Geoff Snider

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Geoff Snider
Born April 2, 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 30),
Calgary, Alberta
Position Defense
Height
 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
MSL Team Peterborough Lakers
NLL Team

Calgary Roughnecks

Philadelphia Wings
MLL Team Hamilton Nationals
Nationality  Canada
Pro Career 2007–present
Shoots right

Geoff Snider (born 2 April 1981) is a Canadian lacrosse player from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is known as a dominant faceoff man and a very physical player. He currently plays professionally for the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.

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[edit] Amateur career

Snider's lacrosse career began with the Burnaby Lakers of the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League. In 1998, 2000 & 2002, he helped the Lakers win the Minto Cup as Canada's champion junior men's lacrosse team.[1] He continues to play with the Senior "A" Coquitlam Adanacs in the Western Lacrosse Association, leading them to win the 2007 WLA championship.[2][3]

Snider honed his physical game in the summer box lacrosse seasons and in junior hockey. With the a junior ice hockey Calgary Canucks, of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, Snider racked up 415 penalty minutes during the 2001-02 season.[4] In lacrosse he has developed a reputation as being one of lacrosse's top fighters.[5][6]

[edit] Collegiate career

Snider attended the University of Denver. In 2006, with the Pioneers he was named a third-team All-American. His 194 recorded groundballs as a senior holds the record for a single season groundballs in NCAA lacrosse. In addition he holds the standard for highest average groundballs per game in a season with 11.41.[7]

[edit] Professional career

[edit] NLL

Snider was drafted by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2006 NLL Entry Draft.[8] Snider made an immediate impact on the league and was named the NLL's January Rookie of the Month. Snider scored 13 points (6G, 7A), collected 53 loose balls and won 53 of 79 face-off attempts in five games during his first month of action in the league.[9] He was also the only rookie voted onto the 2007 All-Star team,[10] and won the Accuracy challenge in the All-Star game Skills Competition.[11] After the season, Snider was named to the 2007 All-Rookie team.[12]

On January 26, 2008, Snider put his name in the record books again when he won the opening face-off in a game against the Buffalo Bandits and scored :05 seconds into the game. This goal is the league record for fastest goal to start a game.[13][14]

Snider's 2008 season was not only outstanding, but record-setting. Snider was named to the All-Star team, and was named game MVP after scoring three goals, recording 28 loose balls, and winning 31 out of 38 face-offs.[15] He set league records in loose balls (244), faceoffs won (318), and penalty minutes (103), and fell just short of tying his own faceoff winning percentage record of 75%, winning 73.8% of his faceoffs.[16]

During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game but was unable to play due to injury when he suffered a tracheal fracture (windpipe) in a game against the Edmonton Rush.[17][18][19]

[edit] MLL

Snider was drafted by the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse in the second round of the MLL Collegiate Draft.[1] During the 2007 MLL season, Snider played in the MLL All-Star Game representing the Western Conference. Snider has participated in two MLL championships. In 2008 with the Denver Outlaws, and in 2009 with the champion Toronto Nationals.

[edit] MSL

On June 30, 2009 the Peterborough Lakers of Major Series Lacrosse announced they signed Snider. He played his first game as a Laker on July 1 and made his Peterborough debut on July 2.[20]

[edit] International career

In international competition, Snider won the tournament MVP award at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, where he dominated face-offs helping the Canadian National Men's Lacrosse team win their first World Championship win since 1978.[21]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM FO GP G A Pts LB PIM FO
2007 Philadelphia 15 14 17 31 180 62 201-268 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2008 Philadelphia 16 13 38 51 244 103 318-431 1 0 1 1 6 0 28-30
2009 Philadelphia 14 12 22 34 220 53 260-353 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2010 Philadelphia 16 19 22 41 245 79 295-390 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2011 Calgary 14 9 7 16 171 74 235-333 2 1 3 4 25 0 32-43
NLL Totals 75 67 106 173 1060 371 1309-1775 3 1 4 5 31 0 60-73

