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9 Seasons • 2014 Champions• 5 MLL Title Games 2015 WEEKLY GAME NOTES Sunday, May 24 7:00 p.m. MDT Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver Altitude and ESPN3.com 3-2 3-2 THIS WEEK’S GAME 2015 SCHEDULE Opponent: Chesapeake Bayhawks Date Opponent Time/Result Sun., April 12 at Boston L, 13-16 When: Sunday, May 24, 2015 Sun., April 19 at Ohio W, 14-13 Where: Sports Authority Field at Mile High Sun., May 3 vs. Charlotte W, 15-12 Sun., May 10 at Rochester L, 12-15 Broadcast: Altitude and ESPN3.com Sat., May 16 at Florida W, 15-12 Sun., May 24 vs. Chesapeake 9 p.m. EDT All-time vs. Opp.:11-4 (Home: 5-2) 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 ...................................................89 New York 6 0 - 1.00 92 69 4-0 2-0 Chesapeake 3 2 2.5 .600 64 56 1-1 2-1 Denver 3 2 2.5 .600 69 68 1-0 2-2 Rochester 3 3 3 .500 72 80 2-1 1-2 OUTLAWS PR CONTACT Ohio 2 3 3.5 .400 59 62 1-1 1-2 Public Relations Manager: Rebecca Villanueva Boston 2 3 3.5 .400 70 71 2-2 0-1 Florida 1 4 4.5 .200 55 64 1-2 0-2 [email protected] | 303-264-5598 Charlotte 1 4 4.5 .200 53 64 0-2 1-2 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES LEADING THE LEAGUE FO Pct.* A. Kelly - .570 3rd G. Gurenlian, N.Y. - .797 The Outlaws lead the League in hat tricks in a game with Saves J. Schwartzman - 64 7th J. Galloway, Roc. - 90 four in the home opener against Charlotte. Eric Law was Save Pct. J. Schwartzman - .496 9th B. Queener, Fla. - .657 the first Outlaw to complete a hat trick with all three of GAA J. Schwartzman - 13.03 7th D. Adams, N.Y. - 10.63 his goals coming in the second quarter. Jeremy Sieverts, 2pGA# J. Schwartzman - 2 T-6th B. Queener, Fla. - 0 Drew Snider and Greg Melaugh finished their hat tricks in ^ min. 10 SOG; *min. 100 attempts; #min. 100 min in goal the fourth quarter. TEAM RANKINGS The Outlaws were the first team to have two games in Category Outlaws MLL Rk. MLL Leader which at least three players scored a hat trick. They are Pts Scored 69 4th N.Y. - 92 tied for first in the league with 13 this season. 2pG 1 T-4th Bos. -6 Pts Allowed 68 5th Che. - 56 Denver has had first-year players score hat tricks in three 2pG Allowed 2 T-5th Four teams - 1 consecutive games, including Melaugh in back-to-back Point Differential +1 3rd N.Y. - +23 games. Ground Balls 177 3rd N.Y. - 219 Shots 215 T-5th N.Y. - 301 HAT TRICKS Rk Team Number Shooting Pct. .316 1st Den. - .316 1 Denver 13 Shots on Goal 135 T-4th N.Y. - 202 New York 13 SOG Pct. .628 5th Che. - .681 3 Ohio 9 Faceoff Pct. .570 3rd N.Y. - .700 Rochester 9 Powerplay Pct. .2667 (4-15) 3rd Bos. - .5294 (9-17) 5 Chesapeake 6 Penalty Kill Pct. .7059 (7-17) 6th Ohio - 1.00 (10-10) 6 Boston 5 Florida 5 Denver leads the league in shooting percentage, and 8 Charlotte 2 Michael Bocklet leads the league in individual shooting percentage. New York leads in many categories, but 2015 WEEK 7 LEAGUE LEADERS has played in one more game than the Outlaws. Den- Below is a listing of where the Outlaws ranked in some ver moved into a positive point differential after the of the league’s key statistical categories in 2015. win over Florida. INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS, 2014 SINGLE-QUARTER HAT TRICK Cat. Outlaws MLL Rk. MLL Leader Eric Law recorded the third single-quarter hat trick of his Pts. D. Snider - 18 T-5th R. Pannell, N.Y. - 28 career in the second quarter against Charlotte. Law com- J. Wolf, Roc. - 28 pleted this feat in his first-ever MLL game versus Hamil- G Three Players T-11th J. Wolf, Roc. - 15 ton as well as in the 2013 Semifinal versus Charlotte. Law 2pG M. Simon - 1 T-4th Three players - 2 is the second MLL player to record a hat trick in a single A D. Snider - 8 T-6th R. Pannell, N.Y. - 14 period this season. Tommy Palasek did so for the New GB A. Kelly - 24 T-5th G. Gurenlian, N.Y. - 66 York Lizards. The last Outlaw to perform such a feat was M. Bocklet - 24 Drew Snider in the final regular season game of 2014 in SOG D. Snider - 25 7th R. Pannell, N.Y. - 48 the first quarter at New York. SPct.