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Zach Currier
Born (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994 (age 30)
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight180 pounds (82 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionMidfield (field), Transition (box)
NCAA teamPrinceton (2017)
NLL draft3rd overall, 2017
Calgary Roughnecks
NLL teamCalgary Roughnecks
MLL draft6th overall, 2017
Denver Outlaws
MLL teamsDenver Outlaws
PLL teamWaterdogs LC
Pro career2017–
Career highlights

NCAA:

  • 2x First Team All-Ivy (2016-17)
  • 1x First Team All-America (2017)
  • 1x Honorable Mention All-America (2016)

NLL:

  • 1x Champion (2019)
  • 2x Transition Player of the Year (2022-23)
  • Single season record for caused turnovers (62, 2022)
  • 2x All-League First Team (2022-23)
  • 2x All-League Second Team (2018,2019)
  • All Rookie Team (2018)

MLL

  • 1x Champion (2018)
  • 3x All-Star (2017-19)

PLL

  • 1x Champion (2022)
  • Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year (2021)
  • 3x All-Star (2021-23)
  • 3x First Team All-Pro (2021-23)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's field lacrosse
World Lacrosse Championship
Runner-up 2018 Netanya
Runner-up 2023 San Diego
Box lacrosse
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Winner 2019 Langley

Zach Currier is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who currently plays as a midfielder for Waterdogs Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League and as a transition player for the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League.

Early life and career

A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Currier has two older brothers, Josh, who is also a professional lacrosse player, and Andrei, and a younger sister, Grace. He is the son of Roger Currier and Michelle Dunn.[1][2] He initially began playing lacrosse at the age of eight as a way to toughen him up for hockey. He attended Culver Military Academy for high school.[3]

College career

Currier attended Princeton University where he played four years of lacrosse, playing in all situations. As a senior, he led the nation in assists (34) and points (58) among midfielders, earning first team All-American honors. Additionally, he led the Tigers in caused turnovers in both of his last two seasons. Currier graduated second all-time in ground balls at Princeton with 302.[1]

Professional career

NLL

Currier was drafted 3rd overall by the Calgary Roughnecks in 2017, winning a championship in his second season. During the 2022 season, Currier broke the NLL record for caused turnovers in a season with 62, while also collecting 237 loose balls, the most in a single season for any player who was not a primary faceoff taker, with Inside Lacrosse considering this potentially the best season ever for a transition player.[4] He was named the NLL Transition Player of the Year[5]

Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse named Currier the #1 best defender in the NLL.[6]

Currier was named the 2023 NLL Transition Player of the Year, becoming the fourth player to win the award in consecutive years, and fifth to win the award twice, also being named first team All-NLL.[7][8]

Currier has been the president of the NLL Players' Association since 2020.[9][10]

MLL

Currier was selected 6th overall by the Denver Outlaws in the 2017 MLL Draft, winning the championship in his second year.

PLL

Currier elected to defect from MLL to the Premier Lacrosse League ahead of the 2020 season, being taken first overall in the PLL Entry Draft by Waterdogs Lacrosse Club.[11] He won the Gait Brothers Midfielder of the Year Award in the 2021 season, as well as being a finalist for the Jim Brown MVP Award, having led the Waterdogs in scoring from midfield with 11 goals and 11 assists, as well as leading all non-faceoff specialists in the PLL in ground balls with 51.[12][13] In the 2023 season, Currier once again led all non-faceoff specialists in ground balls with 53, with his closest competitor having only 38, as Waterdogs won their first PLL Championship.[14]

Off the field

Currier graduated with an engineering degree from Princeton and works for Warrior, helping design lacrosse equipment.[15]

Style of play

Currier is regarded as a "throwback" player, as he is a two-way midfielder equally capable of playing offense, defense, and taking faceoffs, a rarity in modern lacrosse.[3] The Premier lacrosse League considers Currier as the best two-way player in the world, noting his ability to pick up ground balls and be an effective faceoff wing, while being able to push transition play and beat defenders.[14]

