John Grant Jr. leads the Denver Outlaws to their fourth consecutive MLL Championship appearance. (Photo courtesy of Denver Outlaws).

Moments of the Decade: Best of pro lacrosse from 2019

2019

Matt Vinc wins seventh NLL Goaltender of the Year award of the decade

Rhys Duch scores overtime game-winning goal to give the Calgary Roughnecks their third NLL Championship

Read more about this moment in Devan Kaney’s feature.

The Premier Lacrosse League debuts with six inaugural teams

Chesapeake Bayhawks defeat Denver Outlaws to win a record six MLL titles

Jesse Bernhardt Championship

WPLL and Team USA experiment with international rules

Read more about this moment in Amanda Mastera’s feature.

WPLL Brave come back from a three-goal deficit in the fourth quarter to avenge their 2018 championship loss and win the 2019 WPLL title 

John Grant Jr. comes out of retirement and breaks Paul Rabil’s MLL scoring record with 572 career regular-season points and 598 points all-time

Matt Rambo scores overtime game-winner to give Whipsnakes the inaugural PLL title in his hometown of Philadelphia

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Hutton Jackson is a Northern Virginia native and co-founder / coordinating producer of Pro Lacrosse Talk. He is also an Emmy-winning producer whose work has appeared on MLB Network, NHL Network and The Action Network. Hutton played four years of college lacrosse at DeSales University where his highest lacrosse accolade was being named to Inside Lacrosse’s 2014 All-Name Team, an honor that didn’t require stepping on the field. When he’s not producing new video content, editing podcasts or writing on lacrosse, he can usually be found diving around the crease in your local men’s league and ranting about Baltimore and D.C. sports.

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