Jim Veltman

Infobox Lacrosse Player


image_size = 150px
position = Defenseman
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 185
nll_team = Toronto Rock
former_nll_teams = Ontario Raiders
Buffalo Bandits
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1966|3|8|mf=y
birth_place = Brampton, Ontario, CA
career_start = 1992
career_end = 2008
nickname = Scoop

Jim "Scoop" Veltman (b. March 8, 1966 in Brampton, Ontario) is a former lacrosse player who played for the Toronto Rock, the Ontario Raiders, and the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League. Veltman won three NLL championships with the Bandits and then five more with the Rock, where he was captain for ten seasons. [cite web|url=http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=476189|author=O'Connor, Joe|work=National Post|title=Rock Lose Veltman's Final Game|date=April 27, 2008|accessdate=2008-05-01]

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NLL career

Veltman began his NLL career in 1992 with the Buffalo Bandits. He played 5 seasons with the Bandits, winning three NLL Championships. After the 1996 season, Veltman and his wife travelled to Uganda where they did volunteer work for 17 months. [cite web|url=http://www.torontorock.com/player.php?id=21|title=Jim Veltman|work=Toronto Rock web site|accessdate=2006-12-11]

In 1998, Veltman returned to the NLL, moving with Bandit head coach Les Bartley to the expansion Ontario Raiders, based in Hamilton, Ontario. A year later, the Ontario franchise move to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock, where Jim has won five more NLL Championships. Veltman was the captain of the Rock from 1999 until his retirement following the 2008 season.

Jim Veltman led the National Lacrosse League in loose balls in 14 out of the 16 seasons he played, earning him the nickname "Scoop". On February 5, 2006, Veltman reached a milestone as he "scooped" his 2000th career loose ball. He also set the single season record for loose balls with 226 in the 2006 season. Veltman scooped 14 loose balls on April 8, 2006, to break his own previous record of 207, set in 2003. The record stood until Geoff Snider scooped 244 in 2008. [cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3458|work=NLL.com|title=Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record|date=April 29, 2008|accessdate=2008-05-01]

Veltman was the first recipient of the National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award in 2002, and was named league MVP in 2004. He was also the first recipient of the Toronto Rock's Les Bartley Award (not to be confused with the NLL's Les Bartley Award for coach of the year).

On September 11, 2007, the Toronto Rock announced that they had resigned Veltman to a five year agreement. Veltman would remain captain of the Rock for one more season, after which he would retire from playing and join the Rock coaching staff. [cite web|url=http://torontorock.com/news.php?id=331|title=Captain Jim Veltman to remain in Toronto|date=September 11, 2007|accessdate=2007-10-16|work=TorontoRock.com] The announcement ended speculation that Veltman was considering retiring to take the vacant Colorado Mammoth head coach position, [cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3081|work=NLL.com|title=Veltman sticks with Toronto|date=September 11, 2007|accessdate=2007-10-16] a position eventually taken by Bob McMahon. [cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3100|title=Bob McMahon named Colorado head coach|work=NLL.com|date=September 26, 2007|accessdate=2007-10-16]

On April 27, 2008, Veltman played his last career game, as the Rock lost 15-14 to the Philadelphia Wings. Veltman had one goal, four assists, and 17 loose balls. [cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3456|work=NLL.com|title=Wings Hold Off Rock, 15-14|date=April 27, 2008|accessdate=2008-05-01]

Off the floor, Veltman is a physical education teacher at Agincourt Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto, where he coaches the lacrosse team.

Canadian Lacrosse Association Career

1992 - Member of the Mann cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
1993 - Member of the Mann cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
1998 - Member of the Mann cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
2003 - Member of the Mann cup winning Victoria Shamrocks

International Lacrosse Career

2003 - Captain of Team Canada, winners of the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships

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DATE OF BIRTH=March 8, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH=Brampton, Ontario
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