- Peter Vlahakis
Infobox Lacrosse Player
image_size = 150px
position = Midfield/Faceoff
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height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 185
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mll_team =Long Island Lizards
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league=NCAA
team=Fairfield University
birth_date = Birth date and age|1982|1|20|mf=y
birth_place =Shoreham, New York
nationality = United States
career_start = 2004
nickname =Peter Vlahakis (b.
January 20 ,1982 inShoreham, New York ) is a professionallacrosse player with theLong Island Lizards ofMajor League Lacrosse . Vlahakis is the top face-off man in the MLL holding the top face-off percentage in MLL history. He was selected to participate in the 2007 and 2008 MLL All-Star Game. [ [http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=167459 Inside Lacrosse - Major League Lacrosse: Casey Powell in, Peter Vlahakis out of All-Star game ] ]Professional
Vlahakis was drafted in the 4th round of the 2004 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft by the
New Jersey Pride . On July 3, 2008 Vlahakis set the league record for face off wins and percentage by winning 35 of 48 or 73% of his face-offs in a single game.College
Vlahakis attended
Fairfield University where he was ranked seventh in the nation with a face-off win percentage of .633 in2003 and was ranked as one of the top-10 face-off men in the NCAA in each of his four seasons with the Stags. Vlahakis was a two-time All-New England selection and pre-season All-American in2002 . [ [http://fairfieldstags.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/vlahakis_peter00.html CSTV.com: #1 in College Sports ] ] .Personal
Peter's father is Bob Vlahakis, the producer and innovator of the annual Face-Off Yearbook covering college lacrosse since 1994 and a current Senior Editor of the
Inside Lacrosse Magazine.External links
* [http://www.longislandlizards.com/team/players/index.html?player_id=7 Long Island Lizards Profile]
References
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NAME=Vlahakis, Peter
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH=January 20 ,1982
PLACE OF BIRTH=Shoreham, New York
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