On the night where the Colorado Mammoth retired John Grant Jr.’s jersey, the home team would have hoped to earn an easy win over the last-place Vancouver Stealth. Instead, the Stealth came from behind in the final eight minute of the game to steal the 13-12 victory. The evening opened on a high note as the Pepsi Center crowd was treated to the ceremony to officially retire Grant’s jersey and…
The Denver Outlaws defeated the Rochester Rattlers by a score of 22-21 in an overtime shootout in the Mile High City. Dave Lawson led the Rattlers with five points (4 G, 1 A). The Outlaws got major contributions from John Grant (7 G, 1 A), Jeremy Sieverts (5 G, 1 A, 1 2-PT) who both totaled eight points on the evening, and Mike Bocklet chipped in six points of his…
John Grant Jr. of the Colorado Mammoth spends his summers playing in the MLL, currently with the Chesapeake Bayhawks. His teammate, rookie goaltender Dillon Ward, divides time between the MLL’s Hamilton Nationals (now the Florida Launch) and the KW Kodiaks of the MSL. Mark Matthews of the Edmonton Rush likewise divides his summers between the MLL’s New York Lizards and the WLA’s Langley Thunder. Many pro lacrosse players compete in…
The Colorado Mammoth squeaked into the 2013 playoff picture on the last day of the regular season before being dispatched in the first round by the Calgary Roughnecks. Their slow start to last year’s campaign and finish near the bottom of the standings may have some teams going into the 2014 season without worrying about the Mammoth. But that would be a mistake. The Mammoth won five of their last…
After trailing for most of the game, Curtis Dickson scored three goals late in the game—including the game winner in overtime—to give the Calgary Roughnecks the come-from-behind victory over the Colorado Mammoth Saturday night. With only two-and-a-half minutes remaining in regulation, Dickson sprung out of the penalty box after a successful Roughnecks penalty kill and almost immediately received a flip pass from Shawn Evans which Dickson converted into the game-tying…
When the Chesapeake Bayhawks brought in Drew Westervelt, John Grant Jr., Brian Spallina and Kip Turner in the off-season the moves created a championship-or-bust attitude to this team. The Bayhawks could fulfill that destiny this weekend as they head to MLL Championship Weekend as the No. 2 seed. Chesapeake, who also acquired veteran defender Nicky Polanco early in the season, has been one of the most consistent, well-rounded and successful…