Currier, Gilray win MLL title with Denver Outlaws

Peterborough Century 21 Lakers’ Zach Currier and Matt Gilray captured the Major League Lacrosse pro field lacrosse championship with the Denver Outlaws on Saturday.

The Outlaws beat the Dallas Rattlers 16-12 in the championship game in Charleston, S.C.

Lakers alumnus John Grant Jr. is the Outlaws offensive coach. It was Denver’s third straight trip to the MLL final and third championship win overall.

Currier had two goals and two assists in the championship game. He had 14 goals and 11 assists in eight regular season games. Gilray had one goal in five regular season games. He was scoreless in the final.

Shawn Evans and Cam Milligan also played three games each for Denver this season but did not finish the year with the team. Evans had five goals and six assists while Milligan had four goals and three assists.

MSL final to be streamed

The Lakers and Rock announced on Tuesday all games in the MSL final will be streamed pay-per-view by Lacrosse-TV.

The cost is $10 per game and available at lacrosse-tv.com.

All games are also available on YourTV for Cogeco subscribers.

WLA final

A score from Game 3 of the Western Lacrosse Association final was not available at press time.

Roster notes

Zach Currier missed Game 1 to work commitments and Evan Kirk is expected back for Game 2 from his honeymoon in Jamaica. Eric Shewell (upper body) is improving and is now considered day-to-day, said Lakers GM Paul Day. He said Jordan Stouros, who had broken his finger in three places, could be available at some point in the final, said Day.

Oakville was missing some big names as Wes Berg, Ryan Benesch, Brad Kri and Matt Vangalen were all absent from Game 1.