The Supplemental Draft for the 2013 Major League Lacrosse season went down at 1pm on Wednesday afternoon, and all eight teams picked up some guys that could eventually see the field, or fill a vacant spot. It’s always tough to crack an MLL game roster, but some of these guys have a pretty good shot at it.
Pick | Team | Player | Reaction |
1 | Rochester (from Ohio) | Mark Millon | At 42, can he take a full season of MLL beatings? Probably. |
2 | Hamilton | Kevin Cunningham | Hamilton needs help in their midfield. Good pick. |
3 | Charlotte | Tim Desko | Not a surprise he’s a first rounder. |
4 | Ohio (from Rochester) | Jeff Ledwick | Scoring Mid with good size and potential. |
5 | Long Island | Kevin Ridgway | Long Island needed a defender. Solid. |
6 | Boston | Chris Mattes | Does Boston need F/O help? |
7 | Denver | Charlie Cipriano | Jesse Schwartzmann gets a back up. |
8 | Hamilton (from Chesapeake) | Evan Kirk | Canadian Goalie whose stock is rising. |
9 | Rochester (from Ohio) | Dan Cocchi | Dman, good with a pole or shortie. |
10 | Hamilton | Sam Devore | Ex Hop defender. Could play. |
11 | Charlotte | Tim Fallon | Solid M/FO option. Loves lacrosse. |
12 | Rochester | Thomas Wood | UNC attackman. Scoring is good! |
13 | Rochester (from Long Island) | Pat Dutton | Played for Rochester in the past. Mid. |
14 | Boston | Tom Celentani | Big UMass boy. Could see time. |
15 | Denver | Tom Compitello | Stout LI style attackman. Baller. |
16 | Chesapeake | Grant Kaleikau | Baller. Watch this guy. |
17 | Ohio | Art Kell | Good player that could make that team. |
18 | Hamilton | Alex Demopolous | Will score goals for you. count on it. |
19 | Ohio (from Charlotte) | Diogo Godoi | Athletic, mean defenseman from UMass. |
20 | Rochester | Kyle Buchanan | Canadian RMU player. Some potential here. |
21 | Long Island | Andrew Hennesey | F/O guy. Could be a 2nd option in LI. |
22 | Boston | Mike Gabel | Very solid, but breaking through is hard. |
23 | Denver | Jimmy Dailey | Former Stevenson player with slick quickness. |
24 | Chesapeake | Brett Manney | Plenty of talent with the Bhawks, but Manney is good. |
25 | Ohio | Tim Kaiser | Another UNC defender with some potential. |
26 | Hamilton | John Cunningham | Princeton defender. |
27 | Charlotte | Nick O’Hara | Duke defender with good wheels in college. |
28 | Rochester | Brian Neufeld | Scorer. Could find a spot there. |
29 | Ohio (from Long Island) | Tim McCormack | UMass goalie. |
30 | Boston | Ryan Nizolek | Unprotected, then drafted again. Could see time. |
31 | Ohio (from Denver) | JJ Miller | D3 Messiah guy. F/O and more? |
32 | Chesapeake | Casey |
Wait, didn’t he retire from the MLL? Maybe not! |
33 | Denver (from Ohio) | Ethan Vedder | Could see time for Denver, has experience. |
34 | Hamilton | Matt Messina | Skilled and tough, an interesting option. |
35 | Chesapeake (from Charlotte) | Mark Staines | Brings some youth and size. |
36 | Chesapeake (from Rochester) | Jamie Lincoln | A scorer who could work in MD. |
37 | Long Island | Matt Cannone | Salisbury guy, great stick. |
38 | Boston | Scott LaRue | Been drafted before, people clearly like what they see. |
39 | Chesapeake (from Denver) | Bruce Bickford | Off to Chesapeake from Boston? Seems so. |
40 | Boston (from Chesapeake) | JJ Gilbane | young, fast, cornell grad. wheels help. |
41 | Ohio | Scott Perri | Former Drexel attackman. Very good player. |
42 | Hamilton | Al Kohart | Penn middie has been close before. |
43 | Denver (from Charlotte) | Adam Jones | I like this pick. Guy has potential. |
44 | Boston (from Rochester) | Matin Bowes | Always been a scoring machine, how about the MLL? |
45 | Long Island | Justin Smith | Nothing wrong with experience. |
46 | Boston | Jeff Brown | Denver player originally from Mass. |
47 | Chesapeake (from Denver) | Tony Mendes | If he’s fast nowadays, he has a shot. |
48 | Chesapeake | Dan Hardy | Big scoring machine. Great pick up. |
49 | Ohio | Rob Fortunato | UVA Goalie. Quiet player, but very good. |
50 | Hamilton | Rhys Duch | Say it with me… Canadian All – Star. |
