Box lacrosse, known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America.
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14 Facts About Box lacrosse
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Box lacrosse is played between two teams of five players and one goalie each, and is traditionally played on an ice hockey rink once the ice has been removed or covered.
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The object of the game is to use a Box lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball in an effort to score by shooting a solid rubber Box lacrosse ball into the opponent's goal.
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Box lacrosse is a modern version of the game that was invented in Canada during the 1920s and 1930s.
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The roots of indoor Box lacrosse are obscure, but its invention has been attributed to one Paddy Brennan, a field Box lacrosse player and referee from Montreal, who, being annoyed by the constant slowing of play from balls going out of bounds in the field game, experimented with indoor games at the Mount Royal Arena during the early 1920s.
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However, many field Box lacrosse enthusiasts viewed the new version of the sport with negativity.
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Previously, the national senior men's Box lacrosse championship, awarded since 1901, was competed for under field Box lacrosse rules.
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Briefly in 1939, a professional box lacrosse league started up in California, called the Pacific Coast Lacrosse Association.
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Professional box lacrosse did not return to the United States again until 1968 when the Portland Adanacs and Detroit Olympics franchises played in the National Lacrosse Association, a circuit that folded after one summer season.
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Some leagues, and teams that have dedicated box lacrosse arenas, have outfitted their playing surface with artificial turf similar to the NLL.
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In 1990, when the Six Nations created the new Mohawk Box lacrosse league, fighting was specifically targeted as unacceptable.
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Box lacrosse is the most popular version of the sport in the Czech Republic.
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Second international box lacrosse tournament was held in 2003, with the inaugural World Indoor Lacrosse Championships.
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