Corey Small

Corey Small
Born	March 23, 1987 (1987-03-23) (age 24), St. Catharines, ON, CAN
Position	Attack
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
MSL Team	Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks
NLL Team	Edmonton Rush
MLL Team F. Teams	Free Agent Hamilton Nationals
Nationality	Canada
Shoots	Left

Corey Small (born March 23, 1987 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League and formerly the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse.

High school career

Small attended Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in St. Catharines. During his senior year at Holy Cross, he helped lead the Raiders to a provincial championship.

Canadian Box career

Junior

Small played for the St. Catharines Athletics in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League from to 2004 to 2008. In 2005, he would win the Gaylord Powless Sportsmanship Award. During his 5 years for the Athletics, Small totaled up 127 goals and 278 points in just 102 games. He would also round up 40 goals and 77 points in 30 playoff games.

Senior

Small was selected 2nd overall in the 2009 Major Series Lacrosse draft by the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks, just ahead of former Athletics teammate Dan Coates.^[1] Small finished his first season with the Kodiaks with 13 goals and 35 points.

Professional career

Major League Lacrosse

After finishing his successful four-year tenure at the University of Albany, Small was drafted 22nd overall by the Toronto Nationals in the 2009 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.^[2]

National Lacrosse League

On September 9, 2009, Small was drafted 1st round, 9th overall in the 2009 NLL entry draft by the Edmonton Rush.^[3]

Statistics

NCAA

Season	Team			GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
2006	UAlbany			10	20	5	25	2.00
2007	UAlbany			18	24	7	31	1.72
2008	UAlbany			13	34	11	45	3.46
2009	UAlbany			10	31	5	36	3.60
Totals				51	109	28	137	2.13

MLL

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	PIM	GB	S		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	PIM	GB	S
2009	Toronto Nationals		4	1	0	2	3	0.5	2	7		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLL totals			4	1	0	2	3	0.5	2	7		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. ^ "2009 Major Series Lacrosse Draft". lacrosseinsidethegame.com. February 3, 2009. http://lacrosseinsidethegame.com/2009/02/03/2009-major-series-lacrosse-draft/. Retrieved 2009-02-03. 
2. ^ "MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE COLLEGIATE DRAFT 2009 Collegiate Draft Results". majorleaguelacrosse.com. May 27, 2009. http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/events/collegiatedraft/. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
3. ^ "Edmonton Rush pick Corey Small in entry draft". edmontonjournal.com. September 9, 2009. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Edmonton+Rush+pick+Corey+Small+entry+draft/1977252/story.html#. Retrieved 2009-09-09. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Bio from University of Albany web site

Persondata
Name	Small, Corey
Alternative names
Short description	Lacrosse player
Date of birth	March 23, 1987
Place of birth	St. Catharines, ON, CAN
Date of death
Place of death