Jonah Boehm 24DACTIVE

Height: 6’0 • Weight: 205 • Shoots: N/A
Age: 24 • Birthdate: January 8, 1999 • Hometown: Waterloo, ON

Jonah Boehm joins the FireWolves for the final stretch of games to serve as a faceoff specialist for the club. The left-handed defenseman was drafted by the Vancouver Warriors in the fourth round of the 2020 Entry Draft.  He brings plenty of box experience with him to the Capital Region, having played minor lacrosse with the Kitchner-Waterloo Braves, Team Ontario, Jr. C Wilmot, and the Jr. B Guelph Regals.  Boehm also played in the Arena Lacrosse League with the Paris RiverWolves. He played a combined 99 games between the Braves and RiverWolves and was considered a player with a high floor when he was drafted into the NLL.

Mike Byrne 27DACTIVE

Height: 5’11 • Weight: 180 • Shoots: R
Age: 25 • Birthdate: June 21, 1997 • Hometown: Toronto

Mike Byrne returns to the organization for his fourth season in the league. Though he did not appear in many games throughout his first two years, last season with the FireWolves, Byrne played in 15 games and caused 14 turnovers and recovered 68 loose balls. The defenseman also added four points to his season line on one goal and three assists.

Nick Chaykowsky 77DACTIVE

Height: 6’2 • Weight: 190 • Shoots: R
Age: 26 • Birthdate: September 17, 1996 • Hometown: Bradford

After beginning in minor lacrosse leagues, Chaykowsky was drafted into the Jr. A league by the Barrie Lakeshores. After four and a half years with the Lakeshores, Chaykowsky was traded to the New Westminster Salmonbellies. He then broke into the NLL and was drafted by the New England Black Wolves. Oddly enough, Chaykowsky was drafted on September 17, as the 17th overall pick, in 2017… it also happened to be his birthday.

Chaykowsky spent his first season on the Black Wolves’ practice squad before working his way into the team’s regular lineup. He appeared in 16 regular season games with the FireWolves last year, recording 85 loose balls and 10 caused turnovers.

Jake Fox 51FACTIVE

Height: 6’2 • Weight: 200 • Shoots: R
Age: 26 • Birthdate: July 4, 1996 • Hometown: Ottawa

The third-year forward out of Johns Hopkins University was drafted 19th overall in the 2019 Entry Draft. Fox has played in six games so far this season and has scored seven points on four goals and three assists. In 26 career games, the forward has compiled 44 total points on 23 goals and 21 assists.

Justin Geddie 76GACTIVE

Height: 6’4 • Weight: 220 • Shoots: R
Age: 22 • Birthdate: March 29, 2001 • Hometown: Victoria

Appearing in one game last season for the San Diego Seals, Geddie secured his first NLL win while recording 42 saves and allowing just 11 goals to the Saskatchewan Rush. Geddie also recorded one assist in the victory. Prior to his time in the NLL, Geddie was between the pipes for the Nanaimo Timbermen of the British Columbia Jr. A Lacrosse League from 2018-2022 where he won Rookie of the Year honors in 2019.

Doug Jamieson 30GACTIVE

Height: 6’3 • Weight: 275 • Shoots: N/A
Age: 26 • Birthdate: November 29, 1996 • Hometown: Oshweken

Regarded as one of the best goaltenders in the game, Jamieson has been with the organization for the entirety of his first five years in the NLL. During the shortened 2020 season, Jamieson was named Goaltender of the Year as the Black Wolves sat in first place thanks to his impressive 8.77 GAA. Last season with the FireWolves, the goalie boasted a .787 save percentage and was one of the league’s save leaders with 675.

Patrick Kaschalk 19DACTIVE

Height: 6’0 • Weight: 200 • Shoots: R
Age: 25 • Birthdate: March 11, 1998 • Hometown: Windsor

Kaschalk was selected 16th overall in the first round of the 2021 NLL Entry Draft by the FireWolves. Kaschalk might be a name that Capital Region lacrosse fans are familiar with as he frequently played against the UAlbany Great Danes as a member of the Stony Brook Seawolves. He finished his Stony Brook career with 47 total points on 36 goals and 11 assists. Kaschalk played a fifth year as a graduate student with Lindenwood University where he racked up 78 points on 62 goals and 16 assists. He is no stranger to the indoor game as Kaschalk played for the Windsor Clippers and the Burlington Chiefs in the Ontario Junior League during a seven-year span from 2013-2019.

