NLL Announces Week Five Player Awards
January 31, 2007 - National Lacrosse League (NLL) News Release
The National Lacrosse League has announced the Week number five player awards for the 2007 season. Rochester Knighthawks forward John Grant earned Overall Player of the Week and Offensive Player of the Week honors. Chicago Shamrox goaltender Brandon Miller earned Defensive Player of the Week honors, Philadelphia's Geoff Snider was named Transition Player of the Week and Wings forward Athan Iannucci was named Rookie of the Week.
Rochester Knighthawks forward John Grant earned Overall Player of the Week and Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance in the Knighthawks 22-18 win over the New York Titans on Saturday. Grant set a single game league record scoring 15 points in the contest. Grant scored nine goals and assisted on six others for the 15 points and scored two of his goals on the power play. He also collected seven loose balls as the Knighhtawks improved to 4-2 with the win.
Chciago Shamrox goaltender Brandon Miller was named the Defensive Player of the Week for Week #5. Miller recorded 41 saves and allowed just ten goals as the Shamrox held on to beat the San Jose Stealth 11-10 on Friday. Miller also tallied two assists and collected four loose balls as Chicago improved to 3-1 with the win.
Philadelphia Wings rookie transition player Geoff Snider earned Week #5 Transition Player of the Week honors for his performance in a pair of Wings victories this weekend. On Friday Snider tallied an assist, collected 13 loose balls and won 19 of 30 faceoff attempts as the Wings beat the New York Titans 16-11. On Saturday Snider scored two goals and added an assist for three points and collected six loose balls in Philadelphia's 10-9 win over Toronto. The rookie scored both the game-tying and game winning goals as the Wings captured their third straight win. Snider also won seven of eleven faceoff attempts against Toronto.
Philadelphia Wings rookie forward Athan Iannucci earned Rookie of the Week honors after scoring 13 points in a pair of Wings victories in Week #5. On Friday, Iannucci scored eight points on five goals and three assists, collected six loose balls and scored one goal on the power play, helping the Wings to a 16-11 victory over the New York Titans. On Saturday he scored five points on three goals and two assists, including a power play goal, as the Wings defeated the Toronto Rock 10-9. Iannucci also collected nine loose balls in the win over Toronto.
Week Number Five Results
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Portland LumberJax at Colorado Mammoth: 15-11 COL
Friday, January 26, 2007
Philadelphia Wings at New York Titans: 16-11 PHI
Chicago Shamrox at San Jose Stealth: 11-10 CHI
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Toronto Rock at Philadelphia Wings: 10-9 PHI
New York Titans at Rochester Knighthawks: 22-18 ROC
Minnesota Swarm at Calgary Roughnecks: 15-14 CAL
The Weekly Player Awards are determined by a vote of the General Managers and Head Coaches of the league's thirteen member clubs.
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National Lacrosse League Stories from January 31, 2007
- Rochester's John Grant wins weekly awards - Rochester Knighthawks
- Stealth Lacrosse Appreciation Night On February 3 - San Jose Stealth
- Chicago Shamrox Player Named NLL Defensive Player of the Week - Chicago Shamrox
- Snider can't wait to confront his pals - Calgary Roughnecks
- Wings' Rookies Receive National Lacrosse League Weekly Honors - Philadelphia Wings
- NLL Announces Week Five Player Awards - NLL
- Rock prepare for home-and-home series vs. Bandits - Toronto Rock
- National Lacrosse League expands worldwide coverage on Eurosport networks to 50 countries - NLL
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