By | In this summer’s running of the Bulls, Connor Shellenberger looks poised to lead the charge. The No. 2 overall selection in the 2024 College Draft exploded with eight points (3G, 5A) in his first professional showing, a 19-12 victory over the Boston Cannons on Saturday. Shellenberger’s point total tied Chris Cloutier (2018) and…

The unknown ‘superhero’ who led Xander Dickson to the PLL By | He was an impressionable kid. After watching the Harry Potter series as a child, Xander Dickson wanted to be a wizard. He would grab the broom from a closet in his home in Greenwich, Conn., go outside and jump off any ledge he…

Xander Dickson ‘so freaking pumped’ to reunite with Connor Shellenberger on Atlas By | Connor Shellenberger and the Virginia Cavaliers fell to the Maryland Terrapins 12-6 in the NCAA semifinal on Saturday. Following the loss, Shellenberger will report to PLL training camp in Albany, N.Y., which began Saturday.  There, he’ll be greeted by a familiar…

By | There’s the Yankees-Red Sox. The Knicks-Celtics. Patriots-Jets. And now, Atlas-Cannons. New York and Boston. The teams and fans that love to hate each other. The perfect oxymoron.  It’s a rivalry with great potential to pervade the PLL now that the Atlas and Cannons have found their home cities both in a region notorious…

By | It will be written and rumored over and over again until the 2024 PLL College Draft class suits up this summer: This draft class is deep, quite possibly the deepest we’ve ever seen, and New York Atlas head coach and general manager Mike Pressler wants to throw as many darts at the “generational”…

By | Tucker Durkin, the 2017 MLL Defensive Player of the Year and six-time All-Pro, has retired from professional lacrosse. Durkin joined the New York Atlas in their inaugural year in 2019 and was an immediate difference-maker, grabbing a PLL-career-high 18 ground balls. In his five-year PLL career, Durkin nabbed 53 ground balls and caused…

By | New York Atlas goalie Jack Concannon, one of the last remaining original Atlas players from the inaugural 2019 team, has retired from professional lacrosse. Concannon joined the Atlas in their founding year after starting his professional career with the Florida Launch of Major League Lacrosse in 2018. Upon entering the PLL, Concannon posted…