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User:Jsfxmn/sandbox/2024 Premier Lacrosse League season

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Jsfxmn/sandbox/2024 Premier Lacrosse League season
LeaguePremier Lacrosse League
SportField Lacrosse
Defending championsUtah Archers (2023)
Number of teams8
6th Season
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The 2023 Premier Lacrosse League Season will be the sixth season of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL).

Although the league still operates under a touring model, this will be the first season in which each team has a home city. This will be the first PLL season that features the Denver Outlaws, who had been an MLL team before the league merged with the PLL prior to the 2021 season. The team's branding and history was acquired during the MLL-PLL merger. The Outlaws were introduced by rebranding Chrome Lacrosse Club.[1]

Player Movement

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Preseason

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Retirements

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Notable retirements
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The following players retired before the 2024 season:

  • Brodie Merrill (LSM) - Widely considered the greatest long-stick midfielder of all time, announced he was retiring from professional lacrosse on September 13, 2023. He graduated from Georgetown in 2005 where he won the Schmeisser Award, an award given to the top defenseman in NCAA lacrosse, during the 2005 season. He retires as the all-time leader in professional field lacrosse games played (200), and is tied with face-off specialist Greg Gurenlian for the most ground balls won (1,120). He is the namesake for the Brodie Merrill Long Stick Midfielder of the Year award, which is the only award to be named after a player that was active when the award was named. He is the highest scoring longpole in field lacrosse history scoring 146 points (51 goals, 4 two-point goals, 87 assists). He is a 10-time all-star, won the rookie of the year award in the MLL in 2005, and won six straight defensive player of the year awards in the MLL (2006-2011). He won three MLL championships (2005, 2008, 2009). He played for five Canadian National Teams where he won gold in 2006 and 2024, and won silver in 2010, 2018, and 2023. Over the course of his 18-year field lacrosse career he played for four MLL teams: the Baltimore Bayhawks (2005), the Rochester Rattlers (2006-2008), the Toronto/Hamilton Nationals (2009-2013) and the Boston Cannons (2014-2018). He also played for three PLL teams: Chaos LC (2019), Waterdogs LC (2020), and Cannons LC (2021-2023). Merrill did not play during the 2023 PLL season and was placed on the holdout list by the Cannons before the season started.[2][3][4]
  • Kyle Hartzell (LSM & D) - On September 18, 2023 Hartzell announced his retirement from professional lacrosse in an Instagram post. He finishes his lacrosse career as a two-time MLL champion, the first, and as of 2023 only defenseman to win the championship MVP award when he did so in 2010, a one-time all-pro, a seven-time all-star, a team USA silver medalist in 2014 and a gold medalist in 2018. He was also the fastest shot champion twice and at one point held the world record for fastest shot at 111 MPH. He holds the record for most points in a season scored by a defenseman at 21, and also holds the record for the most two-point goals in a season with 9.
  • Jordan MacIntosh (M) - On October 17, 2023 MacIntosh announced his retirement from the PLL in an Instagram post. He retires as a two-time all-star and 2022 recipient of the PLL Leadership award. He was also Chrome's captain.

References

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  1. ^ "Return of Denver Outlaws Highlights PLL's Host Cities Announcement". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  2. ^ "Brodie Merrill Retires from Lacrosse". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. ^ "Brodie Merrill". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  4. ^ Inside Lacrosse Staff (September 13, 2023). "Legend Brodie Merrill Announces Retirement From Playing Professional Lacrosse". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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