The Montreal Express was a member of the
National Lacrosse League during the
2002 season. They played at the
Molson Center in
Montreal,
Quebec. They were inactive during the
2003 and
2004 seasons. The team remained inactive and the franchise was returned to the NLL after the 2004 season. The NLL in turn sold the rights to the franchise to the
Minnesota Swarm for the
2005 NLL season.
The first-ever Express game was a record-setting affair, with the Express defeating their expansion cousins the
Calgary Roughnecks by a final score of 32-17. New NLL records for most goals by one team (32), most goals by two teams (49), and most penalty minutes by two teams (155) were all set in this game.