John Tavares (lacrosse)

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Born September 4, 1968 (1968-09-04) (age 39),
Toronto, Ontario, CAN
Position Forward
Height
Weight		 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
175 pounds (79 kg)
MSL Team St. Regis Indians
NLL Team Buffalo Bandits
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Pro Career 1992 – present
Shoots Both

John Tavares (born September 4, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario) is a professional box lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League and mathematics teacher at Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. He attended D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY

Tavares has played his entire career with the Buffalo Bandits since their inaugural season in 1992. He was acquired from the Detroit Turbos in exchange for Brian Nikula in October 1991. John is also the Professional Lacrosse Players' Association Representative for the Bandits.

Tavares is the uncle of ice hockey player John Tavares, a forward with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League who has won the CHL Rookie of the Year Award and the OHL Rookie of the Year for the 2005-06 OHL season. He is of Portuguese descent.[1][2]

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] NLL

On Saturday February 18, 2006, the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Minnesota Swarm by a score of 14-9 in front of 12,458 fans at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. In that game, John Tavares tied the NLL Career Points (goals + assists) record at 1,091 points held by Gary Gait, who had retired after the 2005 season.[3]

On Saturday March 4, 2006, 10,961 fans witnessed history. On that night, the Buffalo Bandits played their 7th regular season game again hosting the Minnesota Swarm, and Tavares scored two points in an 11-8 loss. The first was his 1,092nd career point, the record-breaker, which was an assist to Mark Steenhuis who scored a power-play goal at 11:57 in the second period. (The second point, Point 1,093, was also an assist to Steenhuis in the third period.) Play was stopped, and Tavares was given the game ball.[4][5][6]

On Saturday January 20, 2008, Tavares scored his 597th career goal in a win over the New York Titans, passing Gary Gait and becoming the NLL's all-time leader in goals scored.[7] May 17, 2008 Tavares won his fourth championship and first since 1996. The Bandits beat the Lumberjax in the championship game with the help of two Tavares goals.

[edit] OLA/WLA

Tavares is a six-time member of a Mann Cup champion team, winning in 1992 and 1993 with the Brampton Excelsiors, 1994 through 1996 with the Six Nations Chiefs (both of the Major Series Lacrosse), and in 2002 with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association. He is a three-time winner, in 1992, 1993, and 1996, of the Mike Kelly Memorial Trophy as most valuable player in the Mann Cup competition.[8] Tavares also won the Major Series Lacrosse scoring title eight times, and the MSL's Most Valuable Player award three times.[9]

[edit] NLL accomplishments

[edit] Career totals

As of 2007 season.

  • Games Played, Buffalo Bandits: 194
  • Career Assists, NLL: 648
  • Career Points, NLL: 1239
  • Tavares is the first player in NLL history to have 500 goals and 500 assists.

[edit] NLL awards

Weekly and monthly awards, as of 2007 season.

  • Player of the Week (1994-2001) 8 times
  • Overall Player of the Week (2002-) 11 times
  • Offensive Player of the Week (2002-) 9 times
  • Player of the Month 9 times

[edit] NLL milestones - points

  • No. 1: Jan. 4, 1992, assist to Rich Kilgour vs. New York in first game.
  • 100: March 20, 1993, goal vs. Detroit's Paul Mootz in 16th game.
  • 200: Jan. 20, 1996, goal vs. Baltimore's J.J. Pearl in 34th game.
  • 300: Feb. 7, 1997, assist to Darris Kilgour vs. Baltimore in 46th game.
  • 400: Jan. 8, 1999, goal vs. Philadelphia's Dallas Eliuk in 62nd game.
  • 500: Feb. 18, 2000, goal vs. Rochester's Pat O'Toole in 78th game.
  • 600: Feb. 10, 2001, goal vs. Washington's Devin Dalep in 91st game.
  • 700: Feb. 1, 2002, assist to Chris Driscoll vs. Montreal in 107th game.
  • 800: Feb. 8, 2003, assist to Mike Accursi vs. Toronto in 122nd game.
  • 900: Feb. 14, 2004, goal vs. Anaheim's Matt Disher in 139th game.
  • 1,000: Feb. 19, 2005, assist to Delby Powless vs. Rochester in 154th game.
  • 1,091: Feb. 18, 2006, assist to Cory Bomberry vs. Minnesota in 169th game. (Ties Gary Gait's then-existing NLL Career Points Record)
  • 1,092: March 4, 2006, assist to Mark Steenhuis vs. Minnesota in 170th game. (New NLL Career Points Record)

