2012 Major League Lacrosse season

2012 MLL season
League Major League Lacrosse
Sport Field lacrosse
Duration April 28, 2012 – August 26, 2012
Number of teams 8
Season MVP Brendan Mundorf
Top scorer Paul Rabil
Regular Season champions Denver Outlaws
Steinfeld Cup
Champions Chesapeake Bayhawks
  Runners-up Denver Outlaws
Finals MVP Ben Rubeor (CHE)

The 2012 Major League Lacrosse season is the 12th season of the league. The season began on April 28, 2012 and concluded with the Chesapeake Bayhawks winning the championship game on August 26, 2012 over the Denver Outlaws 16-6.

Milestones & events

Team movement

On January 21, 2011, Commissioner David Gross announced that Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbus, Ohio, had been approved as expansion teams for the 2012 season. Gross also announced that, with the adding of two more teams, (to bring the total to eight) the league would return to a fourteen-game season in 2012.

Standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, GB = Games Back of first place, GF = Goals For, 2ptGF = 2 point Goals For, GA = Goals Against, 2ptGA = 2 point Goals Against

Final

Playoff Seed
TeamWLPCT GBGF2ptGFGA2ptGA
Denver Outlaws 113.786...2161315711
Chesapeake Bayhawks 104.71411742814214
Boston Cannons 95.64322071015913
Long Island Lizards 86.5713165131668
Rochester Rattlers 77.50041571317113
Charlotte Hounds 59.35761461420014
Hamilton Nationals 410.2867167519317
Ohio Machine 212.14391601520421

All Star Game

June 30, 2012 Old School 18-17 (SO)Young Guns at FAU Stadium. MVP Stephen Berger

Playoffs

The Warrior Championship Weekend took place on Saturday August 25 & Sunday August 26 at Harvard Stadium, Boston MA. Ben Rubefor (Chesapeake) named Bud Light Championship weekend MVP.

Semifinals Steinfeld Cup Final
      
Denver Outlaws 13
Long Island Lizards 12
Denver Outlaws 6
Chesapeake Bayhawks 16
Chesapeake Bayhawks 16
Boston Cannons 10

Annual awards

Award Winner Team
MVP AwardBrendan MundorfDenver
Rookie of the Year AwardMatt Gibson Long Island
Coach of the Year AwardJoe SpallinaLong Island
Defensive player of the Year AwardLee Zink Denver
Offensive player of the Year AwardPaul Rabil Boston
Goaltender of the Year AwardDrew Adams Long Island
Most Improved Player of the Year AwardJeremy Sieverts Denver

References

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