Tom Marechek

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Tom "Hollywood" Marechek (born August 25, 1968 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a professional lacrosse player, Tom currently plays attack for the Baltimore Bayhawks of the MLL, where he's played since 2001.

He also played box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League, where he played 12 seasons with the Philadelphia Wings. He retired from the NLL after the 2005 season. His number 42 was retired by the Wings and now hangs from the rafters at the Wachovia Center.

He played college lacrosse at Syracuse University where he was one of the top four college goal scorers in lacrosse history with 182, a four-time All-American, three-time first-team All-American pick, had 76 assists and 258 career points, scored 53 goals during his junior season to lead NCAA Division I, played for National Championship teams with the Orangemen in 1989 and 1990, and set Syracuse freshman record by scoring 46 goals on just 82 shots (56.1 per cent).

Marechek's various teams have won championships in the MLL, NLL and NCAA.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
1994 Philadelphia 7 14 19 33 32 8 2 2 6 8 4 2
1995 Philadelphia 8 17 18 35 42 10 2 4 5 9 7 0
1996 Philadelphia 10 27 28 55 61 8 2 1 11 12 16 2
1997 Philadelphia 10 28 22 50 65 19 1 2 4 6 2 0
1998 Philadelphia 12 31 30 61 50 12 3 6 11 17 19 0
1999 Philadelphia 12 39 19 58 50 34 1 0 2 2 4 0
2000 Philadelphia 12 41 26 67 71 18 1 2 2 4 7 0
2001 Philadelphia 13 48 31 79 62 14 2 5 2 7 14 6
2002 Philadelphia 16 45 53 98 87 20 1 1 3 4 7 0
2003 Philadelphia 15 42 45 87 58 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
2004 Philadelphia 15 27 43 70 51 15 -- -- -- -- -- --
2005 Philadelphia 16 40 40 80 69 12 -- -- -- -- -- --
Totals   146 399 374 773 698 178 15 23 46 69 80 10

[edit] Awards

Preceded by:
Derek Keenan
(1992)
NLL Rookie of the Year
1994
Succeeded by:
Charlie Lockwood