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- ↑ "Lacrosse Nation Coaches" . Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Calgary Roughnecks News" . Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Calgary Roughnecks News". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "NLL Transactions" . Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)