December 10, 2009
Cannons select Heim in supplemental draft
by Staff Report/
The Cannons selected Pat Heim with their first-round pick (No. 3 overall) as Major League Lacrosse and its teams completed the 2010 Supplemental Draft today, with 74 players added to rosters.
The Cannons hope Heim will take some midfield pressure off Paul Rabil. The Penn State product skipped last season but had two productive seasons in Chicago in 2007 and '08, compiling 39 points in 23 games.
Casey Powell was selected first overall by the Chicago Machine, and the Blazers’ Dan Dawson was chosen second overall by Toronto.
Read the MLL’s report here. For full results of the draft, click here. For Kyle Devitte's draft analysis, click here.
Assessment by the Cannons of the players they selected is provided by our Scott Souza.
1. Pat Heim — No. 1 overall pick from 2007 draft (Chicago). Did not play last year (personal reasons). Cannons believe he will play this year.
2. Dan Cocoziello — Princeton defenseman, coming off ankle injury.
3. Bill Looney — Navy midfielder was fifth overall pick in 2007, also from Chicago, four picks behind Heim.
4. Glenn Adams — Wesleyan midfielder, super quick and athletic.
5. Jake Byrne — Johns Hopkins attack, second pick of San Francisco Dragons in 2008. A scorer.
6. Jeff Colburn — Hobart, big midfielder, 6-5, 210
7. Chris Ajemian — from Duxbury, via Fairfield, midfielder
8. Matthew Smalley — from Rhode Island, Hobart midfielder
9. Mike Stone — Wellesley kid via Middlebury, midfielder
10. Mike McDonald — LeMoyne attack, played for Cannons a bit early last season while some attackers were finishing indoor season
11. Bruce Bickford — Goalie, Drexel, also from Rhode Island
12. Christopher Atwell — defense from Fairfield, huge, 6-6, 230
Up to five more players (mostly local guys) can be picked up Monday to fill out 40-man roster
"We looked at the draft as a way to build our depth in the midfield with guys who can hopefully create offense,’’ said Cannons GM Mark Kastrud. “It's a midfield-dominated league.
"The supplemental draft is a lot of gambles. It's a lot of guys where you pick them and think they can work out if they are healthy and want to play in the league. If that happens, you have a great pick.’’
When asked about local players Stone and Ajemian, Kastrud said: "You like to pick up a few local guys. Then if they are able to make it, and their ability translates to the league, you have a local hero people around here really look forward to seeing. Kind of like what we have now with Sean Morris."
