Josh Currier up for MLL rookie of the year

Peterborough’s Josh Currier is one of three nominees named Wednesday as the rookie of the year candidates for the 2017 Major League Lacrosse season.

Currier, who also plays for the MSL’s Peterborough Lakers, is a midfielder with the Denver Outlaws.

The Outlaws traded up in the draft to select Currier with the sixth overall pick and he responded with 11 goals and 15 assists in nine games for the defending champions.

Currier was one of two rookies to play in the 2017 MLL All-Star Game.

In a 17-14 come-from-behind win against the Lizards on June 24, Currier tallied a career-high four points with a goal and three assists.

The Princeton University product matched his career high again on July 23 when he had four assists in Denver’s 13-12 loss to Ohio.

Currier is up against Josh Byrne, an attack with the Chesapeake Bayhawks, and Dylan Molloy, an attack with the Florida Launch.

NLL moves

Several Peterborough lacrosse players and Peterborough Lakers have been involved in off-season transactions in the National Lacrosse League recently.

The Colorado Mammoth signed Peterborough’s Bryce Sweeting to a two-year agreement.

In a blockbuster move, the New England Black Wolves have traded Lakers goalie Evan Kirk to the Saskatchewan Rush in exchange for Aaron Bold, John Lafontaine, the eighth overall selection in the 2017 draft and their second round selection in the 2018 draft. The deal came after the Rush designated Bold with the franchise tag and after the Black Wolves inked Kirk to a two-year deal.

The Saskatchewan Rush have traded Laker Adam Jones to the Toronto Rock in exchange for their first round selection in the 2018 draft and their first round selection in the 2019 draft.

The Vancouver Stealth signed Peterborough’s Thomas Hoggarth to a one-year agreement.