WATCH: Asians with stellar games this AUDL season – Brown, Chang, Davis, Gross, Kiyoi, Koo, Laviolette, Le, Lee, Lin, Luo, Norden, Okita, Smith, Tran

The 2021 AUDL regular season has concluded.   We list the games Asians performed well in.   The playoffs for the USA-based teams begin this upcoming week with several players who are marque players on their respective teams.   Raleigh Flyers’ hybrid player Allan Laviolette is having his best season yet — he is second on the team in points scored (goals + assists).  Atlanta Hustle, has two excellent cutters in Matt Smith and Antoine Davis – both of whom are 30+ goal scorers.   San Diego Growlers’ main offensive handler Tim Okita is quarterbacking the West’s best team.   The three Canadian teams are in the mist of their regular season to eventually crown a Canada champion.

 

Week 12 (Aug 20-22)

Steven Chang (2 goals, 2 assists)

Stats    Highlights    Full Game     San Jose Spiders vs San Diego Growlers

After a sluggish start to his 2021 season, Chang has been showing his old-self again in the past couple of games while playing on the San Jose offensive-line.   In this game against San Diego, Chang threw the most yards for San Jose (300 yards, 33 completions) without a single incomplete pass.  Chang threw 3 assists and caught 2 goals.

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Calvin Brown (1 goal, 3 assists, 3 block)

Stats    Highlights     Full Game      Los Angeles Aviators beat San Jose Spiders

In a game where the LA Aviators were down 6 goals early on, Calvin Brown helped rally the team by unleashing long throws.  If you like hucks, Calvin Brown is the player to watch.   Brown finished the game with 3 assists.  For the season, has completed 261 passes with 2,463 throwing yards — one of league leaders in yards per completion.

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Matt Smith (5 goals, 1 assist)

Stats     Highlights      Full Game      Atlanta Hustle beats Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

In a dramatic double overtime win, Matt Smith led all Hustle players in receiving yards.    Smith finished with 5 goals in the game and 34 goals for the season.

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Week 11 (Aug 13-15)

Martin Le (3 goals, 1 assist, 2 blocks, +6)

Stats     Highlights     Full Game     Seattle Cascades vs San Jose Spiders

Martin Le made several diving plays to get on the highlight reel.  In the 3rd quarter, Le dove for a 40-yard goal, which appeared on the AUDL top 10 play.  The diminutive and quick Le has shown he can be a productive goal scorer when given an opportunity.

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Allan Park Laviolette (4 goals, 3 assists, 356 receiving yards, 456 total yards)

Stats     Highlights     Full Game     Raleigh Flyers beat Atlanta Hustle

Allan Laviolette is having his most productive season yet.  With 15 seconds left in the first quarter. Yanuck hammered out of the double team, got the disc back on a swing, and found Allan Laviolette on a loopy flick to the front cone with just a few seconds left to bring the game within one.   Laviolette carved out tons of space in the midfield, finishing with three assists and four goals. With the win, Raleigh moves ahead of Atlanta into the three seed in the Atlantic standings.

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Michael Kiyoi (3 goals, 2 assists, +4)

Stats     Highlights     Full Game     Los Angeles Aviators vs San Diego Growlers

Michael Kiyoi had to shoulder more of the responsibilities on the offensive line and produced 3 goals and 2 assists.   Kiyoi had his most productive game in terms of yardage with 319 total yards.

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Week 10 (Aug 6-8)

Allan Park Laviolette (2 goals, 3 assists)

Stats    Highlights    Full Game    Raleigh Flyers vs New York Empire

More often than not, the sequel is never as good as the original. Thankfully, Raleigh Flyers vs. New York Empire Part II delivered on all the hype and then some. It was a game of massive momentum swings, incredible offensive displays and clutch performances. In the end, New York topped Raleigh 24-23 in double overtime.  Laviolette did most of his damage in the first three quarters.

