2025 Vancouver Warriors season

The Vancouver Warriors are a professional lacrosse team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2025 season was the 25th in franchise history and the 11th season in Vancouver. The franchise previously played in Everett, Washington, San Jose, and Albany, New York.

2025 Vancouver Warriors
League	NLL
2025 record	11–7
Home record	7–2
Road record	4–5
Goals for	196
Goals against	172
General Manager	Curt Malawsky
Coach	Curt Malawsky
Captain	Brett Mydske
Alternate captains	Keegan Bal (home) Matt Beers (home) Reid Bowering (away) Ryan Dilks (away)
Arena	Rogers Arena
Average attendance	9,677
Team leaders
Goals	Keegan Bal (43)
Assists	Keegan Bal (68)
Points	Keegan Bal (111)
Penalties in minutes	Jackson Suboch (55)
Loose Balls	Alec Stathakis (137)
Wins	Christian Del Bianco (6)
Goals against average	Connor O'Toole (5.93)
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The franchise qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2017, and the first time since their 2018 rebrand and move to Rogers Arena.

Regular season

Final standings

Reference:

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Buffalo Bandits – xz	18	13	5	.722	0.0	6–3	7–2	242	195	+47	13.44	10.83
2	Saskatchewan Rush – x	18	13	5	.722	0.0	6–3	7–2	213	179	+34	11.83	9.94
3	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	11	7	.611	2.0	6–3	5–4	239	213	+26	13.28	11.83
4	Vancouver Warriors – x	18	11	7	.611	2.0	7–2	4–5	196	172	+24	10.89	9.56
5	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	10	8	.556	3.0	4–5	6–3	228	209	+19	12.67	11.61
6	Calgary Roughnecks – x	18	10	8	.556	3.0	3–6	7–2	219	209	+10	12.17	11.61
7	Georgia Swarm – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	4–5	5–4	214	217	−3	11.89	12.06
8	San Diego Seals – x	18	9	9	.500	4.0	6–3	3–6	215	209	+6	11.94	11.61
9	Ottawa Black Bears	18	8	10	.444	5.0	4–5	4–5	183	202	−19	10.17	11.22
10	Colorado Mammoth	18	8	10	.444	5.0	4–5	4–5	195	212	−17	10.83	11.78
11	Albany FireWolves	18	7	11	.389	6.0	5–4	2–7	192	209	−17	10.67	11.61
12	Philadelphia Wings	18	7	11	.389	6.0	4–5	3–6	207	231	−24	11.50	12.83
13	Toronto Rock	18	6	12	.333	7.0	2–7	4–5	189	208	−19	10.50	11.56
14	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	4	14	.222	9.0	2–7	2–7	189	256	−67	10.50	14.22

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	November 29, 2024	@ Colorado Mammoth	Ball Arena	L 7–11		10,245	0–1
2	December 13, 2024	Rochester Knighthawks	Rogers Arena	W 10–7		9,934	1–1
3	December 28, 2024	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 14–10		13,094	2–1
4	January 10, 2025	San Diego Seals	Rogers Arena	W 11–9		9,551	3–1
5	January 17, 2025	@ Ottawa Black Bears	Canadian Tire Centre	L 8–9		5,217	3–2
6	January 20, 2025	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	L 13–14		5,101	3–3
7	January 24, 2025	Ottawa Black Bears	Rogers Arena	W 8–4		8,887	4–3
8	January 31, 2025	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	L 9–10		8,453	4–4
9	February 7, 2025	Calgary Roughnecks	Rogers Arena	L 12–15		9,375	4–5
10	February 14, 2025	@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Lee's Family Forum	W 12–8		4,925	5–5
11	February 21, 2025	Saskatchewan Rush	Rogers Arena	L 7–10		9,551	5–6
12	March 7, 2025	@ San Diego Seals	Pechanga Arena	L 11–13		4,154	5–7
13	March 14, 2025	Toronto Rock	Rogers Arena	W 13–8		9,990	6–7
14	March 22, 2025	Georgia Swarm	Rogers Arena	W 15–13		9,435	7–7
15	March 29, 2025	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	W 13–12		19,070	8–7
16	April 4, 2025	Albany FireWolves	Rogers Arena	W 10–4		9,492	9–7
17	April 11, 2025	@ Toronto Rock	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	W 12–10		5,014	10–7
18	April 19, 2025	Philadelphia Wings	Rogers Arena	W 11–5		10,876	11–7

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Quarterfinals	April 26, 2025	Rochester Knighthawks	Rogers Arena	W 15–10		8,164	1–0
Semifinals (game 1)	May 2, 2025	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 3–9		14,415	1–1
Semifinals (game 2)	May 4, 2025	Buffalo Bandits	Rogers Arena	L 9–11		9,176	1–2

Roster

Reference:

Vancouver Warriors roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 35 Christian Del Bianco 39 Connor O'Toole Defencemen  2 Matt Beers (A) 28 Reid Bowering (A) 19 Steph Charbonneau 13 Jeff Cornwall 24 Ryan Dilks (A) 51 Tyson Kirkness 12 Brett Mydske (C) 88 Remo Schenato 37 Jackson Suboch 17 Chris Willman		Forwards 45 Keegan Bal (A)  8 Adam Charalambides 42 Payton Cormier 21 Kevin Crowley 10 Riley Loewen 96 Ryan Martel 47 Dylan McIntosh 91 Ryan Sheridan Transition 16 Owen Grant 14 Marcus Klarich 73 Alec Stathakis				Head coach Curt Malawsky Assistant coaches Bob McMahon (offence) Rob Williams (defence) Tyler Richards (player development) Grant Coghill (video) Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2024 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 15, 2024.

The Vancouver Warriors selected:

Round	Overall	Player	Position	Year of Birth	College/Club
1	4	Johnathan Peshko	forward	2001	Johns Hopkins University
1	6	Remo Schenato	defence	2003	Coquitlam Adanacs Jr. A (BCJALL)
3	32	Rhys Porteous	forward	2002	Manhattan University
3	41	Josh Carlson	forward	2002	University of Denver
5	61	Kai George	defence	2002	Lewis University
6	76	Cole Kastner	defence	2002	University of Virginia