Pat McCready
Born	October 18, 1974 (1974-10-18) (age 35), St. Catharines, Ontario, CA
Position	Forward
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 pounds (86 kg)
MSL Team	St. Regis Indians
NLL Team F. Teams	Toronto Rock Buffalo Bandits Rochester Knighthawks Charlotte Cobras
Nationality	Canada
Pro Career	1996 – present
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Speedy
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Pat McCready (b. October 18, 1974 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League.

Contents 1 NLL Career 2 Canadian Box career 2.1 Junior 2.2 Senior 3 Family 4 Statistics 4.1 National Lacrosse League 4.2 Canadian Lacrosse Association 5 References

[edit] NLL Career

McCready made his professional lacrosse debut in 1996 with the Charlotte Cobras. In 1997, he joined the Rochester Knighthawks where he played until he was traded to the Buffalo Bandits in a blockbuster deal that exchanged seven players between the two teams before the 2002 season.^[1] In 2007, McCready made his National Lacrosse League All-Star Game debut.^[2]

On August 5, 2009, McCready was traded from the Buffalo Bandits along with a third round draft pick in 2009 to the Toronto Rock in exchange for a second round draft pick in the 2009 entry draft, first round pick in 2010, and a second round pick in 2011.^[3]

[edit] Canadian Box career

[edit] Junior

McCready played five years with the St. Catharines Athletics of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. During his rookie season with the Niagara Spartan Warriors, he was called up to play with the Athletics. McCready played with the team the entire playoffs and helped the team to their second league championship in a row. In 1995, McCready was named the league's "Best Defensive Player".^[4]

[edit] Senior

In 1998, McCready won the Mann Cup with the Brampton Excelsiors. He also won the Presidents Cup in 2003 with the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks. He currently plays for the St. Regis Indians of Major League Lacrosse.

[edit] Family

Pat's nephew, Joel McCready, currently plays for the Rochester Knighthawks. Pat's late father, Bob "Buff" McCready, who was the Bandits' first head coach in 1992, was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] National Lacrosse League

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
1996	Charlotte		10	14	11	25	71	20		--	--	--	--	--	--
1997	Rochester		10	4	15	19	48	8		2	0	1	1	5	7
1998	Rochester		9	8	14	22	46	37		1	0	3	3	7	2
1999	Rochester		10	7	16	23	46	8		2	0	0	0	4	2
2000	Rochester		9	13	10	23	43	10		2	0	0	0	11	2
2001	Rochester		13	10	11	21	70	52		1	0	0	0	2	0
2002	Buffalo		16	16	24	40	173	13		--	--	--	--	--	--
2003	Buffalo		15	14	15	29	118	29		2	1	3	4	13	2
2004	Buffalo		16	6	20	26	166	36		3	2	2	4	24	0
2005	Buffalo		13	7	16	23	77	44		1	1	2	3	9	2
2006	Buffalo		15	11	15	26	154	36		3	1	3	4	27	0
2007	Buffalo		13	5	18	23	126	25		2	1	1	2	11	2
2008	Buffalo		15	8	15	23	121	44		3	0	8	8	23	19
2009	Buffalo		9	4	12	16	55	24		2	0	2	2	16	6
NLL Totals			173	127	212	349	1314	386		24	6	25	31	152	44

[edit] Canadian Lacrosse Association

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991	Niagara Spartan Warriors	OLA Jr.B		18	10	9	19	39		--	--	--	--	--
1991	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr.A		6	1	0	1	20		8	2	2	4	2
1992	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr.A		20	3	8	11	32		14	1	1	2	25
1993	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr.A		21	3	8	11	53		16	6	2	8	46
1994	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr.A		24	17	33	50	69		13	3	17	20	41
1995	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA.Jr.A		20	14	35	49	36		13	7	17	24	12
1996	North Shore Indians	WLA		20	18	22	40	17		11	4	9	13	9
1997	North Shore Indians	WLA		8	1	12	13	37		11	2	5	7	33
1998	Brampton Excelsiors	MSL		11	15	15	30	4		5	2	3	5	13
Mann Cup	Brampton Excelsiors	CLA		--	--	--	--	--		3	2	5	7	26
1999	Six Nations Chiefs	MSL		3	4	6	10	0		--	--	--	--	--
1999	Peterborough Lakers	MSL		3	4	2	6	0		7	10	6	16	9
2000	Peterborough Lakers	MSL		9	12	17	29	19		3	3	3	6	0
2001	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		13	18	17	35	17		4	6	12	18	2
2002	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		4	6	7	13	23		--	--	--	--	--
2002	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		4	6	8	14	0		8	6	8	14	22
2003	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		4	3	6	9	10		3	3	3	6	7
2003	Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks	OLA Sr. B		2	3	0	3	0		6	8	4	12	6
2004	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		9	4	9	13	12		2	1	0	1	2
2004	Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks	OLA Sr. B		0	0	0	0	0		3	6	5	11	10
2005	Brampton Excelsiors	MSL		10	15	19	34	46		12	7	14	21	32
2006	Brampton Excelsiors	MSL		5	4	7	11	6		11	6	8	14	26
2007	Brampton Excelsiors	MSL		7	5	7	12	2		11	4	10	14	22
2008	Brampton Excelsiors	MSL		2	1	1	2	2		9	8	13	21	4
2009	St. Regis Indians	MSL		11	10	16	26	6		9	5	13	18	12
Junior A Totals				91	38	84	122	210		64	19	39	58	126
Junior B Totals				18	10	9	19	39		0	0	0	0	0
Senior A Totals				123	126	149	275	201		106	67	107	174	193
Senior B Totals				2	3	0	3	0		9	14	9	23	16
Mann Cup Totals				--	--	--	--	--		3	2	5	7	26

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	McCready, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	October 18, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Catharines, Ontario, CA
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH