Ryan McNish (born March 7, 1981 in

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) is a retired

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player, in the

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. McNish played for the

Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks are a professional box lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta. They are members of the Western Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and play their home games on WestJet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome. The t ...

between the 2005 and 2008 NLL seasons before being traded to 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 ...

in 2009, where he played for three seasons. McNish also served as an aviation technician with

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, based in

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. On November 17, 2011, Ryan signed a one-year deal with the Calgary Roughnecks but was later released by the team on December 22, 2011. In 2018 he was inducted into the Manitoba Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

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