Connecticut Hammerheads

On February 11, 2020, MLL announced that it had granted an expansion franchise to the Fairfield, Connecticut, one day after the league folded the Dallas Rattlers. The team will be the league's first team to play in the state of Connecticut since the Bridgeport Barrage, which played from 2001 to 2003 before relocating to Philadelphia. The league named Rattlers' head coach Bill Warder to the same position with the Connecticut Hammerheads.[1]

Less than a week later, the Hammerheads announced they were trading Bryce Wasserman, a Dallas native, to the Boston Cannons in exchange for Will Sands.[3]

The Hammerheads had seven picks in the collegiate draft, including the second overall pick. They used that option on Michael Kraus, an attack from the defending NCAA champion Virginia Cavaliers. Kraus was also a selection with the competing Premier Lacrosse League, but on May 14 he officially signed a two-year deal to join the Hammerheads.[4]

On July 18, the Hammerheads played their first game, in quarantined fashion at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, against the Denver Outlaws. The Outlaws controlled the game from the start, defeating Connecticut, 18-6. Ryan McNamara had the first goal in franchise history and Bradley Voigt led the team with three goals on the night.[5]

Four days later, the team got its first victory in franchise history against the New York Lizards, 10-8. Kraus picked up his first two career goals and Voigt again led the way with four scores. Defending Goalie of the Year Sean Sconone stopped 65% of the shots he faced.[6] The team picked up its second win the next day against the Boston Cannons by a score of 11-8. Sconone dazzled with a new franchise record 73.3 save percentage.[7] With their 14-9 win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks on July 24 in the regular season finale, the Hammerheads would clinch the second overall playoff seed in their first season.

#	Name	Nationality	Position	Height	Weight	College
1	Bradley Voigt		A	6 ft 0 in	202 lbs	Syracuse
2	Michael Kraus		A	5 ft 11 in	195 lbs	Virginia
3	Christian Carson-Banister		G	6 ft 1 in	205 lbs	Boston University
4	Kris Alleyne		G	5 ft 11 in	190 lbs	Rutgers
5	Michael Brown		D	6 ft 1 in	200 lbs	Brown
6	Ben Martin		A	6 ft 0 in	177 lbs	Dartmouth
7	Luke Wittenberg		M	6 ft 4 in	187 lbs	Georgetown
8	Ryan Beville (A)		M	6 ft 2 in	180 lbs	Jacksonville
10	Tom Moore		M	6 ft 3 in	190 lbs	Binghamton
11	Michael Bender		LSM	5 ft 11 in	180 lbs	Maryland
12	Gunnar Schimoler		D	6 ft 3 in	205 lbs	UMBC
14	Jake Seau		M	6 ft 2 in	205 lbs	Duke
15	Dan Lomas		A	5 ft 11 in	186 lbs	High Point
16	Will Renz		SSDM	6 ft 0 in	200 lbs	Yale
17	Adam Osika		M	6 ft 3 in	205 lbs	Albany
18	Matt Farrell		D	5 ft 10 in	175 lbs	Holy Cross
19	Jack Curran		M	6 ft 0 in	185 lbs	Villanova
20	Drew Schantz		M	6 ft 0 in	200 lbs	Notre Dame
21	Trevor Smyth		LSM	6 ft 2 in	195 lbs	RIT
22	Will Sands		A	5 ft 10 in	183 lbs	Bucknell
23	Cody Radziewicz		M	5 ft 11 in	185 lbs	Johns Hopkins
28	Robert Mooney		D	6 ft 4 in	215 lbs	Yale
29	Noah Rak		FO	N/A	N/A	UMass
31	Sean Sconone (C)		G	5 ft 11	270 lbs	UMass
33	Landon Kramer		D	6 ft 3 in	225 lbs	Sacred Heart
41	Justin Schwenk		FO	6 ft 0 in	185 lbs	Virginia
47	Joe Gillis		M	6 ft 0 in	195 lbs	Syracuse
50	Hayden La Vangie		LSM	6 ft 1 in	195 lbs	Jacksonville
51	Brendan Collins		M	6 ft 2 in	201 lbs	Notre Dame
57	Greg Weyl		D	6 ft 2 in	205 lbs	Mercyhurst
81	Ryan McNamara (A)		A	5 ft 8 in	185 lbs	Marquette
88	Andrew Helmer		LSM	6 ft 1 in	201 lbs	Syracuse
90	Kyle Buchanan		M	5 ft 8 in	165 lbs	Robert Morris
91	Ryan Fournier		LSM	5 ft 9 in	190 lbs	Loyola

(C)- captain

(A)- alternate captain

Source:[8]

• Official website