Shawn Williams
Encyclopedia
Shawn Williams is a Canadian lacrosse
player who plays for the Edmonton Rush
of the National Lacrosse League
and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse
.
with the Ontario Raiders
. The Raiders moved to Toronto the next year, becoming the Toronto Rock
. Following the 1999 season
, Williams was traded to the Buffalo Bandits
for a draft pick, and played two seasons in Buffalo. On May 18, 2001
, Williams was traded again, this time to the Rochester Knighthawks as part of a seven player blockbuster deal.
Williams played his best season in 2004
. When Knighthawk star John Grant, Jr.
went down with a season-ending knee injury, Williams picked up the slack, finishing 8th in the league in points with 81, 3rd in goals with 45, and was named to the first All-Pro team. He was named Overall Player of the Week
three times — all in the last four weeks of the season — and Offensive Player of the Week five times.
Williams has played in six NLL All-Star games
, in 2002
, 2005
, 2006
, 2007
, 2008
, and 2009
scoring the overtime winning goal in the 2008 game.
After ten seasons in Rochester, Williams was traded in October 2011 along with Aaron Bold to the Edmonton Rush
for Ryan Cousins
, Alex Kedoh-Hill, and Andy Secore.
since 1996, other than 2003, when he played one year in the WLA
for the Coquitlam Adanacs
. He was a member of the Mann Cup
-winning Redmen in 2000. He has won the Bucko McDonald
Memorial Trophy as the top scorer in the MSL three times, in 1999, 2001 (co-winner with Josh Sanderson), and again in 2004. Williams also holds the MSL record for most points in a game — 21, set on July 26, 1999 against the Ohsweken Wolves.
s. He also served as the coach for Brock University
. On June 9, 2009, Williams was inducted into the Brock Badgers Hall of Fame.
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
player who plays for the Edmonton Rush
Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush is a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League that started playing in the 2006 NLL season.The NLL announced that Edmonton, Alberta, Canada would receive an NLL franchise on May 5, 2005. They play their home games at Rexall Place...
of the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...
and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...
.
NLL career
Williams started his NLL career in 19981998 NLL season
Before the 1998 season, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League was renamed to be the National Lacrosse League, in the process increasing the length of the regular season from ten to twelve games. The first season as the NLL began on January 3, 1998 and concluded with the second championship game on April...
with the Ontario Raiders
Ontario Raiders
The Ontario Raiders were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 1998 NLL season. The Raiders played at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. After only one season in Hamilton, the franchise was moved to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock....
. The Raiders moved to Toronto the next year, becoming the Toronto Rock
Toronto Rock
The Toronto Rock is a lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The Rock of the late 1990s / early 2000s has been called a dynasty, having won five NLL championships in seven years. From 1999 to 2003, the Rock appeared in an NLL-record...
. Following the 1999 season
1999 NLL season
-Awards:-Weekly Awards:Each week, a player is awarded "Player of the Week" honours.-Monthly Awards:Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.-Statistics Leaders:...
, Williams was traded to the Buffalo Bandits
Buffalo Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits are a team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, until the MILL turned into the NLL in 1998....
for a draft pick, and played two seasons in Buffalo. On May 18, 2001
2001 NLL season
-Awards:-Weekly Awards:Each week, a player is awarded "Player of the Week" honours.-Monthly Awards:Awards are also given out monthly for the best overall player and best rookie.-Statistics Leaders:...
, Williams was traded again, this time to the Rochester Knighthawks as part of a seven player blockbuster deal.
Williams played his best season in 2004
2004 NLL season
-All Star Game:The 2004 All-Star Game was held at the Pepsi Center in Denver on February 22, 2004. The East division defeated the West 19-15, and Buffalo's Mark Steenhuis was named game MVP.-All-Star teams:-Awards:-Weekly Awards:...
. When Knighthawk star John Grant, Jr.
