Former Cannon Justin Turri is one of the players who jumped to the new PLL. (Major League Lacrosse)
For most lacrosse fans, Memorial Day weekend — when the NCAA decides its collegiate champions — is the most exciting time of the year.
This year, however, the most interesting time — especially for fans in New England — comes a week later, when the Boston Cannons open the Major League Lacrosse season at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy, Mass., while the six teams of the new Premier Lacrosse League take the field for the first time at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.
Only in Boston will lacrosse fans be able to compare the established league and the new venture in person, and nearly side-by-side, as the two venues are separated by a half-hour of driving time.
