Shawn Evans
Born (1986-04-28) April 28, 1986 (age 38)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight180 pounds (82 kg)
PositionForward
NLL draft2nd overall, 2005
Rochester Knighthawks
NLL team
Former teams		Vancouver Warriors
Rochester Knighthawks
New England Black Wolves
Calgary Roughnecks
Buffalo Bandits
Halifax Thunderbirds
MSL teamPeterborough Lakers
Pro career2006–

Shawn Evans (born April 28, 1986, in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Vancouver Warriors in the National Lacrosse League, and the Connecticut Hammerheads of Major League Lacrosse. Evans' brothers, Scott and Stephen have also played in the NLL.[1] Evans is one of two lacrosse player in history to win the Minto Cup (the Canadian Junior lacrosse title), the Mann Cup (the Canadian Senior lacrosse title), and the NLL Champion's Cup all within 12 months of each other. He is also only one of three lacrosse players in history (the others being Craig Conn and Mark Matthews) to win 2 Minto Cups back to back (2006 & 2007) with 2 different Junior teams.

In May 2013, after winning the scoring title with 112 points, Evans was named NLL MVP.[2]

Junior career

During his seven-year tenure with the Peterborough Lakers and the Six Nations Arrows, Evans scored 199 goals and 462 points. He also finished his playoff career with 71 goals and 194 points. In combination with his regular season and playoff points, Evans his ranked 29th all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history with 656.[3]

Evans' awards and accomplishments during his junior career include:[4]

College career

Evans played a year of NCAA Division I lacrosse at Bellarmine University in 2005. He was the leading freshman scorer that year totalling 53 goals and 21 assists for 74 points.

Statistics

NLL

Reference:[5]

Shawn Evans Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2006 Rochester Knighthawks 15 21 16 37 110 59 2.47 7.33 3.93 2 2 2 4 15 0 2.00 7.50 0.00
2007 Rochester Knighthawks 16 32 34 66 121 36 4.13 7.56 2.25 3 3 5 8 32 2 2.67 10.67 0.67
2008 Rochester Knighthawks 15 25 38 63 61 63 4.20 4.07 4.20 –––––––––
2009 Rochester Knighthawks 16 30 49 79 106 42 4.94 6.63 2.63 1 3 2 5 8 0 5.00 8.00 0.00
2010 Rochester Knighthawks 15 11 34 45 100 61 3.00 6.67 4.07 –––––––––
2011 Rochester Knighthawks 16 24 49 73 96 18 4.56 6.00 1.13 1 2 2 4 6 0 4.00 6.00 0.00
2012 Calgary Roughnecks 16 32 47 79 77 65 4.94 4.81 4.06 1 2 4 6 5 14 6.00 5.00 14.00
2013 Calgary Roughnecks 16 32 80 112 69 25 7.00 4.31 1.56 2 4 5 9 7 0 4.50 3.50 0.00
2014 Calgary Roughnecks 18 26 79 105 89 8 5.83 4.94 0.44 5 10 17 27 18 6 5.40 3.60 1.20
2015 Calgary Roughnecks 18 47 83 130 96 39 7.22 5.33 2.17 3 7 10 17 11 4 5.67 3.67 1.33
2016 New England Black Wolves 17 50 68 118 116 39 6.94 6.82 2.29 3 7 9 16 25 19 5.33 8.33 6.33
2017 New England Black Wolves 17 38 65 103 90 50 6.06 5.29 2.94 1 2 0 2 6 4 2.00 6.00 4.00
2018 New England Black Wolves 9 18 33 51 47 8 5.67 5.22 0.89 –––––––––
2018 Buffalo Bandits 8 16 16 32 42 8 4.00 5.25 1.00 –––––––––
2019 Buffalo Bandits 17 28 66 94 69 17 5.53 4.06 1.00 4 8 12 20 14 2 5.00 3.50 0.50
2020 Rochester Knighthawks 9 14 29 43 57 31 4.78 6.33 3.44 –––––––––
2022 Rochester Knighthawks 10 9 38 47 42 12 4.70 4.20 1.20 –––––––––
2022 Halifax Thunderbirds 6 4 14 18 20 4 3.00 3.33 0.67 –––––––––
2023 Vancouver Warriors 16 22 41 63 94 82 3.94 5.88 5.13 –––––––––
270 479 879 1,358 1,502 667 5.03 5.56 2.47 26 50 68 118 147 51 4.54 5.65 1.96
Career Total: 296 529 947 1,476 1,649 718 4.99 5.57 2.43

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

OLA Jr.A

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001 Peterborough Lakers OLA Jr.A 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 30
2002 Peterborough Lakers OLA Jr.A 1 2 0 2 0 5 2 4 5 16
2003 Peterborough Lakers OLA Jr.A 20 32 35 67 60 5 8 13 21 39
2004 Peterborough Lakers OLA Jr.A 19 44 35 79 61 7 8 15 23 21
2005 Peterborough Lakers OLA Jr.A 22 47 46 93 69 11 21 21 42 40
2006 Peterborough Lakers OLA Jr.A 19 38 74 112 93 14 15 40 55 52
Minto Cup Peterborough Lakers CLA -- -- -- -- -- 4 14 13 27 8
2007 Six Nations Arrows OLA Jr.A 18 36 72 108 33 12 17 31 48 61
Minto Cup Six Nations CLA -- -- -- -- -- 5 7 18 25 7
Junior A Totals 100 199 263 462 316 55 71 123 194 259
Minto Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 9 21 31 52 15

MSL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Peterborough Lakers MSL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Mann Cup Peterborough Lakers CLA -- -- -- -- -- 3 1 1 2 2
2005 Peterborough Lakers MSL 1 1 1 2 2 7 8 5 14 39
Mann Cup Peterborough lakers CLA -- -- -- -- -- 5 5 5 10 6
2006 Peterborough Lakers MSL 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mann Cup Peterborough Lakers CLA -- -- -- -- -- 2 3 4 7 8
2008 Peterborough Lakers MSL 10 17 36 53 41 11 8 14 22 106
2009 Peterborough Lakers MSL 16 28 40 68 40 15 24 33 57 58
Senior A Totals 28 48 77 125 93 34 42 52 94 208
Mann Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 10 9 10 19 16

MLL

Season Team GP G 2PtG A Pts
2017 Chesapeake Bayhawks 4 9 0 5 14
2018 Denver Outlaws 3 5 0 6 11
2019 Boston Cannons 2 1 0 2 3
Total 9 15 0 13 28

Awards

Preceded byJohn Grant Jr. NLL Most Valuable Player 2013 Succeeded byCody Jamieson Preceded byCody Jamieson NLL Most Valuable Player 2015 Succeeded byDhane Smith

References

  1. ^ "Stephen "Evvy" Evans joins defending champs". TorontoRock.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Calgary's Evans wins 2013 NLL MVP award presented by Reebok". NLL.com. May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  4. ^ "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  5. ^ "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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