2017 Game Notes. Media Contact: Kellen Flatt (404) Shiloh Road NW Suite 340 Kennesaw, GA (470)

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1 2017 Game Notes Media Contact: Kellen Flatt (404) Shiloh Road NW Suite 340 Kennesaw, GA (470) SCHEDULE AND RESULTS SETTING THE SCENE: BLAZE VS CHESAPEAKE BAYHAWKS 5-6 Overall 3-2 Home 2-4 Away APRIL 22 vs. Ohio 7pm 29 vs. Boston 7pm MAY 13 vs. New York 7pm Chesapeake 7:30pm JUNE 3 vs. Charlotte 8pm Charlotte 7:30pm Florida 7pm Rochester 7:30pm JULY 1 vs. Florida 7pm Denver 8:30pm New York 7pm 22 vs. Chesapeake 7pm 29 vs. Rochester 7pm GAME INFORMATION DATE: Saturday, July 22, 2017 LOCATION: Kennesaw, GA STADIUM: Fifth Third Bank Stadium FACEOFF: 7 p.m. (EST) BROADCAST: Lax Sports Network All-Time Series: 0-3 THE MATCHUP The Atlanta Blaze faces off against the Chesapeake Bayhawks for the second time this season after Chesapeake took game one. Chesapeake comes in to the game after a heartbreaking 20 to 19 loss to Florida last weekend. Atlanta, meanwhile, is coming off a big Thursday afternoon victory over New York last week. Both teams are coming into the game needing a victory to keep their playoff hopes alive. The key to this second matchup is going to be whether the Blaze can shut down Myles Jones and the Bayhawk offense. If they can, Atlanta has a legitimate chance at positioning themselves for a late-season playoff push. HEAD COACH DAVID HUNTLEY David Huntley is in his second season as Head Coach of the Atlanta Blaze, after resuming coaching duties amidst the 2016 season. Coach Huntley was the director of the 2014 World Champion Canadian Men s National Team and has coached Team Canada in the World Championships five times. Huntley has spent 10 seasons coaching in the NLL and 6 seasons coaching MLL. Coach Huntley is a member of the Johns Hopkins (his alma mater) All-Time Team as well as a Hall of Fame inductee. Huntley also holds residency in the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame, National US Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. AUGUST Boston 6pm BROADCAST INFORMATION: Stream: Lax Sports Network PxP: Mark Zinno Analyst: Jason Breyo LOOKING AHEAD: Blaze vs. Rochester Rattlers When: Saturday, July 29 th Time: 7 p.m. (EST) 1

2 2017 GAME BY GAME RESULTS GAME DATE OPP. STRK. RESULT TOTAL PTS HIGH (G) HIGH (A) ATTEND Apr OH 1 Loss , Apr BOS 1 Win May NY 1 Loss , May at CHE 2 Loss , Jun CLT 1 Win , Jun at CLT 1 Loss , Jun at FLA 2 Loss Jun at ROC 1 Win , Jul FLA 2 Win , Jul at DEN 1 Loss , Jul at NY 1 Win , Jul CHE Jul ROC Aug at BOS MILESTONES Kevin Rice leads the team with 34 points on 19 goals and 15 assists Scott Ratliff is first among all MLL defenders with 11 points (4 goals and 6 assists) 2

3 ATLANTA BLAZE PLAYERS Alphabetical Roster: ACTIVE ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT WT BIRTHDATE COLLEGE YEARS PRO 7 Bocklet, Chris A 6 0" - 8/6/1989 Virginia 5 17 Donahue, Dylan A /16/1993 Syracuse 1 52 Epple, Garrett D Notre Dame 0 8 Ghitelman, Adam G /25/1989 Virginia 5 18 Hossack, Graeme D /22/1992 Lindenwood 1 24 Hossack, Matt LSM /8/1994 RIT 1 82 Jozokos, Tate Tran M /4/1994 North Carolina 0 39 Mackrides, Matthew M /24/1990 Penn State 5 42 Matthews, Mark A /27/1990 Denver 3 20 Moore, Tom M /18/1994 Binghamton 0 35 Noble, Jeremy M /5/1991 Denver 3 - O Neil, Mike Tran M Cornell 0 28 O Shaughnessy, Dylan LSM /5/1993 Lehigh 2 71 Osika, Adam M Albany 0 32 Pannell, James A /18/1994 Virginia 1 14 Pennington, Justin Tran M /13/1988 Rutgers 6 2 Ratliff, Scott LSM /26/1991 Loyola 4 21 Reynolds, Jeff Tran M /10/1986 Maryland 8 22 Rice, Kevin A /26/1992 Syracuse 2 10 Robinson, Callum D /1/1991 Stevenson 2 6 Sherlock, Brian M Loyola 0 45 Staats, Randy A /23/1992 Syracuse 2 74 Thompson, Jeremy A /1/1987 Onondaga, Syracuse 5 37 Ward, Dillon G /28/1991 Bellarmine 4 81 Withers, Jake FO Ohio State 0 PRACTICE SQUAD NO. NAME POS HT WT BIRTHDATE COLLEGE YEARS PRO 5 Class, Deemer M /24/1993 Duke 1 98 Crawford, Callum A /7/1984 Downing 1 4 Gorman, Nick D /22/199 Towson 0 30 Hiken, Brent FO /5/1992 Stevenson 3 13 Hipps, Chris D /27/1991 Duke 2 16 Kimener, Terry M /1/1984 UMBC 9 IR 47 Kelly, Anthony FO /30/1980 Ohio State 11 3