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Tim Okita (1 goal, 4 assists)

Stats    Highlights    Full Game   San Diego Growlers beat Los Angeles Aviators

While the same could surely be said about plenty of other San Diego Growlers players, Tim Okita likes playing LA. Okita has totaled five-plus scores three times this season; each time has been against the Aviators. A backfield rock over the last two seasons with San Diego, Okita has completed over 98 percent of his throws in the regular season dating back to the start of 2019. Against LA alone this year, he has just one throwaway, having completed 119-of-120 throws across the three games. Okita excels at initiating the Growlers offense with small ball movement and sure throws to initiating cutters. He didn’t miss a beat last week despite the Growlers missing the majority of their starting O-line, completing all 34 of his throws while tossing four assists.

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Mike Lee (1 goal, 5 assists)

Stats    Highlights     Full Game     Ottawa Outlaws vs Montreal Royal

Lee has transform from a goal-scoring cutter to a playmaking hybrid player throwing assists for goals.  In his two games so far this season, Lee has thrown 10 assists.

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Week 9 (Jul 30-Aug 1)

Calvin Brown (1 goal, 3 assists, 5 blocks, 464 throwing yards) & KJ Koo (2 goals, 4 assists, +9),

Stats      Highlights      Full Game      Los Angeles Aviators beats Seattle Cascades

Since Calvin Brown moved over to the Aviators’ D-line, Los Angeles has gone 3-0, sweeping their road doubleheader in Week 8 before delivering another strong performance against Seattle at home in Week 9. In Sunday’s 20-15 triumph over the Cascades, Brown erupted for a career-best five blocks—he had just seven previous blocks in his first 12 AUDL games—while also dishing for 464 throwing yards and three assists as the Aviators recorded 10 breaks in the game, three more than the team’s previous high this year. Currently, the Raleigh Flyers and Atlanta Hustle are the only two teams in the league who have longer winning streaks than the Aviators.

KJ Koo, college teammate of Calvin Brown at Cal Poly and on playing the same D-line, had perhaps his most productive game so far this season.  Koo threw 4 assists and had three blocks for a +/- rating of +9.

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Allan Laviolette  (4 goals, 7 assists, 557 total yards),

Stats      Highlights       Full Game   Raleigh Flyers beats Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

One of several hybrid cutters in the red hot Raleigh Flyers offense, Allan Laviolette has been on a tear throughout the Flyers’ six-game win streak. Laviolette came into last weekend’s game against Pittsburgh with 290-plus yards of offense in four straight games, with 21 scores in that span. It all led up to his best game of the season, where Laviolette racked up 11 total scores—seven assists and four goals—and 550 yards of offense against the Thunderbirds, carving up the defense all night on just 24 touches. Working in tandem with one of the league’s best cutting cores featuring Henry Fisher, Jacob Fairfax, and Anders Juengst, Laviolette has thrived having consistent downfield targets that allow him to maximize his impact as a thrower. Raleigh is sure to be tested this weekend in a tough double header road trip, but if Laviolette and the offense can maintain their rhythm, there’s little opponents can do to stop the highest scoring team in the league.

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Matt Smith (5 goals, 2 assists, 8 hockey assists, 271 receiving yards)

Stats     Highlights        Full Game    Atlanta Hustle beats Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

One of the league’s career leaders in goals scored.  Matt Smith had his highest goal scoring game of the season against Pittsburgh.   Smith will finish 2021 with his 7th career 20+ goal scoring season.

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Week 8 (Jul 23-25)

Antoine Davis (6 goals, 3 assists)

Stats   Highlights   Full Game     Atlanta Hustle beats New York Empire
A couple weeks ago, after the Hustle lost at home against DC, Davis said he and his teammates were busy ‘formulating a response that everyone is going to want to see.’ Message sent and received, as Davis enjoyed far and away his best game of the season as the Hustle outlasted the Empire 22-21. He set the tone by scoring half of his game-high six goals in the first quarter, while also dishing three assists and completing all 19 of his throws, seven of which were hockey assists. His 408 receiving yards were 143 more than the next highest total on his team, and the Hustle enter Week 9 as the only one-loss team in the entire league (obviously not including the three Canadian organizations).

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Mike Lee (1 Goal, 5 assists, 351 total yards)

Stats   Highlights    Full Game     Ottawa Outlaws beat Montreal Royal

The Ottawa Outlaws were arguably an even unlikelier candidate to earn two wins this past weekend, but in the first Canadian Cup contests of the summer, the Outlaws, a team that has gone 8-32 in their past three seasons, beat Toronto at home and Montreal on the road, sending shockwaves from Nova Scotia to the Yukon with their expectation shattering victories.  Former 60-goal scorer in 2016.  Mike Lee is back in 2021 as a hybrid cutter throwing goals.  Lee helped Ottawa pull the upset in Montreal with a 26-19 win.

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Week 7 (Jul 16-18)

Calvin Brown  (6 goals, 4 assists, 606 total yards)

Stats   Highlights     Full Game     Los Angeles Aviators vs Austin Sol

Calvin Brown was involved in half of LA’s goals, catching six and throwing four and leading the game with 606 total yards in the 21-20 loss against Austin Sol.   Brown showed off immense potential for throwing long hucks.  A couple of throws flew 100 yards.  The gunslinger is an exciting player to watch in the future.

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Mark Lin (1 goals, 3 assist, 315 throwing yards, 17 completions)

Stats     Highlights      Full Game     San Jose Spiders vs Dallas Roughnecks

On offense, the Spiders were aggressive in stretching the field deep, leading to some quick holds.  In a game of hucks, two deep cutters stood out. Armour and San Jose’s Sawyer Thompson each tallied five goals.  Mark Lin threw for 315 yards in just 17 completions.

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Week 6 (Jul 9-11)

Victor Luo (1 goal, 2 assists, 385 total yards)

Stats    Highlights   Full Game    Madison Radicals beats Chicago Union

When maintaining possession was of the utmost importance against Chicago’s comeback pressure, Luo’s poise and patience helped carry Madison to a potentially season-saving victory on Saturday night. The sure-handed lefty completed all 51 of his passes while leading the Radicals in throwing yards and total yards against the Union, who experienced defeat for the first time all season against Madison. Whereas the Rads’ O-line was broken six times a week earlier in Chicago, Luo and company cut that number in half in the rematch, a critical step in keeping their postseason hopes alive.

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Week 5 (Jul 2-3)

Victor Luo (3 assists, 324 throwing yards, 481 total yards)

Stats   Highlights    Full Game    Madison Radicals vs Chicago Union

After playing primarily on the D-line for the first three years of his Madison Radicals career, Victor Luo made the switch to offense this season and has been an anchor in the Radicals backfield. He ranks second on the team in throwing yards (2,391), total yards (3,690), and assists (25), while leading the team in completions with 389 at a 97.3 percent rate. Of the top 20 league leaders in throwing yards, Luo boasts the second highest completion percentage; he showcases weekly an ability to consistently distribute high-percentage throws downfield while remaining a rock in the backfield.

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Week 4 (Jun 25-27)

Antoine Davis (4 goals, 3 assists, 339 receiving yards)

Stats   Highlights   Full Game     Atlanta Hustle beats Philadelphia Phoenix

Antoine Davis put on a show against Philly with seven total scores and over 450 total yards of offense.  Davis has the talent and athleticism to be an impact player any given week.

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Rick Gross (2 goals, 8 assists, 2 blocks, +12 ratings)  

Stats Highlights   Full Game    Indianapolis AlleyCats vs Chicago Union 

Veteran Rick Gross anchored the Cats, tossing eight assists and compiling 589 yards while keeping his turnover column spot-free.

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Justin Norden (7 assists, 385 passing yards, 40/44 completions)  

Stats  Highlights   Full Game     San Jose Spiders beat Austin Sol 

The Spiders had scored on just 41 percent of their offensive possessions in their first three games, they converted 61 percent against Austin. Thompson, Kerr, and Justin Norden all surpassed 500 total yards.   Norden finished with a game high of 7 assists and 385 throwing yards.

