Matt Hossack
| Born | February 8, 1994 Port Perry, Ontario, Canada |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 192 pounds (87 kg) |
| Shoots | Right |
| Position | Defence/Transition |
| NCAA team | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| NLL draft | 14th overall, 2016 Saskatchewan Rush |
| NLL team Former teams | Panther City Lacrosse Club Saskatchewan Rush |
| MLL team Former teams | Atlanta Blaze Denver Outlaws |
| PLL team | Waterdogs Lacrosse Club |
| CLA team Former teams | Brooklin Lacrosse Club Whitby Warriors |
| Pro career | 2016– |
| Nickname | Hoss |
Matt Hossack (born February 02, 1994) is a Canadian professional box lacrosse player who currently plays with the Panther City Lacrosse Club of the National Lacrosse League.
College career[edit]
Hossack attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he was named the Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year for two straight seasons with the RIT Tigers. At RIT he finished 5th all time in ground balls with 369 ground balls, as well as second all time in caused turnovers with 139.[1]
Professional career[edit]
Hossack was drafted 14th overall by the Saskatchewan Rush in 2016.[2] He went on to win one NLL Championship in the 2018 NLL Cup Finals with the Rush.[3] He was drafted in the 2020 NLL expansion draft by the Panther City Lacrosse Club.[4][5][6]
Hossack has played for the Brooklin Lacrosse Club of the Major Series Lacrosse and has won a Minto Cup with the Whitby Warriors Junior A lacrosse club.[7]
NLL stats[edit]
| Matt Hossack | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP |
| 2017 | Saskatchewan Rush | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0.50 | 2.75 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | Saskatchewan Rush | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 4 | 0.59 | 3.59 | 0.24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1.25 | 6.25 | 0.00 |
| 2019 | Saskatchewan Rush | 18 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 93 | 10 | 0.94 | 5.17 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | Saskatchewan Rush | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 0.50 | 4.00 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2021 | Panther City Lacrosse Club | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 117 | 14 | 0.53 | 6.88 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 68 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 330 | 30 | 0.69 | 4.85 | 0.44 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 0.78 | 5.33 | 0.00 | ||
| Career Total: | 77 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 378 | 30 | 0.70 | 4.91 | 0.39 | ||||||||||
GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.
Source:[8]
Awards and honours[edit]
- Minto Cup, 2013 (with the Brooklin Lacrosse Club)
- 2015 Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year
- 2016 Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year
- NLL Cup, 2018 (with the Saskatchewan Rush)
References[edit]
- ^ "Matt Hossack - 2016 - Men's Lacrosse".
- ^ "Matt Hossack".
- ^ "One Hossack will win NLL Champions Cup, that's guaranteed".
- ^ "Sports This Week - Rush lose Hossack to Panther City".
- ^ "Rush lose Hossack in NLL expansion draft".
- ^ @PantherCityLax (June 29, 2021). "First Pick- Matt Hossack - Defender History Made!! Congrats to @Du_Hoss42 on being our first pick in the 2021 e…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Matt Hossack - Major Series Lacrosse - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
- ^ "Matt Hossack". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
External links[edit]
- Matt Hossack at NLL.com
- RIT Tigers bio