The regular season has come to a close, and the Machine are looking back with a positive attitude. The team finished out with a solid 8-6 record, and ended the regular season with a five game win-streak. The streak was tied for the longest winning streak in the MLL’s history. Their winning streak was put to an end on August 16th by the Rattlers in the first round of…
Bayhawks’ Matt Abbott and Rochester Rattlers Win USL/MLL Sportsmanship Awards
Award winners selected by voting among league’s game officials BOSTON (August 18, 2014) – US Lacrosse and Major League Lacrosse have named Chesapeake Bayhawks’ Matt Abbott as the winner of the USL/MLL Sportsmanship Player of the Year Award, and the Rochester Rattlers as the winner of the league’s 2014 USL/MLL Team Sportsmanship Award. Both selections were based on voting conducted among the league’s game officials. The team…
Outlaws, Rattlers Come Through With Strong Finishes
It was an exciting weekend for fans of the MLL, as the final four had exciting games for their audience. The top seeded Rochester Rattlers needed a late surge to get by the upstart Ohio Machine. For the second consecutive week, the Outlaws and Lizards went back and forth, with the winner just scratching ahead by one goal in the end. New York v. Denver Denver was led by John…
NLL Free Agency Update: Culp Signs for Two Years
The NLL free agency period is well underway now, with teams steadily locking down their outstanding players. The Colorado Mammoth have been very busy, signing Eric Law, John Gallant, Nick Carlson, Ian Hawksbee, Jake Crans, Dan Ball and Michael Simon all to one year contracts and Colin Boucher to a two-year deal. They have also acquired restricted free agent Alex Turner from the Minnesota Swarm after the Swarm declined to…
Video: Rattlers React to Post Season Win
Yesterday afternoon the Rochester Rattlers advanced to their second ever MLL championship. We caught up with them after the game. Joel White Tim Soudan
Ohio Still Has Bright Future Ahead
The Ohio Machine may have fallen in their first ever Major League Lacrosse semi final yesterday to the hands of the Rochester Rattlers, but Ohio might have the brightest future of any MLL club. After a dismal 2013, Ohio exploded in 2014 with a league leading 200 goals and league leading scorers all over the place. Marcus Holman and Peter Baum tied for seventh with 50 points each. Holman led…
Outlaws Surge Past Lizards Behind Grant Jr
Photo Credit: Di Miller On Saturday August 16, the Denver Outlaws (10-5) hosted the New York Lizards (9-6) at Peter Barton Stadium on the University of Denver Campus for the first ever playoff game in Denver, CO. The stadium was filled with 2,488 Outlaws fans, a sell-out crowd who came to cheer on their Denver Outlaws to a victory and a trip to the MLL Championship game on August 23….
Rattlers Strike as Machine Stalls
The Rochester Rattlers may have started out slow, but stellar goaltending by John Galloway kept the game close in the first quarter and enabled the Rattlers to start their comeback as they came away with a 15-11 victory over the Ohio Machine. The Rattlers will face the Denver Outlaws who defeated the Lizards 14-13. Faceoff is scheduled for 7 pm (ET) next Saturday in Atlanta, GA. Head coach Tim Soudan…
Minnesota Gets a Veteran in the Defense in Grimes
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The Minnesota Swarm traded for Mike Grimes who was under contract with the Vancouver Stealth. The Swarm gave up both Dane Stevens and Tyler Hass, while getting Grimes and a third round pick in the 2016 draft. Acquiring Grimes gives the Swarm a veteran leader on the back line. As an eight-year veteran of the NLL, Grimes has played in 115 games over those eight years….
Ohio Has Shot Against Top Seed Rochester
The Ohio Machine have made the MLL playoffs for the first time in their young franchise’s history. Rochester is in the playoffs for the first time since 2008, before Ohio was even in the league. These two teams are hungry, but despite the Rochester Rattlers being the top seed in the league, the Ohio Machine match up very well against the ‘Ratz. Ohio ended the season on a five game…