Darren Reisig

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Darren Reisig
Born (1968-03-23) March 23, 1968 (age 55)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight205 pounds (93 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionTransition
NLL team
Former teams
Portland LumberJax
San Jose Stealth
Vancouver Ravens
Former WLA team Victoria Shamrocks
Pro career 20022007
NicknameZiggy

Darren Reisig (born March 23, 1968, in Victoria, British Columbia) is a former professional lacrosse player and was recently an assistant coach of the Victoria Shamrocks. Darren is also a teacher and athletic director at Claremont Secondary School. He runs the Claremont Sports Institute for aquatics, golf, rowing and lacrosse. Darren is the head coach of the lacrosse program as well as coaching golf and girls junior basketball.

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Darren also runs the BC's Best Lacrosse Player Showcase tournament which hosts the top 150 high school field lacrosse players in the province, along with coaches representing colleges from all across the U.S. This tournament is usually held in June. In August Darren, and Fred Jenner run Camp Rocks summer field lacrosse camps.

NLL career

Reisig began his NLL career with the Vancouver Ravens in the 2002 NLL season. He was appointed the Vancouver Ravens' first captain prior to their opening game on November 17, 2001, in Toronto. Reisig played for the Ravens until 2004, and has since played for the San Jose Stealth and the Portland LumberJax.

Reisig was named to the North team for the All-Star game in the 2002 NLL season.

WLA career

Reisig played with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association from 1989 to 2003, helping the Shamrocks to Mann Cup national titles in 1997, 1999 and 2003. He was the captain of the Mann Cup-winning Shamrocks in 2003.

International lacrosse career

Junior lacrosse career

Reisig played for the Esquimalt Legion lacrosse team in the BCJALL from 1985 to 1989 and led his teams to league titles in 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989. In 1987 they actually tied for the league lead in points with the Coquitlam Adanacs. The Esquimalt Legion team won the Provincial Championship consecutively from 1985 through 1988. In 1989 Reisig was named as a first team all-star and was the team top scorer

Statistics

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
2002Vancouver1688169427100062
2003Vancouver1656116424100060
2004Vancouver103364114------------
San Jose3123112102210
2005San Jose163476830------------
2006San Jose1655104712------------
2007Portland10358254------------
NLL Totals872833613501133022132

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