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 Outlaws113.786...2161315711 Chesapeake Bayhawks104.71411742814214 Boston Cannons95.64322071015913 Long Island Lizards86.5713165131668 Rochester Rattlers77.50041571317113 Charlotte Hounds59.35761461420014 Hamilton Nationals410.2867167519317 Ohio Machine212.14391601520421
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.
Annual awards AwardWinnerTeamMVP AwardBrendan MundorfDenver Rookie of the Year AwardMatt Gibson Long IslandCoach of the Year AwardJoe SpallinaLong IslandDefensive player of the Year AwardLee Zink Denver Offensive player of the Year AwardPaul Rabil Boston Goaltender of the Year AwardDrew Adams Long IslandMost Improved Player of the Year AwardJeremy Sieverts Denver
References
External links Official Site