Geoff Snider
Encyclopedia
Geoff Snider is a Canadian lacrosse
player from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
. He is known as a dominant faceoff man and a very physical player. He currently plays professionally for the Calgary Roughnecks
of the National Lacrosse League
and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse
.
of the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League
. In 1998, 2000 & 2002, he helped the Lakers win the Minto Cup
as Canada's champion junior men's lacrosse team. He continues to play with the Senior "A" Coquitlam Adanacs
in the Western Lacrosse Association
, leading them to win the 2007 WLA championship.
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. In lacrosse he has developed a reputation as being one of lacrosse's top fighters.
. 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.
of the National Lacrosse League
in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2006 NLL Entry Draft.
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. He was also the only rookie voted onto the 2007 All-Star team
, and won the Accuracy challenge in the All-Star game Skills Competition. After the season, Snider was named to the 2007 All-Rookie team.
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.
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. 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.
During the 2009 NLL season
, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game
but was unable to play due to injury when he suffered a tracheal fracture (windpipe
) in a game against the Edmonton Rush
.
of Major League Lacrosse
in the second round of the MLL Collegiate Draft. During the 2007 MLL season
, Snider played in the MLL All-Star Game
representing the Western Conference. Snider has participated in two MLL championships. In 2008
with the Denver Outlaws
, and in 2009
with the champion Toronto Nationals
.
of Major Series Lacrosse
announced they signed Snider. He played his first game as a Laker on July 1 and made his Peterborough debut on July 2.
, where he dominated face-offs helping the Canadian National Men's Lacrosse team win their first World Championship win since 1978.
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
player from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He is known as a dominant faceoff man and a very physical player. He currently plays professionally for the Calgary Roughnecks
Calgary Roughnecks
The Calgary Roughnecks are a professional box lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Western Division of the National Lacrosse League and play their home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The team name is derived from the roughnecks who work drilling rigs in...
of the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...
and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...
.
Amateur career
Snider's lacrosse career began with the Burnaby LakersBurnaby Lakers Jr. A
The Burnaby Lakers are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The Lakers play in the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League.-1970s:...
of the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
The BC Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in British Columbia, Canada sanctioned by the British Columbia Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship against the champion of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and the Rocky Mountain...
. In 1998, 2000 & 2002, he helped the Lakers win the Minto Cup
Minto Cup
The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's lacrosse team of Canada.It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General, Lord Minto, and from 1901 until 1909 awarded to the senior men's champion of Canada...
as Canada's champion junior men's lacrosse team. He continues to play with the Senior "A" Coquitlam Adanacs
Coquitlam Adanacs
The Coquitlam Adanacs are a Canadian box lacrosse team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Adanacs play in B.C.'s seven team Western Lacrosse Association , whose champion competes against Ontario's Major Series Lacrosse champion for the Mann Cup every September.The Adanacs originally started...
in the Western Lacrosse Association
Western Lacrosse Association
The Western Lacrosse Association is an amateur league of men's Senior A box lacrosse sanctioned by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. It consists of seven teams, based in cities throughout southwestern British Columbia. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the...
, leading them to win the 2007 WLA championship.
Snider honed his physical game in the summer box lacrosse seasons and in junior hockey. With the a junior
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
Calgary Canucks
Calgary Canucks
The Calgary Canucks are a junior ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Max Bell Centre, capacity 3500....
, of the Alberta Junior Hockey League
Alberta Junior Hockey League
The Alberta Junior Hockey League is an Alberta-based Junior A hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League . It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. There are currently 16 teams in the league. The regular season league champions receive the Dave Duchak Trophy...
, Snider racked up 415 penalty minutes during the 2001-02 season. In lacrosse he has developed a reputation as being one of lacrosse's top fighters.
Collegiate career
Snider attended the University of DenverUniversity of Denver
The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
. 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.
NLL
Snider was drafted by the Philadelphia WingsPhiladelphia Wings
The Philadelphia Wings are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional box lacrosse league in North America. They play at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
of the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...
in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2006 NLL Entry Draft.
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. He was also the only rookie voted onto the 2007 All-Star team
2007 NLL season
The Knighthawks had the overall top seed in the playoffs, but were unable to host the Championship game due to a scheduling conflict at the Blue Cross Arena.-Team Movement:...
, and won the Accuracy challenge in the All-Star game Skills Competition. After the season, Snider was named to the 2007 All-Rookie team.
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
Buffalo Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits are a team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, until the MILL turned into the NLL in 1998....
and scored :05 seconds into the game. This goal is the league record for fastest goal to start a game.