Corson Kealey 88FACTIVE

Height: 6’0 • Weight: 180 • Shoots: N/A
Age: 34 • Birthdate: May 27, 1988 • Hometown: Ottawa

A native of Ottawa, Ontario, Kealey completed his fifth season at Robert Morris University with 43 goals and 61 points while starting in all 16 games as a graduate student. In five seasons with the Colonials, Kealey has amassed 178 points on 133 goals and 45 assists in 63 career games while also adding in 76 groundballs and 82 caused turnovers defensively. He finished third all-time in school history in goals-per-games (2.11) and eighth in total goals (133).

Connor Kelly 40FACTIVE

Height: 6’0 • Weight: 196 • Shoots: R
Age: 28 • Birthdate: March 31, 1995 • Hometown: Easton

The University of Maryland midfielder played both professional field and box lacrosse following graduation. He began his pro career playing with the Atlanta Blaze in the Major League Lacrosse. In 2019, Kelly played for the Whipsnakes in the Premier Lacrosse League, and made his NLL debut with the San Diego Seals. Kelly played the following NLL season with the New York Riptide, and each of the past three seasons outdoors with the Waterdogs. In his NLL career, Kelly has tallied 56 points on 24 goals and 32 assists in just 19 games played.

John LaFontaine 33TACTIVE

Height: 6’1 • Weight: 215 • Shoots: R
Age: 32 • Birthdate: May 15, 1990 • Hometown: Whitby

LaFontaine entered the league in 2010 after being drafted by the Edmonton Rush. He spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Rush, compiling 56 points and 223 loose balls in 98 career games.

LaFontaine then joined the New England Black Wolves in 2018 and has been with the organization ever since. Entering his fourth year with the franchise, now the FireWolves, the Whitby, Ontario native has played 44 games, scoring 21 points with 140 loose balls, including a career high of 61 in 2018. LaFontaine appeared in all 18 regular season games last year for the FireWolves, tallying eight points on seven assists and one goal.

Ty Logan 18DACTIVE

Height: 5’11 • Weight: 195 • Shoots: L
Age: 26 • Birthdate: June 12, 1996 • Hometown: Ottawa

Though he did not appear in a game during the FireWolves’ inaugural season, Logan has been with the organization since 2019. Prior to being picked by the team, the Carleton University graduate competed for the Capital Axemen. With the Axemen he appeared in 11 games and scored one goal and recorded 13 assists. Logan has also competed for the Six Nations Arrows Junior “A” box lacrosse team and the Iroquois Men’s National Team.

Brett Manney 13DACTIVE

Height: 6’3 • Weight: 220 • Shoots: R
Age: 37 • Birthdate: September 21, 1985 • Hometown: Newtown

One of the most tenured guys on the roster, Brett Manney returns to the organization where he has been since 2014. He played his collegiate lacrosse at the University of Delaware and was a captain of the Blue Hens while leading the team to two NCAA tournaments, including a visit to the Final Four during his junior year. Following his time at Delaware, Manney was drafted by the Washington Bayhawks of the MLL in 2008. Despite never playing box lacrosse before, Manney signed as an undrafted free agent to the San Jose Stealth of the NLL that same year and has been a staple in the league ever since. Manney was a member of the 2010 championship team with the Stealth before taking his talents to Philadelphia where he played through the 2013 season.

The captain played in 16 regular season games for the FireWolves last year, recording 30 loose balls and causing 9 turnovers.

