2020 Vancouver Warriors season
# 2020 Vancouver Warriors season

The Vancouver Warriors is a professional lacrosse team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season was the 21st in franchise history and the 7th season in Vancouver. The franchise previously played in Everett, Washington, San Jose, and Albany, New York. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.

On June 4, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.

## Regular season

### Final standings

Reference:

North Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Halifax Thunderbirds | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 0.0 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 139 | 126 | +13 | 11.58 | 10.50 |
| 2 | Toronto Rock | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 0.5 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 122 | 106 | +16 | 11.09 | 9.64 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bandits | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 0.5 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 130 | 118 | +12 | 11.82 | 10.73 |
| 4 | Rochester Knighthawks | 12 | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.0 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 115 | 165 | −50 | 9.58 | 13.75 |

East Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New England Black Wolves | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 0.0 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 135 | 101 | +34 | 12.27 | 9.18 |
| 2 | Georgia Swarm | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.5 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 149 | 126 | +23 | 12.42 | 10.50 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Wings | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.5 | 3–3 | 5–3 | 151 | 134 | +17 | 10.79 | 9.57 |
| 4 | New York Riptide | 13 | 1 | 12 | .077 | 8.0 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 116 | 177 | −61 | 8.92 | 13.62 |

West Division :

| P | Team | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | GF | GA | Diff | GF/GP | GA/GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saskatchewan Rush | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 0.0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 111 | 93 | +18 | 11.10 | 9.30 |
| 2 | Colorado Mammoth | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 128 | 125 | +3 | 9.85 | 9.62 |
| 3 | San Diego Seals | 12 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 138 | 131 | +7 | 11.50 | 10.92 |
| 4 | Calgary Roughnecks | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 122 | 111 | +11 | 12.20 | 11.10 |
| 5 | Vancouver Warriors | 13 | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.5 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 117 | 160 | −43 | 9.00 | 12.31 |

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

### Game log

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location | Score | OT | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | November 29, 2019 | Calgary Roughnecks | Rogers Arena | L 7–12 | | 7,456 | 0–1 |
| 2 | December 14, 2019 | New York Riptide | Rogers Arena | W 14–10 | | 5,120 | 1–1 |
| 3 | December 29, 2019 | San Diego Seals | Rogers Arena | L 10–11 | OT | 6,125 | 1–2 |
| 4 | January 4, 2020 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center | L 9–13 | | 11,157 | 1–3 |
| 5 | January 10, 2020 | @ Philadelphia Wings | Wells Fargo Center | L 10–18 | | 9,676 | 1–4 |
| 6 | January 17, 2020 | Colorado Mammoth | Rogers Arena | W 7–5 | | 6,450 | 2–4 |
| 7 | February 1, 2020 | @ New England Black Wolves | Mohegan Sun Arena | W 10–6 | | 4,801 | 3–4 |
| 8 | February 7, 2020 | Buffalo Bandits | Rogers Arena | L 8–15 | | 7,215 | 3–5 |
| 9 | February 9, 2020 | @ Rochester Knighthawks | Blue Cross Arena | W 11–10 | OT | 4,063 | 4–5 |
| 10 | February 15, 2020 | @ Toronto Rock | Scotiabank Arena | L 7–14 | | 8,401 | 4–6 |
| 11 | February 22, 2020 | @ San Diego Seals | Pechanga Arena | L 10–15 | | 4,217 | 4–7 |
| 12 | February 29, 2020 | Georgia Swarm | Rogers Arena | L 7–14 | | 8,250 | 4–8 |
| 13 | March 7, 2020 | @ Saskatchewan Rush | SaskTel Centre | L 7–17 | | 11,632 | 4–9 |

### Cancelled games

| Game | Date | Opponent | Location |
| - | - | - | - |
| 14 | March 13, 2020 | San Diego Seals | Rogers Arena |
| 15 | March 28, 2020 | @ Calgary Roughnecks | Scotiabank Saddledome |
| 16 | April 3, 2020 | Halifax Thunderbirds | Rogers Arena |
| 17 | April 17, 2020 | @ Colorado Mammoth | Pepsi Center |
| 18 | April 24, 2020 | Saskatchewan Rush | Rogers Arena |
