The Washington Stealth were a member of the
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
...
, the professional
box lacrosse
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league of
North America
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from the
2010 NLL season through the
2013 NLL season. They were based in
Everett (part of the
Seattle metropolitan area
The Seattle metropolitan area is an urban conglomeration in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington that comprises Seattle, its surrounding Satellite city, satellites and suburbs. The United States Census Bureau defines the Seattle–T ...
), with home games played at the 8,513-seat
Comcast Arena at Everett.
The team was previously known as the
Albany Attack
The Albany Attack was the name of a franchise which played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) from the 2000 NLL season, 2000 season through the 2003 NLL season, 2003 season. The Attack played in the former Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York (now k ...
from
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
until
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
, and later the
San Jose Stealth from
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
until
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
.
On July 24, 2012, the Stealth and Comcast Arena announced that they had agreed to new terms on a five-year lease that will keep the team in Everett through the 2017 season.
On June 27, 2013, it was announced that the team was moving to
Langley, British Columbia for the 2014 NLL season, and would continue to use the Stealth name. In 2018, the franchise was purchased by Canucks Sports & Entertainment who announced they would be called the
Vancouver Warriors.
All-time record
Playoff results
Awards and honors
References
NLL press release announcing the moveStealth press release announcing the move
Defunct National Lacrosse League teams
Sports in Everett, Washington
Lacrosse clubs established in 2009
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2013
Lacrosse teams in Washington (state)
Sports clubs and teams in Seattle
Lacrosse clubs disestablished in the 2010s
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