John Grant, Jr. (lacrosse player)
John Christopher Grant, Jr. is a professional lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League and the Long Island Lizards in Major League Lacrosse.-NLL career:...
went down with a season-ending knee injury, Williams picked up the slack, finishing 8th in the league in points with 81, 3rd in goals with 45, and was named to the first All-Pro team. He was named Overall Player of the Week
National Lacrosse League Weekly Awards
In the 1994 season, the National Lacrosse League began naming a Player of the Week. The first recipient was Buffalo Bandits legend John Tavares....
three times — all in the last four weeks of the season — and Offensive Player of the Week five times.
Williams has played in six NLL All-Star games
National Lacrosse League All-Star Game
National Lacrosse League All Star Game is a lacrosse game played each year between two teams representing the two divisions of the National Lacrosse League .-1991 :...
, in 2002
2002 NLL season
-All Star Game:The 2002 All-Star Game was held on April 21 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, where the North team beat the South 14-10. The MVP was Toronto's Steve Toll, who scored three goals. At the time, this also marked Paul Gait's final professional lacrosse game, as he...
, 2005
2005 NLL season
The 2005 National Lacrosse League season began on January 1, 2005 and concluded with the championship game on May 14. The Toronto Rock won their fifth NLL championship, defeating the Arizona Sting 19-13 in Toronto....
, 2006
2006 NLL season
-All-Star game:The 2006 All-Star Game was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2006. The West Division defeated the East Division 14-13. The MVP of the game was Lewis Ratcliff of the Calgary Roughnecks, who scored 4 goals, including the game winner...
, 2007
2007 NLL season
The Knighthawks had the overall top seed in the playoffs, but were unable to host the Championship game due to a scheduling conflict at the Blue Cross Arena.-Team Movement:...
, 2008
2008 NLL season
The 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the 22nd in the history of the NLL, began on December 29, 2007 and concluded with the Buffalo Bandits winning the championship game over the Portland LumberJax on May 17, 2008....
, and 2009
2009 NLL season
-Pre-season:* August 19, 2008: The NLL announced that the Minnesota Swarm would be moving from the East division to the West division, giving the West six teams to the East's seven....
scoring the overtime winning goal in the 2008 game.
After ten seasons in Rochester, Williams was traded in October 2011 along with Aaron Bold to the Edmonton Rush
Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush is a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League that started playing in the 2006 NLL season.The NLL announced that Edmonton, Alberta, Canada would receive an NLL franchise on May 5, 2005. They play their home games at Rexall Place...
for Ryan Cousins
Ryan Cousins
Ryan Cousins is a lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. He was selected to play in the National Lacrosse League All-Star Game in both 2004 and 2005 Cousins plays for the Victoria Shamrocks of the WLA in the offseason.Cousins was awarded the National...
, Alex Kedoh-Hill, and Andy Secore.
MSL / WLA Career
Williams has been a member of the Brooklin Redmen of the MSLMSL
- Organizations :* Major Series Lacrosse* Major Soccer League* Malaysia Super League* MBCgame Starleague * Metal Storm Limited, an Australian modern armament company...
since 1996, other than 2003, when he played one year in the WLA
Western Lacrosse Association
The Western Lacrosse Association is an amateur league of men's Senior A box lacrosse sanctioned by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. It consists of seven teams, based in cities throughout southwestern British Columbia. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the...
for the Coquitlam Adanacs
Coquitlam Adanacs
The Coquitlam Adanacs are a Canadian box lacrosse team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Adanacs play in B.C.'s seven team Western Lacrosse Association , whose champion competes against Ontario's Major Series Lacrosse champion for the Mann Cup every September.The Adanacs originally started...
. He was a member of the Mann Cup
Mann Cup
The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion...
-winning Redmen in 2000. He has won the Bucko McDonald
Wilfred McDonald
Wilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonald was a Canadian professional hockey and lacrosse player, coach, and politician.Born in Fergus, Ontario, he played for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers...
Memorial Trophy as the top scorer in the MSL three times, in 1999, 2001 (co-winner with Josh Sanderson), and again in 2004. Williams also holds the MSL record for most points in a game — 21, set on July 26, 1999 against the Ohsweken Wolves.
