Josh Byrne

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Josh Byrne
Josh Byrne June 2023.jpg
Born (1994-04-15) April 15, 1994 (age 30)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
ShootsLeft
PositionForward (box), Attack (field)
NCAA team Hofstra (2017)
NLL draft1st overall, 2017
Buffalo Bandits
NLL team Buffalo Bandits
MLL draft19th overall, 2017
Chesapeake Bayhawks
MLL teamsChesapeake Bayhawks
PLL team Chaos LC
Pro career2017–
Career highlights

MLL:

  • Rookie of the Year (2017)

PLL:

  • 1x Champion (2021)
  • 3x All-Star (2019, 2021, 2023)
  • 1x All-Pro (2020)

NLL:

  • 1x Champion (2023)
  • 1x MVP (2024)
  • 1x Offensive Player of the Year (2024)
  • 1x First Team All-NLL (2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Men's field lacrosse
World Lacrosse Championship
Runner-up 2018 Netanya
Runner-up 2023 San Diego
Men's lacrosse sixes
World Games
Winner 2022 Birmingham

Josh Byrne (born April 15, 1994) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League and Chaos Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League. He has won a championship with each team, with the Chaos in 2021, and with the Bandits in 2023. He won the 2024 NLL MVP award.

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Early life

Born in New Westminster, British Columbia to an Irish father and Trinidadian mother, [1] Byrne attended New Westminster Secondary School [2] and played junior lacrosse for his hometown New Westminster Salmonbellies of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League. Byrne played collegiately at ASA College and Nassau Community College. From 2016 to 2017, he played at Hofstra University, where he scored 71 goals and tallied 111 points in 29 games. [3]

Professional career

Byrne was taken first overall in the 2016 Western Lacrosse Association draft by the Burnaby Lakers. In 16 career regular season games with Burnaby, he tallied 12 goals and 33 assists. [4]

Byrne was drafted first overall in the 2017 NLL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Bandits. [5] With the Bandits, Byrne reached the NLL Cup Finals in 2019 and 2022, and won the NLL Cup in 2023.

In the field game, Byrne was drafted 19th overall by the Chesapeake Bayhawks in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse draft. [6] He played for Chesapeake in 2017 and 2018. Upon the foundation of the Premier Lacrosse League in 2019, Byrne joined Chaos Lacrosse Club, where he helped his team to PLL Championship game appearances in 2020 and 2022, and the league championship in 2021.

Personal life

Byrne hosts a podcast, The Dhane and Josh Show, with Bandits and Chaos teammate Dhane Smith. [3] Both Byrne and Smith, who are Black Canadians, have supported the Black Lives Matter movement. [7]

Statistics

NLL

Josh ByrneRegular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GPGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GP

2018 Buffalo Bandits 182637637293.504.000.50–––––––––
2019 Buffalo Bandits 91329423324.673.670.22437101522.503.750.50
2020 Buffalo Bandits 112926555275.004.730.64–––––––––
2022 Buffalo Bandits 1837629974125.504.110.6761424382606.334.330.00
2023 Buffalo Bandits 1543509366126.204.400.8041518331868.254.501.50
71148204352297424.964.180.59143249815985.794.210.57
Career Total:85180253433356505.094.190.59

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

MLL

Josh ByrneRegular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOAGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOA
2017 Chesapeake Bayhawks 9 39074692170000–––––––––––
2018 Chesapeake Bayhawks 9 22083065110200 1 20137100.500
186101576157280200120137100.500
Career Total:1963016791642902.500

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

PLL

Josh ByrneRegular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOAGPG2PGAPtsShGBPenPIMFOWFOA
2019 Chaos 8 17082539110100 2 2024310000
2020 Chaos 7 1307204482100–––––––––––
2021 Chaos 9 1701229671910.500 3 704112740000
2022 Chaos 7 15052053921.500 3 604102451100
2023 Chaos 6 15062146110000 1 30141110000
37770381152495854009180112965111100
Career Total:4695049144314696500

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

Awards and achievements

Preceded by NLL Most Valuable Player
2024 		Succeeded by
incumbent

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References

  1. ↑ "Sullivan: Josh Byrne, Bandits look to win NLL title for their city". News 4 Buffalo. 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Josh Byrne PLL profile" . Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 Levi, Adam (May 24, 2023). "Beyond the Box - Josh Byrne Lives With a New York State of Mind". Inside Lacrosse . Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ McNaughton, Ian (February 7, 2022). "WLA Draft Picks 2012-2021" . Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ Goods, Jack (September 19, 2017). "Bandits pick elite lefty Josh Byrne with No. 1 pick in NLL Draft". The Buffalo News . Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2017 MLL Draft" . Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Jenner, Maki (August 6, 2020). "We Belong Here: Smith, Byrne Serving as Role Models for Next Generation" . Retrieved June 5, 2023.


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