4 Numerical Roster 2 Scott Ratliff 4 Nick Gorman 5 Deemer Class 6 Brian Sherlock 7 Chris Bocklet 8 Adam Ghitelman 10 Callum Robinson 13 Chris Hipps 14 Justin Pennington 16 Terry Kimener 17 Dylan Donahue 18 Graeme Hossack 20 Tom Moore 21 Jeff Reynolds 22 Kevin Rice 24 Matt Hossack 28 Dylan O'Shaughnessy 30 Brent Hiken 32 James Pannell 35 Jeremy Noble 37 Dillon Ward 39 Matt Mackrides 42 Mark Matthews 45 Randy Staats 47 Anthony Kelly 52 Garrett Epple 71 Adam Osika 74 Jeremy Thompson 77 Mike O neil 81 Jake Withers 82 Tate Jozokos 98 Callum Crawford ATLANTA BLAZE PLAYERS Pronunciation Guide: Player #8: Adam Ghitelman (Gittle-man) Player #16: Terry Kimener (Kim-nur) Player #18: Graeme Hossack (Haws-ick) Player #24: Matt Hossack (Haws-ick) Player #30: Brent Hiken (High-kin) Player #32: James Pannell (Puh-nell) Player #28: Dylan O Shaughnessy (O-shaw-ness-E) Player #39: Matthew Mackrides (Muh-cree-deez) Player #45: Randy Staats (St-awts) [rhymes with bots ] Player #52: Garrett Epple (epp-ull) Player #71: Adam Osika (oh-see-kuh) Player #82: Tate Jozokos (juh-zoe-cuss) 4

5 How the Active Roster Was Built: Collegiate Draft: Supplemental Draft: Jake Withers, 1st round, 9th overall, 2017 Adam Fullerton, 6th round, 47th overall, 2017 Garrett Epple, 2nd round, 18th overall, 2017 Spencer Parks, 12th round, 101st overall, 2017 Christian Burgdorf, 3rd round, 20th overall, 2017 Callum Robinson, 1st round, 2nd overall, 2017 Adam Osika, 3rd round, 21st overall, 2017 Chris May, 12th round, 112th overall, 2016 Tate Jozokos, 4th round, 36th overall, 2017 James Pannell, 11th round, 92nd overall, 2017 Tom Moore, 6th round, 47th overall, 2017 Gunnar Waldt, 3rd round, 23rd overall, 2017 Brian Masi, 9th round, 74th overall, 2017 Anthony Kelly, 3rd round, 20th overall, 2017 Connor Hanson, 10th round, 83rd overall 2017 Callum Crawford, 7th round, 56th overall, 2017 Expansion Draft: Trades: Scott Ratliff, from Boston 2016 Greg Coholan, from Chesapeake 2016 Adam Ghitelman, from Boston 2016 Dylan Donahue, from Charlotte 2017 Chris Hipps, from Chesapeake 2016 Graeme Hossack, from Rochester 2016 Justin Pennington, from Denver 2016 Jeff Reynolds, from Florida 2017 Jeremy Noble, from Denver 2016 Kevin Rice, from Rochester 2016 Mark Matthews, from Rochester 2016 Matt Hossack, from Denver 2017 Randy Staats, from Rochester 2016 Colin Dunster, from Charlotte 2017 Dylan O'Shaughnessy, from New York 2017 Player Pool: Matt Mackrides, from Chesapeake 2016 Phil Castronova John Yozzo-Scaperrotta, from Chesapeake 2016 Nick Gorman Deemer Class, from Charlotte 2017 Johnny Rodriguez Brent Hikenm from Denver 2017 Bailey Tills Jeremy Thompson Player Movement: Dilon Ward Chris Bocklet, 2017 Sean Young Terry Kimener,

