Johnny Powless (born March 15, 1993 in

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professional

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player. Powless currently plays for the

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of the

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and the

Oakville Rock The Oakville Rock are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Oakville, Ontario. They play in the Major Series Lacrosse league where under the current format, they compete in 20 regular season games (10 at home) from May through July and playoffs beginn ...

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. Powless won NLL Championships in each of his first three seasons, and has also won two

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s with the Chiefs.

NLL career

Powless was drafted 5th overall by the Knighthawks in the 2011 entry draft. After winning the NLL Championship with the Knighthawks in his first season (

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), Powless was also given the NLL's Sportsmanship Award. The Knighthawks went on to win the

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and

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NLL Championships, giving Powless three NLL titles at the age of 21.

Statistics

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