Matt Vinc
Born	June 9, 1982 (1982-06-09) (age 27), St. Catharines, Ontario
Position	Goaltender
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 pounds (100 kg)
MSL Team	Six Nations Chiefs
NLL Team F. Teams	Orlando Titans San Jose Stealth
MLL Team	Toronto Nationals
Nationality	Canada
Pro Career	2006 – present
Nickname	Vno
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Matt Vinc (born June 9, 1982 in St. Catharines, Ontario). Vinc is a lacrosse goaltender in the National Lacrosse League, currently playing for the Orlando Titans, the Six Nations Chiefs of the MSL, and the Toronto Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He was a member of Team Canada during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship.^[1] He is also a teacher and lacrosse coach at Denis Morris Catholic High School in St. Catharines.^[2]

Contents 1 Junior career 2 High School career 3 College career 4 NLL career 5 Statistics 5.1 NLL 6 References

[edit] Junior career

Vinc had an outstanding junior career. He played for the St. Catharines Athletics in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League from 1999 to 2003. His accomplishments playing for the A's include:^[3]

• 1 OLA Jr.A regular season MVP award
• 3 OLA Jr.A playoff MVP awards
• 3 OLA Jr.A championships (2001-2003)
• 3 Bob Meleville Memorial Awards (lowest team total goals)
• 2 Minto Cup National chamionships (2001, 2003)
• 1 Minto Cup MVP Award
• B.W. Evans Award (Top Graduating Player).

[edit] High School career

Vinc played high school field lacrosse at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, along with fellow professional lacrosse players Billy Dee Smith, Craig Conn, Kyle Neufeld, and Sean Greenhalgh. In five years, he helped the Holy Cross Raiders to 2 gold medals, 1 silver, 1 bronze, and 1 fourth place finish at the OFSAA field lacrosse championships. This would begin a dynasty for the Holy Cross Raiders lacrosse team to excel and dominate in Niagara and Ontario competition.

[edit] College career

Vinc is also a graduate of Canisius College, where he played long-stick defense and was named the college's Male Athlete of the Year.

[edit] NLL career

Vinc was acquired by the San Jose Stealth in the 2005 NLL entry draft in the first round (sixth overall). In the 2006 NLL season, Vinc played sparingly with the Stealth. Following the season, he was acquired by the New York Titians in the 2006 NLL expansion draft. In 2007, he took over the starting goaltender roll for the Titans.^[4] In 2009, Matt Vinc guided his team to a 10-6 record for a three way tie for first place in the Eastern Division with the Buffalo Bandits and the Boston Blazers. The New York Titans were awarded the Eastern Division regular season championship by way of tie breakers. On May 9, in the Eastern Division playoff championship game, Matt Vinc stopped 41 out of 44 shots and kept the highly offensive Buffalo Bandits to only three goals as the Titans defeated Buffalo 9-3. Vinc allowed 1 more goal than the National Lacrosse League playoff record of 2 goals against in a game, which was set by Bob Watson, and the Toronto Rock defeated the Philadelphia Wings 13-2 during a 1999 semi-final playoff game.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	Min	GA	Sv	GAA	Sv %		GP	Min	GA	Sv	GAA	Sv %
2006	San Jose		4	14	4	5	16.97	55.56%		--	--	--	--	--	--
2007	New York		14	712	157	419	13.23	72.74%		--	--	--	--	--	--
2008	New York		16	888	168	562	11.35	76.99%		2	105.51	23	52	13.08	69.33%
2009	New York		16	916	173	609	11.33	77.90%		2	122:16	13	72	6.38	84.70%
NLL Totals			50	2530	502	1595	11.91	76.10%		4	228:07	36	124	9.52	77.50%

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Vinc, Matt
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH
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