As we get closer and closer to the season kicking off, I am going to take a look at the Cannons roster and give you my thoughts on the players at all positions Attack, Midfield, Defense, Long-Stick Midfielder, Short-Stick Defensive Midfielder, Goalie, to Face-off. As of now the Cannons have a pretty deep roster, and have the potential to make a shot at a title run this year. Just all depends on how these players play together as a team.
The long-stick midfield position for the Cannons currently only has two players that have played LSM before. Both these players are both recent college graduates and both have only been in the league for one year. Both had successful college careers and saw a little bit of time last season.
The Duo:
Brian Fischer Harvard '15
Brian Fischer was selected in the 2015 collegiate MLL draft by the Boston Cannons in the 5th round 34th overall. Fischer suited up in 1 game for the Cannons last year after finishing a great career at Harvard, he didn't do anything in his appearance last year but expect him to get a chance this year. At times Fischer showed during his senior year that he has glimpses of Ratliff who could push transition and score goals. Fischer did that his final year at Harvard scoring 3 goals and dishing out 1 assist. Fischer when you look at his stats really wasn't that big of a ground ball machine, and really didn't cause that many turnovers either, but watching some film of him playing at Harvard what he did do well was make it hard for teams Midfielders to get off some good shots, due to great body position and throwing in some good lifts as players were taking shots to throw their shot off a bit. Fischer and Pellegrino complement each other Fischer is more of the big strong LSM at 6'2 185, Fischer is more strength and can really bully people while Pellegrino is on the small side, he uses his speed to stay in front of defenders. I think these two will bring a unique strength to the Cannons depth at LSM.
Michael Pellegrino Johns Hopkins '15
Michael Pellegrino was also selected in the 2015 collegiate MLL draft but not by the Cannons but instead by the New York Lizards being drafted in the 2nd round 10th overall. Pellegrino had an outstanding career at Johns Hopkins. Things never worked out for Pellegrino in New York he played in 2 games having only 1 career ground ball and had a total of 6 penalty minutes in those 2 games. Pellegrino was eventually put on waivers by the Lizards and the Cannons picked him up. Pellegrino never played any games for the Cannons last year after being picked up and was eventually let go for this years supplemental draft by the new Atlanta Blaze. Pellegrino was eventually traded back to the Cannons in the deal that sent Scott Ratliff to the Blaze and brought in Justin Turri and brought back Brodie Merrill as well. Pellegrino was great player and Hopkins and I think with Ratliff now gone you can expect Pellegrino to finally get his chance to step up and shine with the Cannons.
In my opinion it's very possible that these two LSM's split time because they both do things so well and both almost provide a different look at LSM when you put one or the other out there.
Depth Chart:
Starter: Michael Pellegrino
Back-up: Brian Fischer
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