Vancouver is a well-known hotspot for sports teams, boosting a major league team for almost every sport. Everyone knows the Canucks, Lions, and even the Whitecaps.  

However, one team is almost never mentioned, the Warriors. Yea, the box lacrosse team in the NLL. Their season might be over, but the hype is far from dying.  

The 2025-26 season was a new high for the Warriors as they had a record of 13-5 and finished first overall in the league. You can’t do much better than that. This was extremely important for the team, as it was their first playoff berth since 2017, and the first since they rebranded from the Vancouver Stealth to the Warriors.  

So, I can hear you asking, that’s great man, but where are you going with this?
Well, as I guy who is fanatical about hockey, yet knows jack all about lacrosse, I ended up falling backward into going to a game with a handful of buddies after a student networking event in January.  

Now, like I said, I’m used to hockey, so when the Warriors went down 6-1 at the beginning of the game, I thought it was over. I mean, they even sent in the backup goalie for a few moments.  

So imagine our surprise when they stormed back and tied the game on a shorthanded rush goal. The fella’s and I all went nuts. 

The Warriors didn’t look back after that and continued to stomp their opponent for the rest of the first half. We actually got tired of cheering as they really racked up the score. With Jesse King and Christian Del Bianco making a lasting impression on me. 

(Dean Herman)

So, the whole point of this, would I recommend going to a Vancouver Warriors game? 

Well, yea, I think I would, especially to anyone with a passing to heavy interest in lacrosse. The prices are much less absorbent than say, a Canucks game, and the product is significantly better too. The building also has just as much of a buzz in it as you would expect from any event held within Rogers Arena. 

The one piece of advice I have to give is, if you’re unaware of how high the score can get, don’t go all out with the celebration. By about the 8th goal we were all kind of cheered and did not want to end up losing our voice any further.