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News Update 2 September 2007

Titans trade up, take Hall with top pick

Delaware grad goes first; Two U of Albany alumni in top five

R.A. Philly
Outsider's Guide Editor in Chief


The New York Titans traded up for the top pick in Saturday's National Lacrosse League Entry Draft, then used it to scoop up Jordan Hall from the University of Delaware.

New York acquired the selection from Boston, surrendering the third-overall pick and Matt Alrich for the still-unnamed team's first- and third-round selections (1st- and 29th-overall).

Philadelphia followed by choosing Merrick Thomson, one of two University of Albany products to go in the top five. Frank Resetarits was the other, selected fifth-overall by San Jose.

Boston used the pick it acquired from New York to snag Craig Point of Onondaga Community College, then sent him to Minnesota in a four-way deal involving Toronto and Rochester. Trading out of the first round, the Rock landed Kasey Beirnes, while Rochester added a first-rounder by shipping Jack Reid to Boston.

Buffalo actively wheeled and dealed, making a number of trades. The Bandits sent first- and second-round picks to Calgary for defenseman Ian Llord and a third-round selection, adding another wrinkle to this summer's blockbuster three-way trade between the two teams and Philadelphia.

In a separate trade, Buffalo re-acquired Ken Montour from the Wings, marking the goaltender's third stint in Buffalo.

Philadelphia, meanwhile, sent a third-round pick this year and a conditional third-rounder next year to Boston in order to re-acquire forward Jake Bergey, who was selected by Boston in the expansion draft earlier this summer.

The draft was held at Pepsi Center in Denver, home arena of the NLL's Colorado Mammoth.

Full draft results follow (when applicable, original owner of the draft pick in noted in parentheses).


##  TEAM                SELECTION 
--  ------------------  ---------------------------------------
 1  New York (Bos)      Jordan Hall - University of Delaware
 2  Philadelphia (Por)  Merrick Thomson - University of Albany
 3  Boston (NY)         Craig Point - Onondoga CC
 4  Calgary (Phi)       Dane Dobbie - Burnaby, BC
 5  San Jose (Chi)      Frank Resetarits - Univ. of Albany
 6  Portland (Edm)      Tyler Codron - Coquitlam, BC
 7  San Jose (Tor)      Tom Johnson - Bellarmine University
 8  Rochester (SJ)      Matt MacLeod - Orangeville, ON
 9  Minnesota           Justin Norbraten - Bellarmine Univ.
10  Calgary (via Buf)   Peter McFetridge - Burnaby, BC
11  Boston (Buf)        Matt Lyons - Orangeville, ON
12  Chicago (Col)       Kevin Ross - Canisius College
13  New York (Arz)      Mitch Belisle - Cornell University
14  Rochester           Andrew Potter - St. Catharines, ON

15  Edmonton (Bos)      Steve Hutchins - Whitby, ON
16  Portland (via Cal)  Cory Conway - Stony Brook University
17  New York            Rory Smith - Brampton, ON
18  Minnesota (Phi)     Brandon Swamp - SUNY Potsdam
19  Chicago             Cory Stringer - Hamilton, ON
20  Boston (Edm)        Keegan Davidson - Notre Dame de Namur
21  Toronto             Mark Scherman - Notre Dame de Namur
22  Calgary (SJ)        Jamie Lincoln - Burnaby, BC
23  Minnesota           Marc Jackson - Whitby, ON
24  Portland (Cal)      Peter Jacobs - Akwesasne, ON
25  Philadelphia (Buf)  David Mitchell - Cornell University
26  Colorado            Nathan Sanderson - Rutgers University
27  Minnesota (Arz)     Chris Courtney - Six Nations, ON
28  Boston (Roc)        Curtis Ptolemy - Burnaby, BC

29  New York (Bos)      Rob Smith - University of Delaware
30  Colorado (Por)      Dylan Llord - St. Catharines, ON
31  San Jose (NY)       Steve Panarelli - Syracuse Univ.
32  Boston (Phi)        Alex Smith - University of Delaware
33  Chicago             Jake Byrne - Johns Hopkins University
34  Edmonton            John Lintz - Coquitlam, BC
35  Toronto             Matt Baker - Orangeville, ON
36  New York (SJ)       Jamison Koesterer - Johns Hopkins U.
37  Philadelphia (Min)  Drew Westervelt - UMBC
38  Calgary (via Buf)   Scott DeFransesco - Mississuaga, ON
39  Buffalo             Chris Lalonde - Wallaceburg, ON
40  Colorado            Matt Wilson - Coquitlam, BC
41  Philadelphia (Arz)  Jim Borell - University of Maryland
42  Arizona (Roc)       Bryan Safarik - Wingate University

43  Boston              Greg Downing - Fairfield University
44  Portland            Joel Weber - Whitby, ON
45  Edmonton (NY)       Steve Conrad - Clarington, ON
46  San Jose (Phi)      Tyler Richards - Coquitlam
47  Chicago             Matt Dasinger - Salisbury
48  Edmonton            Dan Hartzell - St. Andrews College
49  Toronto             Tyler Worden - Whitby, ON
50  New York (SJ)       Ricky Smith
51  Minn. (via Tor)     Angus Goodleaf - Burnaby, BC
52  Calgary             John McLure - Brampton, ON
53  Arizona (Buf)       Jamie Pilon - Brampton, ON
54  Colorado            Andrew Spack - Loyola College
54  Toronto (Arz)       Wes McDonald - Hobart College
56  Arizona (Roc)       Alan Downey - Mercyhurst College

57  Boston              Ryan Zordani - University of Denver
58  Portland            Jason Mainer - Orillia, ON
59  New York            Mike Haas - Villanova University
60  Minnesota (Phi)     Brad Favero - Canisius College
61  Chicago             Ben Van Every - Six Nations, ON
62  Edmonton            Calvin Craig - Coquitlam, BC
63  Toronto             Wes McFarlane - Roanoke College
64  San Jose            Trevor Scott - Victoria, BC
65  Buffalo (Min)       Jon Mason - Roanoke College
66  Calgary             Geoff Rainsford - Calgary, AB
67  Buffalo             Brent Wiotowicz - Hamilton, ON
68  New York (Col)      Dan Bauers - Loyola College
69  Arizona             Scott Janssen - Mercyhurst College
70  Rochester           Lucas Miller - Six Nations, ON

71  Boston              Colin Hulme - Colgate University
72  Portland            Brodie Barfoot - Orillia, ON
73  San Jose (NY)       Ray Megill - University of Maryland
74  Philadelphia        Adam Crystal - Drexel University
75  Chicago             Mack O'Brien - Peterborough, ON
76  Edmonton            Jordan Coffey - Brampton, ON
77  Philadelphia (Tor)  Brian Hubschmann - Notre Dame
78  San Jose            Andrew Recchione - U. of Massachusetts
79  Minnesota           Mike Paul - New Westminster, BC
80  Calgary             Kyle Morwick - Victoria, BC
81  Arizona (Buf)       David Gerberg- Whittier College
82  Colorado            Ryan Clark - Nanaimo, BC
83  Rochester (Arz)     Chad Amidon - Nazareth College
84  Rochester           Cody Richardson - Orangeville, ON


DRAFT DAY TRADES:
 - Boston traded 1st- and 29th-overall selections to New 
     York for 3rd-overall selection and Matt Alrich
 - San Jose has traded 12th-overall selection, Callum 
     Crawford, Andrew Burkholder, and a 2008 second-round 
     pick to Chicago for 5th-overall selection and Zach 
     Heffner
 - Philadelphia traded 32nd-overall selection and a 
     conditional 2008 third-round selection to Boston 
     for Jake Bergey
 - Toronto traded 11th- and 51st-overall selections to 
     Minnesota for Kasey Beirnes 
 - Minnesota traded 8th- and 11th-overall selections, 
     Brock Boyle, and a 2008 third-round selection to 
     Boston for draft rights to Craig Point (3rd-overall) 
 - Boston traded the 8th-overall selection to Rochester 
     for Jack Reid and 28th-overall selection
 - Buffalo traded 10th- and 22nd-overall selections to 
     Calgary for 38th-overall selection and Ian Llord
 - Calgary traded 16th- and 24th-overall selections to 
     Portland for Kelly Hall
 - Edmonton traded 20th-overall selection and Dan Finck 
     to Boston for 15th-overall selection
 - Minnesota traded draft rights to Brandon Swamp 
     (18th-overall) to Buffalo for a 2008 first-round 
     selection
 - Minnesota traded Spencer Martin and Michael Kilby to 
     Portland for 23rd-overall selection and a conditional 
     2008 first-round selection
 - Philadelphia traded 45th-overall selection and a 2008 
     second-round pick to Edmonton for 25th-overall selection
 - Buffalo traded 27th-overall selection to Minnesota for 
     a 2008 second-round pick
 - Buffalo traded 37th-overall selection to Philadelphia 
     for Ken Montour
 - New York traded 31st-overall selection to San Jose for 
     36th- and 50th-overall selections
 - Buffalo traded 38th-overall selection to Calgary for 
     a 2008 second-round pick
 - Buffalo traded 41st-overall selection to Philadelphia 
     for 46th-overall selection
 - Buffalo traded 46th-overall selection to San Jose for 
     a 2008 fourth-round selection
 - Philadelphia traded 60th-overall selection to Minnesota 
     for a 2008 fifth-round selection
 - Buffalo traded 81st-overall selection to Arizona for 
     a 2008 sixth-round pick

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