Matt Disher

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Matt Disher
Born (1976-07-10) July 10, 1976 (age 45)
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight240 pounds (109 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionGoaltender
NLL draft7th overall, 1998
Buffalo Bandits
NLL team
Former teams
Edmonton Rush
Portland LumberJax
Minnesota Swarm
Anaheim Storm
Ottawa Rebel
Buffalo Bandits
Pro career 1999

Matt Disher (born July 10, 1976 in Hagersville, Ontario) is a goaltender for the Edmonton Rush in the National Lacrosse League. Disher has been named NLL Player of the Week four times, defensive player of the week three times, and was named Rookie of the Month in February 1999.He was known for being the last player or goalie to wear the traditional style of field lacrosse helmet.

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During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game. [1]

Statistics

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPMinGASvGAASv %GPMinGASvGAASv %
1999Buffalo63318525715.4175.15%------------
2000Buffalo1155815138116.2471.62%1147530.0041.67%
2001Ottawa31804211814.0073.75%------------
2002Ottawa1657715141215.7073.18%------------
2003Ottawa1675915650412.3376.36%------------
2004Anaheim1667414942613.2674.09%------------
2005Minnesota1478818951214.3973.04%------------
2006Minnesota164298026611.1976.88%1406319.0083.78%
2007Minnesota163018716917.3466.02%100000.00%
2008Edmonton92164112611.3975.45%------------
2008Portland42444416310.8278.74%3132338014.9870.80%
2009Portland1373313250210.8079.18%1156924.0060.00%
2010Edmonton1680817452712.9275.18%2120191049.5084.55%
NLL Totals1566,5981,4814,36313.4774.66%93217122913.2776.33%

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References

  1. "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.