2024 Canadian Box Showcase: Everything You Need to Know

The 2024 Canadian Box Showcase is taking place at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre on July 9 & 10. Whether you’re competing, coaching or cheering from the stands, here’s everything you need to know for this year’s highly anticipated third edition of the CBS.

Rosters

This year’s event will feature 200 players from all over North America on twelve stacked rosters across three divisions (DOBs): 2007/2008, 2009/2010 and 2011/2012. Click or tap here to see this year’s rosters. While showcase pinnies will be provided, players are asked to wear black shorts if possible.

Schedules

Each team will play three field lacrosse and three box lacrosse games within their division over the course of the event’s two days. See each division’s schedule below.

Schedules are best viewed on a desktop or tablet device.

2007/2008 DIVISION

2009/2010 DIVISION

2011/2012 DIVISION

200 players. 36 games. 12 teams. 2 days. 1 goal.

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— TRAC Athletics (@TRACAthletics) July 5, 2024

Player Check-ins & Team Meetings

Please see check-in times for each division below. As outlined in the 2024 CBS schedule post, after a division’s one hour check-in window has ended, players will meet with their coaches for a pre-event meeting. Pinnies will be provided at check-in. Please wear black shorts if possible. Dressing rooms will be provided only on team’s box lacrosse day. Room assignments will be posted on the monitors just outside of the indoor blue and red turf entrances.

2007/2008 DIVISION

LOCATION: Tent tables field entrance
CHECK-INS: 7:30am
TEAM MEETINGS: 8:30am

2009/2010 DIVISION

LOCATION: Tent tables grass mound
CHECK-INS: 8:30am
TEAM MEETINGS: 9:30am

2011/2012 DIVISION

LOCATION: Front entrance inside TRAC
CHECK-INS: 8:00am
TEAM MEETINGS: 9:00am

College Coach Check-ins

Coaches are asked to arrive at the TRAC’s Meeting Room A, which is located upstairs and straight ahead towards the west side of the facility (overlooking the outdoor turf). An event package will be waiting for them there.

Division Directors

Each division at this year’s CBS will be led by a director who will oversee their division’s games, as well as be available to answer any questions from players or parents on the day of the event. The directors include:

2007/2008 Division: Colin Doyle
2009/2010 Division: Bill Greer
2011/2012 Division: Dan Dawson

The 2024 CBS collegiate coaching lineup is 🔒 IN.

Division schedules & rosters will be released soon.

This year’s Canadian Box Showcase takes place at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario on July 9 & 10. pic.twitter.com/pJmn0Bqskb

— TRAC Athletics (@TRACAthletics) July 4, 2024

Event Rules

Box games will be officiated using National Lacrosse League rules, with the following modifications/reminders:

• Absolutely no fighting is permitted (box & field); players will be ejected from the game and suspended for the remainder of the event if they engage in what the on-floor official has deemed to be a fight
• Two 18-minute periods, running clock unless the score is within two with under two minutes to play in the final period
• All divisions will use Junior nets (4’x4’6″)
• Ten seconds to clear half (not eight)
• Over-and-back rule will be enforced
• Diving & dunking is permitted
• No wooden sticks allowed for players or goalies (box & field)
• Cleats not permitted on indoor turf surface, wear running shoes
• For all games, if the score is tied after regulation time, a three-player shootout will determine the winner (no ties), plus an additional single round to determine a winner if still tied after three shooters

Field games will be officiated using NCAA rules, with the following modifications/reminders:

• Two 18-minute periods, running clock unless the score is within two with under two minutes to play in the second half
• Teams will have 20 second to clear the defensive half
• Cleats to be worn
• For all games, if the score is tied after regulation time, a braveheart OT period will determine the winner (2 players, 1 goalie per team), first goal wins

Trainers for Injured Players

If you should sustain an injury during a game, a trainer will be alerted and address the injury on the floor or field. For box, trainers will be stationed in the hallway that connects the two pads if you require any further assistance for injuries. For field, a trainer will always been near the playing field.