Snider's 2008 season
2008 NLL season
The 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the 22nd in the history of the NLL, began on December 29, 2007 and concluded with the Buffalo Bandits winning the championship game over the Portland LumberJax on May 17, 2008....
was not only outstanding, but record-setting. Snider was named to the All-Star
National Lacrosse League All-Star Game
National Lacrosse League All Star Game is a lacrosse game played each year between two teams representing the two divisions of the National Lacrosse League .-1991 :...
team, and was named game MVP after scoring three goals, recording 28 loose balls, and winning 31 out of 38 face-offs. 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.
During the 2009 NLL season
2009 NLL season
-Pre-season:* August 19, 2008: The NLL announced that the Minnesota Swarm would be moving from the East division to the West division, giving the West six teams to the East's seven....
, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game
National Lacrosse League All-Star Game
National Lacrosse League All Star Game is a lacrosse game played each year between two teams representing the two divisions of the National Lacrosse League .-1991 :...
but was unable to play due to injury when he suffered a tracheal fracture (windpipe
Vertebrate trachea
In tetrapod anatomy the trachea, or windpipe, is a tube that connects the pharynx or larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air. It is lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium cells with goblet cells that produce mucus...
) in a game against the Edmonton Rush
Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush is a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League that started playing in the 2006 NLL season.The NLL announced that Edmonton, Alberta, Canada would receive an NLL franchise on May 5, 2005. They play their home games at Rexall Place...
.
MLL
Snider was drafted by the Denver OutlawsDenver Outlaws
The Denver Outlaws are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado. They began playing in the MLL in 2006 as an expansion team. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Western Conference. With the MLL contraction in the 2009 season from 10 to 6 teams The...
of Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...
in the second round of the MLL Collegiate Draft. During the 2007 MLL season
2007 MLL season
2007 Major League Lacrosse season was the 7th season of the league. The season began on May 12 and concluded with the championship game on August 26, 2007.-General information:...
, Snider played in the MLL All-Star Game
Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game
Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game is the all-star game of the MLL.The inaugural 2001 All-Star Game, was not called the "All-Star Game"; instead it was titled the Major League Lacrosse LacrosseStar Game. From 2001–2003, the All-Star Game had the National Division playing the American Division...
representing the Western Conference. Snider has participated in two MLL championships. In 2008
2008 MLL season
The 2008 Major League Lacrosse season was the 8th season of the league. The season began on May 17, 2008 and concluded with the championship game on August 24, 2008.-Pre-season:...
with the Denver Outlaws
Denver Outlaws
The Denver Outlaws are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado. They began playing in the MLL in 2006 as an expansion team. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Western Conference. With the MLL contraction in the 2009 season from 10 to 6 teams The...
, and in 2009
2009 MLL season
The 2009 Major League Lacrosse season was the 9th season of the league. The season began on May 15, 2009 and concluded with the championship game on August 23, 2009.-Rule changes:...
with the champion Toronto Nationals
Toronto Nationals
The Hamilton Nationals are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They began play in the 2009 season from Toronto, Ontario as the Toronto Nationals, becoming the first-ever Canadian team in MLL history...
.
MSL
On June 30, 2009 the Peterborough LakersPeterborough Lakers (MSL)
The Peterborough Lakers are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Peterborough, Ontario. They play in the Major Series Lacrosse league where under the current format, they compete in 20 regular season games from May through July and playoffs beginning in August and ending with the Mann Cup in September...
of Major Series Lacrosse
Major Series Lacrosse
Major Series Lacrosse is a Senior A box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the...
announced they signed Snider. He played his first game as a Laker on July 1 and made his Peterborough debut on July 2.
International career
In international competition, Snider won the tournament MVP award at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship2006 World Lacrosse Championship
2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Team Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations...
, where he dominated face-offs helping the Canadian National Men's Lacrosse team win their first World Championship win since 1978.
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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008 | Philadelphia | 16 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 244 | 103 | 318-431 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 28-30 | ||
| 2009 | Philadelphia | 14 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 220 | 53 | 260-353 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2010 | Philadelphia | 16 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 245 | 79 | 295-390 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2011 | Calgary | 14 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 171 | 74 | 235-333 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 32-43 | ||
| NLL Totals | 75 | 67 | 106 | 173 | 1060 | 371 | 1309-1775 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 60-73 | |||
MLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | 2ptG | A | Pts | GB | PIM | FO | GP | G | 2ptG | A | Pts | GB | PIM | FO | ||
| 2006 | Denver | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9-28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10-28 | |||
| 2007 | Denver | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 76 | 3.5 | 188-338 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10-21 | |||
| 2008 | Denver | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 78 | 6 | 175-363 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21-51 | |||
| 2009 | Toronto | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 87 | 16.5 | 195-385 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 26-53 | |||
| MLL Totals | 37 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 46 | 250 | 26 | 567-1114 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 67-153 | |||
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 | ||