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Since Inside Lacrosse launched NLL Insider, close to 14 months ago, we’ve snuck the odd trivia question into some of our posts, mainly just to have a little fun with you guys and the rest of the Insider staffers.

Anyways, although there won’t be any prizes officially awarded (unless you guys are interested in those Ted Jenner Chippendale glossies we’ve mentioned before), throughout the NLL season and likely beyond, I’ll check in with ten trivia questions focusing on the NLL and really box lacrosse at any level (mainly the stuff we cover).

Hit the boards with your answers (register an account if you haven’t already) and next week I’ll reveal the correct answers and who off the forums and on staff had the most right. Update: To keep the ball rolling all week, a point will be awarded to the first person that answers a question correctly. Hit this link for more on this week’s trivia.

Round 1’s questions will appear right after the jump, with one question a repeat from one we threw out during the summer, which only two out of about 40 people got right.

1. What current NLL coach fought (receiving a five-minute penalty) during the 2001 NLL Champion’s Cup final, and who did he square off with from the opposing team in that fight? Bonus: Who scored the last goal in the dying seconds of that game?

2. What former Jr. A St. Catharines Athletics’ player is currently a captain in the American Hockey League, and what three NHL teams has he suited up for during his hockey career?

3. Previous to the 2009 season, what player has accumulated the most penalty minutes over the last four seasons in the NLL (2005-2008)? Bonus: Who ranks second and third over that same time span too? The three players in question have combined for 679 PIM over those four seasons.

4. What current NCAA Division I coach played on the same team as current San Jose Stealth Assistant Coach, Chris Hall, in the now defunct first edition of the NLL in the 1970s? Bonus: What Canadians does that NCAA coach presently have on his roster heading into the 2009 college season?

5.  Who led the Coquitlam Adanacs in regular season scoring during their most recent Mann Cup winning season? Bonus: What team did the player in question primarily play for this past summer?

6. Besides Gordon Purdie, name two Australian born lacrosse players that were drafted (via the entry draft) into the NLL?

7. What former NLLer ran against current PLPA President, Peter Schmitz, for the player’s union presidency prior to the start of the 2006 NLL season? Bonus: What year was the PLPA founded?

8. What former NHLer won the OLA Jr. A loop’s Most Valuable Player award more times than any other player before or after him?

9. Although he holds a career goals against average below ten, what former NLL goaltender has not played in the NLL since 2002? His career save percentage stands at .786% as well.

10. What two players shared the United States’ goaltending duties during the 2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship? Bonus: What current NLLer and Canadian musician starred opposite one another in a Kappa ad that ran on Sportsnet in Canada during the WILC in ‘03?

Again, hit the boards over the next week with your answers, and then Friday we’ll reveal the correct answers and best guessers both on the boards and on staff.

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