John Piatelli 41FACTIVE

Height: 6’0 • Weight: 195 • Shoots: R
Age: 25 • Birthdate: April 24, 1998 • Hometown: Wrentham

The FireWolves selected Piatelli with the team’s third round pick in the 2022 Entry Draft. Playing four years at Cornell University, Piatelli compiled 196 points on 147 goals and 49 assists. Piatelli was First-Team All-Ivy League in 2022 and was on the Final Tewaaraton watch list in both 2020 and 2022. During his season, he led the nation in scoring with 3.56 goals per game as he racked up 66 goals in just 19 games. Piatelli is also a member of the Cannons of the Premier Lacrosse League.

Marshall Powless 8FACTIVE

Height: 6’0 • Weight: 185 • Shoots: L
Age: 22 • Birthdate: July 27, 2000 • Hometown: Ohsweken

Powless, a forward, was one of the top draft prospects ahead of the 2020 Entry Draft before being selected with the seventh pick by the Rush.  He appeared in 17 games with Saskatchewan in the past two seasons, compiling 32 total points on 10 goals and 22 assists.  He had a spectacular 2019 in Jr. B, posting 151 total points, and then another 108 in the playoffs en route to the final of the Founders Cup.  He then led the Six Nations Rivermen to the Presidents Cup Sr. B championship and posted 21 points in just seven games.

Jackson Reid 7FACTIVE

Height: 5’10 • Weight: 165 • Shoots: R
Age: 24 • Birthdate: November 10, 1998 • Hometown: Guelph

Another offseason acquisition, the FireWolves received Reid via trade with the Panther City Lacrosse Club. Reid was drafted by the Halifax Thunderbirds in the 2021 Draft before being traded to Panther City. A graduate of Ohio State University, Reid tallied 180 points on 131 goals and 49 assists in 61 games for the Buckeyes. In 2022, Reid logged career highs in points (62), goals (47) and assists (15).

Justin Scott 16FACTIVE

Height: 6’2 • Weight: 195 • Shoots: L
Age: 25 • Birthdate: August 2, 1997 • Hometown: Mississauga

An Ontario native, Scott played four seasons of field lacrosse with Hobart College where he finished his career ranked fifth in the program’s history with 122 total points. He then joined the Delaware Blue Hens as a graduate student in 2021 where he played in 12 games and tallied eight points on four goals and four assists. Scott has experience in box lacrosse as well, playing four seasons with the Mimico Mountaineers of the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League. In those four years, Scott racked up 114 total points on 42 goals and 72 assists. He made his debut in the NLL during the 2021-22 season, playing in six games for the Toronto Rock and scoring six points.

Leo Stouros 20DACTIVE

Height: 6’1 • Weight: 185 • Shoots: L
Age: 28 • Birthdate: October 20, 1994 • Hometown: Kitchener

Stouros, a defenseman, was drafted into the NLL in the second round of the 2016 Entry Draft. He spent the first four seasons of his career with the Georgia Swarm before being traded to the Riptide ahead of last season. The defender has played in 77 career regular season games, and has tallied 223 loose ball recoveries, caused 35 turnovers, and 11 total points. Stouros brings championship experience with him to Albany, having been a member of the Swarm during their finals run in 2017.

Hiana Thompson 22FACTIVE

Height: 5’11 • Weight: 195 • Shoots: L
Age: 34 • Birthdate: June 4, 1988 • Hometown: Nedrow

A brother of UAlbany Great Danes Lyle and Miles Thompson, Hiana has been in the NLL since 2015. He began his career playing two seasons with the Buffalo Bandits. During that stint, Thompson played in 15 games and compiled 29 total points on 10 goals and 19 assists. He then joined his brother Lyle with the Georgia Swarm where he played from 2016-2019. Over that four-year stretch, Thompson appeared in 31 games and tallied 61 points on 17 goals and 44 assists. Thompson brings playoff experience to the Capital Region, racking up 37 total points in seven career playoff games with the Swarm.