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL career

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
1992 Buffalo 8 21 22 43 66 26 3 12 12 24 29 8
1993 Buffalo 8 35 23 58 93 28 2 4 3 7 6 2
1994 Buffalo 8 27 20 47 74 14 2 6 8 14 19 9
1995 Buffalo 8 24 21 45 66 21 1 2 1 3 6 0
1996 Buffalo 10 41 40 81 102 4 2 4 7 11 20 2
1997 Buffalo 10 37 29 66 104 18 2 7 9 16 30 0
1998 Buffalo 9 31 25 56 80 8 1 2 5 7 9 0
1999 Buffalo 12 33 34 67 112 35 -- -- -- -- -- --
2000 Buffalo 12 34 49 83 123 10 1 2 1 3 18 0
2001 Buffalo 14 51 64 115 159 14 -- -- -- -- -- --
2002 Buffalo 16 42 46 88 145 12 -- -- -- -- -- --
2003 Buffalo 16 49 58 107 155 25 2 5 8 13 16 0
2004 Buffalo 16 49 44 93 118 25 3 7 13 20 21 4
2005 Buffalo 16 43 59 102 126 9 1 2 3 5 9 0
2006 Buffalo 16 32 53 85 95 12 3 7 4 11 13 0
2007 Buffalo 15 42 61 103 77 6 2 5 5 10 12 2
Totals   194 591 648 1239 1695 267 25 65 79 144 208 27

[edit] OLA/WLA/MLS career

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1987 Bay Area Bengals OLA Jr A 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 Mississauga Tomahawks OLA Jr A 23 77 72 149 36 0 0 0 0 0
1989 Mississauga Tomahawks OLA Jr A 24 70 61 131 35 0 0 0 0 0
1989 Orangeville Northmen MLS 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 Vancouver Burrards WLA 16 32 28 60 30 15 20 23 43 35
1991 Vancouver Burrards WLA 24 46 48 94 80 4 5 6 11 14
1992 Brampton Excelsiors MLS 16 44 46 90 47 13 30 26 56 25
1993 Brampton Excelsiors MLS 16 53 40 93 39 13 34 29 63 22
1994 Six Nations Chiefs MLS 13 44 45 89 42 18 42 46 88 32
1995 Six Nations Chiefs MLS 20 55 53 108 50 14 31 36 67 20
1996 Six Nations Chiefs MLS 24 69 71 140 45 14 39 24 63 38
1997 Six Nations Chiefs MLS 20 46 57 103 27 4 9 5 14 8
1998 Akwesasne Thunder MLS 16 33 48 81 27 0 0 0 0 0
1999 Akwesasne Thunder MLS 18 36 43 79 25 16 26 29 55 28
2000 Akwesasne Thunder MLS 16 45 66 111 45 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Akwesasne Thunder MLS 14 26 52 78 10 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Victoria Shamrocks WLA 8 20 32 52 6 11 25 27 52 13
2002 Victoria Shamrocks WLA 7 9 23 32 15 17 34 39 73 6
2003 Victoria Shamrocks WLA 8 14 22 36 11 14 27 26 53 21
2004 Akwesasne Thunder MLS 18 38 51 89 7 3 5 4 9 0
2005 Akwesasne Thunder MLS 17 31 55 86 8 3 7 0 7 4
2006 St.Regis Indians MLS 13 16 40 56 11 3 2 7 9 0
2007 St.Regis Indians MLS 9 9 19 28 2 0 0 0 0 0
JUNIOR A TOTALS 48 150 135 285 71 0 0 0 0 0
PRO/MAJOR/SENIOR TOTALS 294 668 841 1509 527 162 336 327 663 266

[edit] References

  1. ^ Inaugural Celebrating Outstanding Portuguese-Canadian Achievement Awards. Portuguese Canadian National Congress. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  2. ^ Stuart McDonald. Featured Article, 2009 prospects: Q&A with John Tavares. Hockey's Future. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
  3. ^ Bandits Beat Swarm 14-9, Tavares Ties Record. NLL.com (February 18, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  4. ^ Tavares Breaks Points Record, Bandits Fall. NLL.com (March 7, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  5. ^ Wheeler, Brian; Zita McKenna (March 4, 2006). Tavares Breaks Scoring Record. Bandits.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  6. ^ Tavares breaks NLL scoring record. TSN.com (March 4, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
  7. ^ Tavares Breaks Goal Scoring Record. NLL.com (January 19, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
  8. ^ Historical Stats of the Mann Cup. Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
  9. ^ Player Profiles: John Tavares Stats. Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Gary Gait		 MILL Championship game MVP
1992, 1993		 Succeeded by
Paul Gait
Preceded by
none		 MILL MVP
1994		 Succeeded by
Gary Gait
Preceded by
Gary Gait		 NLL MVP
2000, 2001		 Succeeded by
Paul Gait


Persondata
NAME Tavares, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH