Poskay Named MLL's Top Offensive Player
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Boston Cannons midfielder Matt Poskay was named the MLL Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday. Could an MVP nod be next? © John Strohsacker/LaxPhotos.com |
Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor
lacrosse league, announced Tuesday that Boston Cannons' attackman
Matt Poskay has been selected as the 2010 Warrior Offensive Player
of the Year, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. The award
was based on the votes submitted by the head coaches and general
manager of each of the league's six teams.
Poskay, a 2006 graduate of the University of Virginia, enjoyed the
finest season of his MLL career in 2010. After moving from
midfield to attack at the start of the season Poskay scored a
league leading 45 goals in 12 games. The 45 goals were
20 more than Long Island's Matt Danowski who finished second in the
MLL with 25. Poskay also led the league with 52 points.
Picked by the Boston Cannons with the 12th pick in the 2006
collegiate draft, Poskay has scored a team record 140 goals in 51
career games. His 45 goals this season were a single season
team record.
Poskay scored 4 or more goals in a game 7 times this season
including 6 in a win over Long Island on June 26th. He was
named the Bud Light Game MVP twice during the season and took home
MLL Offensive Player of the Week honors following week one when he
scored 4 goals in a Cannons' win over Denver.
Poskay becomes the second member of the Cannons to win the award,
following Paul Rabil who was the winner last season.
All-Time MLL Offensive Players of the Year
2001 - John Grant Jr., Rochester Rattlers
2002 - Mark Millon, Baltimore Bayhawks
2003 - Mark Millon, Baltimore Bayhawks
2004 - Blake Miller, Philadelphia Barrage
2005 - Casey Powell, Rochester Rattlers
2006 - Ryan Powell, San Francisco Dragons
2007 - John Grant Jr., Rochester Rattlers
2008 - John Grant Jr., Rochester Rattlers
2009 - Paul Rabil, Boston Cannons
2010 - Matt Poskay, Boston Cannons
Poskay earned five first-place votes, and received a total of 36
points. The runner-up was the Long Island's Matt Danowski,
who also received a total of five first-place votes but received a
total of 29 points.
Both Poskay and Danowski will seek an MLL championship when they
lead their teams at 2010 MLL Championship Weekend presented by
Warrior. Poskay and the top-seeded Boston Cannons will face
the fourth-seeded Chesapeake Bayhawks in the first semifinal
Saturday at 12 p.m. Eastern. Danowski and the third-seeded Lizards
will take on the second-seeded Denver Outlaws in the second
semifinal at 3.
