Rory Smith (born February 1, 1987) is a Canadian professional
lacrosse player for the
Vancouver Stealth of the
National Lacrosse League and the
Victoria Shamrocks of
Western Lacrosse Association. Smith is known as an enforcer, and has racked up over 1,000 career penalty minutes during his amateur and professional career. His 104 penalty minutes with Orlando in 2010 is the record for most penalty minutes in a single season in NLL history.
Smith began his amateur career with the
Jr. B Mimico Mountaineers, and was named league MVP in 2006. He played for the
Jr. A 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 ...
from 2007-08. He made his Sr. A debut in 2009 with the
New Westminster Salmonbellies of the
Western Lacrosse Association, and helped them to two
Mann Cup appearances in 2009 and 2010. He moved back east in 2012 to play for the MSL Chiefs, with whom he won back-to-back Mann Cups in 2013 and 2014.
Smith was drafted in the second round of the
2007 NLL Entry Draft by the
New York Titans. He played with the Titans in New York for two years and in
Orlando for one year, before the franchise was dissolved. He was then selected fourth overall by the
Minnesota Swarm in the
2010 Dispersal Draft, and played with the Swarm for one year. He was then traded, along with
Jon Sullivan
Jonathan Harold Sullivan (10 November 1950 – 17 January 2021) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010, representing the seat of Longman for the Australian Labor Party. H ...
and
Sean Pollock, to the
Colorado Mammoth for the third overall pick in the
2011 Dispersal Draft. He played the next two seasons with the Mammoth before being traded to the
Buffalo Bandits for
Carter Bender. After one season in Buffalo, he was again traded, along with
Eric Penney, to the
Vancouver Stealth in exchange for
Nick Weiss.
Personal life
Smith was born in
Etobicoke,
Ontario and lived in the neighbourhood of
Mimico and attended
York University. Smith played
junior hockey for the
St. Michael's Buzzers
The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They compete in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL).
History
The St. Michael's Buzzers date back to at least 1920, as future NHLer Bobby Bauer had ma ...
with his younger brothers
Brendan and
Reilly.
Both Brendan and Reilly play professional ice hockey.
References
External links
NLL stats at pointstreak.com
1987 births
Living people
Lacrosse people from Ontario
Sportspeople from Etobicoke
Buffalo Bandits players
Colorado Mammoth players
Minnesota Swarm players
New York Titans (lacrosse) players
Orlando Titans players
Vancouver Warriors players
Port Huron Icehawks players
St. Michael's Buzzers players
York Lions players
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