Matt Vinc

Matt Vinc
— Lacrosse player —
Born (1982-06-09) June 9, 1982
St. Catharines, Ontario
Position Goaltender
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 220 pounds (100 kg)
MSL team
F. Teams		 Peterborough Lakers
St. Catharines Athletics
Six Nations Chiefs
Brampton Excelsiors Victoria Shamrocks WLA
NLL team
F. Teams		 Rochester Knighthawks
New York/Orlando Titans
San Jose Stealth
Nationality Canada
NLL Draft 6th overall, 2005
San Jose Stealth
Pro career 2006–present
Shoots Right
Nickname Vino

Matt Vinc (born June 9, 1982), is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender in the National Lacrosse League, currently playing for the Rochester Knighthawks and for the Peterborough Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse.

Vinc was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. 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]

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]

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, and Sean Greenhalgh. In five years, he helped the Holy Cross Raiders to 2 gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze at the OFSAA field lacrosse championships. This would begin a dynasty for the Holy Cross lacrosse program to excel in Niagara and Ontario competition.

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.

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 Titans in the 2006 NLL expansion draft. In 2007, he took over the starting goaltender role for the Titans.[4] In 2009, 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 Titans were awarded the Eastern Division regular season championship by way of tie breakers. On May 9, in the Eastern Division playoff championship game, 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.

Vinc became a member of the Orlando Titans when the franchise moved to Florida for the 2010 season. When the team folded after that season, Vinc was chosen first overall in the dispersal draft, sending him to the Colorado Mammoth. As he teaches high school in St. Catharines, Ontario, however, he did not want to play in Colorado.[5] In October 2010, he was thus traded to the Rochester Knighthawks in a significant trade that sent Vinc and transition player Matt Zash to Rochester in exchange for superstar attackman John Grant, Jr. and defenseman Mac Allen.[5] Draft picks were also exchanged.[5]

Vinc has won a league record five Goaltender of the Year awards, in 2010 with the Orlando Titans, and then in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015 with the Knighthawks.[6]

Statistics

NLL

Reference:[7]

Matt Vinc Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP Min W L GA GAA Sv Sv % G A Pts LB PIM GP Min W L GA GAA Sv Sv % G A Pts LB PIM

2006 San Jose Stealth 4 14:08 0 0 4 16.98 5 0.556 0 1 1 1 0 –––––––––––––
2007 New York Titans 14 712:09 3 9 157 13.23 419 0.727 0 7 7 17 2 –––––––––––––
2008 New York Titans 16 888:04 9 5 168 11.35 562 0.770 1 7 8 44 18 2 105:31 1 1 23 13.08 52 0.693 0 2 2 2 2
2009 New York Titans 16 916:07 9 6 173 11.33 609 0.779 0 4 4 1 2 3 182:10 2 1 25 8.23 110 0.815 0 0 0 0 2
2010 Orlando Titans 16 902:04 10 5 143 9.51 609 0.810 0 3 3 13 4 2 112:44 1 1 24 12.77 68 0.739 0 0 0 2 0
2011 Rochester Knighthawks 16 933:16 10 6 152 9.77 585 0.794 0 2 2 23 0 1 60:00 0 1 10 10.00 44 0.815 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Rochester Knighthawks 16 938:30 7 9 191 12.21 583 0.753 0 8 8 15 4 3 180:00 3 0 32 10.67 134 0.807 0 0 0 1 0
2013 Rochester Knighthawks 16 955:29 8 8 162 10.17 662 0.803 0 6 6 14 0 3 180:00 3 0 28 9.33 93 0.769 0 0 0 4 0
2014 Rochester Knighthawks 18 947:45 12 3 151 9.56 595 0.798 0 1 1 14 0 6 261:56 4 2 43 9.85 139 0.764 0 1 1 7 2
2015 Rochester Knighthawks 18 1,003:58 10 6 161 9.62 655 0.803 0 1 1 14 0 4 184:13 2 2 36 11.73 112 0.757 0 0 0 4 0
2016 Rochester Knighthawks 18 890:00 5 9 172 11.60 592 0.775 0 3 3 11 0 –––––––––––––
168 9,101:30 83 66 1,634 10.77 5,876 0.782 1 43 44 167 30 24 1,266:34 16 8 221 10.47 752 0.773 0 3 3 20 6
Career Total: 192 10,368:04 99 74 1,855 10.73 6,628 0.781 1 46 47 187 36

GP–Games played;Min–Minutes played;W–Wins;L–Losses;GA–Goals against;GAA–Goals against average;Sv–Number of saves;Sv %–Save percentage;G–Goals;A–Assists;Pts–Points;LB–Loose balls;PIM–Penalty minutes

Awards

Preceded by
Ken Montour		 NLL Goaltender of the Year
2010, 2011 		Succeeded by
Mike Poulin
Preceded by
Mike Poulin		 NLL Goaltender of the Year
2013, 2014, 2015 		Succeeded by
incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "Matt Vinc New York Titans Bio". NYTitansLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Science teacher's double life in the raucous world of lacrosse". STCatharinesStandard.ca. April 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  3. ↑ "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  4. ↑ "Catching up with Matt Vinc". NLL.com. June 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  5. 1 2 3 Matthews, Bob (October 28, 2010). "John Grant Jr. traded to Colorado Mammoth from Rochester Knighthawks". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. Gannett Company. pp. 1D, 5D. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  6. ↑ "League announces 2014 Season Award winners". NLL.com. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  7. ↑ "National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
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