Field lacrosse
Williams is also an accomplished field lacrosse player, and has been a member of Team Canada at the last two World Lacrosse ChampionshipWorld Lacrosse Championship
The World Lacrosse Championship is the world championship for international men's field lacrosse. From its inception in 1967 through the 2006 event, it was sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation...
s. He also served as the coach for Brock University
Brock University
Brock University is a comprehensive university located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Brock offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs that include co-op and other experiential learning opportunities to an enrolment of over 17,000 full-time students.The enabling legislation is...
. On June 9, 2009, Williams was inducted into the Brock Badgers Hall of Fame.
National Lacrosse League
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 1998 | Ontario | 12 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 38 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999 | Toronto | 11 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Buffalo | 10 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Buffalo | 14 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 100 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002 | Rochester | 16 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Rochester | 16 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Rochester | 16 | 45 | 36 | 81 | 91 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | Rochester | 16 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Rochester | 16 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Rochester | 16 | 36 | 55 | 91 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | Rochester | 16 | 25 | 55 | 80 | 64 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2009 | Rochester | 16 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Rochester | 16 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 76 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2011 | Rochester | 16 | 23 | 53 | 76 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| NLL Totals | 207 | 396 | 573 | 969 | 974 | 109 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 70 | 4 | |||
Canadian Lacrosse Association
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990 | Scarborough Newmarket Saints The Newmarket Saints were a minor league hockey team in Newmarket, Ontario. It played in the American Hockey League from 1986–91 as the farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Ray Twinney Complex.... |
OLA Jr B OLA Junior B Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada.-History:The Junior "B" level of the Ontario Lacrosse Association has been around since at least 1964... |
14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1991 | Scarborough | OLA Jr B | 18 | 70 | 25 | 95 | 55 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 47 | ||
| 1992 | Scarborough | OLA Jr B | 18 | 79 | 44 | 123 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 18 | ||
| 1992 | Brampton Brampton Excelsiors Jr. A The Brampton Excelsiors are Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The Excelsiors play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.-External links:***... |
OLA Jr A OLA Junior A Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:... |
1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993 | Scarborough | OLA Jr A | 19 | 47 | 45 | 92 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994 | Scarborough | OLA Jr A | 22 | 62 | 67 | 129 | 66 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994 | Owen Sound Owen Sound North Stars The Owen Sound North Stars are a defunct Canadian Senior box lacrosse team. The team played in the City of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada and participated in the Major Series Lacrosse and the OLA Senior B Lacrosse League... |
MSL Major Series Lacrosse Major Series Lacrosse is a Senior A box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the... |
6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995 | Brampton | OLA Jr A | 20 | 45 | 33 | 78 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 1996 | Brooklin Brooklin Redmen The Brooklin Redmen are a box lacrosse team from Whitby, Ontario. The Redmen play in the Major Series Lacrosse league . The MSL, and its counterpart, the Western Lacrosse Association, represent the highest level of competitive box lacrosse in Canada... |
MSL | 19 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1997 | Brooklin | MSL | 20 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 1998 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 33 | 37 | 70 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Brooklin | MSL | 16 | 41 | 49 | 90 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 10 | ||
| 2000 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 45 | 51 | 96 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 18 | 47 | 12 | ||
| 2001 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 57 | 36 | 93 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 10 | ||
| 2002 | Brooklin | MSL | 10 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | Coquitlam Coquitlam Adanacs The Coquitlam Adanacs are a Canadian box lacrosse team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Adanacs play in B.C.'s seven team Western Lacrosse Association , whose champion competes against Ontario's Major Series Lacrosse champion for the Mann Cup every September.The Adanacs originally started... |
WLA Western Lacrosse Association The Western Lacrosse Association is an amateur league of men's Senior A box lacrosse sanctioned by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. It consists of seven teams, based in cities throughout southwestern British Columbia. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the... |
14 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 17 | ||
| 2004 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 46 | 78 | 124 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | Brooklin | MSL | 16 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
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| Junior B Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Senior A Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||