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___________________ 2017 Game Notes ___________________

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2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

5-6 Overall

3-2 Home | 2-4 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 7pm

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 VS CHESAPEAKE BAYHAWKS

GAME INFORMATION DATE: Saturday, July 22, 2017 LOCATION: Kennesaw, GA STADIUM: Fifth Third Bank Stadium FACEOFF: 7 p.m. (EST) BROADCAST: Lax Sports Network All-Time Series: 0-3 2017 Series: 0-1

THE MATCHUP

The Atlanta Blaze faces off against the Chesapeake Bayhawks for the second time

this season after Chesapeake took game one. Chesapeake comes in to the game

after a heartbreaking 20 to 19 loss to Florida last weekend. Atlanta, meanwhile, is

coming off a big Thursday afternoon victory over New York last week. Both teams

are coming into the game needing a victory to keep their playoff hopes alive. The key

to this second matchup is going to be whether the Blaze can shut down Myles Jones

and the Bayhawk offense. If they can, Atlanta has a legitimate chance at positioning

themselves for a late-season playoff push.

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

Johns 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. Rochester Rattlers

PxP: Mark Zinno When: Saturday, July 29th

Analyst: Jason Breyo Time: 7 p.m. (EST)

mailto:[email protected]

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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 2 Loss 13-11 17 2 2 3,600

5 3-Jun CLT 1 Win 19-18 30 4 4 2,811

6 10-Jun at CLT 1 Loss 18-12 21 4 4 1,096

7 17-Jun at FLA 2 Loss 19-16 23 4 4 -

8 24-Jun at ROC 1 Win 14-13 21 4 3 3,817

9 1-Jul FLA 2 Win 17-4 27 5 3 2,288

10 4-Jul at DEN 1 Loss 24-12 20 3 2 26,614

11 13-Jul at NY 1 Win 16-14 26 3 2 5,496

12 22-Jul CHE - - - - - -

13 29-Jul ROC - - - - - -

14 5-Aug at BOS - - - - - -

MILESTONES

Kevin Rice leads the team with 34 points on 19 goals and 15

assists

Scott Ratliff is first among all MLL defenders with 11 points (4

goals and 6 assists)

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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

17 Donahue, Dylan A 5’ 10” 185 5/16/1993 Syracuse 1

52 Epple, Garrett D 6’1” 210 - Notre Dame 0

8 Ghitelman, Adam G 5’ 9” 185 4/25/1989 Virginia 5

18 Hossack, Graeme D 6’ 2” 225 7/22/1992 Lindenwood 1

24 Hossack, Matt LSM 6’ 0” 188 2/8/1994 RIT 1

82 Jozokos, Tate Tran M 6’ 0” 210 4/4/1994 North Carolina 0

39 Mackrides, Matthew M 5’ 10” 185 2/24/1990 Penn State 5

42 Matthews, Mark A 6’ 4” 230 1/27/1990 Denver 3

20 Moore, Tom M 6’ 3” 190 6/18/1994 Binghamton 0

35 Noble, Jeremy M 5’ 8” 175 9/5/1991 Denver 3

- O’Neil, Mike Tran M 6’ 0” 170 - Cornell 0

28 O’Shaughnessy, Dylan LSM 6’ 6” 235 1/5/1993 Lehigh 2

71 Osika, Adam M 6’ 3” 205 - Albany 0

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

22 Rice, Kevin A 5’ 9” 189 10/26/1992 Syracuse 2

10 Robinson, Callum D 6’ 4” 245 5/1/1991 Stevenson 2

6 Sherlock, Brian M 5’ 10” 190 - Loyola 0

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

37 Ward, Dillon G 6’ 5” 195 3/28/1991 Bellarmine 4

81 Withers, Jake FO 5’ 11” 192 - Ohio State 0

PRACTICE SQUAD

NO. NAME POS HT WT BIRTHDATE COLLEGE YEARS PRO 5 Class, Deemer M 5’ 11” 200 6/24/1993 Duke 1

98 Crawford, Callum A 6’ 3” 210 11/7/1984 Downing 1

4 Gorman, Nick D 6’ 0” 195 5/22/199 Towson 0

30 Hiken, Brent FO 5’ 10” 205 2/5/1992 Stevenson 3

13 Hipps, Chris D 6’ 4” 220 9/27/1991 Duke 2

16 Kimener, Terry M 6’2” 190 12/1/1984 UMBC 9

IR 47 Kelly, Anthony FO 6’ 4” 250 5/30/1980 Ohio State 11

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ATLANTA BLAZE PLAYERS

Pronunciation Guide:

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 #30: Brent Hiken (High-kin)

Player #32: James Pannell (Puh-nell)

Player #28: Dylan O’Shaughnessy (O-shaw-ness-E)

Player #39: Matthew Mackrides (Muh-cree-deez)

Player #45: Randy Staats (St-awts) [rhymes with “bots”]

Player #52: Garrett Epple (epp-ull)

Player #71: Adam Osika (oh-see-kuh)

Player #82: Tate Jozokos (juh-zoe-cuss)

