The New York Riptide are a professional

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franchise based in

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. They are members of the East Division of the

National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat ...

(NLL). They play home games at

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and began their first season in 2019.

History

On December 12, 2018, the NLL awarded an expansion franchise to

and owner

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. The team began play in December 2019 with its home arena being the

. The Riptide mark the return of the

to the Long Island area after the departure of the

New York Saints The New York Saints are a former member of the National Lacrosse League. They played at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, from 1989 to 2003. They became an inactive team after the 2002–03 season and were officially defunct in 2006. T ...

( 1989–

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) and the New York Titans (

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–

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), both of whom also played at Nassau Coliseum. The New York Riptide name and logo were announced on February 17, 2019, as chosen by fans. On January 18, 2020, the Riptide got their first win in franchise history when they beat the

Georgia Swarm The Georgia Swarm are a box lacrosse team in the East Division of the National Lacrosse League. They have been playing at the 13,000-seat Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia since their 2016 season. Originally formed as the 2002 expansion Montre ...

by a score of 13–12 in overtime at

. On June 3, 2020, the entire coaching staff and lacrosse operations team, including head coach and general manager Regy Thorpe, were fired. On July 10, 2020, the Riptide announced the hiring of Jim Veltman as general manager and Dan Ladouceur as head coach.

Current roster

All-time record

Award winners

Coaching history

Draft history

NLL Entry Draft

First Round Selections *

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: Tyson Gibson (1st overall), Tyson Bomberry (10th overall) *

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: Jeff Teat (1st overall)

References

External links

Official Website
National Lacrosse League teams 2018 establishments in New York (state) Lacrosse clubs established in 2018 {{Lacrosse-stub