NATIONALS HOMEWARD BOUND FOR SATURDAY SHOWDOWN

6/5/12 12:00 AM

(June 5, 2012)… The Hamilton Nationals will return home on Saturday, June 9th to host the Rochester Rattlers at 7:00 p.m. at McMaster University. For ticket information, contact the Nationals Ticket Office at (905) 768-2225.
Homeward Bound: For only the second time this season, the Nationals will play a game at McMaster University. Hamilton opens the season with five of its first seven games on the road.

Scouting the Nationals: Hamilton earned a hard-fought 18-17 victory over the Charlotte Hounds Saturday night. It was the first win of the season for the Nats (1-3). Hamilton won the game with a 3-0 run, which was powered by two goals from Casey Powell. Joe Walters scored four goals and assisted on four others in his first game of the season, en route to MLL Offensive Player of the Week honors. Those eight points tied a single-game team record. Walter's last goal also moved him into first place on the team's all-time goal-scoring list. Walters and Stephen Keogh were both back after playing for the 2012 NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks. Keogh also had an impressive debut, scoring a career-high four goals. Garrett Billings chipped in four points (2+2) and Matt Dolente set a single-game team record with 23 faceoff wins. He is fifth in the MLL with 21 ground balls. In goal, the Nationals were backstopped by a 21-save effort from Brett Queener. Defensemen Matt Lovejoy (Virginia) and Chad Wiedmaier (Princeton) made their MLL debuts in Charlotte.

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