Five Outlaws had multiple-goal games in the Denver Outlaws’ (4-0) home opener Saturday, lifting them to a 20-7 victory against the Rochester Rattlers (1-3). Saturday’s contest marked the Outlaws’ 11th time scoring 20 or more goals in a game in franchise history.
“We’re definitely excited to be back [home],” said Chris Bocklet, who was named the Player of the Game. “We played so well today because we wanted to give the fans a good show.”
Bocklet—who led all scorers with six goals—matched his career high, which he set in the Outlaws’ season opener against the Charlotte Hounds on April 27. The attackman also added two assists for a career-best eight points. Jeremy Boltus and Brendan Mundorf added four goals apiece.
“This team is very unselfish,” Mundorf said. “We all share the ball. Everyone can dodge and create, and everyone can finish. That makes us hard to stop and creates a lot of guys scoring points.”
The Outlaws’ unselfish play was on display from the opening whistle. Bocklet scored the first goal of the game off an assist from Drew Snider 1:35 into the contest. Rob Rotanz answered with an unassisted tally to tie the game at one. Following Rotanz’ goal, Mundorf netted back-to-back goals to give the Outlaws a 3-1 lead. With 12 seconds remaining in the first quarter, Bocklet notched his second tally of the game on a powerplay.
In the second period, the Rattlers’ Jordan MacIntosh narrowed the Outlaws’ advantage to two before Bocklet responded with his third goal of the game. After a tally from the Rattlers’ Kevin Leveille, the Outlaws rattled off four consecutive goals—including Bocklet’s fourth score and two tallies from Jeremy Boltus in the final minute of the half—to take a 9-3 lead heading into the locker room.
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