Grant is back! Last week the Archers picked up a win without their fantastic attackman Grant Ament, but he's back and hopefully healthy.
The rest of the lineup looks similar to last week with no surprises on 19-man roster.
Will Archers offense still put-up big number against a Redwoods defense that still looks like it's at the top of the league?
KOBY SMITH IS BACK! I repeat Koby Smith is back! The former Towson Tiger LSM drops into the lineup this week after four weeks of fans around the league asking for 0 to make an appearance.
Craig Chick, Brendan Curry, and Justin Guterding all drop out of the line up, while Marc O'Rourke is back alongside Chet Comizio. Gutty only had 1-point last week, but O'Rourke has not produced much better only recording 2 points in three games this season.
Last week to put it plainly, the Atlas got dominated, even with Trevor Baptiste going 87.1% from the stripe. Concannn and Porter were a combined 41.9% in cage and the Atlas had 24 turnovers. Their off-ball defense was poor, they just could not get the second slide set up properly. Just not a good look for the men in powder blue.
Something has to change for the Atlas to get a win against the Chaos in Connecticut this weekend.
Last week the Cannons got their second win of the season showing the doubters that their first win wasn't a fluke. They balled out in Minnesota putting up 19 goals.
The Cannons last week took a page from the Waterdogs book and went with a long pole to counter Trevor Baptiste's dominance. This week they're just taking the whole book from the Waterdogs and going without a faceoff man against the Chrome and Connor Farrell. The faceoff chess match continues. I gotta say the decision to stop trotting out Kelly to the faceoff spot was puzzling because he went 4-7 at 57.1% against Baptiste and the Cannons were only down 1 goal.
No CVP this week who has played well in his two games for the Cannons. Coach Holman adds Hartzell and Wayne back to the defense but keeps his offense the same.
Marcus Holman hit 300 career goals last weekend and shows no signs of slowing down.
The Rowlett brother are back! Jack and Nick drop into the Chaos roster to dare I say it... cause more Chaos.
Last week Austin Kaut played the full game in cage going 55.1% and 16 saves in a loss to the Redwoods. Coach Towers said Blaze was a healthy scratch and he wanted to see Kaut play for a full game to know what he had in his back up keeper.
Kyle Jackson and Will Perry are also back on the roster this week while Chris Cloutier, Chase Frazer, Max Adler, and Johnny Surdick are all off the roster.
Rookie Rowlett will face Trevor Baptiste, but id imagine hell get some backup in the form of CJ Costabile at the stripe.
Tye Kurtz gets another week in the roster after making his debut last week.
Coach Towers has never been afraid to shake up the lineup and this week is no difference. During the last few weeks of the season, I believe the roster for the 'Aos boys will be more consistent. The goal is to just not be last when week 10 rolls around.
Another week another roster shake up, Coach Soudan let Jordan MacIntosh one of his captains off the roster this week. Colin Heacock and Cross Ferrara both miss out against the Cannons.
The Chrome bring in all four attackmen, which means someone will be coming out of the box, my guess is Jackson Morrill who has been playing will this summer.
Coach Soudan placed Jesse King on the roster, the big Canadian was good for the Chrome in the 2020 bubble in Utah. 10 points in 5 games but hasn't played with the Chrome since.
Bernhardt and Giles-Harris are back, after missing week 4 after the World Lacrosse Games so expect to see an improvement on that end of the field.
The Chrome are 1-3, not time to panic, but there are certainly some sweaty brows for Chrome fans.
A repeat roster for the Redwoods in Connecticut.
Jones and Perkovic only have 3 points between them all 3 points belong to Jones. There have been some social media whispers about removing of the big men from the roster and replacing them with Cole Kirst. That's no easy choice for Coach Nat to make and we've seen how good the team can be when those two guys are buzzing.
Owen Grant is injured for the second straight week and Ryan Lee is out for the season, the Canadian contingent is getting smaller for the Woods.
TD vs Sisselberger at the faceoff stripe will be a pretty good battle. the Archers 32 second shot clock offense has been good, so it will be important to limit their chances with a 32 second and 52 second shot clock.
Faceoff man, faceoff man, wherefore art thou face off man. The Waterdogs go again without a faceoff man after picking up a win without one last week. This week the choice seems a bit odd, Petey LaSalla is a good faceoff man, but he's a rookie just like James Reilly. Last week the choice made sense, Connor Farrell is dominate but his ability to handle under pressure and create fastbreak offense is limited. Petey LaSalla was better at those things in college.
No Connor Kelly this week, but the Waterdogs do get Jack Hannah back. Last week the two rookies Conner and McConvey played okay, this week might be better with a depleted Whipsnakes defense.
Four SSDM for the Waterdogs this week, just like last week in Minnesota.
Matt Rambo is back! Zed Williams gets his line mate back and look for the two for them to do some damage, but the Waterdogs defense matches up well.
The Whipsnakes are in unfamiliar territory 1-3 and missing Matt Dunn, Brad Smith, Joe Nardella and Michael Ehrhardt.
Can the new piece to the Whipsnakes offense make a bigger impact this week in Connecticut?
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