Jim Veltman
Encyclopedia
Jim "Scoop" Veltman is a former lacrosse player who played for the Toronto Rock
, the Ontario Raiders
, and the Buffalo Bandits
in the National Lacrosse League
. Veltman won three NLL championships with the Bandits and then five more with the Rock, where he was captain for ten seasons.
Veltman and Dallas Eliuk
were inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame
in March, 2009.
with the Buffalo Bandits
. He played 5 seasons with the Bandits, winning three NLL Championships. After the 1996 season, Veltman and his wife travelled to Uganda
where they did volunteer work for 17 months.
In 1998
, Veltman returned to the NLL, moving with Bandit head coach Les Bartley
to the expansion Ontario Raiders
, based in Hamilton, Ontario
. A year later, the Ontario franchise move to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock, where Jim has won five more NLL Championships. Veltman was the captain of the Rock from 1999 until his retirement following the 2008 season
.
Jim Veltman led the National Lacrosse League in loose balls in 14 out of the 16 seasons he played, earning him the nickname "Scoop". On February 5, 2006, Veltman reached a milestone as he "scooped" his 2000th career loose ball. He also set the single season record for loose balls with 226 in the 2006 season
. Veltman scooped 14 loose balls on April 8, 2006, to break his own previous record of 207, set in 2003
. The record stood until Geoff Snider
scooped 244 in 2008
.
Veltman was the first recipient of the National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award
in 2002
, and was named league MVP
in 2004
. He was also the first recipient of the Toronto Rock's Les Bartley Award
(not to be confused with the NLL's Les Bartley Award
for coach of the year).
On September 11, 2007, the Toronto Rock announced that they had resigned Veltman to a five year agreement. Veltman would remain captain of the Rock for one more season
, after which he would retire from playing and join the Rock coaching staff. The announcement ended speculation that Veltman was considering retiring to take the vacant Colorado Mammoth
head coach position, a position eventually taken by Bob McMahon
.
On April 27, 2008, Veltman played his last career game, as the Rock lost 15-14 to the Philadelphia Wings
. Veltman had one goal, four assists, and 17 loose balls.
Off the floor, Veltman is a physical education teacher at Agincourt Collegiate Institute
in Scarborough, Toronto, where he coaches the lacrosse team.
winning Brampton Excelsiors
1993 - Member of the Mann Cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
1998 - Member of the Mann Cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
2003 - Member of the Mann Cup winning Victoria Shamrocks
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Toronto Rock
The Toronto Rock is a lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The Rock of the late 1990s / early 2000s has been called a dynasty, having won five NLL championships in seven years. From 1999 to 2003, the Rock appeared in an NLL-record...
, the Ontario Raiders
Ontario Raiders
The Ontario Raiders were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 1998 NLL season. The Raiders played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. After only one season in Hamilton, the franchise was moved to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock....
, and 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....
in 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...
. Veltman won three NLL championships with the Bandits and then five more with the Rock, where he was captain for ten seasons.
Veltman and Dallas Eliuk
Dallas Eliuk
Dallas Eliuk is a former goaltender and assistant coach in the National Lacrosse League. Prior to starting his coaching career for the Portland LumberJax in the 2009 season, Eliuk played 15 seasons for the Philadelphia Wings before being traded to the LumberJax, where he played for three seasons...
were inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame
National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame
The National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame was established on June 16, 2005. The National Lacrosse League has 7 teams in the United States and 3 in Canada...
in March, 2009.
NLL career
Veltman began his NLL career in 19921992 MILL season
-Awards:-All-Pro Teams:First Team:*Gary Gait, Detroit*Paul Gait, Detroit*Dave Pietramala, Pittsburgh*Rick Sowell, Baltimore*John Tucker, Philadelphia*Sal LoCascio, New York Second Team:*Jeff Jackson, Baltimore*Derek Keenan, Buffalo...
with 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....
. He played 5 seasons with the Bandits, winning three NLL Championships. After the 1996 season, Veltman and his wife travelled to Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
where they did volunteer work for 17 months.
In 1998
1998 NLL season
Before the 1998 season, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League was renamed to be the National Lacrosse League, in the process increasing the length of the regular season from ten to twelve games. The first season as the NLL began on January 3, 1998 and concluded with the second championship game on April...
, Veltman returned to the NLL, moving with Bandit head coach Les Bartley
Les Bartley
Les Bartley was a renowned lacrosse coach. He led the Buffalo Bandits to 3 of their 4 championships in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League , and won 4 more championships with the Toronto Rock in the renamed National Lacrosse League .-Buffalo Bandits:Bartley became the assistant coach of the Bandits...
to the expansion Ontario Raiders
Ontario Raiders
The Ontario Raiders were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 1998 NLL season. The Raiders played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. After only one season in Hamilton, the franchise was moved to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock....
, based in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
. A year later, the Ontario franchise move to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock, where Jim has won five more NLL Championships. Veltman was the captain of the Rock from 1999 until his retirement following the 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....
.
Jim Veltman led the National Lacrosse League in loose balls in 14 out of the 16 seasons he played, earning him the nickname "Scoop". On February 5, 2006, Veltman reached a milestone as he "scooped" his 2000th career loose ball. He also set the single season record for loose balls with 226 in the 2006 season
2006 NLL season
-All-Star game:The 2006 All-Star Game was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2006. The West Division defeated the East Division 14-13. The MVP of the game was Lewis Ratcliff of the Calgary Roughnecks, who scored 4 goals, including the game winner...
