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| Dillon Ward will be the main man between the pipes for the Six Nations Chiefs this summer. (Photo: Tim Prothero) |
With
the 2016 Major Series Lacrosse season quickly approaching, the Six
Nations Pro-Fit Chiefs are shaping up its lineup.
The
first order of business is between the pipes.
With
an injury to Brandon Miller, the Chiefs will rely on Dillon Ward and
Warren Hill to be its last line of defence.
Miller
will miss the 2016 season and undergo surgery for a lower body injury
in July.
"We
will miss BMills and everything he brought to the table for our
organization," Chiefs president Duane Jacobs said. "B is a
great person, great leader and a big time goaltender. He was our
anchor for two consecutive Mann Cups and will go down as one of the
greatest Chiefs goalies of all time.
“We
hope B does not retire, but we know he and his family and job come
first. We hope he has a speedy recovery and we'll see him back in the
NLL in 2017."
Miller
had a tough National Lacrosse League season with the Toronto Rock,
posting an 0-6 record.
Hill
is no stranger to the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena, having backstopped the
Six Nations Arrows, and last year was part of the Presidents Cup
winning Six Nations Rivermen.
He
is currently at Syracuse University, and will help the Orange try to
get to the NCAA Final Four this weekend, when they take on the
University of Maryland in the quarter-finals on Saturday.
"We
expect Warren to come in and be the backup for Dillon Ward,"
Jacobs said. "We are very confident in our goaltending and had
anticipated that Dillon and Warren would be our goaltending
combination of the future."
The
Chiefs open its MSL season on May 31, at home at 8 p.m.
