Major League Lacrosse completes expansion draft
Published on November 1, 2005 under Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release
Boston, MA (November 1, 2005) - Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that is has completed the 2006 Expansion Draft. The draft began at 1:00PM ET on November 1, 2005 and lasted for approximately three hours. Michael Watson was the number one overall selection. Watson, a former Boston Cannons attackman, was taken by Los Angeles. He did not play in 2005 but was a perennial All-Star for the Cannons from 2001-2004. The Cannons also lost midfielder Chris Rotelli in the first round. Rotelli was selected second overall by San Francisco. Denver took Rochester's John Grant Jr. with the third overall pick while Chicago selected Philadelphia's Doug Shanahan with the fourth pick.
By rule, after an "Original Six" team lost three players it was able to reclaim an additional player. This held true when the team lost a fourth and fifth player as well. The Baltimore Bayhawks were the first team to lose three players. Baltimore reclaimed Gavin Prout, Tom Marechek and Christian Cook. The Cannons were next and reclaimed Mike Regan, Peter Inge and Tim Byrnes. Boston was the only team to have all of its 10 unprotected players either drafted or reclaimed.
Seven members of the Cannons were drafted by expansion teams, the most of any "Original Six" teams, while six were taken from the MLL Champion Bayhawks. Attackman and midfielders made up seven of the first eight selections. Mike Levin was the first goaltender selected. He was taken 16th overall by Los Angeles. Four goalies were selected in all.
Teams were allowed to submit paper work for trades during the draft and those trades were released at 5:00PM ET. Please refer to a subsequent press release for the trade results.
2006 MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE EXPANSION DRAFT RESULTS
Round 1
1 Los Angeles - Michael Watson (Attack) from Boston Cannons
2 San Francisco - Chris Rotelli (Midfield) from Boston Cannons
3 Denver - John Grant Jr. (Attack/Midfield) from Rochester Rattlers
4 Chicago - Doug Shanahan (Midfield/FO) from Philadelphia Barrage
Round 2
5 Chicago - Drew Pfarr (Midfield) from Baltimore Bayhawks
6 Denver - A.J. Haugen (Midfield) from Long Island Lizards
7 San Francisco - Mark Millon (Attack) from Boston Cannons
BOSTON CANNONS RECLAIM MIKE REGAN (Midfield)
8 Los Angeles - Ronnie Staines (Defense) from Boston Cannons
BOSTON CANNONS RECLAIM PETER INGE (Midfield/FO)
Round 3
9 Los Angeles - Dan Cocchi (Midfield) from Baltimore Bayhawks
10 San Francisco - Ben DeFelice (Midfield) from Baltimore Bayhawks
BALTIMORE BAYHAWKS RECLAIM GAVIN PROUT (Midfield)
11 Denver - Benson Erwin (Midfield) from Baltimore Bayhawks
BALTIMORE BAYHAWKS RECLAIM TOM MARECHEK (Attack)
12 Chicago - Ryan Mollett (Defense) from Rochester Rattlers
Round 4
13 Chicago - Josh Coffman (Attack/Midfield) from New Jersey Pride
14 Denver - David Curry (Midfield) from Baltimore Bayhawks
BALTIMORE BAYHAWKS RECLAIM CHRISTIAN COOK (Defense)
15 San Francisco - Tom Fallon (Defense) from Boston Cannons
BOSTON CANNONS RECLAIM TIM BYRNES (Midfield)
16 Los Angeles - Mike Levin (Goal) from Philadelphia Barrage
Round 5
17 Los Angeles - Taylor Wray (Defense) from MLL Player Pool
18 San Francisco - Nate Watkins (Midfield) from Rochester Rattlers
ROCHESTER RATTLERS RECLAIM SCOTT DITZEL (Defense)
19 Denver - Tim Goettleman (Attack) from Long Island Lizards
20 Chicago - Steve Dusseau (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
Round 6
21 Chicago - Nick Murtha (Goal) from Long Island Lizards
LONG ISLAND LIZARDS RECLAIM CHRIS MASSEY (Attack)
22 Denver - Ben Grinnel (Midfield) from New Jersey Pride
23 San Francisco - Matt Alrich (Attack) from Baltimore Bayhawks
