Matt Vinc
Born (1982-06-09) June 9, 1982 (age 41)
St. Catharines, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight220 pounds (100 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionGoaltender
NLL draft6th overall, 2005
San Jose Stealth
NLL team
Former teams		Buffalo Bandits
Rochester Knighthawks
Colorado Mammoth
New York/Orlando Titans
San Jose Stealth
MSL team
Former teams		Peterborough Lakers
St. Catharines Athletics
Six Nations Chiefs
Brampton Excelsiors Victoria Shamrocks WLA
Pro career2006–
NicknameVino

Matt Vinc (/vɪns/ VINSS; born June 9, 1982, in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender who plays for the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League and for the Peterborough Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse.

He was a member of Team Canada[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 future professional lacrosse players Billy Dee Smith, Craig Conn, and Sean Greenhalgh. In five years, he helped the Holy Cross Raiders to win 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 University, 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 high-powered offense of the 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 eight Goaltender of the Year awards:

Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse named Vinc the #2 goalie in the NLL.[8]

Statistics

NLL

Reference:[9]

Matt Vinc Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP Min W L GA GAA Sv Sv % GP Min W L GA GAA Sv Sv %

2006 San Jose Stealth 1 14:14 0 0 4 16.86 5 0.556 ––––––––
2007 New York Titans 13 712:15 3 9 157 13.23 419 0.727 ––––––––
2008 New York Titans 16 888:06 9 5 168 11.35 562 0.770 2 105:51 1 1 23 13.04 52 0.693
2009 New York Titans 16 916:11 9 6 173 11.33 609 0.779 3 182:16 2 1 25 8.23 110 0.815
2010 Orlando Titans 15 902:04 10 5 143 9.51 608 0.810 2 112:44 1 1 24 12.77 68 0.739
2011 Rochester Knighthawks 16 933:16 10 6 152 9.77 585 0.794 1 60:00 0 1 10 10.00 44 0.815
2012 Rochester Knighthawks 16 938:30 7 9 191 12.21 583 0.753 3 180:00 3 0 32 10.67 134 0.807
2013 Rochester Knighthawks 16 955:29 8 8 162 10.17 662 0.803 3 180:00 3 0 28 9.33 93 0.769
2014 Rochester Knighthawks 17 947:45 12 3 151 9.56 595 0.798 4 240:00 2 2 40 10.00 126 0.759
2015 Rochester Knighthawks 17 1,003:58 10 6 161 9.62 655 0.803 3 180:00 2 1 31 10.33 111 0.782
2016 Rochester Knighthawks 17 890:00 5 9 172 11.60 592 0.775 ––––––––
2017 Rochester Knighthawks 16 902:06 6 9 171 11.37 592 0.776 ––––––––
2018 Rochester Knighthawks 18 960:12 9 6 182 11.37 651 0.782 5 299:45 3 2 57 11.41 227 0.799
2019 Buffalo Bandits 18 1,036:24 14 2 173 10.02 705 0.803 4 238:57 2 2 37 9.29 160 0.812
2020 Buffalo Bandits 11 627:24 7 4 113 10.81 476 0.808 ––––––––
2022 Buffalo Bandits 18 1,063:35 14 4 179 10.10 747 0.807 6 359:59 4 2 65 10.83 238 0.785
2023 Buffalo Bandits 18 1,047:39 14 4 182 10.42 742 0.803 6 347:03 5 1 51 8.82 249 0.830
259 14,739:08 147 95 2,634 10.72 9,788 0.788 42 2,486:35 28 14 423 10.21 1,612 0.792
Career Total: 301 17,225:43 175 109 3,057 10.65 11,400 0.789

GP–Games played;Min–Minutes played;W–Wins;L–Losses;GA–Goals against;GAA–Goals against average;Sv–Number of saves;Sv %–Save percentage;

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Matt Vinc New York Titans Bio". NYTitansLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  2. ^ "Science teacher's double life in the raucous world of lacrosse". STCatharinesStandard.ca. April 5, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  3. ^ "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  4. ^ "Catching up with Matt Vinc". NLL.com. June 21, 2007. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Matthews, Bob (October 28, 2010). "John Grant Jr. traded to Colorado Mammoth from Rochester Knighthawks". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. 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. ^ "CURRIER, DE SNOO, VINC WIN NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE TRANSITION, DEFENSIVE PLAYER, GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS". NLL.com. June 29, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  8. ^ "The IL Indoor Top 50 is Back, with a Twist: Top 7 Goalies". Inside Lacrosse. November 29, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
Preceded byKen Montour NLL Goaltender of the Year 2010, 2011 Succeeded byMike Poulin Preceded byMike Poulin NLL Goaltender of the Year 2013, 2014, 2015 Succeeded byEvan Kirk Preceded byDillon Ward NLL Goaltender of the Year 2018, 2019 Succeeded byDoug Jamieson Preceded byDoug Jamieson NLL Goaltender of the Year 2022 Succeeded byChristian Del Bianco Preceded byToronto Rock NLL Cup 2012, 2013, 2014 Succeeded byEdmonton Rush Preceded byColorado Mammoth NLL Cup 2023 Succeeded byIncumbent .mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}
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