Statistics

NCAA

Season Team GP GS G A Pts GB CT FOW FOA
2014 Princeton 13 1 6 4 10 16 2 3 10
2017 Princeton 15 13 11 14 25 81 17 55 123
2017 Princeton 12 9 14 17 31 75 15 43 101
2017 Princeton 15 15 24 34 58 130 21 114 202
Total 55 38 55 69 124 302 55 215 436

NLL

Zach Currier Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2018 Calgary Roughnecks 18 9 13 22 200 10 1.22 11.11 0.56 2 0 0 0 14 0 0.00 7.00 0.00
2019 Calgary Roughnecks 18 6 16 22 199 16 1.22 11.06 0.89 4 1 2 3 40 6 0.75 10.00 1.50
2020 Calgary Roughnecks 10 3 2 5 108 8 0.50 10.80 0.80 –––––––––
2022 Calgary Roughnecks 18 10 9 19 237 14 1.06 13.17 0.78 1 0 0 0 13 0 0.00 13.00 0.00
2023 Calgary Roughnecks 18 15 18 33 228 14 1.83 12.67 0.78 4 5 3 8 54 2 2.00 13.50 0.50
82 43 58 101 972 62 1.23 11.85 0.76 11 6 5 11 121 8 1.00 11.00 0.73
Career Total: 93 49 63 112 1,093 70 1.20 11.75 0.75

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

MLL

Zach Currier Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA
2017 Denver Outlaws 9 11 0 15 26 38 32 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 5 7 3 4 0 0 0 0
2018 Denver Outlaws 7 12 0 10 22 27 30 0 4 0 0 –––––––––––
2019 Denver Outlaws 13 18 1 17 36 72 47 5 8 0 0 –––––––––––
29 41 1 42 84 137 109 5 13 1 4 2 2 0 5 7 3 4 0 0 0 0
Career Total: 31 43 1 47 91 140 113 5 13 1 4

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

PLL

Zach Currier Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA
2020 Waterdogs 7 4 0 3 7 8 20 0 0 0 0 –––––––––––
2021 Waterdogs 9 11 0 11 22 40 51 0 0 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
2022 Waterdogs 10 11 0 8 19 28 53 3 2.5 3 31 3 3 0 2 5 10 16 1 2 0 0
2023 Waterdogs 10 5 0 9 14 28 50 0 0 34 58 3 5 0 2 7 13 24 0 0 30 48
36 31 0 31 62 104 174 3 2.5 38 96 7 9 0 4 13 27 41 1 2 30 48
Career Total: 43 40 0 35 75 131 215 4 4.5 68 144

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

Zach Currier NLL bio

Zach Currier PLL bio

References

  1. ^ a b "Zach Currier - Men's Lacrosse". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  2. ^ "Alumni Josh Currier continues lacrosse at national level – The Marlin Chronicle". Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  3. ^ a b "After Winning 5 Titles in 407 Days, Zach Currier Seeks New Challenge in PLL". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  4. ^ "2022 IL Indoor Awards: Zach Currier is Transition Player of the Year". www.insidelacrosse.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  5. ^ ryanireland (2022-06-29). "Currier, de Snoo, Vinc Win National Lacrosse League Transition, Defensive Player, Goaltender of the Year Awards". NLL. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  6. ^ "NLL Top 50 Players: Top 30 Defenders & Transition Players". Inside Lacrosse. 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  7. ^ "Calgary's Christian Del Bianco Named National Lacrosse League MVP". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  8. ^ "https://twitter.com/NLL/status/1661779240944308225?s=20". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  9. ^ "Leadership". National Lacrosse League Players' Association (NLLPA). Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  10. ^ Feil, Justin (2022-08-03). "Utilizing his Versatility to Earn Another Lax Title, PU Alum Currier Helps Canada to World Sixes Gold | Town Topics". Town Topics. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  11. ^ "Premier Lacrosse League Announces Results of 2020 Entry Draft". Premier Lacrosse League. 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  12. ^ "2021 PLL End of Year Awards". Premier Lacrosse League. 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  13. ^ "Currier Named Finalist For PLL Most Valuable Player Award As Playoffs Begin". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  14. ^ a b Griffin, Sarah (2022-12-14). "2022 Players Top 50: #7 Zach Currier". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  15. ^ Zach Currier My Lacrosse Life, retrieved 2022-06-18
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