Evan Kirk

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Evan Kirk
Born (1987-07-22) July 22, 1987 (age 34)
Orangeville, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight190 pounds (86 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionGoaltender
NLL draft6th overall, 2011
Minnesota Swarm
NLL team
Former teams		 Rochester Knighthawks
New England Black Wolves
Minnesota Swarm
MSL team Peterborough Lakers
Pro career 2011–
NicknameKirky

Evan Kirk (born July 22, 1987), is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender in the National Lacrosse League, currently playing for the Rochester Knighthawks and for the Peterborough Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse. [1] He was a member of Team Canada during the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship. [2]

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Evan was born in Orangeville, Ontario. Outside of professional lacrosse, Kirk is an Under Armour product rep under their lacrosse line. [3] He graduated Hobart College in New York where he majored in Environmental Studies. [4]

Junior career

Kirk had a four-year junior career. He played for three seasons with the Orangeville Northmen Jr. A from 2005-2007 and one season with the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves in 2008 in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. [5] [6]

High school career

Evan played high school field lacrosse at Salisbury School. The Salisbury Knights compete in the NEPSAC league where the lacrosse program is nationally recognized and has been crowned Western New England Champions five out of the last ten years to 2014. [7]

College career

Kirk is also a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where he played goal and was named team Captain. [8] Kirk also won the Hobart and William Smith Colleges's Kent W. Marbury Memorial Award which is presented to a member of the lacrosse team who, through dedication and hard work best exemplifies the characteristics of Kent Marbury. [7]

NLL career

Kirk was acquired by the Minnesota Swarm in the 2011 NLL entry draft in the first round (sixth overall). In the 2011 NLL season, Evan played sparingly with the Swarm. Following his two season in Minnesota, he was traded to the New England Black Wolves. [9]

In 2016, Kirk took over the starting goaltender role for the Black Wolves. [10] In 2016, Kirk won the NLL Goalie of the Year Award and was named to the NLL All-Pro Team. [11] Kirk played in 70 games for the Black Wolves over his four seasons, compiling a record of 26-32 and set the 2017 franchise record for most saves by a goaltender in a single season of 676. In 2016, Kirk won the NLL Goalie of the Year Award and was named to the NLL All-Pro Team. [12]

On August 1, 2017, The New England Black Wolves announced that they have traded goalie Evan Kirk to the Saskatchewan Rush, in exchange, New England received the No. 8 overall pick in the 2017 NLL Entry Draft as well as a second round pick in the 2018 NLL Entry Draft and Saskatchewan's Goaltender Aaron Bold and John LaFontaine. [13] In 2018, the Rush posted a league-best 14-4 record during the regular season and Kirk helped lead them to the NLL Division Title and Kirk's first ever NLL Cup in the 2018 season. [14] [15]

Statistics

NLL

Reference: [16]

Evan Kirk Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPMinWLGAGAASvSv %GPMinWLGAGAASvSv %

2012 Minnesota Swarm 16415:4744689.812840.8072116:06102010.34640.762
2013 Minnesota Swarm 16393:59339514.472620.73420:000000.0000.000
2014 Philadelphia Wings 16817:355815811.605180.766––––––––
2015 New England Black Wolves 18943:1841321313.555710.728––––––––
2016 New England Black Wolves 18844:589416611.796200.7893154:30114316.701180.733
2017 New England Black Wolves 18940:178720112.836760.771152:58011516.99380.717
2018 Saskatchewan Rush 18926:0512316710.825830.7774237:37314411.111450.767
1205,281:5945421,06812.133,5140.76712561:115312213.043650.749
Career Total:1325,843:1050451,19012.223,8790.765

GP–Games played;Min–Minutes played;W–Wins;L–Losses;GA–Goals against;GAA– Goals against average;Sv–Number of saves;Sv %– Save percentage;

Awards

Reference: [6] [4]

Preceded by NLL Goaltender of the Year
2017 		Succeeded by
TBD

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  1. ↑ "saskatchewan-rush-goaltender-evan-kirk-forging-new-identity". Global News. globalnews.ca.
  2. ↑ "Evan Kirk Sask Rush Bio". SaskRush.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  3. ↑ "Evan Kirk Twitter". Twitter.ca. July 4, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  4. 1 2 "Peterborough Lakers". www.peterboroughlakers.ca.
  5. ↑ "Evan Kirk - Ontario Jr. A Lacrosse League - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies". Pointstreak Sports Technologies.
  6. 1 2 "Evan Kirk - NLL: New England Black Wolves". 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-01-06.
  7. 1 2 "Kent Mabury Trophy Winners". hwsathletics.com.
  8. ↑ "Kirk Player Profile". hwsathletics.com.
  9. ↑ "nll-goalie-showcase-evan-kirk-minnesota-swarm". insidelacrosse.com.
  10. ↑ "Evan Kirk NE Bio". Blackwolves.com. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  11. ↑ "NLL Point Streak". pointstreak.com.
  12. ↑ "Blackwolves Trade Kirk". Blackwolves.com.
  13. ↑ "Blackwolves Acquire Aaron Bold". Blackwolves.com.
  14. ↑ "saskatchewan-rush-third-national-league-title". cbc.ca.
  15. ↑ "net-gain-kirk-chases-his-first-nll-title-as-rush-head-to-rochester". thestarphoenix.com.
  16. ↑ "National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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