6 Atlanta Blaze Point Leaders: 6

7 #7 CHRIS BOCKLET ATTACK 6 th season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze 136 career points College: University of Virginia #17 DYLAN DONAHUE ATTACK 2 nd season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze 12 th in All-Time scoring at Syracuse University with 227 points 2016 Tewaaraton Semifinalist College: Syracuse University #52 GARRETT EPPLE DEFENSE USILA First Team All-American in 2017 College: Notre Dame University #8 ADAM GHITELMAN GOALIE 6 th season in MLL/2 nd season with Atlanta Blaze Named to the 2012 All-Star Team College: University of Virginia #18 GRAEME HOSSACK DEFENSE 2 nd season in MLL/2 nd season with Atlanta Blaze Picked up 46 ground balls and caused 29 turnovers in 12 games with the Blaze in 2016 College: Lindenwood University 7

8 #24 MATTHEW HOSSACK LONG STICK MIDFIELDER 2 nd Season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze Was named Cascade Rookie of the Week once for the Outlaws in 2016 College: Rochester Institute of Technology #82 TATE JOZOKOS TRANSITION MIDFIELDER USILA All-American in 2015 Top short-stick defensive midfielder on 2016 National Championship Team College: University of North Carolina #39 MATTHEW MACKRIDES MIDFIELDER 6 th season in MLL/2 nd season with Atlanta Blaze Selected for 3 consecutive All Star Teams from College: Pennsylvania State University #42 MARK MATTHEWS ATTACK 6 th season in MLL/2 nd with Atlanta Blaze Recorded 30 points in just 7 games with the Blaze in 2016 College: University of Denver #20 TOM MOORE MIDFIELD Scored 73 points his senior year and was named IL Media All-American College: Binghamton University 8

9 #35 JEREMY NOBLE MIDFIELDER 4 th season in MLL/2 nd with Atlanta Blaze Fifth in career points at Denver with 67 goals and 80 assists College: University of Denver # MIKE O NEIL TRANSITION MIDFIELDER Finished Cornell career with 31 points College: Cornell University #28 DYLAN O SHAUGHNESSY LONG STICK MIDFIELDER 3 rd season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze Recorded 12 ground balls and 12 turnovers over 6 games with the Lizards in 2016 College: Lehigh University #71 ADAM OSIKA MIDFIELD Totaled 59 career points for the Great Danes and was first team All-Conference College: Albany University # 32 JAMES PANNELL ATTACK 2 nd season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games with the Lizards in 2016 College: University of Virginia 9

10 #14 JUSTIN PENNINGTON TRANSITION MIDFIELDER 8 th season in MLL/2 nd season with Atlanta Blaze Appeared in all games for the Blaze in 2016, and recorded 20 ground balls, 4 caused turnovers, and 13 points College: Rutgers University #2 SCOTT RATLIFF LONG STICK MIDFIELDER 5 th season in MLL/2 nd season with Atlanta Blaze Highest scoring defender in MLL history with 47 career points College: Loyola University Maryland #21 JEFF REYNOLDS TRANSITION MIDFIELDER 9 th season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze Recorded 23 ground balls in his 2016 season with the Florida Launch College: University of Maryland #22 KEVIN RICE ATTACK 3 rd season in MLL/2 nd season with Atlanta Blaze Led Atlanta in points in 2016 with 37 goals and 21 assists in 9 games before cutting his season short due to injury College: Syracuse University 10

11 #10 CALLUM ROBINSON DEFENSE 3 rd season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze Picked up 25 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers over 9 games in 2016 season with the Bayhawks College: Stevenson University #6 BRIAN SHERLOCK MIDFIELD Selected 24 th Overall by Charlotte Hounds in 2017 MLL Collegiate Draft College: Loyola University #45 RANDY STAATS ATTACK 3 rd season with MLL/2 nd season with Atlanta Blaze 2016 All Star Team 2 nd highest scorer for the Blaze in 2016 College: Syracuse University #74 JEREMY THOMPSON ATTACK 6 th season in MLL/1 st season with Atlanta Blaze Two-Time USILA All-American College: Syracuse University #37 DILLON WARD GOALIE Member of the gold medal winning 2014 Canadian FIL World Championship Team was elected MVP of the 2014 World Games College: Bellarmine University 11

12 #81 JAKE WITHERS FACEOFF 2016 Big 10 Specialist of the year Won nearly 60% of draws during four-year Buckeye career Led Buckeyes to 1 st National Championship Game appearance in 2017 College: Ohio State University 12