Corey Small (born March 23, 1987 in
St. Catharines,
Ontario
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) is a
Canadian
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lacrosse player who plays 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
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The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat ...
and formerly the
Hamilton Nationals
The Hamilton Nationals were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They began play in the 2009 season in Toronto, Ontario as the Toronto Nationals, becoming the first-ever Canadi ...
in
Major League Lacrosse
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.
High school career
Small attended
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School
Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School (sometimes abbreviated to HC, or HCSS) is a Catholic secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada offering education for about 1,100 students in grades 9-12. It is one of three Catholic high schools ...
in
St. Catharines. During his senior year at Holy Cross, he helped lead the Raiders to a
provincial
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championship.
Canadian Box career
Junior
Small played for the
St. Catharines Athletics
The St. Catharines Athletics are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Athletics play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. Since 2022 the organization has also operated a Junior "B" franchise of the same name th ...
in the
OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
The Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) is considered the most competitive Junior A men's box lacrosse league in the world and the number one source for talent for the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The OJLL is sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse ...
from to 2004 to 2008. In 2005, he won the Gaylord Powless Sportsmanship Award. During his 5 years for the Athletics, Small totaled up 127 goals and 278 points in just 102 games. He would also round up 40 goals and 77 points in 30 playoff games.
Senior
Small was selected 2nd overall in the 2009
Major Series Lacrosse
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draft by the
Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks
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, just ahead of former Athletics teammate Dan Coates. Small finished his first season with the Kodiaks with 13 goals and 35 points.
Professional career
Major League Lacrosse
After finishing his successful four-year tenure at the
University of Albany
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, Small was drafted 22nd overall by the
Toronto Nationals in the
2009 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.
National Lacrosse League
On September 9, 2009, Small was drafted 1st round, 9th overall in the
2009 NLL entry draft by the
Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush were a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) that played from 2006 NLL season to 2015.
The team announced on July 20, 2015, that they would be relocating to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for the 2016 sea ...
. After missing the
2014 season due to injury, Small returned to the Rush in
2015
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but was traded to the
Vancouver Stealth
The Vancouver Warriors are a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. The team moved from Everett, Washington, for the 2014 NLL season.
History
The Warriors are based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and play at Rogers Ar ...
shortly into the season.
Statistics
NCAA
MLL
References
External links
Bio from University of Albany web site
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1987 births
Living people
Albany Great Danes men's lacrosse players
Canadian expatriate lacrosse people in the United States
Canadian lacrosse players
Edmonton Rush players
Vancouver Warriors players
Lacrosse people from Ontario
Major League Lacrosse players
Sportspeople from St. Catharines
Hamilton Nationals players