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9 Seasons • 2014 Champions• 5 MLL Title Games 2015 WEEKLY GAME NOTES Saturday, May 16 5:00 p.m. MDT FAU Stadium Boca Raton, Fla. ESPN3.com 2-2 1-3 THIS WEEK’S GAME 2015 SCHEDULE Opponent: Florida Launch Date Opponent Time/Result Sun., April 12 at Boston L, 13-16 When: Saturday, May 16, 2015 Sun., April 19 at Ohio W, 14-13 Where: FAU Stadium Sun., May 3 vs. Charlotte W, 15-12 Sun., May 10 at Rochester L, 12-15 Broadcast: ESPN3.com Sat., May 16 at Florida 7 p.m. EDT Sun., May 24 vs. Chesapeake 9 p.m. EDT All-time vs. Opp.:2-0 (Away: 1-0) Fri., May 29 vs. Ohio 9 p.m. EDT Sat., June 6 at Chesapeake 7 p.m. EDT TABLE OF CONTENTS Sat., June 20 vs. Rochester 9:30 p.m. EDT Notes of Interest .......................................................2 Sat., June 27 at Charlotte 7 p.m. EDT Sat., July 4 vs. Boston 9 p.m. EDT 2015 Rosters ...........................................................12 Thu., July 9 at New York 7:30 p.m. EDT 2015 Statistics.........................................................16 Sun., July 19 vs. Florida 3 p.m. EDT Front Office and Coaching Staff Biographies ..........20 Sat., July 25 vs. New York 5 p.m. EDT Player Biographies ..................................................31 2015 MLL STANDINGS 2015 Boxscores.......................................................83 Team W L GB PCT PF PA H A Weekly Transcript ...................................................88 New York 5 0 - 1.00 77 55 3-0 2-0 Chesapeake 3 1 1.5 .750 50 41 1-1 2-0 Rochester 3 2 2 .600 56 63 2-1 1-1 Denver 2 2 2.5 .500 54 56 1-0 1-2 OUTLAWS PR CONTACT Boston 1 3 3.5 .250 53 55 1-2 0-1 Public Relations Manager: Rebecca Villanueva Florida 1 3 3.5 .250 43 49 1-1 0-2 Ohio 1 3 3.5 .250 45 52 0-1 1-2 [email protected] | 303-264-5598 Charlotte 1 3 3.5 .250 43 50 0-2 1-1 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES LEADING THE LEAGUE SHG None N/A J. Boltus, Roc. - 1 The Outlaws lead the League in hat tricks in a game with HT four in the home opener against Charlotte. Eric Law was FO Pct.* A. Kelly - .590 3rd G. Gurenlian, N.Y. - .774 the first Outlaw to complete a hat trick with all three of Saves J. Schwartzman - 48 7th J. Galloway, Roc. - 79 his goals coming in the second quarter. Jeremy Sieverts, Save Pct. J. Schwartzman - .475 9th B. Queener, Fla. - .657 Drew Snider and Greg Melaugh finished their hat tricks in GAA J. Schwartzman - 13.28 8th T. Fiorito, Che. - 10.00 the fourth quarter. 2pGA# J. Schwartzman - 2 8th B. Queener, Fla. - 0 C. Cipriano, Fla. - 0 The Outlaws are the only team to have two games in ^ min. 10 SOG; *min. 100 attempts; #min. 60 min in goal which at lleast three players have scored a hat trick. They also lead the league with 11 hat tricks this season. TEAM RANKINGS, 2014 Category Outlaws MLL Rk. MLL Leader Denver has had first-year players score hat tricks in three Pts Scored 54 3rd N.Y. - 77 consecutive games, including Melaugh in back-to-back 2pG None N/A Bos. - 5 games. Pts Allowed 56 7th Che. - 41 2pG Allowed 2 T-6th Fla. - 0 HAT TRICKS Rk Team Number Point Differential -2 T-3rd N.Y. - +22 1 Denver 11 Ground Balls 142 3rd N.Y. - 186 2 New York 10 Shots 165 T-5th N.Y. - 255 3 Ohio 8 Shooting Pct. .327 1st Den. - .327 4 Rochester 6 Shots on Goal 103 T-5th N.Y. - 171 5 Chesapeake 4 SOG Pct. .624 5th Che. - .703 6 Boston 3 Faceoff Pct. .590 3rd N.Y. - .659 Florida 3 Powerplay Pct. .2308 (3-13) 3rd Ohio - .3077 (4-13) 8 Charlotte 2 Penalty Kill Pct. .5833 (7-12) 8th Ohio - 1.00 (7-7) 2015 WEEK 6 LEAGUE LEADERS Denver leads the league in shooting percentage, and Below is a listing of where the Outlaws ranked in some Michael Bocklet leads the league in individual shooting of the league’s key statistical categories in 2015. percentage. New York leads in many categories, but has played in one more game than the Outlaws. Den- INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS, 2014 ver moved into a positive point differential after the Cat. Outlaws MLL Rk. MLL Leader win against the Hounds but has fallen back into nega- Pts. D. Snider - 16 T-5th P. Rabil, N.Y. - 24 tive numbers after the loss at Rochester. G Mi. Bocklet - 10 T-5th P. Rabil, N.Y. - 13 2pG None N/A P. Rabil, N.Y. - 2 SINGLE-QUARTER HAT TRICK M. Seibald, Bos. - 2 Eric Law recorded the third single-quarter hat trick of his A D. Snider - 8 4th R. Pannell, N.Y. - 12 career in the second quarter against Charlotte. Law com- GB A. Kelly - 22 T-5th G. Gurenlian, N.Y. - 48 pleted this feat in his first-ever MLL game versus Hamil- SOG D. Snider - 17 T-13th R. Pannell, N.Y. - 41 ton as well as in the 2013 Semifinal versus Charlotte. Law J. Sieverts - 17 is the second MLL player to record a hat trick in a single SPct.