2006 NLL season

The season featured the debut of two expansion teams; the Edmonton Rush and the Portland LumberJax, both in the Western Division. Portland beat the expansion team odds and won its division, finishing with an 11–5 record, while Edmonton did not fare so well. The Rush finished the season 1–15, their only win coming at the hands of their provincial rivals, the Calgary Roughnecks.

Before the 2006 season, the Anaheim Storm folded not being able to attract enough fans in their two years in Southern California moving from their original home of New Jersey after the 2003 season where, for two seasons, they were not able to attract enough fans.

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• February 18: John Tavares tied Gary Gait for the all-time record in points, with 1091, as the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Minnesota Swarm 14–9.{{cite web|url=http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/news060222.htm|title=Record-tying Tavares named Player of Week|date=February 22, 2006|author=Philly, R.A.|work=Outsider's Guide to the NLL|access-date=February 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302070717/http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/news060222.htm|archive-date=March 2, 2007|url-status=usurped|df=mdy-all}}
• March 4: Tavares sets a new NLL record for career points, scoring his 1092nd point in an 11–8 loss to the Swarm.{{cite web|url=http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/game0610ru.htm|title=NLL Week Ten Roundup|date=March 4, 2006|work=Outsider's Guide to the NLL|author=Philly, R.A.|access-date=February 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302070727/http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/game0610ru.htm|archive-date=March 2, 2007|url-status=usurped|df=mdy-all}}

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Toronto won the 3-way tiebreaker with Minnesota and Philadelphia

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The 2006 All-Star Game was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2006. The West Division defeated the East Division 14–13. The MVP of the game was Lewis Ratcliff of the Calgary Roughnecks, who scored 4 goals, including the game winner. This marked the second straight year that a Roughneck player was All-Star Game MVP, with Tracy Kelusky having won it in 2005.

First Team

• Colin Doyle, Toronto
• John Grant, Jr., Rochester
• Brodie Merrill, Portland
• Gavin Prout, Colorado
• Josh Sanderson, Toronto
• Steve Dietrich, Buffalo

Second Team

• Craig Conn, Arizona
• Dan Dawson, Arizona
• Jay Jalbert, Colorado
• Lewis Ratcliff, Calgary
• John Tavares, Buffalo
• Nick Patterson, Minnesota

• Brodie Merrill, Portland
• Sean Greenhalgh, Philadelphia
• Dan Carey, Colorado
• Jeff Zywicki, San Jose
• Shawn Evans, Rochester
• Luke Wiles, San Jose

The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best defensive player, and best rookie.

Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.

Bold numbers indicate new single-season records. Italics indicate tied single-season records.

• 2006 in sports

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• [http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=977 Standings from pointstreak.com]
• [http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/scoringleaders.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=977 Scoring Leaders from pointstreak.com]
• [http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/goalieleaders.html?leagueid=230&seasonid=977 Goalie Leaders from pointstreak.com]

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