Paul Cantabene
Born	March 26, 1970 (1970-03-26) (age 39), Rochester, New York
Position	Midfielder/Face-Off
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 pounds (91 kg)
NCAA Team	Loyola College
Former NLL Teams	Baltimore Thunder Pittsburgh Crossefire Washington Power Philadelphia Wings
Former MLL Teams	Baltimore Bayhawks Philadelphia Barrage
Nationality	United States
Nickname	Beaner
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Paul Cantabene (born March 26, 1970 in Rochester, New York) is a retired professional lacrosse player. He was a renowned faceoff specialist. ^[1]

Cantabene attended Irondequoit High School then Loyola College in Maryland, where he was an All-American lacrosse player. In 1994, he made his professional lacrosse debut in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League with the Baltimore Thunder. He followed the franchise on its relocation to Pittsburgh and back to Washington. He then played out the rest of his indoor lacrosse career, until 2004, with the Philadelphia Wings.

Cantabene joined the Baltimore Bayhawks in the inaugural season of the Major League Lacrosse. He remained with the team though 2005, helping the Bayhawks capture the Steinfeld Cup in both 2002 and 2005. In 2002, he was given the Major League Lacrosse Iron Lizard of the Year Award the player who "most embodied the traits of toughness, tenacity and determination regardless of pain or injury during season." In 2006, he was traded to the Philadelphia Barrage where he captured his third Steinfeld Cup victory. He retired from the Major League Lacrosse after the season.^[1]

Currently, Cantabene is an Associate Athletic Director and Head Lacrosse Coach at Villa Julie College, now called Stevenson University.^[2]

Contents 1 Statistics 1.1 NLL 1.2 MLL 2 References

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
1994	Baltimore		8	7	3	10	31	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Baltimore		8	1	11	12	24	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Baltimore		8	9	9	18	19	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Baltimore		9	12	11	23	59	29		-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Baltimore		11	6	20	26	77	10		3	5	6	11	20	2
1999	Baltimore		12	17	24	41	115	34		1	0	2	2	9	4
2000	Pittsburgh		11	9	17	26	102	16		-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Washington		13	9	20	29	93	38		1	0	1	1	13	2
2002	Washington		16	18	42	60	163	24		2	1	4	5	15	4
2003	Philadelphia		12	16	23	39	111	23		-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Philadelphia		6	3	4	7	65	25		-	-	-	-	-	-
NLL Totals			114	107	184	291	859	219		7	6	13	19	57	12

[edit] MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2001	Baltimore		14	15	0	6	21	82	5		2	3	0	0	3	19	0
2002	Baltimore		14	9	0	6	15	86	5.5		2	4	0	1	5	8	1
2003	Baltimore		11	6	0	6	12	92	12		2	1	0	0	1	23	2
2004	Baltimore		11	7	0	4	11	154	9		1	0	0	1	1	9	1
2005	Baltimore		12	11	1	4	16	94	7		2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2006	Philadelphia		4	4	0	0	4	28	1		2	2	0	0	2	10	2
MLL Totals			66	52	1	26	79	536	39.5		11	11	0	2	13	69	6

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Cantabene, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rochester, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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