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___________________ 2017 Game Notes ___________________
Media Contact: Kathryn Eckhart | [email protected] | (281) 650-0740
1301 Shiloh Road NW Suite 340| Kennesaw, GA 30144 | (470) 231-0336
AtlantaBlaze.com | @AtlantaBlaze | @atlantablazemll
2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
1-2 Overall
1-2 Home | __ Away
APRIL
22 vs. Ohio 7pm
29 vs. Boston 7pm
MAY
13 vs. New York 7pm
19 @ Chesapeake 7:30pm
JUNE
3 vs. Charlotte 8pm
10 @ Charlotte 7:30pm
17 @ Florida 6pm
24 @ Rochester 7:30pm
JULY
1 vs. Florida 7pm
4 @ Denver 8:30pm
13 @ New York 7pm
22 vs. Chesapeake 7pm
29 vs. Rochester 7pm
AUGUST
5 @ Boston 6pm
SETTING THE SCENE: BLAZE AT CHESAPEAKE BAYHAWKS
GAME INFORMATION DATE: Friday, May 19, 2017 LOCATION: Baltimore, MD STADIUM: Homewood Field (Johns Hopkins University) FACEOFF: 7:30 p.m. (EST) BROADCAST: Lax Sports Network All-Time Series: 0-2 2016 Series: 0-2 THE MATCHUP
The Atlanta Blaze faces off against the Chesapeake Bayhawks after losing both
matchups in 2016. The Bayhawks are coming off a one-goal win over the Charlotte
Hounds, their third consecutive one-goal game to start the season. The Blaze’s
defense will have their hands full with Midfielder Myles Jones (16 points) and
Attackman Garrett Thul (11 points), who anchor a strong Bayhawks offense.
However, Adam Ghitelman and company finished the second half of the Lizard game
by holding All-Star Paul Rabil scoreless and the rest of New York’s offense to just 5
goals, no small feat against a strong Lizard team.
HEAD COACH DAVID HUNTLEY
David Huntley is in his second season as Head Coach of the Atlanta Blaze, after
resuming coaching duties amidst the 2016 season. Coach Huntley was the director of
the 2014 World Champion Canadian Men’s National Team and has coached Team
Canada in the World Championships five times. Huntley has spent 10 seasons
coaching in the NLL and 6 seasons coaching MLL. Coach Huntley is a member of the
John Hopkins (his alma mater) All-Time Team as well as a Hall of Fame inductee.
Huntley also holds residency in the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame, National US Lacrosse
Hall of Fame and Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: LOOKING AHEAD:
Stream: Lax Sports Network Blaze vs. Charlotte Hounds
PxP: Evan Washburn When: Saturday, June 3rd
Analyst: Quint Kessenich Time: 8 p.m.
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2017 GAME BY GAME RESULTS
GAME DATE OPP. STRK. RESULT TOTAL PTS HIGH (G) HIGH (A) ATTEND.
1 22-Apr OH 1 Loss 10-9 14 2 3 1,204
2 29-Apr BOS 1 Win 13-10 22 4 2 946
3 13-May NY 1 Loss 14-12 19 3 2 1,976
4 19-May at CHE - - - - - -
5 3-Jun CLT - - - - - -
6 10-Jun at CLT - - - - - -
7 17-Jun at FLA - - - - - -
8 24-Jun at ROC - - - - - -
9 1-Jul FLA - - - - - -
10 4-Jul at DEN - - - - - -
11 13-Jul at NY - - - - - -
12 22-Jul CHE - - - - - -
13 29-Jul ROC - - - - - -
14 5-Aug at BOS - - - - - -
MILESTONES
Chris Bocklet leads the team with 10 total points
James Pannell leads the team with 4 assists
Scott Ratliff leads all MLL defenders with 3 points
Jeff Reynolds scored his first goal in a Blaze jersey against the
Lizards
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ATLANTA BLAZE PLAYERS
Alphabetical Roster:
ACTIVE ROSTER
NO. NAME POS HT WT BIRTHDATE COLLEGE YEARS PRO
7 Bocklet, Chris A 6’ 0" - 8/6/1989 Virginia 5
1 Coholan, Greg M 5’ 11” 185 6/23/1993 Virginia 1
98 Crawford, Callum A 6’ 3” 210 11/7/1984 Downing 1
17 Donahue, Dylan A 5’ 10” 185 5/16/1993 Syracuse 1
26 Dunster, Colin M 6’ 0” 190 5/13/1992 Bryant 3
8 Ghitelman, Adam G 5’ 9” 185 4/25/1989 Virginia 5
4 Gorman, Nick D 6’ 0” 195 5/22/1993 Towson 0
13 Hipps, Chris D 6’ 4” 220 9/27/1991 Duke 2
18 Hossack, Graeme D 6’ 2” 225 7/22/1992 Lindenwood 1
47 Kelly, Anthony FO 6’ 4” 250 5/30/1980 Ohio State 11
16 Kimener, Terry M 6’2” 190 12/1/1984 UMBC 9
39 Mackrides, Matthew M 5’ 10” 185 2/24/1990 Penn State 5
25 May, Chris FO 5’ 8” 220 5/29/1992 Georgetown, Ohio State 1
28 O’Shaughnessy, Dylan LSM 6’ 6” 235 1/5/1993 Lehigh 2
32 Pannell, James A 5’ 9” 190 7/18/1994 Virginia 1
14 Pennington, Justin Tran M 5’ 11” 210 7/13/1988 Rutgers 6
2 Ratliff, Scott LSM 5’ 11” 190 7/26/1991 Loyola 4
21 Reynolds, Jeff Tran M 6’ 0” 195 2/10/1986 Maryland 8
10 Robinson, Callum D 6’ 4” 245 5/1/1991 Stevenson 2
3 Rodriguez, Johnny G 5’ 11” 180 1/16/1989 Salisbury 3
45 Staats, Randy A 6’ 2” 200 11/23/1992 Syracuse 2