[edit] MLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts GB PIM FO GP G 2ptG A Pts GB PIM FO
2006 Denver 3 1 0 0 1 9 0 9-28 1 1 0 0 1 5 10-28
2007 Denver 10 8 0 6 14 76 3.5 188-338 3 0 0 2 2 2 10-21
2008 Denver 12 9 0 1 10 78 6 175-363 2 0 0 0 0 14 21-51
2009 Toronto 12 12 1 8 21 87 16.5 195-385 2 1 0 0 1 8 26-53
MLL Totals 37 30 1 15 46 250 26 567-1114 7 2 0 2 4 29 5 67-153

[edit] NCAA

     
Season Team GP G A Pts GB FO
2003 University of Denver 11 13 6 19 37 36-65
2004 University of Denver 14 15 1 16 51 77-151
2005 University of Denver 14 9 2 11 67 92-161
2006 University of Denver 17 21 12 33 194 242-354
Totals 56 58 21 79 349 447-731

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Geoff Snider Player Bio". Denver Outlaws website. http://www.denveroutlaws.com/team/players/index.html?player_id=50. Retrieved 2007-03-12. 
  2. ^ "Geoff Snider at 2007 Coquitlam Adanacs Player Stats". Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20071013003647/http://www.bible-of-lacrosse.com/newstats/coquitlam07.txt. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  3. ^ "Geoff Snider's Coquitlam Adanacs Player Bio". AdanacLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20071022034018/http://www.adanaclacrosse.com/snider.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  4. ^ "2001-02 Calcary Canucks Regular Season Statistics". CalgaryCanucks.com. http://www.calgarycanucks.com/statistics/01-02regseason.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  5. ^ Paul Tutka (December 18, 2007]). "NLL Fight Club: Top 10 Fighters". NLLInsider.com. http://www.nllinsider.com/2007/12/18/nll-fight-club/. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  6. ^ Fighting in box lacrosse is viewed similar to fighting in ice hockey, and is typically disciplined with a "major penalty".
  7. ^ "NCAA Men's and Women's Lacrosse Records Book Archive" (pdf). NCAA.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930181829/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/lacrosse/lacrosse_records_book/index.html. Retrieved 2007-12-06. 
  8. ^ "Wings Select Snider In First Round Of NLL Entry Draft". Philadelphia Wings website. September 13, 2006. http://www.wingslax.com/article/64573/. Retrieved 2007-03-12. 
  9. ^ "Snider Named NLL's Rookie Of The Month". Philadelphia Wings website. February 1, 2007. http://www.wingslax.com/article/65222/. Retrieved 2007-03-12. 
  10. ^ "2007 All-Star Skills Starting Lineups". NLL website. February 21, 2007. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=2759. Retrieved 2007-03-12. 
  11. ^ "2007 All-Star Skills Competition Results". NLL website. March 9, 2007. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=2806. Retrieved 2007-03-12. 
  12. ^ "Benesch Named Rookie of the Year". NLL.com. May 8, 2007. http://nll.com/article.php?id=2942. Retrieved 2007-05-08. 
  13. ^ "Record setting weekend for NLL". Mississauganews.com. January 28, 2008. http://www.mississauganews.com/article/10694. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  14. ^ "Wings 17 - Buffalo 16 (OT) - Boxscore". Pointstreak.com. http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/boxscore.html?gameid=607765. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  15. ^ "East All-Stars Win In Overtime, 17-16". NLL.com. March 16, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3373. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
  16. ^ "Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record". NLL.com. April 29, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3458. Retrieved 2008-05-01. 
  17. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3811. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  18. ^ "Snider sidelined with a tracheal fracture". NLL.com. March 2, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3831. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
  19. ^ Reardon, Jen (April 3, 2009). "Wings' Snider can breathe easy after recovering from trachea injury". Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original on 2009-04-07. http://www.webcitation.org/5fr8ub23F. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  20. ^ http://www.peterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1636673
  21. ^ "2006 World Lacrosse Championship Awards Winners". 2006 World Lacrosse Championship website. http://www.2006worldlacrosse.com/index.php?newsitemid=42. Retrieved 2007-03-12. 
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