. Veltman scooped 14 loose balls on April 8, 2006, to break his own previous record of 207, set in 2003
2003 NLL season
-Awards:-Weekly Awards:The NLL gives out awards weekly for the best overall player, best offensive player, best defensive player, and best rookie.- Monthly Awards :Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie....
. The record stood until Geoff Snider
Geoff Snider
Geoff Snider is a Canadian lacrosse player from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is known as a dominant faceoff man and a very physical player...
scooped 244 in 2008
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....
.
Veltman was the first recipient of the National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award
National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award
The National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award is given annually to a NLL player. It "honors the combination of character and performance" shown by a player.-Past winners:...
in 2002
2002 NLL season
-All Star Game:The 2002 All-Star Game was held on April 21 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, where the North team beat the South 14-10. The MVP was Toronto's Steve Toll, who scored three goals. At the time, this also marked Paul Gait's final professional lacrosse game, as he...
, and was named league MVP
National Lacrosse League MVP Award
The Reebok National Lacrosse League Most Valuable Player Award is given annually to the NLL player who is considered to have contributed most to his team's success...
in 2004
2004 NLL season
-All Star Game:The 2004 All-Star Game was held at the Pepsi Center in Denver on February 22, 2004. The East division defeated the West 19-15, and Buffalo's Mark Steenhuis was named game MVP.-All-Star teams:-Awards:-Weekly Awards:...
. He was also the first recipient of the Toronto Rock's Les Bartley Award
Les Bartley Award (Toronto Rock)
The Les Bartley Award is an award given annually by the Toronto Rock lacrosse team. The award was established during the 2007 season, and is named in honour of the late Les Bartley, the former GM, head coach, and vice president of the Toronto Rock during their reign as one of the top teams in the...
(not to be confused with the NLL's Les Bartley Award
Les Bartley Award
The Les Bartley Award is given annually to the National Lacrosse League head coach of the year. The award was simply called the Head Coach of the Year award until 2004, when the award was renamed in honour of Les Bartley, the winningest coach in NLL history....
for coach of the year).
On September 11, 2007, the Toronto Rock announced that they had resigned Veltman to a five year agreement. Veltman would remain captain of the Rock for one more 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....
, after which he would retire from playing and join the Rock coaching staff. The announcement ended speculation that Veltman was considering retiring to take the vacant Colorado Mammoth
Colorado Mammoth
The Colorado Mammoth are a member of the National Lacrosse League. They have played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, United States, since the 2003 season....
head coach position, a position eventually taken by Bob McMahon
Bob McMahon
Bob McMahon is a former head coach in the National Lacrosse League, and currently serves as an assistant coach with the Colorado Mammoth.Bob McMahon began his professional lacrosse coaching career as an assistant coach with the Detroit Turbos in 1992 and 1993...
.
On April 27, 2008, Veltman played his last career game, as the Rock lost 15-14 to the Philadelphia Wings
Philadelphia 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....
. Veltman had one goal, four assists, and 17 loose balls.
Off the floor, Veltman is a physical education teacher at Agincourt Collegiate Institute
Agincourt Collegiate Institute
Agincourt Collegiate Institute is a secondary school located in Agincourt, Toronto, Ontario. The school, founded in 1915 as Agincourt Continuation School, became Agincourt High School in 1954, and Agincourt Collegiate Institute in 1957. A.C.I is the oldest school in the former Scarborough...
in Scarborough, Toronto, where he coaches the lacrosse team.
Canadian Lacrosse Association Career
1992 - Member of the Mann CupMann Cup
The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion...
winning Brampton Excelsiors
Brampton Excelsiors (MSL)
The Brampton Excelsiors are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The Excelsiors play in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" Lacrosse League.-Season-by-season results:...
1993 - Member of the Mann Cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
1998 - Member of the Mann Cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
2003 - Member of the Mann Cup winning Victoria Shamrocks
Victoria Shamrocks
The Victoria Shamrocks are a Senior A box lacrosse club, based in Victoria, British Columbia. The team competes in the 7-team Western Lacrosse Association .The Shamrocks have won the Mann Cup 8 times...
International Lacrosse Career
2003 - Captain of Team Canada, winners of the World Indoor Lacrosse ChampionshipWorld Indoor Lacrosse Championship
The World Indoor Lacrosse Championship is an international box lacrosse tournament that is held every four years an is sponsored by the Federation of International Lacrosse . First held in 2003, the tournament was sponsored by the International Lacrosse Federation until 2008, when the ILF became...
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NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 1992 | Buffalo | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 1993 | Buffalo | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 102 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 1994 | Buffalo | 8 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 130 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 6 | ||
| 1995 | Buffalo | 8 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1996 | Buffalo | 10 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 125 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Ontario | 12 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 194 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999 | Toronto | 12 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 166 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2000 | Toronto | 12 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 164 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2001 | Toronto | 14 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 161 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2002 | Toronto | 16 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 203 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Toronto | 16 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 207 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2004 | Toronto | 16 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 179 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Toronto | 13 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 193 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2006 | Toronto | 16 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 226 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Toronto | 13 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 143 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Toronto | 14 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 122 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NLL Totals | 194 | 159 | 493 | 650 | 2417 | 212 | 25 | 20 | 63 | 83 | 330 | 33 | |||