Syracuse Stingers
June 2, 2012
The National Lacrosse League of 1974-1975 was the first serious effort to establish the sport of box (indoor) lacrosse as a major arena sport in North America. Six teams played the 1974 inaugural season, primarily in major hockey palaces like the Philadelphia Spectrum, the Montreal Forum, and Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens in the Northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada. The two exceptions were in upstate New York, where the Syracuse Stingers and the Rochester Griffins set up shop in the downtown War Memorial arenas that had long hosted minor league hockey in those small industrial cities.
