Geoff Snider

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Born April 2, 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 27),
Calgary, Alberta
Position Defense
Height
Weight		 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
200 pounds (91 kg)
NLL Team Philadelphia Wings
MLL Team Denver Outlaws
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Pro Career 2007 – present
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Geoff Snider (born 2 April 1981) is a professional lacrosse player from Calgary, Alberta. His is known as a dominant facoff man, and a physical player. He currently plays professionally for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse.

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[edit] Amateur career

Snider's lacrosse career began with the Burnaby Lakers in the B.C.L.A. Junior A. In 1998, 2000 & 2002, helped the Lakers win the Minto Cup as Canada's champion junior men's lacrosse team.[1] He continues to play with the Senior-A Coquitlam Adanacs in the Western Lacrosse Association, leading them to win the 2007 WLA championship.[2][3]

Snider honed his physical game in the summer box lacrosse seasons and in junior hockey. With the a junior ice hockey Calgary Canucks, of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, Snider racked up 415 penalty minutes during the 2001-02 season.[4] In lacrosse he has developed a reputation as being one of lacrosse's top fighters.[5][6]

[edit] Collegiate & international career

Snider attended the University of Denver. In 2006, with the Pioneers he was named a third-team All-American. His 194 recorded groundballs as a senior holds the record for a single season groundballs in NCAA lacrosse. In addition he holds the standard for highest average groundballs per game in a season with 11.41.[7]

In international competition, Snider won the Championship MVP award at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship, where he dominated face-offs helping the Canadian National Men's Lacrosse team win their first World Championship win since 1978.[8]

[edit] Professional career

Snider was drafted by the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse in the second round of the MLL Collegiate Draft.[1] During the 2007 MLL season, Snider played in the MLL All-Star Game representing the Western Conference.

Snider was drafted by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2006 NLL Entry Draft.[9] Snider made an immediate impact on the league and was named the NLL's January Rookie of the Month. Snider scored 13 points (6G, 7A), collected 53 loose balls and won 53 of 79 face-off attempts in five games during his first month of action in the league.[10] He was also the only rookie voted onto the 2007 All-Star team,[11] and won the Accuracy challenge in the All-Star game Skills Competition.[12] After the season, Snider was named to the 2007 All-Rookie team.[13]

On January 26, 2008, Snider put his name in the record books again when he won the opening face-off in a game against the Buffalo Bandits and scored :05 seconds into the game. This goal is the league record for fastest goal to start a game.[14][15]

Snider's 2008 season was not only outstanding, but record-setting. Snider was named to the All-Star team, and was named game MVP after scoring three goals, recording 28 loose balls, and winning 31 out of 38 face-offs.[16] He set league records in loose balls (244), faceoffs won (318), and penalty minutes (103), and fell just short of tying his own faceoff winning percentage record of 75%, winning 73.8% of his faceoffs.[17]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM FO GP G A Pts LB PIM FO
2007 Philadelphia 15 14 17 31 180 62 201-268 - - - - - - -
NLL Totals 15 14 17 31 180 62 201-268 - - - - - - -

[edit] MLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts GB FO GP G 2ptG A Pts GB FO
2006 Denver 3 1 0 0 1 9 9-28 1 1 0 0 1 5 10-28
2007 Denver 10 8 0 6 14 76 188-338 1 0 0 2 2 2 10-21
MLL Totals 13 9 6 0 15 85 197-366 2 1 0 2 3 7 20-49

[edit] NCAA

     
Season Team GP G A Pts GB FO
2003 University of Denver 11 13 6 19 37 36-65
2004 University of Denver 14 15 1 16 51 77-151
2005 University of Denver 14 9 2 11 67 92-161
2006 University of Denver 17 21 12 33 194 242-354
Totals 56 58 21 79 349 447-731

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Geoff Snider Player Bio. Denver Outlaws website. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  2. ^ Geoff Snider at 2007 Coquitlam Adanacs Player Stats. Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  3. ^ Geoff Snider's Coquitlam Adanacs Player Bio. AdanacLacrosse.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  4. ^ 2001-02 Calcary Canucks Regular Season Statistics. CalgaryCanucks.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  5. ^ Paul Tutka (December 18, 2007]). NLL Fight Club: Top 10 Fighters. NLLInsider.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  6. ^ Fighting in box lacrosse is viewed similar to fighting in ice hockey, and is typically disciplined with a "major penalty".
  7. ^ NCAA Men's and Women's Lacrosse Records Book Archive (pdf). NCAA.org. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
  8. ^ 2006 World Lacrosse Championship Awards Winners. 2006 World Lacrosse Championship website. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  9. ^ Wings Select Snider In First Round Of NLL Entry Draft. Philadelphia Wings website (September 13, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  10. ^ Snider Named NLL's Rookie Of The Month. Philadelphia Wings website (February 1, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  11. ^ 2007 All-Star Skills Starting Lineups. NLL website (February 21, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  12. ^ 2007 All-Star Skills Competition Results. NLL website (March 9, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
  13. ^ Benesch Named Rookie of the Year. NLL.com (May 8, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
  14. ^ Record setting weekend for NLL. Mississauganews.com (January 28, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  15. ^ Wings 17 - Buffalo 16 (OT) - Boxscore. Pointstreak.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  16. ^ East All-Stars Win In Overtime, 17-16. NLL.com (March 16, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
  17. ^ Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record. NLL.com (April 29, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-01.


Persondata
NAME Snider, Geoff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary, Alberta
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH