As a boy, he used to lie in bed in his Hamilton home and dream of running onto the field to play for a championship in the Premier Lacrosse League final. Just as he’ll do on Saturday.

Right?

“No,” Michael Grace chuckles. “Not necessarily.”

Truth is, the star rookie for the New York Atlas barely played field lacrosse growing up. Which makes the story of how he got here so absolutely unlikely.

The 24-year-old Hamiltonian has played the game since he was young. Box lacrosse, mostly. On an ice-free hockey rink, rather than outdoors on a giant field.

“The field game in Canada wasn’t as big when I was younger,” he says.

Hamilton’s Michael Grace (left) is a star rookie with the New York Atlas in the Premier Lacrosse League. Ty Davis

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