Seawolves Fans

Justin Pugal is one of the most hated defenders in the league, Matt Gilray is better than anyone remembers, and a healthy Scott Hooper is something MLL hasn’t really seen yet. The midfield has some punch too with Frank Brown alongside Kyle Jackson and Challen Rogers. Zach Goodrich is now the best SSDM in the league with the departure of TJ Comizio to the PLL, and John Yozzo-Scaperotta joins him and Tim Edwards to form a formidable rope unit.

Boston’s Justin Pugal played a huge role in the championship.

Initially undrafted coming out of Stony Brook last year, Pugal later eared a tryout with the Cannons and parlayed that into a season in which he was ultimately selected to play in the MLL All-Star game.

On Sunday, he buried a two-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining in the first half, his first professional goal, to give Boston momentum and an 8-6 lead heading into halftime.

The Cannons stretched the lead to 11-6 in the second half with Pugal doing more damage. On one possession early in the third quarter, he blocked a shot from Lee with his knee and then later stripped Grant of the ball to give the ball back to Boston.

Uppgren had the answer for Boston, scoring his fifth of the game with 6:29 to play and Challen Rogers added another with 3:42 to play.

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Harrison Matsuoka – Transition – Stony Brook/Okotoks

Expect Matsuoka to head back to Stony Brook next season and get another year under his belt, but when he is NLL ready, his speed is what makes him standpoint. Matsuoka can put the ball in the net but his biggest asset is simply getting the ball downfield. Think a Ryan Dilks or Damon Edwards type.