Thomas Vaesen 61FACTIVE

Height: 6’0 • Weight: 185 • Shoots: L
Age: 24 • Birthdate: February 7, 1999 • Hometown: Victoria

Vaesen, a forward, was selected 14th overall by Buffalo in the 2021 Entry Draft but played a fifth year at the University of Montevallo. During his time with the Falcons, Vaesen racked up 294 total points on 222 goals and 72 assists. The Victoria, British Columbia native is also experienced in the box game, spending time with the Nanaimo Timbermen in Jr. A. In two seasons with the Timbermen, Vaesen tallied 166 points on 90 goals and 76 assists across 41 career games. This season, Vaesen appeared in one game with the Bandits and had two assists in a win over Halifax.

Ethan Walker 57FACTIVE

Height: 5’9 • Weight: 170 • Shoots: L
Age: 25 • Birthdate: September 1, 1997 • Hometown: Peterborough

Walker is entering his second season in the league after debuting with the Swarm a year ago. The former first-round pick out of the University of Denver appeared in 10 games for Georgia, logging 30 total points on eight goals and 22 assists. Walker has also spent the past two seasons in the Premier Lacrosse League with the Waterdogs. Last season with the Waterdogs, Walker tallied 13 points on nine goals and four assists in nine total games.

Colton Watkinson 17TACTIVE

Height: 6’4 • Weight: 195 • Shoots: L
Age: 30 • Birthdate: April 6, 1993 • Hometown: Burlington

A transition player, Watkinson developed his game at the Hill Academy in Ontario before attending Limestone University. During his stint at Limestone, Watkinson led the Saints to four National Championship game appearances, winning three of them. He earned All-Conference honors three times and was a two-time All-American. On top of that, Watkinson earned the Lt. J.G. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. award for Midfielder of the Year. Watkinson was also a member of the Chesapeake Bayhawks of the MLL, capping their final season off with a championship.Watkinson was drafted by the New England Black Wolves ahead of the 2017 season and has spent his entire NLL career within the organization. The transition man appeared in all 18 regular season games last year and notched 17 points on four goals and 13 assists.

Aaron Forster 73T

Height: 5’10 • Weight: 165 • Shoots: R
Age: 27 • Birthdate: January 1, 1996 • Hometown: Ottawa

Forster was drafted 15th overall in the first round of the 2019 NLL Draft and has spent each of his two seasons with the Rock. Last season, Forster compiled eight total points on three goals and five assists in six games for Toronto. The Ontario native finished his collegiate career with the New Jersey Institute of Technology as the Highlanders’ all-time leader in goals (115), assists (52), and points (167).

Charlie Kitchen 6F

Height: 6’4 • Weight: 215 • Shoots: R
Age: 25 • Birthdate: April 30, 1998 • Hometown: Oakville

A New Jersey native, Charlie Kitchen played his collegiate career at the University of Delaware. A five-year player, Kitchen is one of two players in program history ranked inside of the top-10 in goals, assists, and points. The forward also currently holds the school record for consecutive games with a goal, scoring in 39-straight. Throughout his five seasons with the Blue Hens, Kitchen was a three-time all CAA honoree, one-time CAA Player of the Year, and was named Team MVP four times.

Kitchen got his first experience playing box lacrosse with the Toronto Beaches of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League under current FireWolves Coaches, Glenn Clark and Clem D’Orazio. In one season with the Beaches, Kitchen racked up 41 points in just 17 games. This will be Kitchen’s second season with the FireWolves after logging 22 points on 14 goals and eight assists in his rookie year.

Travis Longboat F

Height: 5’9 • Weight: 155 • Shoots: R
Age: 25 • Birthdate: May 4, 1998 • Hometown: Ohsweken

Prior to joining the NLL, Longboat spent 2014-2019 playing with the Six Nations Arrows of the Ontario Jr. A league. During that span, he compiled 432 total points in 121 games played. He was drafted in the third round of the 2019 Entry Draft and made his NLL debut in 2020 with the Riptide where he played in nine games and tallied 27 points on 20 assists and seven goals. Longboat most recently spent time with the Georgia Swarm, where he appeared in two games last season.

