• November 28, 2017 - The league announces the 2018 schedule. The season will begin on Saturday, April 21 with three games. • December 18 - Atlanta Blaze head coach
Dave Huntley died at the age of 60. • February 6, 2018 - Alexander P. "Sandy" Brown is named second commissioner in the history of Major League Lacrosse. Most recently Brown spent time as President/CEO of One World Sports. • April 18 - Commissioner Sandy Brown announces the league has approved the sale of the Atlanta Blaze to
Andre Gudger, founder and CEO of technology investment company
Eccalon. • April 26 - The league announces the 2018 Championship Game will be held in
Charleston, South Carolina on August 18 at
MUSC Health Stadium, home to the
Charleston Battery. It is the first MLL game to be held in South Carolina. • April 29 - In the Machine's first game defending their championship,
Marcus Holman scores a league-record 11 goals in a 25-13 victory over the Lizards. • June 9 -
Paul Rabil becomes the league's all-time leading scorer with his 542nd point. • June 16 - Paul Rabil becomes the second player in league history to score 300 goals in a 20-16 New York win over Charlotte. • June 27 - Lax Sports Network and ESPN+ agree to a multi-year partnership, highlighted by an MLL Game of the Week and a new original weekly show
Lacrosse America (premiering July 6). LSN, who has owned the league's broadcast rights, also announces it will become a free service effective immediately. • July 22 - Goalie
Kaisuke Iwamoto becomes the first player born in
Japan to start in a Major League Lacrosse game. Iwamoto, who suited up for the Outlaws in a game against the Rattlers, had nine saves on 19 shots in over three quarters of action. • July 25 - The league announces the site of its next three All Star Games. The
Bayhawks will host at
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in
2019,
Atlanta will host in
2020, and
Denver will host in 2021.
Team movement On November 16, 2017, the league announced at
The Ford Center at The Star in
Frisco, Texas that the Rochester Rattlers would be relocating to the
Dallas market to become the Dallas Rattlers.
Coaching changes •
Atlanta Blaze - After Dave Huntley's unexpected death, former MLL player
Liam Banks was named the third head coach in Atlanta's young franchise history. •
Chesapeake Bayhawks - After the team and Brian Reese agreed to part ways after two seasons, general manager
Dave Cottle resumed his former role as head coach. Cottle coached the Bayhawks from 2012 to 2015 and won two championships. •
Dallas Rattlers - With the Rattlers' relocation to Dallas,
Tim Soudan resigned as head coach of the team. Longtime assistant coach
Bill Warder was named Soudan's replacement. Soudan had been the league's longest tenured head coach after 100 games with the Rattlers.
Partnership with Women's Professional Lacrosse League In June, the MLL and upstart Women's Professional Lacrosse League, the second pro women's lacrosse league in the United States, will play three doubleheaders. On June 2, the Baltimore Brave (WPLL) took the field in the afternoon before the Bayhawks hosted the Ohio Machine. On June 28, the New England Command hosted the Philadelphia Fire at
Harvard Stadium in Boston before the MLL All Star Game. On June 30, the New York Lizards will play a host a doubleheader with the New York Fight. ==Teams==