Calgary's Curt Malawsky, Rochester's Dan Carey Win Les Bartley Award and General Manager of the Year
Published on May 24, 2023 under National Lacrosse League (NLL) News Release
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League (@NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world, today announced the winners of the Les Bartley Head Coach of the Year and the General Manager of the Year awards.
Calgary Roughnecks Head Coach, Curt Malawsky (Coquitlam, BC), wins his first Les Bartley Award for Head Coach of the Year after leading his team to a franchise high 13 wins this regular season. He is the second Roughnecks coach to win the award, joining Troy Cordingley in 2009.
A former player from 1998 to 2009, Malawsky took over the head coaching duties in 2013 for the Roughnecks and has a career regular season record of 90-80. His 90 wins now ranks 8th in league history, three behind the man behind the award in Les Bartley. Malawsky helped lead the Roughnecks to the 2019 NLL Championship as the head coach.
Curt Malawsky - 440 points
Tracey Kelusky - 241 points
Mike Hasen - 199 points
Rochester Knighthawks General Manager, Dan Carey (Peterborough, ON), wins his first General Manager of the Year award. Starting as an expansion franchise in the 2019-20 season the team finished the 2021-22 season with a 4-14 record. The Knighthawks had the biggest turnaround of any team from the prior season, a six-win increase and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history with a 10-8 record. Carey has molded the roster from the very beginning after being named the team's first General Manager on December 18, 2018.
The big name acquisition Carey made prior to the 2022-23 season was trading for Connor Fields, who was taken from Buffalo in Las Vegas' expansion draft. The East Amherst, NY product set a career high with 112 points on 52 goals, both in the top five of the NLL to help the Knighthawks offense score 34 more goals than in their 2021-22 campaign.
Carey, another former player in the NLL, played from 2006 to 2012, winning a championship in his rookie season with the Colorado Mammoth in 2006 and was named to the All-Rookie Team.
Dan Carey - 335 points
Jamie Dawick - 280 points
Mike Board - 223 points
Below are the all-time winners of the Les Bartley Award
2023 - Curt Malawsky, Calgary Roughnecks
2022 - Tracey Kelusky, Panther City Lacrosse Club
2020 - Paul Day, Philadelphia Wings
2019 - John Tavares & Rich Kilgour, Buffalo Bandits
2018 - Derek Keenan, Saskatchewan Rush
2017 - Ed Comeau, Georgia Swarm
2016 - Glenn Clark, New England Black Wolves
2015 - John Lovell, Toronto Rock
2014 - Derek Keenan, Edmonton Rush
2013 - Troy Cordingley, Toronto Rock
2012 - Joe Sullivan, Minnesota Swarm
2011 - Mike Hasen, Rochester Knighthawks
2010 - Derek Keenan, Edmonton Rush & Chris Hall, Washington Stealth
2009 - Troy Cordingley, Calgary Roughnecks
2008 - Adam Mueller, New York Titans
2007 - Ed Comeau, Rochester Knighthawks
2006 - Derek Keenan, Portland Lumberjax
2005 - Bob Hamley, Arizona Sting
2004 - Paul Day, Rochester Knighthawks
2003 - Darris Kilgour, Buffalo Bandits
2002 - Bob McMahon, Albany Attack
2001 - Tony Resch, Philadelphia Wings
Below are the all-time winners of the General Manager of the Year Award
2023 - Dan Carey, Rochester Knighthawks
2022 - Steve Dietrich, Buffalo Bandits
2020 - Paul Day, Philadelphia Wings
2019 - Steve Dietrich, Buffalo Bandits
2018 - Curt Styres, Rochester Knighthawks
2017 - John Arlotta, Georgia Swarm
2016 - Steve Dietrich, Buffalo Bandits
2015 - Terry Sanderson, Toronto Rock
2014 - Derek Keenan, Edmonton Rush
2013 - Doug Locker, Washington Stealth
2012 - John Arlotta, Minnesota Swarm
2011 - Curt Styres, Rochester Knighthawks,
2010 - Derek Keenan, Portland Lumberjax
2009 - Ed Comeau, New York Titans
2008 - Marty O'Neil, Minnesota Swarm
2007 - Marty O'Neil, Minnesota Swarm
2006 - Derek Keenan, Portland Lumberjax
2005 - Bob Hamley, Arizona Sting
2004 - Johnny Mouradian, San Jose Stealth
2003 - Kurt Silcott, Buffalo Bandits
2002 - Dave Evans, Vancouver Ravens
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