Curt Malawsky (born May 10, 1970 in
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouve ...
) is a former
box lacrosse
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player and currently the Assistant General Manager and Head Coach of 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 ...
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.
The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United States and five in Canada. The N ...
. Malawsky played for eleven seasons in the NLL and appeared in five
Champion's Cup
The National Lacrosse League Cup is the trophy awarded each year to the champions of the National Lacrosse League. Prior to 2018, the league awarded the Champions Cup.
Winners
Most Valuable Players
All-time Finals appearances since leagu ...
finals, three with Rochester, one with Arizona, and finally winning the title with Calgary in his final season in 2009. He was inducted into the
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
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as a box player in 2015. In 2022, he was inducted into the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame.
Malawsky is also the coach of the
Coquitlam Adanacs Jr. A
Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. ...
lacrosse team. He led the Adanacs to the
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
The British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League is a junior box lacrosse league based in British Columbia, Canada. The BCJALL is one of three leagues that constitute as Junior A within the Canadian Lacrosse Association as the highest level of junior ...
title and won the
Minto Cup
The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's box lacrosse team of Canada.
It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General, Lord Minto. Originally restricted to amateurs, within three years the first under-the-table professional ...
national championship in 2010, for which he was named the
British Columbia Lacrosse Association British Columbia Lacrosse Association (BCLA) is a sanctioning body in British Columbia, Canada. Empowered by the Canadian Lacrosse Association, the BCLA controls and regulates Minor level, Junior and Senior level box lacrosse and field lacrosse in t ...
's Coach of the Year.
His brother
Derek
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Common variants of the name are ...
also plays in the NLL, and the two played together in Rochester, San Jose, and in Arizona.
Statistics
NLL
References
1970 births
Living people
National Lacrosse League coaches
Calgary Roughnecks players
Arizona Sting players
San Jose Stealth players
Rochester Knighthawks players
Canadian lacrosse players
Sportspeople from British Columbia
People from Coquitlam
Calgary Roughnecks coaches
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