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Victor Luo (1 goal, 6 assists)  

Stats  Highlights   Full Game    Madison Radicals beat Detroit Mechanix

Victor Luo, Sterling Knoche, and David Nester were the top offensive performers, with three of the team’s top yardage lines but nary a turnover between them.   Luo added six assists and a goal.

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Week 3 (Jun 18-20)

Allan Park Laviolette (5 goals, 3 assists)

Stats Highlights  Full Game  Raleigh Flyers beat Boston Glory 

Raleigh lost their first two games of the season and needed to win this game to keep their season hopes alive.  Allan Laviolette delivered a win for Raleigh with a massively productive game.  “We were winning the energy battle in the first quarter, but slowly let Boston take control of the energy by halftime.  I think our adjustment was not to play with urgency, but to play with confidence” said Raleigh’s Allan Laviolette.

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Michael Tran (1 goal, 3 assists, 3 blocks)

Stats   Highlights   Full Game    San Diego Growlers beat Seattle Cascades 

Michael Tran was vital for San Diego, throwing three assists and snagging three blocks as well.  Michael Tran ran a fundamentally sound end zone set, swinging the disc through some throw-and-gos to find an opening. As the Seattle defense cascaded to the open side, Tran found an unmarked Will Turner on the break side to tie the game at 15 with 34 seconds left.

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Week 2 (Jun 11-13)

Calvin Brown (2 goals, 5 assists, 350 throwing yards)

Stats Highlights Full Game     Los Angeles Aviators beats San Diego Growlers

Calvin Brown has come out firing in 2021, building on a solid 2019 rookie campaign where he totaled 22 scores and recorded three blocks in six games. With a relatively depleted roster from years past, Calvin has taken it upon himself to facilitate the Los Angeles Aviators offense, averaging over 50 completions (up from 25.3 in 2019) and 4.5 assists per contest. The 20-year-old is in clear command of the offense and has an incredibly high ceiling, but—to quote the late Uncle Ben, specifically the one from “Spider-man” (2002) a.k.a. the best Spiderman movie released this century—with great power, comes great responsibility. Brown has seen his completion percentage dip from 95.6 percent in 2019 to 88.1 percent thus far in 2021, already exceeding his total throwaways from last season. He and the rest of the Aviators offense are going to have to take care of the disc in a big rematch vs. Dallas; if Brown can limit turnovers while maintaining the confidence and aggressiveness to get the disc downfield, LA could be in position for a shocking upset.

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Week 1 (Jun 4-6)

Matt Smith (4 goals, 1 assist, 327 receiving yards)

Stats       Highlights     Full Game      Atlanta Hustle beats Raleigh Flyers

The league’s third all-time leading goal scorer was clutch in Atlanta’s Week 1 overtime win. The guy who epitomizes “Hustle,” franchise staple Matt Smith led the way with a game-high four goals, including a pair of posterizing skies. He also threw the game-winning assist with 45 seconds left in the game, flipping a cheeky scoober over the mark to put the Hustle up 19-18. The four goals comfortably topped his 2.5 goals per game average from the prior two seasons, as he enters the 2021 season on a rejuvenated Hustle team with what is likely their most talented roster to date. With impressive small-space cutting ability and the speed to stretch the field, Smith thrives on this Hustle O-line that moves the disc quickly and efficiently between a multitude of hybrids.

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Tim Okita (2 goals, 4 assists, 49 completions, 100% completion rate)

Stats       Highlights       Full Game      San Diego Growlers beat Los Angeles Aviators 

San Diego took care of business in its opening game against SoCal rival Los Angeles.  Tim Okita, the “quarterback” for the Growlers, played his usual steady and efficient passing.  Okita threw 49 passes without a single throwaway.  He finished the game with 4 assists.

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