^ Mi. Bocklet - .588 1st Mi. Bocklet, Den. - .588 PPG E. Law - 2 T-2nd R. Emery, Bos. - 4 Michael Bocklet completed his second four-goal game SHG None N/A J. Boltus, Roc. - 1 at Rochester. He scored three goals in the fourth, which HT J. Sieverts - 3 T-2nd P. Baum, Ohio - 4 were the first three Outlaws goals in the quarter. Denver at Florida — 2 — May 16, 2015 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES ROOKIE WATCH The 80 percent win percentage is the highest by a single Dan Taylor made his rookie debut for the Outlaws in the player and ties the best percent by the Outlaws in a sin- home opener against Charlotte. Taylor scored his first ca- gle game. reer goal in the game. Taylor recorded his first career as- sist at Rochester. MOST FACEOFF WINS, OUTLAWS HISTORY RK PLAYER GAMES WINS DOMINANT DEFENSE 1 G. Snider vs. Roc., 6/26/07 28 The Outlaws’ defense has done an excellent job of limit- 2 G. Snider at Chi., 6/2/07 27 ing their opponents’ attackmen this season, holding the C. Cercy vs. Chi., 5/20/06 27 opposing attackmen to fewer than 10 combined points in 4 G. Snider vs. Chi, 7/4/07 25 all but one game. 5 A. Kelly at Ohio, 4/19/15 24 C. Cercy vs. S.F., 6/10/06 24 ATTACKMEN AGAINST DENVER SINGLE-GAME FACEOFF PERCENT, OUTLAWS HISTORY Team G A Pts. RK PLAYER GAMES FOPCT (min. 10) Boston 4 2 6 1 A. Kelly at Ohio, 4/19/15 .800 Ohio 3 5 8 2 A. Hennessey vs. L.I., 6/25/11 .793 Charlotte 1 0 1 3 A. Hennessey at L.I., 6/3/11 .773 Rochester 7 3 10 4 A. Kelly vs. Cha., 7/14/12 .767 Florida 4 5 9 5 A. Kelly vs. Ohio, 6/22/13 .704 BOCKLET BROTHERS A HAT TRICK OF HAT TRICKS Michael Bocklet earned Coca-Cola Player of the Game Three Outlaws notched hat tricks in the loss at Boston. honors in just his second game in the league. He scored Each of the hat tricks was scored in a single half of play. four goals on four shots, including the game-winner with Chris Bocklet earned his 15th career hat trick, Drew Snid- two seconds left in the game. Bocklet recorded his first er earned his 12th and Justin Pennington earned his sec- career hat trick on a behind-the-back goal. He is the 38th ond. Outlaw to ever score a hat trick, and joins his brothers Chris and Matt on that list. Bocklet is the first Outlaw to Jeremy Sieverts has had three hat tricks this season. He score four goals since John Grant, Jr. did so at Chesapeake and Bocklet are tied for fourth in Outlaws history with 15 July 31 of last season. career hat tricks. Chris had a goal in the win at Ohio after his excellent HAT TRICKS BY AN OUTLAW showing at Boston, in which he recorded his 15th career Rk Player Number hat trick. Chris and Michael have also accounted for two 1 Brendan Mundorf 43 of the Outlaws’ three game-winning goals. 2 Matt Brown 23 3 Drew Westervelt 17 Matt also had success in Ohio. He picked up six ground 4 Chris Bocklet 15 balls, including five in the first quarter. Jeremy Sieverts 15 Brian Langtry 15 KELLY CRUISES PAST OHIO 7 Eric Law 14 Anthony Kelly won 80 percent of the faceoffs in the win 8 Drew Snider 13 at Ohio. He won a career-high 24 faceoffs, beating his previous high of 23 vs Charlotte in 2012. It is also the DREW DRAWS TOP SPOT most wins by a single player since Geoff Snider won 25 After one game, Drew Snider was tied at the top of the vs. Chicago in 2007. league in points. Snider recorded three goals and two Denver at Florida — 3 — May 16, 2015 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES assists at Boston for five points.