Dan Dawson

Dan Dawson
Born	December 11, 1981 (1981-12-11) (age 29), Oakville, Ontario, CA
Position	Forward
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
MSL Team	Brampton Excelsiors
NLL Team F. Teams	Philadelphia Wings Boston Blazers Portland LumberJax Arizona Sting Columbus Landsharks
MLL Team F. Teams	Free Agent Hamilton Nationals
Nationality	Canada
Pro Career	2002–present
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Dangerous Dan

Dan Dawson (born December 11, 1981 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.

NLL career

Dawson was drafted in the sixth round (68th overall) by the Columbus Landsharks in 2001, and played in 11 games in his rookie season with Columbus, tallying 3 goals, 329 loose balls. In 2003, he played in 16 games, setting career highs in goals and loose balls. In 2004, Dawson helped Team Canada beat Team USA in the Heritage Cup. During the 2004 season, he led Arizona in assists and was 2nd in points. In 2005, Dawson finished 7th in the NLL with 84 points and 2nd in goals with 48. He scored a hat-trick in his first All-Star game with the West Division. In 2005 he was named a First Team All-Pro.

Dawson was selected first overall by the LumberJax in the 2008 dispersal draft, after the Arizona Sting and Boston Blazers announced that they would not be playing in the 2008 season.^[1] After leading the LumberJax's the 2008 Champions Cup final, Dawson was again put into National Lacrosse League dispersal draft pool when Arizona ceased operations. This time, Dawson was selected first overall by the Boston Blazers.^[2]

During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game.^[3] Dawson and Josh Sanderson both finished the season with 74 assists, a new league record.^[4]

Canadian Box Career

Played for Brampton Excelsiors of OLA and won Mann Cup in 2002 as a junior. He was signed by the Victoria Shamrocks in 2005 and helped lead them to their 8th Mann Cup victory. He won the Bill Ellison Award twice for the MVP of the 2005 WLA playoffs and the 2006 WLA playoffs.

Statistics

NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2002	Columbus		11	3	3	6	29	6		--	--	--	--	--	--
2003	Columbus		16	28	24	52	51	12		--	--	--	--	--	--
2004	Arizona		16	26	48	74	43	19		--	--	--	--	--	--
2005	Arizona		16	48	36	84	73	8		3	10	5	15	16	2
2006	Arizona		16	34	48	82	76	8		2	4	7	11	3	0
2007	Arizona		16	47	60	107	65	16		3	6	12	18	5	0
2008	Portland		16	38	43	81	96	11		3	15	16	31	14	2
2009	Boston		16	30	74	104	54	8		1	0	7	7	6	0
2010	Boston		16	36	52	88	75	36		1	1	7	8	5	0
2011	Boston		16	31	59	90	65	6		1	2	6	8	3	0
NLL Totals			155	321	447	768	627	130		14	38	60	98	52	4

CLA

Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	NRB
1998	Brampton	JR A		21	8	17	25	8	43
1999	Brampton	JR A		20	2	12	14	10	38
2000	Brampton	JR A		19	11	17	28	24	52
2001	Brampton	JR A		20	13	28	41	10	56
2002	Brampton	OLA		4	4	1	5	0	51
2003	Brampton	OLA		14	7	11	18	12	47
2004	Brampton	OLA		16	17	23	40	13	49
2005	Victoria	WLA		6	8	17	25	17	89
2006	Victoria	WLA		15	19	34	53	17	-
CLA Totals				155	120	197	308	139

Awards

Preceded by Dan Carey	NLL Sportsmanship Award 2009	Succeeded by Shawn Williams
Preceded by Athan Iannucci	NLL Most Valuable Player 2009	Succeeded by Casey Powell

References

1. ^ "Dawson selected first overall by Portland". NLL.com. November 5, 2007. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3142. Retrieved 2007-11-05. 
2. ^ "Dawson joins Boston Blazers". NLL.com. June 30, 2008. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3533. Retrieved 2008-06-30. 
3. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3811. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
4. ^ "Sanderson & Dawson Set New Assists Record". NLL.com. April 17, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3925. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 

Persondata
Name	Dawson, Dan
Alternative names
Short description	Lacrosse player
Date of birth	December 11, 1981
Place of birth	Oakville, Ontario
Date of death
Place of death