2016 Major League Lacrosse season

2016 MLL season
League Major League Lacrosse
Sport Field lacrosse
Duration April - August 2016
Number of teams 9
2016
Season MVP Tom Schreiber
Finals champions Denver Outlaws
  Runners-up Ohio Machine

The 2016 Major League Lacrosse season was the 16th season of Major League Lacrosse. The season featured 9 teams (all in the United States) after the addition of the Atlanta Blaze via expansion.[1] It was the first season since 2008 that the league fielded more than eight teams. The defending champion New York Lizards are coming off their third Steinfeld Cup victory in franchise history and first since 2003 after defeating the Rochester Rattlers 15-12 August 8, 2015 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia.[2] On August 20, the Denver Outlaws won their second Steinfeld Cup trophy in three years, coming back to defeat the Ohio Machine, 19-18.

The 2016 season was a particularly strange one. Coming into the final week of the regular season, all four playoff spots were still up for grabs. In the end, seven teams finished at 8-6. With the tiebreaker procedures, the teams that were rewarded with a playoff berth were the Ohio Machine, New York Lizards, Denver Outlaws (who had started the season 2-6), and the Charlotte Hounds. The 8-6 teams left out of the postseason were the Boston Cannons, Chesapeake Bayhawks, and Rochester Rattlers. 2016 was the first season since the season expanded to 14 games that no team finished with more than eight wins.

Milestones & events

Coaching changes

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atlanta Blaze Boston Cannons Charlotte Hounds Chesapeake Bayhawks
Fifth Third Bank Stadium Harvard Stadium American Legion Memorial Stadium Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 8,318 Capacity: 30,323 Capacity: 21,000 Capacity: 34,000
Locations of teams for the 2016 Major League Lacrosse season
Active Teams
Denver Outlaws Florida Launch New York Lizards Ohio Machine Rochester Rattlers
Sports Authority Field at Mile High FAU Stadium James M. Shuart Stadium Panther Stadium Wegmans Sports Complex
Capacity: 76,125 Capacity: 29,419 Capacity: 11,929 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 5,000

Standings

Playoff Seed
2016 Major League Lacrosse Standings
W L PCT GB GF 2ptGF GA 2ptGA
Ohio Machine 8 6 .571 - 209 7 183 5
New York Lizards 8 6 .571 - 218 12 226 10
Denver Outlaws 8 6 .571 - 201 7 206 9
Charlotte Hounds 8 6 .571 - 190 7 187 5
Boston Cannons 8 6 .571 - 179 11 183 3
Rochester Rattlers 8 6 .571 - 205 2 167 9
Chesapeake Bayhawks 8 6 .571 - 190 7 190 4
Atlanta Blaze 4 10 .286 4 189 10 208 11
Florida Launch 3 11 .214 5 168 6 199 10

All Star Game

The 2016 All Star Game took place in Orange County, California at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Stadium on July 9. In the first professional lacrosse game in Southern California since the Los Angeles Riptide left, Team Riptide narrowly defeated Team Rolling Thunder, 21-20 in front of 4,217 fans. Goaltender for the Ohio Machine and Team Riptide, Scotty Rodgers, went onto win the MVP award.

Playoffs

On March 9, the league announced the two semifinals games would be held at separate neutral locations for the first time ever. One will be held in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the other will be held near Minneapolis, Minnesota. For the third straight year, the championship game will be held at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Atlanta.

Semifinals
August 13
Championship
August 20
      
1 Ohio 16
4 Charlotte 10
1 Ohio 18
3 Denver 19
2 New York 17
3 Denver 20

References

External links

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