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The path to playing time for Outlaws’ young poles

By Topher Adams | May 16, 2025

By | The Denver Outlaws needed to get younger on the back end this season, and they did that in the 2025 College Draft, selecting Penn State’s Kevin Parnham and signing Army’s AJ Pilate as an undrafted free agent. The youth movement is bustling behind the scenes, but veterans Jesse Bernhardt, Mike Manley are still…

Cool as ice: Outlaws make Logan McNaney first goalie drafted in 2025

By Topher Adams | May 9, 2025

By | Matt DeLuca. Brett Dobson. Liam Entenmann. And now Logan McNaney. These are the only goalies taken in the first 12 picks in the draft since 2019, with the Denver Outlaws making McNaney the fourth member of this elite fraternity Tuesday night. The goalie class was really a two-horse race between McNaney and Penn’s…

The forgotten man of the 2025 College Draft: Pat Kavanagh

By Topher Adams | May 6, 2025

By | As the 2025 College Draft approaches, the debate on the top offensive players in the draft is at a fever pitch. Presumptive Tewaaraton Award winner CJ Kirst is the runaway top player on the board, and teams will debate amongst themselves between Duke’s Andrew McAdorey, Princeton’s Coulter Mackesy and Notre Dame’s Chris Kavanagh…

Outlaws sign Jack VanOverbeke from Archers

By Topher Adams | April 16, 2025

By | When the Denver Outlaws traded for Pat Kavanagh and re-signed Logan Wisnauskas and Eric Law, the offensive puzzle was almost completed. But there was one more piece head coach Tim Soudan wanted to add: another lefty. In steps Jack VanOverbeke. The Outlaws signed VanOverbeke to a two-year deal. The second-year attacker joined the…

Outlaws sign All-Pro Zach Geddes from Chaos

By Topher Adams | April 15, 2025

By | The Denver Outlaws retooled their short-stick defensive midfield unit last week, signing Zach Geddes from the Carolina Chaos through the 2026 season. Geddes, a first-round pick in the 2022 College Draft, was a finalist for the George Boiardi Hard Hat Award and a second-team All-Pro last season. Denver moved quickly to sign Geddes,…

Four goalie prospects who could replace Sean Sconone for Outlaws

By Topher Adams | April 7, 2025

By | Owen McElroy had a successful first year as Denver’s full-time starting goalie, filling in for an injured Sean Sconone after Opening Weekend. The Georgetown product re-signed with the Outlaws and is the team’s goalie of the present and future. However, with Sconone retiring and third-choice keeper Matt Knote signing with the California Redwoods,…

Brendan Nichtern, 2022 Rookie of the Year, traded to Redwoods

By Topher Adams | March 29, 2025

By | The Denver Outlaws traded attackman Brendan Nichtern to the California Redwoods in exchange for the 26th overall pick in the 2025 College Draft. The trade is the second under new Redwoods general manager Joe Spallina. Nichtern was a core piece of the Chrome roster that finished second in the league in 2022, but…

Sean Sconone announces retirement from PLL

By Topher Adams | March 14, 2025

By | Sixes is a challenging format for goalies. They face more than a shot per minute. Most (74.5%) are on goal. And few (38.9%) are saved. “I’m not going to miss Romar Dennis and that 13-yard two-point arc, that’s for sure,” Sean Sconone joked. Sconone, who announced his retirement from professional lacrosse earlier this…

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