammoth were back in action but had a quiet weekend on social media. Although they did present the opportunities for fans to see Will Malcom in Mammoth colours for the first time since acquiring him in the dispersal draft.

Georgia Swarm

The Swarm were not in action this weekend, although Head Coach Ed Comeau was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame!

Halifax Thunderbirds

The Thunderbirds were back in action at the ILA in a weekend that included an intra-squad scrimmage. They posted the following on their instagram account, which features a nasty truck-stick from defender Tyson Bell.

They also posted the score and stats from that scrimmage on their twitter account. Dawson Theede had 4 goals while Bo Bowhunter had 3 goals for the losing team purple. Mike Robinson had 4 goals of his own and Clarke Petterson had 3 goals for the victorious team orange.

The full Thunderbirds camp roster is available below.

Vegas Desert Dogs

The Desert Dogs broke camp in Vegas in a weekend that included an intra-squad scrimmage. They posted this video from their practice session as well.

The Desert Dogs also released their training camp roster, which is available here.

Ottawa Black Bears

The headline for the Black Bears was the meet the team event that they held at the Sens Plex in Ottawa. It was an opportunity for fans to meet the new players, including superstar Jeff Teat.

Another good sign for Ottawa fans was to see Callum Jones back in gear following a scary incident in the MSL this summer.

The full training camp list for the Bears is below.

Philadelphia Wings

The Wings hosted an open scrimmage which gave fans a first look at some of the new faces.

The NLL included the Wings in their preseason content series, which includes this quote from new Head Coach Ian Rubel.

The Wings did not release a training camp roster.

Rochester Knighthawks

The Knighthawks were not in action this weekend.

San Diego Seals

The Seals were in action this week at their new practice facility. That included some of their fresh faces, like forward Ben McIntosh.

They also included a great video that showcased the experience of an outdoor training camp in Vegas.

The Seals full camp roster is below.

Saskatchewan Rush

The Rush held their camp in Saskatchewan this weekend, and reporters caught up with Co-Head Coach Derek Keenan.

And from their other Co-Head Coach Jimmy Quinlain!

And in a nice touch, Cody Janzen broke down the biggest battles to watch before the camp.

Toronto Rock

The Rock broke camp in Oakville, beginning with this speech from Head Coach Matt Sawyer.

The Rock begin their exhibition schedule this weekend in Oakville.

Vancouver Warriors

The Warriors hosted their second training camp weekend inside Rogers Arena. Check out the recap with Warriors reporter Jill Meagher.

As lacrosse fans have come to expect, the Warriors posted a post-session interview with Curt Malawsky, who broke down his likes and dislikes after their second weekend.

From the players perspective, hear from 2024 breakout star Adam Charalambides on what he thought about the camp so far!

That’s it for this week! Check back next Monday!

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  1. I love the camp roster posts, but I wish teams would also post which hand players are. Fans will know the big names but not which picks or FAs are battling for spots.

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