Kieran McArdle 66F

Height: 6’1 • Weight: 181 • Shoots: L
Age: 30 • Birthdate: May 30, 1992 • Hometown: Ronkonkoma

McArdle is entering his sixth season in the NLL after spending his first three with the Toronto Rock and the past two with the Riptide. In his career, McArdle has racked up 187 total points on 71 goals and 116 assists in just 76 regular season games. McArdle brings playoff experience to the Capital Region, having logged 12 total points on four goals and eight assists in five career playoff games. McArdle has had a successful career in the outdoor game as an attackman in the Premier Lacrosse League as well, winning Rookie of the Year in 2014 and has been named an All-Star three times.

Brent Mitchell 21D

Height: 6’2 • Weight: 222 • Shoots: R
Age: 24 • Birthdate: October 27, 1998 • Hometown: Thorsby

Mitchell attended Walsh University where he played on the field lacrosse team for four seasons. In his senior season in 2020-21, Mitchell started 10 of the team’s 12 games and logged career highs in caused turnovers (5), points (24), and assists (9). Mitchell spent 2022 playing with the Nanaimo Timberman of the Jr. A Lacrosse League where he appeared in 17 regular season games and four playoff games.

Joe Nardella 91D

Height: 5’11 • Weight: 190 • Shoots: R
Age: 29 • Birthdate: May 11, 1993 • Hometown: Dorchester

Originally from Cazenovia, New York, Nardella attended Rutgers University where he piled up the accolades including Academic All-American, First Team All-B1G, B1G Specialist of the Year, Two-Time Big East Selection, and Tewaaraton Watch List Nominee. Following his time at Rutgers, Nardella was drafted by the Boston Cannons of the MLL. He was a two-time MLL All-Star and ranks top 20 All-Time in league history in both faceoffs taken and won. He then burst onto the scene in the PLL, joining the Whipsnakes and being a pivotal part of their championship runs in 2019 and 2020 as he dominated the stripe.

Nardella has been one of the best faceoff specialists since he began playing in the NLL. In his rookie season with the New England Black Wolves, Nardella finished third in the league in faceoff win percentage and earned NLL All-Rookie Team honors. Last season with the FireWolves, Nardella finished third in the NLL with 295 faceoff wins and a 67.2 win percentage.

Jackson Nishimura 11D

Height: 6’1 • Weight: 162 • Shoots: L
Age: 26 • Birthdate: May 1, 1997 • Hometown: Toronto

Drafted in the second round in the 2018 NLL Entry Draft, Jackson Nishimura has emerged into a major part of the FireWolves’ defensive unit. Nishimura was selected by the Las Vegas Desert Dogs in the Expansion Draft over the summer but reacquired by Albany via trade. The defender appeared in all 18 regular season games and the team’s lone playoff game last season and was a key part in the team’s transition game, adding 11 points on five goals and six assists. Nishimura also scooped up 123 loose balls and caused eight turnovers last year.

Tanner Thomson 44F

Height: 5’10 • Weight: 170 • Shoots: R
Age: 27 • Birthdate: January 3, 1996 • Hometown: Etobicoke

An acquisition made by the New England Black Wolves just before the 2020 season came to a halt, Thomson is entering his second season in the NLL. The Ontario native attended Marquette University and made a name for himself early on in his collegiate career. In his sophomore season in 2016, Thomson was named to the All-Big East Championship Team after scoring six goals in two tournament wins. During his senior season in 2019, Thomson was named All-Big East First Team and won Big East Midfielder of the Week honors twice. Thomson led the team with 26 goals and had a total of 38 points. During his rookie season with the FireWolves, Thomson appeared in nine games and recorded 10 points on four goals and six assists.

Zac Tucci 9F

Height: 6’1 • Weight: 195 • Shoots: N/A
Age: 23 • Birthdate: October 31, 1999 • Hometown: Bedford

Tucci, a rookie to the NLL, recently graduated from the University of North Carolina.  During his time with the Tarheels, he was their primary faceoff specialist for four years and never had a season below 50%.  During his senior season, Tucci won and attempted career highs in faceoffs, going 238-438.  Following college, he was picked up as an undrafted free agent by the Waterdogs of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) where he made the 25-man roster out of training camp.  He appeared in four games for the Waterdogs last season and won 43% of his faceoff attempts and scooped up 19 ground balls.