Matt Hossack

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Matt Hossack
Born (1994-02-08) February 8, 1994 (age 30)
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight192 pounds (87 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionDefence/Transition
NCAA team Rochester Institute of Technology
NLL draft14th overall, 2016
Saskatchewan Rush
NLL team
Former teams
Panther City Lacrosse Club
Saskatchewan Rush
MLL team
Former teams
Atlanta Blaze
Denver Outlaws
PLL team Waterdogs Lacrosse Club
CLA team
Former teams
Brooklin Lacrosse Club
Whitby Warriors
Pro career2016–
NicknameHoss

Matt Hossack (born February 02, 1994) is a Canadian professional box lacrosse player who currently plays with the Panther City Lacrosse Club of the National Lacrosse League.

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College career

Hossack attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he was named the Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year for two straight seasons with the RIT Tigers. At RIT he finished 5th all time in ground balls with 369 ground balls, as well as second all time in caused turnovers with 139. [1]

Professional career

Hossack was drafted 14th overall by the Saskatchewan Rush in 2016. [2] He went on to win one NLL Championship in the 2018 NLL Cup Finals with the Rush. [3] He was drafted in the 2020 NLL expansion draft by the Panther City Lacrosse Club. [4] [5] [6]

Hossack has played for the Brooklin Lacrosse Club of the Major Series Lacrosse and has won a Minto Cup with the Whitby Warriors Junior A lacrosse club. [7]

NLL stats

Matt Hossack Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GPGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GP

2017 Saskatchewan Rush 65161901.003.170.0041121100.502.750.00
2018 Saskatchewan Rush 1737106140.593.590.2442352501.256.250.00
2019 Saskatchewan Rush 183141793100.945.170.5610001200.0012.000.00
2020 Saskatchewan Rush 101454020.504.000.200000000.000.000.00
2021 Panther City Lacrosse Club 17279117140.536.880.820000000.000.000.00
68143347330300.694.850.4493474800.785.330.00
Career Total:77173754378300.704.910.39

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.

Source: [8]

Awards and honours

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References

  1. "Matt Hossack - 2016 - Men's Lacrosse".
  2. "Matt Hossack".
  3. "One Hossack will win NLL Champions Cup, that's guaranteed".
  4. "Sports This Week - Rush lose Hossack to Panther City".
  5. "Rush lose Hossack in NLL expansion draft".
  6. @PantherCityLax (June 29, 2021). "First Pick- Matt Hossack - Defender History Made!! Congrats to @Du_Hoss42 on being our first pick in the 2021 e…" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  7. "Matt Hossack - Major Series Lacrosse - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  8. "Matt Hossack". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved May 19, 2022.