The Calgary Roughnecks are the top overall seed in the 2009 NLL Playoffs. This means that the Roughnecks have home floor throughout the playoffs, including the championship game.
OVERALL SEEDING FOR PLAYOFFS
Calgary is top overall seed; seeding used to determine home floor for Championship Game
04/18/2009
With the regular season complete, the league has completed an overall seeding of the eight playoff teams. The higher overall-seeded team among the eventual playoff champs of the East and West Division can host the Championship Game. By posting a league-best 12-4 regular season record, Calgary has earned the #1 overall seed. As winners of the East Division, the New York Titans are the #2 seed.Overall seeding of the eight teams in the 2009 Playoffs:
1 Calgary (12-4)
2 New York (10-6)
3 Buffalo (10-6)
4 Boston (10-6)
5 Portland (9-7)
6 San Jose (7-9)
7 Rochester (7-9)
8 Colorado (7-9)
New York edged both Boston and Buffalo in a three-way tie based on best head-to-head record against the other two (4-1). In the tiebreaker between Buffalo and Boston, the two teams split their head-to-head meetings (1-1) and finished with the same divisional record (7-5). As a result, their seedings were determined by the third tiebreaker, which is record versus common opponents played an equal number of times. The only team that Buffalo and Boston each played an equal number of times during the season is the Portland LumberJax. They each played Portland once, as the Bandits won their matchup (14-4 on March 21) while the Blazers lost to Portland (9-8 on January 31).
In the three-way tie for the final three spots, the tiebreakers are broken by head-to-head matchups from the regular season. San Jose over Rochester, and Rochester over Colorado.
All eight playoff teams will have next weekend off to rest and prepare for the playoffs, which begin on the weekend of May 1st.
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