Cam Woods

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Cam Woods
Born (1976-04-27) April 27, 1976 (age 46)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight205 pounds (93 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionDefense
NLL draft18th overall, 1997
Boston Blazers
NLL team
Former teams
Toronto Rock
Chicago Shamrox
San Jose Stealth
Albany Attack
Pro career2000–2014

Cam Woods (born April 27, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. Woods tied with Taylor Wray for the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2004, and was a 4 time all star (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009). Woods was named as the captain in his second season with the Albany Attack and then served as team captain for the next 7 seasons (3 Albany, 3 San Jose, 1 Chicago) before being traded to the Rock. [1] Woods won his first NLL champions cup in 2011 with the Toronto Rock, to go along with his 2 Mann cups (2000 Brooklin Redmen, 2008 Brampton Excelsiors). Cam is a father of two children, Avalyn and Marchel Woods.

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Woods announced his retirement from the NLL shortly before the 2014 NLL season, [1] then came out of retirement to sign a practice roster agreement with the Toronto Rock on March 20, 2014. [2]

Woods represented Canada playing in the World Indoor games, the Heritage Cup, and at the World Field Lacrosse Championships in Perth, Australia.

Statistics

NLL

Reference: [3]

Cam Woods Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GPGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GP

2000 Albany Attack 122121499181.178.251.50
2001 Albany Attack 1412719154431.3611.003.07
2002 Albany Attack 1681523113441.447.062.7521232041.5010.002.00
2003 Albany Attack 1641014119260.887.441.63
2004 San Jose Stealth 1661319111481.196.943.001022502.005.000.00
2005 San Jose Stealth 16639109300.566.811.88
2006 San Jose Stealth 162101294200.755.881.25
2007 Chicago Shamrox 1651520122501.257.633.13
2008 Toronto Rock 146121881781.295.795.57
2009 Toronto Rock 1305574260.385.692.00
2010 Toronto Rock 93364540.675.000.4420111020.505.001.00
2011 Toronto Rock 140339550.216.790.3630111240.334.001.33
2012 Toronto Rock 162577260.444.500.382000700.003.500.00
2013 Toronto Rock 1514564120.334.270.801000100.001.000.00
2014 Toronto Rock 40111940.254.751.001000640.006.004.00
207571181751,3714140.856.622.001216761140.585.081.17
Career Total:219581241821,4324280.836.541.95

GPGames played; GGoals; AAssists; PtsPoints; LBLoose balls; PIMPenalty minutes; Pts/GPPoints per games played; LB/GPLoose balls per games played; PIM/GPPenalty minutes per games played.

Awards

Preceded by NLL Defensive Player of the Year
(tie with Taylor Wray)

2004
Succeeded by

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cam Woods retires after 14-year NLL career". ILIndoor.com. November 29, 2013. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  2. "Toronto Rock". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  3. "National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.