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Brodie Merrill
Born November 5, 1981 (1981-11-05) (age 28),
Orangeville, Ontario, CA
Position Defense
Height
Weight
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 pounds (93 kg)
MSL Team Brampton Excelsiors
NLL Team
F. Teams
Edmonton Rush
Portland LumberJax
MLL Team
F. Teams
Toronto Nationals
Rochester Rattlers
Baltimore Bayhawks
Nationality  Canada
Pro Career 2005present
Shoots Left

Brodie Merrill (born November 5, 1981 in Orangeville, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player. He currently plays in the National Lacrosse League for the Edmonton Rush and Major League Lacrosse for the Toronto Nationals.

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[edit] High School career

Merrill attended the Salisbury School in Connecticut. While attending Salisbury, he was a standout lacrosse player, and was named the New England Defensive Player of the Year, was selected to the All-New England team, and was selected as a First Team High School All-American.

[edit] College career

Merrill attended Georgetown University from 2002 to 2005. During his final two years, he was a First-team All-American, and won the Schmeisser Award in his senior year for defensive player of the year.

[edit] Professional career

Merrill (left) in 2009

[edit] NLL

Merrill was also the first player taken overall in the 2005 National Lacrosse League Draft by the Portland LumberJax, and in 2006 was named both the NLL's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game.[1]
When the LumberJax left Portland at the end of the 2009 season, the league held a dispersal draft. Merrill was selected with the first overall pick in the draft by the Edmonton Rush.

[edit] MLL

He was the MLL Rookie of the Year in 2005 as a member of the Baltimore Bayhawks. From 2006 to 2007, he played for the Rochester Rattlers. For four consecutive years he was awarded the Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year Awards.[2] He then helped the Toronto Nationals win their first MLL championship in their inaugural season, and won the defensive player of the year award for a record fourth consecutive year.

[edit] Canadian Box career

[edit] Junior

Merrill played his junior lacrosse with the Orangeville Northmen of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 2000, Merrill lad the Northmen to a league championship. In 2001, Merrill was awarded the "John McCauley Award" for Best Defesive Player, and shared the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating Player with Dan Bowman the following year.[3]

[edit] Senior

Merrill began his senior career with the Coquitlam Adanacs of the Western Lacrosse Association. He currently plays with the Brampton Excelsiors of Major Series Lacrosse, and has won two consecutive Mann Cup championships in 2008 and 2009.

[edit] International career

In 2006, he helped the Canadian national lacrosse team to an historic win at the World Lacrosse Championship in London, Ontario. He had an outstanding tournament, being named Best Defender and earning All-World honours.

[edit] Personal

Brodie's brother Patrick is a member of the Orlando Titans. Both Brodie and Patrick are members of the Brampton Excelsiors in the Major Series Lacrosse as well as the Toronto Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He was named by Inside Lacrosse as "The Best Player in the World."-Inside Lacrosse.[4]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] National Lacrosse League

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
2006 Portland 16 17 32 49 214 33 1 0 4 4 15 0
2007 Portland 15 4 19 23 196 49 -- -- -- -- -- --
2008 Portland 16 17 21 38 211 53 3 4 5 9 43 0
2009 Portland 16 14 33 47 216 38 1 2 5 7 14 2
NLL Totals 63 52 105 157 837 173 5 6 14 20 72 2


[edit] Major League Lacrosse

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2005 Baltimore 11 3 0 1 4 52 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
2006 Rochester 11 6 1 5 12 95 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 Rochester 12 5 0 9 14 101 4 1 0 0 2 2 9 0
2008 Rochester 10 6 0 12 18 75 4.5 2 1 0 1 2 10 0
2009 Toronto 12 8 0 12 20 69 5.5 2 1 0 1 2 14 0.5
MLL Totals 56 28 1 39 68 392 24 7 3 0 4 7 33 0.5


[edit] Canadian Lacrosse Association

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 20 8 9 17 44 9 1 2 3 8
1999 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 15 13 20 33 20 10 6 25 31 10
2000 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 14 21 24 45 32 14 13 30 43 19
Minto Cup Orangeville Northmen CLA -- -- -- -- -- 6 3 11 14 4
2001 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 14 20 33 53 49 5 7 7 14 15
2002 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 14 16 15 31 30 11 8 14 22 31
2003 Coquitlam Adanacs WLA 14 6 12 18 41 10 5 7 12 25
2004 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 6 2 7 9 21 14 8 9 17 56
2006 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 7 7 12 19 6 11 7 14 21 27
2007 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 4 4 1 5 4 9 12 17 29 12
2008 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 4 0 9 9 10 9 4 10 14 21
Mann Cup Brampton Excelsiors CLA -- -- -- -- -- 4 2 3 5 13
2009 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 7 7 6 13 12 9 3 5 8 31
Mann Cup Brampton Excelsiors CLA -- -- -- -- -- 7 2 2 4 14
Junior A Totals 78 78 86 164 175 49 35 78 113 83
Minto Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 6 3 11 14 4
Senior A Totals 42 26 47 73 94 62 39 62 101 172
Mann Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 11 4 5 9 27

[edit] Awards

Preceded by
Ryan Boyle
MLL Rookie of the Year
2005
Succeeded by
Matt Ward
Preceded by
Ryan Boyle
NLL Rookie of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Ryan Benesch
Preceded by
Andrew Turner
NLL Defensive Player of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Ryan Cousins
Preceded by
Nicky Polanco
MLL Defensive Player of the Year
2006 & 2007 & 2008 & 2009
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Mark Steenhuis
NLL Transition Player of the Year
2009
Succeeded by
incumbent

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