2013 Major League Lacrosse season

2013 MLL season Major League Lacrosse Field lacrosse 150px 8 April 2013 – August 25, 2013 2013 Kevin Crowley Chris Bocklet Regular Season Steinfeld Cup Chesapeake Bayhawks Charlotte Hounds Major_League_Lacrosse#MLL_Championship_Games MLL 2012 Major League Lacrosse season 2012 season 2014 Major League Lacrosse season 2014 season CBS Sports Network The 2013 Major League Lacrosse season was the 13th season of the league. The season began on April 27, 2013 and concluded with the championship game on August 25, 2013. Milestones and events Coaching changes On June 10, 2013, the Boston Cannons fired head coach Steve Duffy after a 1-5 start and replaced him with John Tucker.http://laxjournal.com/news/cannons/Slumping_Cannons_fire_head_coach_Steve_Duffy Slumping Cannons fire head coach Steve Duffy 2013-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20130919082235/http://laxjournal.com/news/cannons/Slumping_Cannons_fire_head_coach_Steve_Duffy 2013-09-19 dead On June 24, 2013, the Ohio Machine fired head coach Ted Garber after a 1-7 start to the season and replaced him with Bear Davis.http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/7818/ohio-machine-makes-coaching-change/ Ohio Machine Makes a Coaching Change 2013-06-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20131023230007/http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/7818/ohio-machine-makes-coaching-change/ 2013-10-23 dead Name changes On December 14, 2012, the Long Island Lizards changed their name to the New York Lizards. Neutral-location games The league will host three games in neutral locations.MLL Begins 13th Season Tomorrow Date Road Team Home team City Stadium Attendance April 27 Chesapeake Bayhawks 17 Rochester Rattlers 14 St. Petersburg, Florida Al Lang Stadium 3,940 June 7 Boston Cannons 14 Rochester Rattlers 16 Kennesaw, Georgia Fifth Third Bank Stadium 4,417 June 22 Rochester Rattlers 11 Hamilton Nationals 17 Boca Raton, Florida FAU Stadium 4,464 In addition, the New York Lizards will play two of its seven home games at Icahn Stadium. Other On April 22, 2013, MLL and YouTube agreed to an exclusive fifteen-game schedule.http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/press-release/7176/mll-and-youtube-announce-exclusive-fifteengame-schedule/ MLL and YouTube Announce exclusive fifteen-game schedule Major League Lacrosse majorleaguelacrosse.com April 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130501092755/http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/press-release/7176/mll-and-youtube-announce-exclusive-fifteengame-schedule May 1, 2013 dead On July 4, 2013, the Denver Outlaws broke the MLL attendance record for the eighth year in a row as 31,019 fans poured into Sports Authority Field at Mile High to watch the Outlaws defeat the New York Lizards, 16-7. Denver also became the first MLL team ever to start a season 10-0 with the win,http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/7931/recap-outlaws-set-records-with-167-win-over-lizards/ Outlaws Set Records with 16-7 Win over Lizards 2013-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20130706054309/http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/7931/recap-outlaws-set-records-with-167-win-over-lizards/ 2013-07-06 dead and they carried this on the finish with the first perfect regular season in the thirteen years of the competition. Previously, in fact, no team had gone through an MLL regular season with only one loss, yet alone without losing. The most recent teams to lose two regular season games were the Outlaws and the Philadelphia Barrage in 2006. The 2013 season marked the last season for the Hamilton Nationals. The dissolved Nationals team formed the basis of the Florida Launch for the 2014 season.The Hamilton Spectator http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/4229026-hamilton-nationals-moving-south/ Lacrosse: Nationals Moving South November 21, 2013 November 26, 2013 Standings Chesapeake and Hamilton split their two regular-season games. Chesapeake outscored Hamilton 28-22 in those two games to finish second. All Star Game Team Supernova defeated Team Eclipse 24-15 in the 2013 MLL All-Star Game, presented by Moe's Southwest Grill from American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C on Saturday July 13, 2013. Hamilton's Kevin Crowley was named the Most Valuable Player. Playoffs August 24 and 25 PPL Park, in Chester, PA. Semifinals Steinfeld Cup Final Denver Outlaws 14 Charlotte Hounds 17 Chesapeake Bayhawks 13 Hamilton Nationals 12 Chesapeake Bayhawks 10 Charlotte Hounds 9 Annual awards AwardWinnerTeamMVP AwardKevin Crowley HamiltonRookie of the Year AwardRob Pannell New YorkCoach of the Year AwardJim StagnittaDenverDefensive player of the Year AwardLee Zink DenverOffensive player of the Year AwardKevin Crowley HamiltonGoaltender of the Year AwardJesse Schwartzman DenverMost Improved Player of the Year AwardDrew Snider Denver References External links Official Site 2013 13 Major League Lacrosse