Coverage of the Colorado Mammoth, Denver Outlaws, and Denver University.
Photo Credit: Di Miller The Denver Outlaws (7-1) hosted the Chesapeake Bayhawks (2-6) at Sports Authority Field at Mile-High on June 21 in front of 6,008 die-hard fans for Paws in the Park Night. It was also “Outlaw Cancer” night. The players wore custom made helmets with pink cancer ribbons, and played in honor of family members and friends who have survived cancer or lost their battle to this awful…
Photo Credit: Di Miller On June 18, the MLL held their weekly Coaches Conference Call and Denver Outlaws Head Coach B.J. O’Hara was asked about the Outlaws being 6-1 and two games ahead in the MLL standings. Coach O’Hara said: “I guess we’re as comfortable as we could be—with the amount of talent in the league and the competitiveness, you never get to comfortable. We’re just the next game away…
The National Lacrosse League has announced three finalists for the 2014 NLL Rookie of the Year award. Edmonton Rush forward Robert Church, Minnesota Swarm forward Logan Schuss and Colorado Mammoth goaltender Dillon Ward were the top trio of rookie vote recipients for their play this season. Church finished third among NLL rookies in points (52) and assists (31), tied for third in goals (21), second in power play goals…
Boy were there some big performances this week in the MLL! As is customary on our website, we nominate our three stars for this past week’s action and there were some tough decisions to make. This week’s action featured some ridiculous stat lines on offense with several players scoring six or more points. With many nominees, who were the lucky three who earned this week’s honors? First Star: Ben Hunt,…
On Saturday the Denver Outlaws defeated the New York Lizards to become the first six win team in Major League Lacrosse this season. After the game we discussed it with defenseman Mike Simon.
Photo Credit: Di Miller The Denver Outlaws (6-1) hosted the New York Lizards (3-4) on Saturday, June 14 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. There were 7,402 faithful fans who braved the hail and severe thunderstorms to see their Outlaws in action; the only MLL team in professional sports history to have an undefeated regular season, second only to the New England Patriots in 2007. Denver would be without…
When: Saturday, June 14 @ 9:00 pm EST Where: @ Denver The Denver Outlaws suffered their first loss in over 700 days last weekend in a 18-15 loss to the Charlotte Hounds. The New York Lizards also lost last weekend as they fell to the Florida Launch 11-8. As the two teams face off in Denver this weekend, whose losing streak will continue, the Lizards or Outlaws? Offense Denver boasts one…
It is a unique year in the MLL with the season coinciding with the World Games this summer. This only means that the team of All Stars will be playing against those selected to represent Team USA in Denver this summer. There is a wealth of youth on the roster, so it will be a treat to get a chance to see the next group of stars coming into their…
Photo Credit: Di Miller On June 11, the MLL held their weekly Coaches Conference Call and Denver Outlaws Head Coach B.J. O’Hara was asked whether or not playing Charlotte back-to-back contributed to the Hounds changing their game plan and win on June 7. Coach O’Hara said: “No, I don’t. I think that we were going to play them home-and-home, and I don’t think the timing of the games had any…
Photo Credit: Di Miller On Monday June 2, the Denver Outlaws acquired Cameron Holding, Midfielder from the Chesapeake Bayhawks. In the trade, the Bayhawks acquired Stephen Robarge, Midfielder/Faceoff, and James Connelly, Defenseman, who was on the college inactive roster. A native of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, Holding moved to Michigan in 2005 where he attended DeWitt High School. The midfielder attended Florida Southern University where he played two years of NCAA…