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As NLL Insider broke to you last week, the National Lacrosse League did schedule and hold a dispersal draft today, in a draft that largely went under the radar - not announced by the league until late Friday evening, June 27.

The expansion NLL Boston Blazers held the first overall pick in a two round draft.

Check the results after the jump.

FIRST ROUND
1. Boston - Dan Dawson
2. Edmonton - Andy Secore
3. Chicago - Scott Self
4. Toronto - Craig Conn
5. Rochester - Lindsay Plunkett
6. Calgary - Bruce Codd
7. Colorado - Bruce Murray
8. San Jose - Mike Grimes
9. Philadelphia - Rob Blasdell
10. New York - Jamie Rooney
11. Minnesota - Chris McKay
12. Portland - Derek Malawsky
13. Buffalo - Greg Hinman

SECOND ROUND
14. Boston - Peter Veltman
15. Edmonton - Chris Seller
16. Chicago - Brad MacDonald
17. Toronto - Mike Attwood
18. Rochester - Matt Brown
19. Calgary - Pass
20. Colorado - Matt Ward
21. San Jose - Pass
22. Philadelphia - Luc Pinder
23. New York - Pass
24. Minnesota - Brad Dairon
25. Portland - Kyle McEwen

Stay tuned for more analysis, information on potential trades, the new NLL Boston Blazers’ Expansion Draft and 2009 NLL Entry Draft. And talk up the Draft on the NLL Forums!

The Arizona Sting were one of the league’s more successful teams on the floor, but struggled at the box office ‘going dark’ in 2008 before deciding to completely suspend operations in 2009 after the franchises was on the market for several months.

Arizona and Boston both used a nine-day work stoppage caused by Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations as an excuse to ‘go dark’ in 2008. (On Oct. 16th, the league cancelled its 2008 season when a deadline to reach a new CBA with the player’s association was not met. On Oct. 24, a new seven-year CBA was reached.)

The clubs were provided with the option to re-enter in 2009 by participating in an Expansion Draft or to receive back their rostered players from 2008. Arizona chose to reclaim their dispersed players for the 2009 season, while Boston was allowed another Expansion Draft. Boston players selected in last year’s Dispersal Draft have remained with their current clubs.

Boston was awarded a new NLL franchise in May of last year, after a 10-year hiatus from the league. The NLL held its initial Expansion Draft for the club on July 31, 2007. Partick Merrill was taken No. 1 overall by Boston and then selected with the No. 2 overall pick by New York in last year’s two-team Dispersal Draft. No date has been provided yet for the Boston Blazers new Expansion Draft.

The NLL Entry Draft was held on Sept. 1 last year and is expected to be held around the same time this year. Jordan Hall was the No. 1 overall selection to the New York Titans in 2008.

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