74 Thompson, Jeremy A 5’ 11” 195 2/1/1987 Onondaga, Syracuse 5
77 Tills, Bailey A 5’ 10” 175 7/25/1993 Brown 1
37 Ward, Dillon G 6’ 5” 195 3/28/1991 Bellarmine 4
75 Yozzo-Scaperrotta, John Tran M 6’ 2” 230 12/28/1993 Brown 1
PRACTICE SQUAD
NO. NAME POS HT WT BIRTHDATE COLLEGE YEARS PRO
94 Bell, Tyson D 6’ 2” 190 2/12/1994 Onondaga -
24 Hossack, Matt LSM 6’ 0” 188 2/8/1994 RIT 1
6 Parks, Spencer M 5’ 10” 195 12/9/1993 Towson -
- Price, Zack D 6’ 2” 210 7/2/1994 High Point -
- Young, Sean D - - - - -
INACTIVE LIST
NO. NAME POS HT WT BIRTHDATE COLLEGE YEARS PRO
42 Matthews, Mark A 6’ 4” 230 1/27/1990 Denver 3
35 Noble, Jeremy M 5’ 8” 175 9/5/1991 Denver 3
IR 22 Rice, Kevin A 5’ 9” 189 10/26/1992 Syracuse 2
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ATLANTA BLAZE PLAYERS
Pronunciation Guide:
Player #1: Greg Coholan (coe-oh-lan)
Player #8: Adam Ghitelman (Gittle-man)
Player #16: Terry Kimener (Kim-nur)
Player #18: Graeme Hossack (Haws-ick)
Player #24: Matt Hossack (Haws-ick)
Player #32: James Pannell (Puh-nell)
Player #28: Dylan O’Shaughnessy (O-shaw-ness-E)
Player #33: Phil Castronova (Kas-tro-nove-ah)
Player #39: Matthew Mackrides (Muh-cree-deez)
Player #45: Randy Staats (St-awts) [rhymes with “bots”]
Player #75: John Yozzo-Scaperrotta (Yaw-Zoh-Scap-Ah-
Raw-Tuh)
Numerical Roster
1 Greg Coholan
2 Scott Ratliff
3 Johnny Rodriguez
4 Nick Gorman
6 Spencer Parks
7 Chris Bocklet
8 Adam Ghitelman
10 Callum Robinson
13 Chris Hipps
14 Justin Pennington
16 Terry Kimener
17 Dylan Donahue
18 Graeme Hossack
21 Jeff Reynolds
22 Kevin Rice
24 Matt Hossack
25 Chris May
26 Colin Dunster
27 Sean Young
28 Dylan O'Shaughnessy
30 Jon Gill
32 James Pannell
33 Phil Castronova
35 Jeremy Noble
37 Dillon Ward
39 Matt Mackrides
42 Mark Matthews
44 Gunner Waldt
45 Randy Staats
47 Anthony Kelly
74 Jeremy Thompson
75 John Yozzo-Scaperrotta
77 Bailey Tills
94 Tyson Bell
98 Callum Crawford
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How the Active Roster Was Built:
Collegiate Draft:
Supplemental Draft:
N/A
Adam Fullerton, 6th round, 47th overall, 2017
Spencer Parks, 12th round, 101st overall, 2017
Callum Robinson, 1st round, 2nd overall, 2017
Chris May, 12th round, 112th overall, 2016
James Pannell, 11th round, 92nd overall, 2017
Gunnar Waldt, 3rd round, 23rd overall, 2017
Anthony Kelly, 3rd round, 20th overall, 2017
Callum Crawford, 7th round, 56th overall, 2017
Expansion Draft:
Trades:
Scott Ratliff, from Boston 2016
Greg Coholan, from Chesapeake 2016
Adam Ghitelman, from Boston 2016
Dylan Donahue, from Charlotte 2017
Chris Hipps, from Chesapeake 2016
Graeme Hossack, from Rochester 2016
Justin Pennington, from Denver 2016
Jeff Reynolds, from Florida 2017
Jeremy Noble, from Denver 2016
Kevin Rice, from Rochester 2016
Mark Matthews, from Rochester 2016
Matt Hossack, from Denver 2017
Randy Staats, from Rochester 2016
Colin Dunster, from Charlotte 2017
Dylan O'Shaughnessy, from New York 2017
Player Pool:
Matt Mackrides, from Chesapeake 2016
Phil Castronova
John Yozzo-Scaperrotta, from Chesapeake 2016
Nick Gorman Johnny Rodriguez
Jeremy Thompson
Player Movement: Bailey Tills Dillon Ward
Chris Bocklet, 2017
Sean Young
Terry Kimener, 2017
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Atlanta Blaze Point Leaders:
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#7 – CHRIS BOCKLET ATTACK
6th season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
136 career points
College: University of Virginia
Acquired: 2016
#1 – GREG COHOLAN MIDFIELDER
2nd season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
2 goals and 4 assists in four games with the Bayhawks
College: University of Virginia
Acquired: 2016
#98 – CALLUM CRAWFORD ATTACK
2nd season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
14 points in four games with the Outlaws in 2016
College: Downing College
Acquired: 2017 Supplemental Draft
#17 – DYLAN DONAHUE ATTACK
2nd season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
12th in All-Time scoring at Syracuse University with 227 points
2016 Tewaaraton Semifinalist
College: Syracuse University
Acquired: 2017
#26 – COLIN DUNSTER MIDFIELDER
4th season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
16 career goals over 3 seasons with the Charlotte Hounds
College: Bryant University
Acquired: 2017
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#8 — ADAM GHITELMAN GOALIE
