The Ottawa Rebel was a team in the National Lacrosse League based in Ottawa , Ontario from 2001 until 2003 . They initially played at the Corel Centre (now called the Canadian Tire Centre ), but part-way through the 2002 season moved to the smaller, but centrally located, Ottawa Civic Centre . From 1997 until 2000 the team was located in Syracuse, New York and was called the Syracuse Smash .
5-739: The Rebel was owned by the Brad Watters group which also brought lacrosse to Toronto and Montreal . In their first season in Ottawa, the Rebel had one win and thirteen losses and finished last of nine teams. Their second season was slightly better, with four wins and twelve losses, but due to tie breakers they finished fourth in the Northern Division and thirteenth overall behind the Calgary Roughnecks , who also finished with
10-572: A 4-12 record. In their third and final year in Ottawa they again had four wins and twelve losses, placing them fourth in the Northern Division again but tenth out of twelve in the overall league standings. As the Syracuse Smash they were last overall all three years prompting the move to the Canadian capital. The franchise became inactive after the 2003 season. In 2005, it was purchased by Bruce Urban and moved to Edmonton, Alberta , becoming
15-801: The Edmonton Rush . In 2024, it was announced that the National Lacrosse League would return to Ottawa as the Ottawa Black Bears . Brad Watters Brad Watters (born 1971) is a sports executive who was president of the Toronto Argonauts and Toronto Rock . He ran Ottawa Rebel and the Ottawa Renegades . He grew up in Leaside , Toronto , studied at Huron University College part of
20-509: The Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League in 2001. Watters sold the team to Bernard Glieberman in 2005. The team suspended operations the following year, before folding in 2008. Throughout his time in sports management he was in charge of his own company, BJW Sports Inc. From 2007, he was joint team president of the Toronto Argonauts with Pinball Clemons . In 2009, he was succeeded by Bob Nicholson who
25-720: The University of Western Ontario and is the son of Bill Watters . He bought the Ontario Raiders in 1999 and moved them to Toronto where they became Toronto Rock . From 2001 to 2003, Brad Watters owned the Ottawa Rebel National Lacrosse League franchise. The team became inactive after the 2003 season and was later purchased by Bruce Urban and moved to Edmonton, Alberta, becoming the Edmonton Rush. Watters also established
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