Box lacrosse 1998, the NLL entered into the Canadian market for the first time with the Ontario Raiders. Although 5 of the league's 9 teams are based in American cities, more than two-thirds of the players are Canadian. During play, a team consists of six players: a goaltender and five "runners". A runner is any non-goalkeeper position player, including forwards, transition players, and defenders. Runners usually specialize in one of these roles and substitute off the field when the ball moves from one end to the other. When the sport originated teams played with six runners. However, in 1953 the sixth runner,
McGill Redmen Lacrosse McGill Redmen Lacrosse The McGill Redmen Lacrosse team is a men's varsity sports team at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. McGill competes in the CUFLA East conference versus Bishop's University, Carleton University, Nipissing University, University of Ottawa, Trent University and Queen's University. The hybrid Canadian-box-American-field lacrosse program includes student-athletes recruited from across Canada and the US. The team plays home games in McGill's Percival Molson Memorial Stadium. The Redmen received the Harry Griffith's Award in 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2015. The team won eight Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association CUFLA East conference titles in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,