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- ↑ "Defense, Transition & Goaltender Awards". NLL.com. May 11, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ↑ "PLL Releases Rosters via Players Social Media" . Retrieved June 23, 2019.