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Moments of the Decade: Best of pro lacrosse from 2016

2016

Women’s pro lacrosse debuts with the inaugural season of the United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX)

Rob Pannell breaks the single-season MLL points record with 74 points and wins his second consecutive scoring title

Denver Outlaws overcome a 14-7 halftime deficit and 90-minute weather delay to win their second MLL Championship in three years on an Eric Law goal with 13 seconds left

Dhane Smith breaks the NLL single-season record for most points in a season 137 points (72 goals, 65 assists)

Lyle Thompson enters the NLL

Read more about this moment in Brad Challoner’s feature.

The Rush move to Saskatchewan and win their second consecutive NLL championship on a game-winning goal from Jeff Cornwall in the final seconds

Adam Jones scores six goals in the fourth quarter, including the game-winner for the Colorado Mammoth, for his first of eventually two ‘sock tricks’ that season

Read more about this moment in Adam Levi’s feature.

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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