The Denver Outlaws will retire former defenseman Matt Bockletap No. 7 jersey in a ceremony before their 2 p.m. Sunday faceoff against the Dallas Rattlers at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, the team announced Friday.
Bocklet, the franchise’s all-time leader in games played with 144, played for the Outlaws from 2009 to 2018. During his time in Major League Lacrosse, the South Salem, N.Y. native made five MLL All-Star games and was the team captain on all three of the Outlaws’ championship teams (2014, 2016, 2018). He ranks third on the league’s all-time ground balls list.
The 34-year-old announced his retirement after Denver’s 2018 championship win. In December, Bocklet was hired as the team’s defensive coordinator and manager of Outlaws Academy.