There is something about seeing the preparations being made for tomorrow night’s All-Star Game, such as paint drying on the field, fans coming to show their support for players and seeing teams being picked by the 2013 Ultimate Fan Fantasy winners that just increases my excitement for what is about to take place in Charlotte.
Halfway through the ASG draft Ryan Flanagan had still not been chosen. Fans started to shout his name trying to persuade the Ultimate Fan Fantasy winners to pick him. He still was not selected until the very end and was defaulted to the team Eclipse. He tweeted later that he was humbled “Kid just tried so hard not to pick me in the MLL draft that he broke the rules and I was assigned to his team. #humbled.”
As you can see, a fan oriented draft can be an amusing but painful for those whose player is not being selected. During the draft, things were kept light by the commentators who were clearly making up their jokes as they went along. This made for a surprisingly fun atmosphere.
Below are the team’s rosters for the ASG draft (In no order).
Team Eclipse: Drew Adams (G, New York), Steven Brooks (M, Chesapeake), Ned Crotty (A, Rochester), Ryan Flanagan (D, Charlotte), Zack Greer (M, Denver), Greg Gurenlian (FO, New York), Mike Manly (D, Rochester), Brodie Merrill (D, Hamilton), Tommy Palasek (A, New York), Rob Pannel (A, New York), Brett Queener (G, Hamilton), John Ranagan (M, Rochester), Mike Sawyer (M, Charlotte), Jeremy Sievers (M, Denver), Drew Snider (M, Denver), Matt Striebel (M, Rochester), Kyle Sweeney (D, Boston), Ryan Young (A, Charlotte) & Lee Zink (D, Denver)
Team Supernova: Matt Abbott (M, Chesapeake), Chris Bocklet (A, Denver), Kevin Buchanan (M, Boston), Kevin Crowley (M, Hamilton), Kevin Cunningham (A, Hamilton), Barney Ehrmann (D, Chesapeake), Michael Evans (D, Chesapeake), Kyle Hartzell (D, Ohio), Brian Karalunas (D, New York), Anthony Kelly (FO, Denver), Jordan MacIntosh (M, Rochester), Peet Poillon (M, Charlotte), Ben Rubeor (A, Chesapeake), Brett Schmidt (D, Charlotte), Jesse Schwartzman (G, Denver), Steele Stanwick (A, Ohio), Mike Stone (M, Boston), Kip Turner (G, Chesapeake) & Joe Walters (M, Hamilton)
See you all tomorrow for what could be a fascinating All-Star Game in Charlotte, NC.
