Jeff Shattler (born December 26, 1984) is an
Iroquois
The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/ Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to ...
professional
box lacrosse
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player who currently plays with the
Saskatchewan Rush
The Saskatchewan Rush are a professional box lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Formerly the Edmonton Rush, they are members of the Western Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and play their home games on Co-op Fie ...
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 ...
(NLL). He has
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
and
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
roots and has competed internationally with the
Iroquois Nationals, including with the
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
The World Box Lacrosse Championship (WBLC), formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years. Since the first tournament in 2003 ...
silver medal winning teams in
2011
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and
2015
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. He was the 2011
NLL Most Valuable Player, 2011
NLL Transition Player of the Year, and the 2018
NLL Cup Most Valuable Player.
Professional career
Shattler was drafted 10th overall by 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 ...
in 2005. He played one game in 2006 for the Bandits before being traded to
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
for the 2007 season. Shattler played 11 seasons with the Roughnecks, missing only one game. During the
2009 NLL season
The 2009 National Lacrosse League season, the 23rd in the history of the NLL, began January 3, 2009 in Buffalo, Portland, and Sunrise, Florida, and concluded with the Calgary Roughnecks defeating the New York Titans 12—10 in the Champion's Cup ...
, he was named a reserve in the
All-Star Game
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. Shattler had a breakout year in
2011
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, when he was named both NLL
MVP
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and
Transition Player of the Year. On August 3, 2017, he signed a two-year contract with the
Saskatchewan Rush
The Saskatchewan Rush are a professional box lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Formerly the Edmonton Rush, they are members of the Western Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and play their home games on Co-op Fie ...
.
Shattler has played for the
Brampton Excelsiors Brampton Excelsiors may refer to:
*Brampton Excelsiors (MSL)
The Brampton Excelsiors are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The Excelsiors play in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" Lacrosse League.
History
Perkin ...
and
Six Nations Chiefs
The Six Nations Chiefs are Canadian Senior box lacrosse team from Six Nations of the Grand River. The Chiefs play in the Major Series Lacrosse of the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The Chiefs are six-time Mann Cup National Senior Champions. Most ...
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 ...
and the
Victoria Shamrocks
The Victoria Shamrocks are a Senior A box lacrosse team, based in Victoria, British Columbia. The team competes in the 7-team Western Lacrosse Association (WLA).
The Shamrocks entered the former Inter-City Lacrosse League, which is now the WLA, i ...
and the
Maple Ridge Burrards
The Maple Ridge Burrards are a Senior A box lacrosse club, based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. The team competes in the 7-team Western Lacrosse Association
The Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) is a men's Senior A box lacrosse san ...
of the
Western Lacrosse Association
The Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) is a 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 ...
(WLA). Shattler was the Most Outstanding Player in the WLA in 2013.
NLL stats
Source:
International career
Shattler has competed internationally with the
Iroquois Nationals, the national box lacrosse team of the
Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/ Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to ...
. By virtue of his First Nations status, it would have been possible for him to play for
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, the
United States
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, or the Nationals. About choosing to play with the Nationals, Shattler said, “It’s always been my culture... Probably my grandma
full–status Ojibwawould kill me if I did play for Team Canada.“
With the Nationals, Shattler won silver medals at the
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
The World Box Lacrosse Championship (WBLC), formerly known as the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), is an international box lacrosse tournament sponsored by World Lacrosse that is held every four years. Since the first tournament in 2003 ...
s (WILC) in
2011
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and
2015
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. He was named to the 2015 WLIC All World Team at the transition position.
Awards and honours
*
*
Mann Cup
The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's box lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship is a best-of-seven, East vs West series played between the league champions of Major Series Lacrosse, the East, and Western Lacrosse Associati ...
, 2008 (with the Brampton Excelsiors)
*
NLL Champions Cup,
2009
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(with the Calgary Roughnecks)
*WLA Most Outstanding Player, 2013
*
NLL Cup,
2018
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(with the Saskatchewan Rush)
*
NLL Cup Most Valuable Player, 2018
Coaching and youth development
In February 2019, Shattler established the Shattler Lacrosse Academy, a privately owned elite lacrosse academy sanctioned by the Saskatchewan Lacrosse Association (SLA).
In addition to organizing clinics and offering private training through his namesake academy, Shattler serves as Director of Player Development and Coaching for the Fighting Sioux lacrosse program of
Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, a role he has held since 2019. His is also involved in an effort to establish a nations cup between eight reserves in the Sanding Buffalo Dakota Nation and File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council (FHQ)
Treaty 4
Treaty 4 is a treaty established between Queen Victoria and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nation band governments. The area covered by Treaty 4 represents most of current day southern Saskatchewan, plus small portions of what are today western Ma ...
area.
He also dedicates time to clinics and programs that aim to expand opportunities for girls in lacrosse, including working once a month with Queens Lacrosse of Queen City Minor Box Lacrosse league (QCMBL), the first all-girls lacrosse team in
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina () is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 C ...
.
Personal life
Shattler’s mother, Donna Lewis Babstock, is Ojibwa from
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. His father is Inuit, originally from northern
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
. He is the second eldest of five siblings, having one older sister, three younger sisters
Shattler played
junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a level of competitive ice hockey generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age. Junior hockey leagues in the United States and Canada are considered amateur (with some exceptions) and operate within regions of each cou ...
with the
Brampton Capitals
The Brampton Capitals were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. The team was decommissioned by the league, in March 2012.
History
The team was formed as Nobleton Capita ...
of the
Ontario Junior Hockey League
The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada. It is under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The league was listed as the 7th best ...
in the
2003–04 and
2004–05 seasons and was offered a scholarship to play
NCAA Division I
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hockey at
Cornell
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. After a long talk with his sister, Cindy Shattler, he decided to focus exclusively on sport rather than pursue collegiate athletics and felt that lacrosse offered him better opportunities.
He has called Cindy the most positive influence on him as a lacrosse player.
Beginning early in his playing career, his maternal grandmother, Gene Waseigijig, encouraged him to play for “a native team” and he has cited her as one of the reasons he chose to compete internationally with the Iroquois Nationals rather than with the Canadian national team.
One of his younger sisters,
Kelly Babstock, plays ice hockey with the
Metropolitan Riveters
The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) are a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink.
They were one of the four charter franchi ...
of the
NWHL.
Shattler resides in Regina, Saskatchewan, with his wife, Lindsay, and their children, Ada and Jace. He is a
glazier
A glazier is a tradesman responsible for cutting, installing, and removing glass (and materials used as substitutes for glass, such as some plastics).Elizabeth H. Oakes, ''Ferguson Career Resource Guide to Apprenticeship Programs'' ( Infobase: ...
by trade.
References
External links
Jeff Shattlerat NLL.com
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1984 births
Living people
Buffalo Bandits players
Calgary Roughnecks players
Iroquois nations lacrosse players
Lacrosse transitions
Native American sportspeople
National Lacrosse League All-Stars
National Lacrosse League major award winners
Saskatchewan Rush players
Sportspeople from Edmonton
First Nations sportspeople
Ojibwe people