Shawn Evans
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| Shawn Evans | |
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| Born | April 28, 1986 , Peterborough, Ontario, CA |
| Position | Forward |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 pounds (82 kg) |
| MSL Team | Peterborough Lakers |
| NLL Team | Rochester Knighthawks |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Pro Career | 2006–present |
Shawn Evans (b. April 28, 1986 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. Evans' older brother, Scott Evans, also plays for the Knighthawks.
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[edit] Junior career
Evans had an outstanding junior career. During his 7 year tenure with the Peterborough Lakers and the Six Nations Arrows, Evans would score 199 goals and 462 points. He would also finish his playoff career with 71 goals and 194 points. In combination with his regualar season and playoff points, Evans his ranked 29th all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history with 656.[1]
Evans' awards and accomplishments during his junior career include:[2]
- 2 Bobby Allan Awards (top scorer) - (2006-2007)
- 2 OLA Jr.A regular season MVP awards - (2006-2007)
- 3 Jim Veltman Awards (Most outstanding player) - (2005-2007)
- 1 OLA Jr.A championship - (2007 with the Six Nations Arrows)
- 2 Minto Cup National Championships - (2006 with the Peterborough Lakers, 2007 with the Six Nations Arrows)
- 1 Minto Cup M.V.P award - (2006)
[edit] College career
Evans played a year of NCAA Division I lacrosse at Bellarmine University in 2005. He was the leading freshman scorer that year totalling 53 goals and 21 assists for 74 points.
[edit] Trivia
- Evans is the only lacrosse player in history to win the Minto Cup (the Canadian Junior lacrosse title), the Mann Cup (the Canadian Senior lacrosse title), and the NLL Champion's Cup all within 12 months of each other. He is also only one of two lacrosse players in history (the other being Craig Conn) to win 2 Minto Cups back to back (2006 & 2007) with 2 different Junior teams.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2006 | Rochester | 15 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 110 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Rochester | 16 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 121 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | Rochester | 15 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 61 | 63 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2009 | Rochester | 16 | 30 | 49 | 79 | 106 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NLL Totals | 62 | 108 | 137 | 245 | 398 | 200 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 2 | |||
[edit] OLA Jr.A
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001 | Peterborough Lakers | OLA Jr.A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| 2002 | Peterborough Lakers | OLA Jr.A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 2003 | Peterborough Lakers | OLA Jr.A | 20 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 60 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 39 | ||
| 2004 | Peterborough Lakers | OLA Jr.A | 19 | 44 | 35 | 79 | 61 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 21 | ||
| 2005 | Peterborough Lakers | OLA Jr.A | 22 | 47 | 46 | 93 | 69 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 40 | ||
| 2006 | Peterborough Lakers | OLA Jr.A | 19 | 38 | 74 | 112 | 93 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 52 | ||
| Minto Cup | Peterborough Lakers | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 8 | ||
| 2007 | Six Nations Arrows | OLA Jr.A | 18 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 33 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 61 | ||
| Minto Cup | Six Nations | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | ||
| Junior A Totals | 100 | 199 | 263 | 462 | 316 | 55 | 71 | 123 | 194 | 259 | ||||
| Minto Cup Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 15 | ||||
[edit] MSL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mann Cup | Peterborough Lakers | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 39 | ||
| Mann Cup | Peterborough lakers | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2006 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mann Cup | Peterborough Lakers | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 2008 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 10 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 106 | ||
| 2009 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 16 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 58 | ||
| Senior A Totals | 28 | 48 | 77 | 125 | 93 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 94 | 208 | ||||
| Mann Cup Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 16 | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com. http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/junioratop100.txt.
- ^ "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com. http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/jrtrophy.txt.
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