The 2017
Atlanta Blaze season was the second season for the Atlanta Blaze of
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff ...
and
David Huntley
Dave Huntley (1957 – December 18, 2017) was a Canadian lacrosse player and head coach and general manager with the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League. Huntley played collegiate lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University where he ...
's first full season as head coach after taking over for
John Tucker ten games into
2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...
. The Blaze posted two more wins in 2017, finishing their second season at 6-8 and eighth place in the standings.
On December 29, 2016, former
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...
and
Thrashers executive Jim Pfeifer was named the team's new president. In April 2017, the team’s owner
Peter Trematerra sued the MLL for misinterpretations from when he bought the league in 2014.
Schedule
Regular season
Standings
References
External links
Team Website
{{MLL season by team, 2017
Major League Lacrosse seasons
Atlanta Blaze
Atlanta Blaze