Blaze Storm to Battle against Boston Cannons
July 18, 2019 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Atlanta Blaze News Release
ATLANTA, GA - The Atlanta Blaze (4-4) travel to Veterans Memorial Stadium for a July 20th matchup against the Boston Cannons (5-2). Atlanta will be looking for vengeance after suffering a heartbreaker at the hands of rookie goalie Tate Boyce in a 17-16 loss just a week before.
HOW TO WATCH
Fans can watch the broadcast at https://www.laxsportsnetwork.com/ and on Lax Sports Network at Laxsn.com for free. Fans can also access LSN with the LSN app, or by searching for LSN or Roku, Chromecast, or Apple AirPlay.
WHO
Atlanta Blaze (4-4) at Boston Cannons (5-2)
WHEN
Saturday, July 20th, 5:00 PM (EST)
WHERE
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Quincy, MA
WEATHER FORECAST
98°F. Partly Cloudy. Wind NE at 9 mph. Humidity 51%. 10% chance of rain.
GAME NOTES
The Blaze had two intense 60-minute matchups against the Cannons and Outlaws, suffering one-goal losses in both games. In the loss to Boston, All-Star faceoff specialist Alex Woodall won 19 of 33 faceoffs, while fellow Rookie All-Star Brendan Sunday led all players with seven points (4 goals, 3 assists). Sunday was selected as Week 7 MLL Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. The Cannon's 17 total goals were led by Mark Cockerton (4 goals), Connor O'Hara (3 goals), and Challen Rogers (3 goals). This matchup will be the last game for Atlanta before the All-Star game in Annapolis. The Blaze will look to move to 5-4 before returning to Grady Stadium to take on the Dallas Rattlers (0-7). Alex Woodall, who has 69 ground balls on the season, needs just 10 more ground balls to set the Blaze single-season record.
TEAM LEADERS (THROUGH 8 GAMES)
Points: 33, Shayne Jackson
Goals: 23, Bryan Cole
Assists: 18, Randy Staats
Caused Turnovers: 13, Liam Byrnes
Ground Balls: 69, Alex Woodall
Faceoff Wins: 124, Alex Woodall
Saves: 121, Chris Madalon
BLAZE STARS IN ALL-STAR GAME
The 2019 Major League All-Star Game will be held in Annapolis, Maryland on July 27th. Congrats to the eight Blaze players who will be representing Atlanta!
Attack - Shayne Jackson, Randy Staats
Defense - Liam Byrnes
Faceoff - Alex Woodall
Goalie - Chris Madalon
Midfield - Bryan Cole, Brendan Sunday
SSDM - TJ Comizio
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