Posted on Monday, 29th June 2009 by admin
1950-2009
The Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association are very pleased to announce that they have acquired Curtis Hodgson via a trade with the Burnaby Lakers. Hodgson brings very impressive credentials: He has won two consecutive awards in 2007 and 2008 as the best defensive player in the WLA and he has been a first-team all-star for the last four consecutive seasons.
“We are very excited to add another elite player in Curtis Hodgson to our group,” said Shamrocks General manager Chris Welch. “There were several teams competing for his services and we paid a significant price to get him because we couldn’t pass up the opportunity when the Lakers made him available. He will make us better.” Welch is clear that this is not a case of acquiring a veteran player for the short-term. “We expect to have Curtis in our lineup for years to come,” said Welch.
In exchange for Hodgson, the Lakers receive the Shamrocks first round draft choices in 2010 and 2011.
Hodgson, who turns 28 in August, is a Burnaby native who won two Minto Cups with the Junior Lakers in 2000 and 2002. Shamrock goaltender Nick Patterson was his teammate on the 2002 team. In six WLA seasons, the 6’ 1”, 195-pounder has played 130 regular season and playoff games, all with the Lakers, in which he has scored 68 goals and added 91 assists for 159 points along with 95 penalty minutes.
Hodgson is a veteran of five seasons in the National Lacrosse League, all with the San Jose Stealth where he has played for Shamrocks Head Coach Art Webster who is an Assistant Coach with the Stealth and where he is teammates with Shamrock players Rhys Duch and Aaron Bold. In his five NLL seasons, Hodgson has played 85 regular season and playoff games, scored 20 goals and added 37 assists for 57 points along with 54 penalty minutes.
Hodgson is expected to make his Shamrock debut on Friday July 3 against his former club in Burnaby.
Other Notes:
The Shamrocks currently sit in first place atop the WLA standings with a record of 9 wins and 1 loss.
The 2009 WLA trading deadline is at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
The next Shamrock home game is on Wednesday, July 8 when they take on the visiting Coquitlam Adanacs.
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Posted in LACROSSE NEWS | Comments (2)
June 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Once again great news coverage. Curtis sounds like he’ll really add some more great skill to our defense line up. Go Rocks Go!
July 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
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