Bryce Sweeting (born July 7, 1994) is a professional

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

player for the

Buffalo Bandits The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team in the East Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They play at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, t ...

of the

National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat ...

and the Peterborough Lakers of

Major Series Lacrosse Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league based in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the star players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the play ...

. Hailing from

Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough ( ) is a city on the Otonabee River in Ontario, Canada, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) northeast of Toronto. According to the 2021 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 83,651. The population of the Peterborough ...

, Sweeting began playing lacrosse when he was six years old. He is a graduate of

St. Peter Catholic Secondary School St. Peter Catholic Secondary School, abbreviated SPSS, is an urban high school located in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The school was originally opened in 1914, before moving to its current location in the mid-1990s. The school is administered ...

and

St. Clair College St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college in the Southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent. Campus Its main administration and largest campus sites are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In addition, other campuses ...

. Sweeting began his junior career in 2012 with the Peterborough Lakers of the

Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League (OJCLL) is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Canada. The league features teams split into three regional divisions. OJCLL annually play a 16-game schedule and playoffs for ...

. He worked his way up the Lakers system and began his MSL career in 2016. He was selected in the fourth round (32nd overall) of the 2015 NLL Draft, and began his career with the

Colorado Mammoth The Colorado Mammoth are a box lacrosse team playing in the National Lacrosse League. The Mammoth have played at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, since the 2003 season. They are owned by Stan Kroenke, who is also the owner of the Colorado Avalanch ...

in the 2016 season. After three seasons in Colorado, he was selected by the

San Diego Seals The San Diego Seals are a box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play their home games at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located ...

in the 2018 NLL expansion draft, and was promptly dealt to the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for Ethan Schott and a second round pick in the 2018 entry draft. In addition to lacrosse, Sweeting played junior hockey for the

Lakefield Chiefs The Lakefield Chiefs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016-17 season when this league became the Orr ...

Lindsay Muskies The Lindsay Muskies are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. History The Muskies started out in the Central Junior C Hockey League. In 1989, the team jumped to the Ce ...

, and the

Peterborough Stars The Peterborough Stars were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. All players from Peterborough that remain junior eligible will have their player ca ...

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NLL stats at pointstreak.comJunior hockey stats at eliteprospects.com
1994 births Living people Lacrosse people from Ontario Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario Buffalo Bandits players Colorado Mammoth players {{Canada-lacrosse-bio-stub