Cory Bomberry

Cory Bomberry
Born	August 9, 1976 (1976-08-09) (age 35), Six Nations, Ontario, CA
Position	Forward
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
MSL Team	Six Nations Chiefs
NLL Team F. Teams	Rochester Knighthawks Buffalo Bandits Arizona Sting
Nationality	Iroquois
Pro Career	1997–present
Shoots	Right

Cory Bomberry (born August 9, 1976) is an Iroquois lacrosse player who is currently a free agent. He played most recently for the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League. He spend his career as an attacker.

Bomberry can be considered as one of the most famous and most popular Iroquois lacrosse players. Although he spend most of his NLL career in Rochester, he also well known for his tenure in Buffalo. What's more, his goal on Feb. 18, 2006 against Minnesota, assisted by Bandits star John Tavares, helped Tavares to tie Gary Gait's then-existing NLL Career Points Record.

NLL career

He was selected as a first-round pick of the Knighthawks in 1997. He entered the league as two-time winner of Mann Cup with the Six Nations Chiefs in 1995 and 1996. He played there from 1997 to 2003 and won the 1997 championship. He than left the team and spend one year in Arizona Sting and three years in Buffalo Bandits. In Buffalo, he also took part in the 2008 NLL Championship, which was his seventh trip to the finals. In 2009, it was reported, that Bomberry's returning to Knighthawks, but he was released after the season.^[1]

During his 13 years pro career, he has twice been recognized, by the Turtle Island News, leading native weekly newspaper in North America, as the winner of the National Lacrosse League Native American MVP Award.

International career

Cory also took part in number of major international events, including three World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in 2003 and 2007, where he and his team gained silver medals. Although he was a free agent, he appeared on the Iroquois Nationals roster for the 2011 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. Iroquois gained there silver medals again.

Statistics

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
1997	Rochester		1	0	2	2	2	2		--	--	--	--	--	--
1998	Rochester		12	19	31	50	56	26		1	3	2	5	10	2
1999	Rochester		12	11	21	32	62	14		2	2	2	4	14	2
2000	Rochester		12	17	25	42	71	14		2	2	4	6	9	6
2001	Rochester		14	24	42	66	69	14		1	0	2	2	6	0
2002	Rochester		16	22	44	66	104	12		2	3	2	5	6	0
2003	Rochester		16	22	43	65	72	4		2	1	6	7	6	0
2004	Arizona		16	23	43	66	46	10		--	--	--	--	--	--
2005	Arizona		15	24	23	47	0	0		3	3	8	11	0	0
2006	Buffalo		15	21	27	48	89	0		3	3	9	12	17	0
2007	Buffalo		15	16	33	49	46	0		2	2	3	5	10	0
2008	Buffalo		16	17	38	55	59	0		3	1	3	4	8	0
2009	Buffalo		15	15	36	51	46	0		2	1	4	5	2	0
2010	Rochester		8	4	11	15	32	2		--	--	--	--	--	--
	NLL Totals		183	235	419	654	754	105		23	21	45	66	79	10

References

1. ^ "BOMBERRY RETURNS TO KNIGHTHAWKS". nll.com. November 13, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=4116. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 

External links

• Stats at NLL.com

Persondata
Name	Bomberry, Cody
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Date of birth	August 9, 1976
Place of birth	Six Nations, Ontario, CA
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