National Lacrosse League Weekly Awards

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In the 1994 season, the National Lacrosse League (then called the Major Indoor Lacrosse League) began naming a Player of the Week. The first recipient was Buffalo Bandits legend John Tavares.[ citation needed ]

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In 2002, the league renamed the award to Overall Player of the Week, and added weekly awards for Offensive Player of the Week, Defensive Player of the Week, and Rookie of the Week. [1] In 2007, another new award was added, Transition Player of the Week. [2]

Current awards

Players listed in italics are retired. Number of awards is up to and including the 2008 NLL season.

Overall Player of the Week

2002-present

PlayerCount
John Tavares 12
John Grant, Jr. 7
Gary Gait 6
Dan Dawson 4
Tracey Kelusky
Blaine Manning
Jim Veltman
Shawn Williams
Steve Dietrich 3
Mark Steenhuis
Jeff Zywicki

Offensive Player of the Week

2002-present

PlayerCount
John Grant, Jr.13
John Tavares11
Shawn Williams7
Dan Dawson6
Colin Doyle 5
Blaine Manning
Pat Maddalena4
Gary Gait3
Paul Gait
Tracey Kelusky
Derek Malawsky
Jeff Ratcliffe
Jeff Zywicki

Defensive Player of the Week

2002-present

PlayerCount
Dallas Eliuk 11
Pat O'Toole 10
Curtis Palidwor 9
Bob Watson
Steve Dietrich 8
Gee Nash 5
Nick Patterson
Rob Blasdell 4
Matt Roik
Pat Campbell 3
Matt Disher
Matt King
Dwight Maetche
Brandon Miller
Mike Miron

Rookie of the Week

2002-present

PlayerCount
Sean Greenhalgh 5
Brodie Merrill
Blaine Manning 4
Craig Point
Ryan Benesch 3
Andrew Burkholder
Jordan Hall
Peter Morgan
Aaron Wilson

Transition Player of the Week

2007-present

PlayerCount
Mark Steenhuis 9
Josh Sims 4
Steve Toll 2
Pat McCready
Brodie Merrill
Geoff Snider

Previous awards

Player of the Week

1994-2001

PlayerCount
John Tavares 8
Paul Gait 7
Gary Gait
Dallas Eliuk 5
Jake Bergey 4
Tom Carmean
Roy Colsey
Steve Dietrich
Tom Marechek
Pat O'Toole
Sal LoCascio 3

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References

  1. "John Tavares Wins Overall Player Of The Week". OurSports Central. 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  2. "Wings' Van Beek Named National Lacrosse League Transition Player of the Week". OurSports Central. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2022-05-20.