24 Los Angeles - Steve Vallone (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
Round 7
25 Los Angeles - Brian Nee (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
26 San Francisco - Jeff Zywicki (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
27 Denver - Tom Garvey (Defense) from Boston Cannons
28 Chicago - Damien Davis (Defense) from Philadelphia Barrage
PHILADELPHIA BARRAGE RECLAIM BRIAN KUCZMA (Defense)
Round 8
29 Chicago - Bill Glading (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
30 Denver - Matt Rewkowski (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
31 San Francisco - John Glatzel (Defense) from Rochester Rattlers
ROCHESTER RATTLERS RECLAIM PAT DUTTON (Midfield)
32 Los Angeles - Hamilton Pollard (Defense) from MLL Player Pool
Round 9
33 Los Angeles - Lorne Smith (Attack/Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
34 San Francisco - Jim Mormile (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
35 Denver - Luke Daquino (Attack) from MLL Player Pool
36 Chicago - Chris Malone (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
Round 10
37 Chicago - Scott Dooley (Attack) from MLL Player Pool
38 Denver - Scott Schroeder (Goal) from New Jersey Pride
NEW JERSEY PRIDE RECLAIM JAY PFEIFER (Goal)
39 San Francisco - Spencer Wright (Midfield) from New Jersey Pride
NEW JERSEY PRIDE RECLAIM JOE GHEDINA (Midfield/FO)
40 Los Angeles - Matt Bontaites (Defense) from MLL Player Pool
Round 11
41 Los Angeles - Todd Eichelberger (Attack/Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
42 San Francisco - Paul Gillette (Midfield) from Boston Cannons
43 Denver - Brian Langtry (Midfield) from Rochester Rattlers
ROCHESTER RATTLERS RECLAIM MARSHALL ABRAMS (Defense)
44 Chicago - Kevin Boland (Attack/Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
Round 12
45 Chicago - Jamie Hanford (Defense) from New Jersey Pride
NEW JERSEY PRIDE RECLAIM DAVID STILLEY (Defense)
46 Denver - Mike LaMonica (Attack/Midfield) from New Jersey Pride
47 San Francisco - Tim Booth (Midfield) from Rochester Rattlers
48 Los Angeles - Nick Schmidt (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
Round 13
49 Los Angeles - Josh White (Midfield/Attack) from MLL Player Pool
50 San Francisco - Aaron Fenton (Goal) from MLL Player Pool
51 Denver - Scott Davidson (Midfield) from MLL Player Pool
52 Chicago - Todd Rassas (Defense) from MLL Player Pool
LONG ISLAND LIZARDS RECLAIM PAT MCCABE (Defense) & RYAN MORAN (Midfield)
PHILADELPHIA BARRAGE RECLAIM JOE CEGLIA (Midfield) & BOBBY HORSEY (Midfield)
PHILADELPHIA BARRAGE RECLAIM WILL PHILLIPS (Attack/Midfield) & ANDREW WASIK (Attack/Midfield) AND FORFEIT FIRST TWO 2006 SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT PICKS
About Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, a ten-team professional outdoor lacrosse league, was founded in 1999 by fitness entrepreneur Jake Steinfeld, CEO of Body by Jake Global L.L.C., and founding partners Dave Morrow, a former champion lacrosse player and now CEO of Warrior Lacrosse, a leading global provider of innovative and high performance lacrosse equipment; and Timothy B. Robertson, former CEO of The Family Channel and the current chairman of Bay Shore Enterprises, L.L.C., an investment holding company with activities in international media and Internet technology ventures. The MLL commenced play in June of 2001. The MLL is comprised of two conferences. The Eastern Conference contains the original six teams, Baltimore, Boston, Long Island, (Montclair) New Jersey, Philadelphia and Rochester. The Western Conference debuts in the 2006 season with MLL expansion franchises Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Additional league information can be found at www.majorleaguelacrosse.com
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