Boston Cannons Fall To Atlanta Amidst The Blazing Heat At Veterans Memorial Stadium, Now Onto The MLL All-Star Game

In a Saturday night scorcher at Veterans Memorial Stadium the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) fell to the Atlanta Blaze 15-12 in a disappointing home loss.

With the loss the Cannons fall to 5-3 on the season as they head into the MLL All-Star break and are 1-1 in 2019 against Atlanta. 

The score at the half was 7-7 but Atlanta jumped to end the third with a 4-goal run which ultimately led them to victory. 

“I think a big thing [in] this game was unforced turnovers. We had quite a few of those,” said Cannons Head Coach Sean Quirk. “Giving them those possessions, Atlanta’s got a great offense, so they capitalized off that. And then groundball opportunities. Groundballs are possessions, possessions are goals, and goals are wins. We just didn’t win that battle today. We got to play a little bit tougher and bounce back from this one.”

Will Sands was the leading goal scorer for Boston with 3 on the night while their goal leader Mark Cockerton was held to just one tally, his 25th on the season. 

In net MLL All-Star Nicolas Marracco made 21 saves on 34 shots

“We knew they were a good team,” said Marrocco. “We tried to play more of a full game, offensively and defensively, but obviously it’s a game of runs. We had a run at one point, and we knew they were going to go on a run, and they did. It’s lacrosse. That’s what happens. They got a couple lucky bounces. Unfortunately, we didn’t come out on top.”

With the all-star break coming up the Cannons will have the chance to take a breather from a game perspective, but plenty of them are headed to the All-Star festivities. 

“Going into the All-Star Break, you get some rest,” said Quirk. “You regroup a little bit and refocus. The last two weeks, playing four games, it’s a grind. We just got to be ready to go come the second half of the season for sure.”

Boston Cannons Trade Attackman Shawn Evans To Dallas Rattlers For Draft Capital In The 2020 Draft

The Boston Cannons are looking to pile up draft assets for the 2020 MLL Draft. 

On Friday the Cannons of Major League Lacrosse announced that they have traded attackman Shawn Evans to the Dallas Rattlers. 

Evans, 33-years-old, has played in two games this season for Boston scoring 1 goal and recording 2 assists. 

In exchange for Evans the Cannons have received a 3rd round pick in the 2020 MLL draft. 

Evans had come to Boston via the 2019 MLL Relocation Draft after the ceasing of operation of the Ohio Machine. 

Boston Cannons To Battle Each Other At MLL All-Star Game In A Fight Between Fire And Ice

On July 27th 8 Boston Cannons players will be dueling off with each other at the 2019 MLL All-Star game. 

On Monday Major League Lacrosse announced the two teams rosters for the All-Star game. 

Boston has 8 representatives, 5 playing for Fire, and 3 playing for Ice. 

Cannons On Ice

Zach Goodrich SSDM

Kevin Reisman FO

Justin Pugal D

Cannons On Fire 

Mark Cockerton A

Kyle Denhoff M

Ryland Rees LSM 

James Fahey D

Nick Marrocco G

The 2019 MLL All-Star game will take place on July 27th at Navy Marines Corps. Stadium located in Annapolis, MD. ESPN2 will broadcast the game. 

Full Rosters: