2019 Denver Outlaws season

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2019 Denver Outlaws
League Major League Lacrosse
2019 record9-7
General ManagerTony Seaman
CoachJon Cohen
Stadium Empower Field at Mile High
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The 2019 Denver Outlaws season was the fourteenth season for the Outlaws franchise of Major League Lacrosse. It was also the first season under head coach Tony Seaman, who previously served as general manager before B.J. O'Hara took the head coaching job for the New York Lizards. The Denver Outlaws had a very strong team, having 7 players go to the All Star game. [1]

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Coming off of a 2018 championship season where the Outlaws again got off to a slow start (1-4) before rattling off a six-game win streak in the regular season and two postseason upsets over the second and top-seeded Chesapeake Bayhawks and Dallas Rattlers, hoisting the Steinfeld Trophy for the third time in five years on August 18 after defeating the Rattlers, 16–12 at MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina, [2] the Outlaws finished with a 9–7 record and returned to the championship game for the fourth consecutive year but would lose to the Chesapeake Bayhawks in a heartbreaker by the score of 10–9.

With the season starting six weeks later in the calendar year, the Outlaws played their last two home games at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, on the campus of the University of Denver due to conflicting with the NFL season. [3]

Transactions

Offseason

Collegiate Draft

The 2019 Collegiate Draft was held on March 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Inside Lacrosse gave the Outlaws a "B" in their team-by-team draft grades. [6]

On May 16, the Outlaws announced they had signed Chris Aslanian, Brandon Jones, and Kyle Pless from their draft class. Additionally, they signed rookies they picked up in the dispersal draft in Sean Eccles and Timmy Kelly. [7] The signing of one of their first round picks, Daniel Bucaro, was announced on May 21. [8]

RoundOverall PickPlayerSchoolPositionSigned
16Max Tuttle Sacred Heart Midfielder
19Daniel Bucaro Georgetown AttackYes
218Chris Aslanian Hobart AttackYes
436Brandon Jones Air Force DefenseYes
545Kyle Marr Johns Hopkins AttackYes
654Jack Rowlett North Carolina Defense
763Kyle Pless Rutgers DefenseYes

Schedule

DateOpponentStadiumResultAttendanceRecord
May 31at New York Lizards James M. Shuart Stadium W 11-95,5921-0
June 2at Atlanta Blaze Grady Stadium L 12-141,5231-1
June 8at Atlanta BlazeGrady StadiumW 18-161,6072-1
June 27vs Dallas Rattlers Sports Authority Field at Mile HighW 15-92,1343-1
June 29at Boston Cannons Veterans Memorial Stadium W 17-163,7654-1
July 4 Chesapeake Bayhawks Sports Authority Field at Mile HighW 14-1326,2105-1
July 11Atlanta BlazeSports Authority Field at Mile HighW 18-175,1266-1
July 21Dallas RattlersSports Authority Field at Mile HighL 8-113,7526-2
August 3Boston CannonsSports Authority Field at Mile HighL 13-162,0956-3
August 10at Chesapeake Bayhawks Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium L 9-124,6196-4
August 17at Dallas Rattlers Ford Center at The Star L 12-174,7126-5
August 24New York LizardsSports Authority Field at Mile HighW 16-133,0347-5
August 31Boston CannonsPeter Barton Lacrosse StadiumW 22-92,1128-5
September 7at New York LizardsJames M. Shuart StadiumW 15-124,2789-5
September 14Chesapeake BayhawksPeter Barton Lacrosse StadiumL 10-112,0349-6
September 20at Chesapeake BayhawksNavy-Marine Corps Memorial StadiumL 11-1316,1249-7

Standings

2019 Major League Lacrosse Standings
WLPCTGBGF2ptGFGA2ptGA
Chesapeake Bayhawks 106.625-21131865
Denver Outlaws 97.5631206152053
Boston Cannons 97.563121782115
Atlanta Blaze 88.500222722289
Dallas Rattlers 79.438319272027
New York Lizards 511.3135195221611
Playoff Seed

Broadcast

The Outlaws announced on June 13 that Altitude Sports would air all remaining Outlaws games (Denver had played three games so far in the season). [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Denver Outlaws announce restructured coaching staff and front office ahead of 2019 season Archived 2019-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Denver Outlaws earn third MLL championship
  3. ↑ "Outlaws schedule and stadiums". Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Denver Outlaws and goalie Dillon Ward agree to terms for 2019 season". Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  5. ↑ John Grant Jr. to come out of retirement
  6. ↑ 2019 MLL draft team-by-team draft grades
  7. ↑ https://outlaws.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/2019/5/16/denver-outlaws-agree-to-terms-with-five-draft-selections-for-the-2019-season.aspx?path=mlax%5B%5D Outlaws agree to terms with five draft selections]
  8. ↑ Outlaws agree to terms with Bucaro and Marr [ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Altitude to air all remaining 2019 Denver Outlaws games [ permanent dead link ]
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