NLL Announces Week One Player Awards
January 3, 2007 - National Lacrosse League (NLL) News Release
The National Lacrosse League has announced the Week Number One player awards for the 2007 season. Colorado Mammoth forward Brian Langtry was named both the Overall and Offensive Player of the Week. Portland LumberJax goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named Defensive Player of the Week and LumberJax forward Jed Prossner was named Rookie of the Week. Josh Sims of the Colorado Mammoth captured the first ever Transition Player of the Week honors.
Colorado Mammoth forward Brian Langtry was named the Overall Player of the Week and the Offensive Player of the Week for Week Number One. Langtry scored ten points on six goals and four assists and collected ten loose balls in a 20-15 home win over the Rochester Knighthawks. Langtry also scored one of his goals on the power play goal.
Portland LumberJax goaltender Dallas Eliuk was named the Defensive Player of the Week after leading his club to an 11-10 overtime win over the Buffalo Bandits. Eliuk recorded 46 saves and allowed ten goals in the victory over Buffalo at Rose Garden in Portland.
Portland LumberJax forward Jed Prossner was named the Rookie of the Week. The University of North Carolina graduate scored four points on two goals and two assists and collected three loose balls in an 11-10 overtime victory over Buffalo. Prossner scored Portland's 9th and 10th goals to tie the game and send it in to overtime.
Colorado Mammoth transition player Josh Sims becomes the first ever Transition Player of the Week. Sims scored seven points on three goals and four assists in a 20-15 home win over the Rochester Knighthawks. Sims also collected 13 loose balls and scored a short-handed goal in the win for the Mammoth.
The weekly awards have been expanded this season to include a Transition Player of the Week. The weekly awards are announced every Wednesday during the regular season and honor the top performances from around the league from the preceding weekend. The NLL continues to award weekly honors for offense, defense, rookie and overall player of the week, in addition to the transition player award.
A transition player is specialist who has an expanded role beyond the traditional forward or defenseman positions. A transition player takes on both offensive and defensive roles. One unique and defining role of a transition player is to move or transition the ball from the defensive zone to the offensive zone.
Week Number One Results
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Rochester Knighthawks at Colorado Mammoth: 20-15 Colorado
Buffalo Bandits at Portland LumberJax: 11-10 OT Portland
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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