After losing in Boston, the Blaze came back home on May 14 where they smoked the Denver Outlaws for their first win in franchise history by a score of 23-12.

Former Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers executive Jim Pfeifer was named the team's new president on December 29.

The team still had playoff hopes as they entered the second-to-last week of the regular season, but a loss to the Rochester Rattlers eliminated them.

Before the 2018 Collegiate Draft on April 18, MLL commissioner Sandy Brown announced the league had approved the sale of the Blaze to Andre Gudger, founder and CEO of technology and investment company Eccalon.

[6] This came five months after former owner Peter Trematerra sold the team back to the league, a move that also included a lawsuit.