Daryl Veltman

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Daryl Veltman
Born (1985-09-25) September 25, 1985 (age 35)
Brampton, Ontario
NationalityCanada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight180 pounds (82 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionAttack
NCAA team Hobart College
NLL draft1st overall, 2008
Boston Blazers
NLL team
Former teams		 New England Black Wolves
Calgary Roughnecks, Buffalo Bandits
WLA team Coquitlam Adanacs
Pro career 2009–

Daryl Veltman (born September 25, 1985) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player. He is currently a member of the New England Black Wolves in the National Lacrosse League.

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High School/College career

Veltman attended the Connecticut college-preparatory Salisbury School, before enrolling at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Veltman played collegiate lacrosse for the Hobart College Statesmen. As a freshman in 2005, he was honored by the ECAC Lacrosse League as "Rookie of the Year." During his freshman season, Veltman led his team in scoring. In all three subsequent seasons, he would continue his team's leading scorer. Veltman was recognized by the conference with ALL-ECAC team honors three times, including first-team recognition as a senior. [1]

Canadian Box career

Junior

Veltman played junior box lacrosse in the Ontario Lacrosse Association. From 2000 to 2002, Veltman was a member of the Halton Hills Bulldogs in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. In 2002, he was named his conference's Most Valuable Player. [2] From 2003 to 2006 he played Junior A lacrosse with the Orangeville Northmen. In 2005, he led the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League in scoring with a career high 102 points.

Senior

After some controversy about transferring provinces within the Canadian Lacrosse Association, [3] [4] Veltman moved west to British Columbia and joined the Coquitlam Adanacs of the Western Lacrosse Association in 2007. [5] During his rookie season, Veltmen helped the Adanacs to a league championship and their first Mann Cup appearance since 2001.

Professional career

Veltman was selected with the first overall pick by the expansion Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League in the 2008 NLL Entry Draft. [6] [7] In his rookie season, Veltman was named Rookie of the Week twice, and was also named Rookie of the Month for both January and February.

Veltman is the nephew of Jim Veltman, former Toronto Rock captain and current Rock advisor and National Lacrosse League all-time loose-ball leader. [7]

On August 8, 2015, Veltman signed a two-year contract with the Buffalo Bandits

International career

In 2003, he represented Team Canada at the Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships, helping his team win the silver medal. [1]

Statistics

Hobart College

SeasonTeamGPGAPtsGB
2005Hobart1428225030
2006Hobart132293116
2007Hobart1433114438
2008Hobart1126113723
Totals5210953162107

National Lacrosse League

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
2009Boston15344377922134760
NLL Totals15344377922134760

Canadian Lacrosse Association

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2000 Halton Hills Bulldogs OLA Jr.B 5549210000
2001Halton Hills BulldogsOLA Jr.B1922254714787156
2002Halton Hills BulldogsOLA Jr.B224449932281611272
2003 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 81219312131030406
2004Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A1930477749717242
2005Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A223864102411319294828
2006Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A119233213111211234
2007 Coquitlam Adanacs WLA 98111909106160
Mann Cup Coquitlam Adanacs CLA ----------55494
2009Coquitlam AdanacsWLA10202747106414186
Junior A Totals60891532426046488713540
Junior B Totals46717814938162418428
Senior A Totals1928386610151420346
Mann Cup Totals----------55494

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hobart Lacrosse Media Guide: 2008 (Page 9 of 15)" (PDF). HWS.edu. Retrieved 2008-10-03.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ "O.L.A. Junior B Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  3. ↑ "CLA Transfer Review Committee Review: Daryl Veltman" (PDF). Canadian Lacrosse Association. Retrieved 2008-10-03.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "Appeal by Daryl Veltman & WLA from a decision of the CLA Transfer Review Committee" (PDF). Canadian Lacrosse Association. June 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-03.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ "Bible of Lacrosse Player Statistics - Daryl Veltman". Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Retrieved 2008-10-03.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Daryl Veltman Selected First By Boston". NLL.com. September 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-08.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. 1 2 Borrelli, Tom (September 29, 2008). "Beanie Baby: Veltman Brings Winning Pedigree to Boston". LaxMagazine.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-03.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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