^ Mi. Bocklet - .588 1st Mi. Bocklet, Den. - .588 period. Tommy Palasek did so for the New York Lizards. PPG D. Snider - 1 T-4th R. Emery, Bos. - 3 The last Outlaw to perform such a feat was Drew Snider E. Law - 1 in the final regular season game of 2014 in the first quar- Mi. Bocklet - 1 ter at New York. Denver at Florida — 2 — May 16, 2015 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES vs. Chicago in 2007. Michael Bocklet completed his four-goal game at Roch- ester in the fourth quarter. He scored three goals in the The 80 percent win percentage is the highest by a single fourth, which were the first three Outlaws goals in the player and ties the best percent by the Outlaws in a sin- quarter. gle game. ROOKIE WATCH MOST FACEOFF WINS, OUTLAWS HISTORY Dan Taylor made his rookie debut for the Outlaws in the RK PLAYER GAMES WINS home opener against Charlotte. Taylor scored his first ca- 1 G. Snider vs. Roc., 6/26/07 28 reer goal in the game. Taylor recorded his first career as- 2 G. Snider at Chi., 6/2/07 27 sist at Rochester. C. Cercy vs. Chi., 5/20/06 27 4 G. Snider vs. Chi, 7/4/07 25 DOMINANT DEFENSE 5 A. Kelly at Ohio, 4/19/15 24 C. Cercy vs. S.F., 6/10/06 24 The Outlaws’ defense has done an excellent job of limit- ing their opponents’ attackmen this season. SINGLE-GAME FACEOFF PERCENT, OUTLAWS HISTORY RK PLAYER GAMES FOPCT (min. 10) ATTACKMEN AGAINST DENVER 1 A. Kelly at Ohio, 4/19/15 .800 Team G A Pts. 2 A. Hennessey vs. L.I., 6/25/11 .793 Boston 4 2 6 3 A. Hennessey at L.I., 6/3/11 .773 Ohio 3 5 8 4 A. Kelly vs. Cha., 7/14/12 .767 Charlotte 1 0 1 5 A. Kelly vs. Ohio, 6/22/13 .704 Rochester 7 3 10 A HAT TRICK OF HAT TRICKS BOCKLET BROTHERS Three Outlaws notched hat tricks in the loss at Boston. Michael Bocklet earned Coca-Cola Player of the Game Each of the hat tricks was scored in a single half of play. honors in just his second game in the league. He scored Chris Bocklet earned his 15th career hat trick, Drew Snid- four goals on four shots, including the game-winner with er earned his 12th and Justin Pennington earned his sec- two seconds left in the game. Bocklet recorded his first ond. career hat trick on a behind-the-back goal. He is the 38th Outlaw to ever score a hat trick, and joins his brothers Bocklet’s 15th hat trick ties for the fourth-most hat tricks Chris and Matt on that list. Bocklet is the first Outlaw to by an Outlaw. score four goals since John Grant, Jr. did so at Chesapeake July 31 of last season. Jeremy Sieverts moved into sole possession of sixth place with his 13th career hat trick at Ohio. Sieverts scored a Chris had a goal in the win at Ohio after his excellent hat trick for the second straight game in the home open- showing at Boston, in which he recorded his 15th career er versus Charlotte. hat trick. HAT TRICKS BY AN OUTLAW Matt also had success in Ohio. He picked up six ground Rk Player Number balls, including five in the first quarter. 1 Brendan Mundorf 43 2 Matt Brown 23 KELLY CRUISES PAST OHIO 3 Drew Westervelt 17 Anthony Kelly won 80 percent of the faceoffs in the win 4 Chris Bocklet 15 at Ohio. He won a career-high 24 faceoffs, beating his Brian Langtry 15 previous high of 23 vs Charlotte in 2012. It is also the 6 Jeremy Sieverts 14 most wins by a single player since Geoff Snider won 25 7 Eric Law 13 Denver at Florida — 3 — May 16, 2015 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES Drew Snider 13 MLL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Year Champion Score Runner-Up DREW DRAWS TOP SPOT 2014 Denver 12-11 Rochester After one game, Drew Snider was tied at the top of the 2013 Chesapeake 10-9 Charlotte league in points.