Numerical Roster

2 Scott Ratliff

4 Nick Gorman

5 Deemer Class

6 Brian Sherlock

7 Chris Bocklet

8 Adam Ghitelman

10 Callum Robinson

13 Chris Hipps

14 Justin Pennington

16 Terry Kimener

17 Dylan Donahue

18 Graeme Hossack

20 Tom Moore

21 Jeff Reynolds

22 Kevin Rice

24 Matt Hossack

28 Dylan O'Shaughnessy

30 Brent Hiken

32 James Pannell

35 Jeremy Noble

37 Dillon Ward

39 Matt Mackrides

42 Mark Matthews

45 Randy Staats

47 Anthony Kelly

52 Garrett Epple

71 Adam Osika

74 Jeremy Thompson

77 Mike O’neil

81 Jake Withers

82 Tate Jozokos

98 Callum Crawford

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How the Active Roster Was Built:

Collegiate Draft:

Supplemental Draft:

Jake Withers, 1st round, 9th overall, 2017

Adam Fullerton, 6th round, 47th overall, 2017

Garrett Epple, 2nd round, 18th overall, 2017

Spencer Parks, 12th round, 101st overall, 2017

Christian Burgdorf, 3rd round, 20th overall, 2017

Callum Robinson, 1st round, 2nd overall, 2017

Adam Osika, 3rd round, 21st overall, 2017

Chris May, 12th round, 112th overall, 2016

Tate Jozokos, 4th round, 36th overall, 2017

James Pannell, 11th round, 92nd overall, 2017

Tom Moore, 6th round, 47th overall, 2017

Gunnar Waldt, 3rd round, 23rd overall, 2017

Brian Masi, 9th round, 74th overall, 2017

Anthony Kelly, 3rd round, 20th overall, 2017

Connor Hanson, 10th round, 83rd 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

Deemer Class, from Charlotte 2017

Johnny Rodriguez

Brent Hikenm from Denver 2017

Bailey Tills Jeremy Thompson

Player Movement:

Dilon 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

#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

#52 — GARRETT EPPLE DEFENSE

1stseason in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze

USILA First Team All-American in 2017

College: Notre Dame University

Acquired: 2017

#8 — ADAM GHITELMAN GOALIE

6th season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze

Named to the 2012 All-Star Team


Acquired: 2016

#18 — GRAEME HOSSACK DEFENSE

2nd season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze

Picked up 46 ground balls and caused 29 turnovers in 12 games with the Blaze in

2016

College: Lindenwood University

Acquired: 2016

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#24 — MATTHEW HOSSACK LONG STICK MIDFIELDER

2nd Season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze

Was named Cascade Rookie of the Week once for the Outlaws in 2016

College: Rochester Institute of Technology

Acquired: 2016

#82 — TATE JOZOKOS TRANSITION MIDFIELDER

1st season in MLL/1st season with Atlanta Blaze

USILA All-American in 2015

Top short-stick defensive midfielder on 2016 National Championship Team

College: University of North Carolina

Acquired: 2017

#39 — MATTHEW MACKRIDES MIDFIELDER


Selected for 3 consecutive All Star Teams from 2014-2016

College: Pennsylvania State University

Acquired: 2016

#42 — MARK MATTHEWS ATTACK

6th season in MLL/2nd with Atlanta Blaze

Recorded 30 points in just 7 games with the Blaze in 2016

College: University of Denver

Acquired: 2016

#20 — TOM MOORE MIDFIELD


Scored 73 points his senior year and was named IL Media All-American

College: Binghamton University

Acquired: 2017

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#35 — JEREMY NOBLE MIDFIELDER

4th season in MLL/2nd with Atlanta Blaze

Fifth in career points at Denver with 67 goals and 80 assists

College: University of Denver

Acquired: 2016

# – MIKE O’NEIL TRANSITION MIDFIELDER


Finished Cornell career with 31 points

College: Cornell University

Acquired: 2017

#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

#71 — ADAM OSIKA MIDFIELD


Totaled 59 career points for the Great Danes and was first team All-Conference

College: Albany 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


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Acquired: 2017

#14 — JUSTIN PENNINGTON TRANSITION MIDFIELDER


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


Highest scoring defender in MLL history with 47 career points

College: Loyola University Maryland

Acquired: 2016

#21 — JEFF REYNOLDS TRANSITION MIDFIELDER


Recorded 23 ground balls in his 2016 season with the Florida Launch

College: University of Maryland

Acquired: 2017

#22 — KEVIN RICE ATTACK

3rd season in MLL/2nd season with Atlanta Blaze

Led Atlanta in points in 2016 with 37 goals and 21 assists in 9 games before

cutting his season short due to injury


Acquired: 2016

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#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

#6 – BRIAN SHERLOCK MIDFIELD


Selected 24th Overall by Charlotte Hounds in 2017 MLL Collegiate Draft

College: Loyola University

Acquired: 2017

#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


Acquired: 2016

#74 – JEREMY THOMPSON ATTACK


Two-Time USILA All-American


Acquired: 2017

#37 — DILLON WARD GOALIE

Member of the gold medal winning 2014 Canadian FIL World Championship

Team…was elected MVP of the 2014 World Games

College: Bellarmine University

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Acquired: 2016

#81 — JAKE WITHERS FACEOFF


2016 Big 10 Specialist of the year

Won nearly 60% of draws during four-year Buckeye career

Led Buckeyes to 1st National Championship Game appearance in 2017

College: Ohio State University

Acquired: 2017

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