Matt Vinc
| Matt Vinc | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 9, 1982 St. Catharines, Ontario |
| Position | Goaltender |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| MSL Team | Six Nations Chiefs |
| NLL Team F. Teams |
Rochester Knighthawks Orlando Titans San Jose Stealth |
| MLL Team | Hamilton Nationals |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Pro Career | 2006–present |
| Nickname | Vino |
Matt Vinc (born June 9, 1982), is a lacrosse goaltender in the National Lacrosse League, currently playing for the Rochester Knighthawks, the Six Nations Chiefs of the MSL, and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.
Vinc was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. He was a member of Team Canada during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship.[1] He is also a teacher and lacrosse coach at Denis Morris Catholic High School in St. Catharines.[2]
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[edit] Junior career
Vinc had an outstanding junior career. He played for the St. Catharines Athletics in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League from 1999 to 2003. His accomplishments playing for the A's include:[3]
- 1 OLA Jr.A regular season MVP award
- 3 OLA Jr.A playoff MVP awards
- 3 OLA Jr.A championships (2001–2003)
- 3 Bob Meleville Memorial Awards (lowest team total goals)
- 2 Minto Cup National championships (2001, 2003)
- 1 Minto Cup MVP Award
- B.W. Evans Award (Top Graduating Player).
[edit] High school career
Vinc played high school field lacrosse at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, along with fellow professional lacrosse players Billy Dee Smith, Craig Conn, and Sean Greenhalgh. In five years, he helped the Holy Cross Raiders to 2 gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze at the OFSAA field lacrosse championships. This would begin a dynasty for the Holy Cross lacrosse program to excel in Niagara and Ontario competition.
[edit] College career
Vinc is also a graduate of Canisius College, where he played long-stick defense and was named the college's Male Athlete of the Year.
[edit] NLL career
Vinc was acquired by the San Jose Stealth in the 2005 NLL entry draft in the first round (sixth overall). In the 2006 NLL season, Vinc played sparingly with the Stealth. Following the season, he was acquired by the New York Titians in the 2006 NLL expansion draft. In 2007, he took over the starting goaltender roll for the Titans.[4] In 2009, Matt Vinc guided his team to a 10-6 record for a three way tie for first place in the Eastern Division with the Buffalo Bandits and the Boston Blazers. The New York Titans were awarded the Eastern Division regular season championship by way of tie breakers. On May 9, in the Eastern Division playoff championship game, Matt Vinc stopped 41 out of 44 shots and kept the highly offensive Buffalo Bandits to only three goals as the Titans defeated Buffalo 9-3. Vinc allowed 1 more goal than the National Lacrosse League playoff record of 2 goals against in a game, which was set by Bob Watson, and the Toronto Rock defeated the Philadelphia Wings 13-2 during a 1999 semi-final playoff game.
Vinc became a member of the Orlando Titans when the franchise moved to Florida for the 2010 season. When the team folded after that season, Vinc was chosen first overall in the dispersal draft, sending him to the Colorado Mammoth. As he teaches high school in St. Catharines, Ontario, however, he did not want to play in Colorado.[5] In October 2010, he was thus traded to the Rochester Knighthawks in a significant trade that sent Vinc and transition player Matt Zash to Rochester in exchange for superstar attackman John Grant, Jr. and defenseman Mac Allen.[5] Draft picks were also exchanged.[5]
[edit] Statistics
[edit] NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | Min | GA | Sv | GAA | Sv % | GP | Min | GA | Sv | GAA | Sv % | ||
| 2006 | San Jose | 4 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 16.97 | 55.56% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007 | New York | 14 | 712 | 157 | 419 | 13.23 | 72.74% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008 | New York | 16 | 888 | 168 | 562 | 11.35 | 76.99% | 2 | 106 | 23 | 52 | 13.08 | 69.33% | ||
| 2009 | New York | 16 | 916 | 173 | 609 | 11.33 | 77.88% | 3 | 182 | 25 | 110 | 8.23 | 81.48% | ||
| 2010 | Orlando | 16 | 902 | 143 | 609 | 9.51 | 80.98% | 2 | 112 | 24 | 68 | 12.81 | 73.91% | ||
| 2011 | Rochester | 16 | 933 | 152 | 585 | 9.77 | 79.38% | 1 | 60 | 10 | 44 | 10.00 | 81.48% | ||
| NLL Totals | 82 | 4,366 | 797 | 2789 | 10.95 | 77.77% | 8 | 460 | 82 | 274 | 10.69 | 76.97% | |||
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; Sv = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
[edit] Awards
| Preceded by Ken Montour |
NLL Goaltender of the Year 2010, 2011 |
Succeeded by incumbent |
[edit] References
- ^ "Matt Vinc New York Titans Bio". NYTitansLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080220000801/http://www.nytitanslacrosse.com/bcw-player-database-details.php?id=96. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ "Science teacher's double life in the raucous world of lacrosse". STCatharinesStandard.ca. April 5, 2008. http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=973530. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com. http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/jrtrophy.txt.
- ^ "Catching up with Matt Vinc". NLL.com. June 21, 2007. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=2989. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ a b c Matthews, Bob (October 28, 2010). "John Grant Jr. traded to Colorado Mammoth from Rochester Knighthawks". Democrat and Chronicle. Gannett Company (Rochester, New York): pp. 1D, 5D. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5tqNNjUQ4. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- Living people
- Canadian lacrosse players
- College lacrosse players in the United States
- San Jose Stealth players
- Canisius College alumni
- New York Titans (lacrosse) players
- Orlando Titans players
- National Lacrosse League weekly award winners
- People from St. Catharines
- Toronto Nationals players
- 1982 births
- National Lacrosse League major award winners