51 | Charlotte | Carter Bender | Another very good Hartford player. |
52 | Rochester | Jordan Levine | Good potential pick up. |
53 | Long Island | Parker McKee | If he got faster, he’s in business. |
54 | Boston | Jeff Cohen | Harvard guy. Could find a role. |
55 | Long Island (from Denver) | Matt Bernier | Penn State, athletic. |
56 | Chesapeake | Chris Schiller | Old faithful. I like it! |
57 | Chesapeake (from Ohio) | Joe Marra | Goalie. Potential. Good pick. |
58 | Hamilton | Brice Queener | Plays like Brett, except he plays attack. Somehow that makes sense. |
59 | Charlotte | Matt Madalon | D3 goalie, good player, more depth. |
60 | Rochester | Jason LaShomb | smaller D2 guy from “hurst but he’s a winner. |
61 | Long Island | Chris Langton | I like this pick up. |
62 | Boston | Craig Bunker | Ok, are there F/o issues in Boston? |
63 | Denver | Tom Guadagnalo | Good pick up, potential is there. |
64 | Chesapeake | Neil Hicks | For a Notre Dame guy, he;s downright flashy! |
65 | Ohio | Anthony Toresco | UMass love continues. |
66 | Hamilton | Devan Spilker | Has seen a little MLL time. Good player. |
67 | Charlotte | Kyle Moeller | Stony Brook pole with handle. |
68 | Rochester | Jake Deane | Haven’t heard this name in a while! Good to see. |
69 | Long Island | Joey Kemp | Great collegiate keeper. |
70 | Boston | Patrick Gaffney | Former Endicott defender with good size. |
71 | Denver | Dan Deckelbaum | Back to Denver! |
72 | Chesapeake | Zach Angel | Gtown grad, has potential. |
73 | Ohio | Will Harrington | Towson! Finally a Tiger. Good player. |
74 | Hamilton | Brian Caufield | Great later round pick up. |
75 | Charlotte | Shayne Jackson | Young, talented, hungry. Good selection. |
76 | Rochester | Jake Ziegler | Jacksonville grad, and he’s a nerd. In a good way. |
77 | Long Island | Doug Shanahan | The original Tewaaraton winner. Does it all. |
78 | Boston | Tim Langmaid | Delaware defender from Mass. |
79 | Denver | Mikey Thompson | Oooooh, nice call Denver. |
80 | Chesapeake | Josh Sims | Yup, he’s still got it. |
81 | Ohio | Andrew Stimmel | OSU boy drafted to Ohio, will be a completive camp. |
82 | Hamilton | Soloman Bliss | SU Player on a comeback tear again? |
83 | Charlotte | Matt Lalli | Guy can play! |
84 | Rochester | Angus Dineley | Another good Canadian goalie. |
85 | Long Island | Joe Yevoli | Is Yevoli BACK for real? Hope so. |
86 | Boston | Frank Tufano | Good sized Drexel defender. |
87 | Denver | Steve Schoeffel | Dukie has speed and a last shot. Could find a role. |
88 | Chesapeake | JP Dalton | Loyola middie. Have to like this guy. |
89 | Ohio | Audi Glass | think this is a CUFLA guy. awesome. |
90 | Hamilton | Pete Vlahakis | Old School F/o man for LI. Comeback? |
91 | Charlotte | Sean Aaron | Former D3 Union player. |
92 | Rochester | Paul Richards | Loyola player a few years out. |
93 | Long Island | David Hild | MiddKid gets drafted… by LI? |
94 | Boston | Eric Hagarty | Back with Boston for this SU grad. |
95 | Denver | Ken Clausen | Finally. Was waiting for that one. |
And at #96, this year’s Mr. soon-to-probably-be-relevant is… Chris Hunt, drafted by Chesapeake. Guys picked last in the MLL often exceed expectations. Wait for it!
If he comes to camp ready to roll, he could be as good as anyone. That’s why this draft is kind of fun… you never know which of these guys is actually going to make a team, or even see time. There are favorites to be sure, but there are also plenty of surprises and UNC grad, Hunt, could be one of them!
There are multiple guys I don’t know off the top of my head, and probably even more spelling errors. I even missed a couple of picks. For that I apologize and place full blame on LaxDirt’s Twitter account. Just kidding, they did an amazing job of live tweeting the draft, and we would like to thank them profusely for doing so! Give ’em the old follow on the Twitterverse.
Any of these guys stand out to you as potential studs? We’re sure at least a couple of them will see some time on a pro field this Summer…