Chris Sanderson

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Position Goaltender
Former NLL Teams New Jersey Storm
Philadelphia Wings
Baltimore Thunder
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Pro Career 19992003

Chris Sanderson is an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League. Sanderson is also a retired player, having played for parts of five seasons as a goaltender.

Chris is a member of the famous Sanderson family of Orangeville, Ontario. He is the cousin of current NLL players Josh Sanderson and Phil Sanderson, and is the nephew of both Wings head coach and GM Lindsay Sanderson and former NLL coach Terry Sanderson.

Sanderson led the University of Virginia Cavaliers to two NCAA Final Four's. He has played in numerous world championships with the Canadian National Team, and has coached the U-19 Canadian team to a world championship. He also teaches at the Pennington School in Pennington, NJ, and owns a lacrosse company and club team known as True North Lacrosse Company.[1]

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[edit] NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP Min GA Sv GAA Sv % GP Min GA Sv GAA Sv %
1999 Baltimore 12 663 156 388 14.12 71.32% 1 21 8 11 22.86 57.89%
2001 Philadelphia 6 94 28 55 17.80 66.27% -- -- -- -- -- --
2002 Philadelphia 16 346 92 223 15.93 70.79% 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00%
2003 New Jersey 5 44 9 24 12.26 72.73% -- -- -- -- -- --
NLL Totals 39 1,148 285 690 14.90 70.77% 2 21 8 11 22.86 57.89%

[edit] References

  1. ^ NLL: Chris Sanderson Joins Wings Coaching Staff. laxpower.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.