6th season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Named to the 2012 All-Star Team
College: University of Virginia
Acquired: 2016
#4 –NICK GORMAN DEFENSE
1st season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Named to CAA All-Tournament Team in his Senior campaign at Towson University
College: Towson University
Acquired: 2017
#13 — CHRIS HIPPS DEFENSE
3rd season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Picked up 38 ground balls in his 2 seasons in MLL
College: Duke University
Acquired: 2016
#18 — GRAEME HOSSACK DEFENSE
2nd season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Picked up 46 ground balls and 29 turnover in 12 games with the Blaze in 2016
College: Lindenwood University
Acquired: 2016
#47 — ANTHONY KELLY FACEOFF
12th season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Holds the current MLL record for faceoff attempts and faceoff wins (2,746 and
1,399, respectively)
College: Ohio State University
Acquired: 2017
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#16 — TERRY KIMENER MIDFIELDER
10th season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Scored 2 goals and 5 ground balls in 5 games with the Hounds in 2016
College: University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Acquired: 2017
#39 — MATTHEW MACKRIDES MIDFIELDER
6th season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Selected for 3 consecutive All Star Teams from 2014-2016
College: Pennsylvania State University
Acquired: 2016
#25 — CHRISTOPHER MAY FACEOFF
3rd season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Recorded an even 50% win percentage of face offs in 2016 (133 of 266)
College: Ohio State University
Acquired: 2016
#28 — DYLAN O’SHAUGHNESSY LONG STICK MIDFIELDER
3rd season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Recorded 12 ground balls and 12 turnovers over 6 games with the Lizards in 2016
College: Lehigh University
Acquired: 2017
# 32 — JAMES PANNELL ATTACK
2nd season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games with the Lizards in 2016
College: University of Virginia
Acquired: 2017
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#14 — JUSTIN PENNINGTON TRANSITION MIDFIELDER
8th season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Appeared in all games for the Blaze in 2016, and recorded 20 ground balls, 4
caused turnovers, and 13 points
College: Rutgers University
Acquired: 2016
#2 — SCOTT RATLIFF LONG STICK MIDFIELDER
5th season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Highest scoring defender in MLL history with 47 career points
College: Loyola University Maryland
Acquired: 2016
#21 — JEFF REYNOLDS TRANSITION MIDFIELDER
9th season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Recorded 23 ground balls in his 2016 season with the Florida Launch
College: University of Maryland
Acquired: 2017
#10 — CALLUM ROBINSON DEFENSE
3rd season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Picked up 25 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers over 9 games in 2016 season
with the Bayhawks
College: Stevenson University
Acquired: 2017
#3 — JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ GOALIE
4th season with MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Posted a 51% save percentage in his 2016 season with the Outlaws
College: Salisbury University
Acquired: 2017
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#45 — RANDY STAATS ATTACK
3rd season with MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
2016 All Star Team…2nd highest scorer for the Blaze in 2016
College: Syracuse University
Acquired: 2016
#74 – JEREMY THOMPSON ATTACK
6th season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Two-Time USILA All-American
College: Syracuse University
Acquired: 2017
#77 — BAILEY TILLS ATTACK
2nd season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze
Eight points in eight games with the Outlaws in 2016
College: Brown University
Acquired: 2017
#37 — DILLON WARD GOALIE
5th season with MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Member of the gold medal winning 2014 Canadian FIL World Championship
Team…was elected MVP of the 2014 World Games
College: Bellarmine University
Acquired: 2016
#75 — JOHN YOZZO-SCAPERROTTA TRANSITION MIDFIELDER
2nd season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze
Appeared in 5 games for Atlanta in 2016 and recorded 5 ground balls and 2
caused turnovers
College: Brown University
Acquired: 2016