The Buffalo Bandits will host the New York Titans at HSBC Arena, while the Calgary Roughnecks host the Portland LumberJax at Pengrowth Saddledome. The winners will meet in the 2008 Edge NLL Championship Game.
DIVISION FINALS ON SATURDAY
Buffalo hosts New York, Calgary hosts Portland
05/07/2008
The quest to reach the 2008 Edge NLL Championship Game continues this weekend with the Divisional Finals. Both games will be held on Saturday evening, with the Buffalo Bandits hosting the New York Titans in the East Division Final at 7:30 PM ET at HSBC Arena, and the Calgary Roughnecks hosting the Portland LumberJax in the West Division Final at 9:30 PM ET at Pengrowth Saddledome.The winners of this weekend's games will advance to the 2008 Edge NLL Championship Game, to be played on the weekend of the May 16-18. The winner of Saturday's Titans/Bandits game will host the final.
Divisional Semifinal results:
Friday, May 2nd
Buffalo 14, Philadelphia 12
Saturday, May 3rd
New York 11, Minnesota 8
Sunday, May 4th
Portland 18, San Jose 16
The following is the overall playoff seeding. The higher seeded team will host all playoff games, including the Edge NLL Championship Game on the weekend of May 16-18.
1 Buffalo (10-6)
2 San Jose (9-7)
3 Minnesota (10-6)
4 New York (10-6)
5 Philadelphia (10-6)
6 Colorado (9-7)
7 Calgary (7-9)
8 Portland (6-10)
The Division Winners are automatically seeded first and second overall.
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About the 2008 National Lacrosse League Playoffs:
The 2008 Champion's Cup Playoffs will begin on the weekend of May 2-4, and play out over three consecutive weekends. The single-elimination playoffs will consist of seven games; four Divisional Semifinal games (weekend of May 2-4), two Divisional Finals (weekend of May 9-11) and the Edge NLL Championship Game on the weekend of May 16-18.
The playoffs will take place on three consecutive weekends following the conclusion of the 2008 regular season (weekend of April 25-26). There will not be a bye week during the post-season.
The playoff format remains the same as last season. Eight teams will advance to the Playoffs, the top four finishers in the East and West Divisions. In the Divisional Semifinal games, the regular season division champion (East #1 / West #1) hosts the regular season fourth place finisher from their respective division (East #4 / West #4) in the Divisional Semifinals. The regular season second place finisher (East #2 / West #2) hosts the regular season third place finisher (East #3 / West #3) from their respective division in the Divisional Semifinals. Each game is hosted by the higher seeded team.
In the Divisional Finals, the winner of the First vs. Fourth place Divisional Semifinal game faces the winner of the Second vs. Third place Divisional Semifinal game in each respective division. Each game is hosted by the higher seeded team.
The Divisional Final winners shall meet in the 2008 Edge NLL Championship Game (East vs. West) with the higher overall seed hosting the game. Following the conclusion of the regular season on April 26th, the eight playoff teams will receive an overall seeding number (#1 through #8). The overall seeding number is used to determine which Divisional Final winner will host the 2008 Edge NLL Championship Game. The team with the best regular season record will be the #1 overall seed, and would have home floor throughout the playoffs, including the 2008 Edge NLL Championship Game.
PLAYOFF CALENDAR
Divisional Semifinals: Weekend of May 2-4
East #4 at East #1
East #3 at East #2
West #4 at West #1
West #3 at West #2
Divisional Finals: Weekend of May 9-11
East Semifinal winners meet at higher remaining seed
West Semifinal winners meet at higher remaining seed
2008 Edge NLL Championship Game: Weekend of May 16-18
East Division Champion vs West Division Champion
hosted by higher overall seed
Exact times & dates TBD; subject to change
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