Kurtis Wagar (born November 5, 1985) is a retired professional lacrosse goaltender, who spent 9 years in the

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. He began his amateur career with 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 ...

of the

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, played collegiality for the

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, and was drafted in the third round of the 2006 NLL Entry Draft by the

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. Wagar spent two seasons with the Rush before he was traded along with Brenden Thenhaus to the Boston Blazers in exchange for Cam Bergman. The Blazers subsequently dealt him to the New York Titans for Anthony Kelly. He spent 2009 with the Titans, and moved with them to

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in 2010. When the Titans folded, he was taken in the second round of the dispersal draft by the

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, but was released before the season and signed with the Philadelphia Wings. Wagar spent two seasons with the Wings before signing with the

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. He played two seasons with the Bandits before retiring in 2014.

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