Jim Veltman
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| Born | March 8, 1966, Brampton, Ontario, CA |
| Position | Defenseman |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) |
| NLL Team F. Teams |
Toronto Rock Ontario Raiders Buffalo Bandits |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Pro Career | 1992 – present |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname | Scoop |
Jim "Scoop" Veltman (b. March 8, 1966 in Brampton, Ontario) is a lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League.
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[edit] NLL Career
Veltman began his NLL career in 1992 with the Buffalo Bandits. He played 5 seasons with the Bandits, winning three NLL Championships. After the 1996 season, Veltman and his wife travelled to Uganda where they did volunteer work for 17 months.[1]
In 1998, Veltman returned to the NLL, moving with Bandit head coach Les Bartley to the expansion Ontario Raiders, based in Hamilton, Ontario. A year later, the Ontario franchise move to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock, where Jim has won five more NLL Championships. Veltman has been the captain of the Rock since 1999.
Jim Veltman has led the National Lacrosse League in loose balls in 13 of the last 14 seasons (the other year he did not play), earning him the nickname "Scoop". On February 5, 2006, Veltman reached a milestone as he "scooped" his 2000th career loose ball. He also holds the single season record for loose balls with 226 in the 2006 season. Veltman scooped 14 loose balls on April 8, 2006, to break his own previous record of 207, set in 2003.
Veltman was the first recipient of the National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award in 2002, and was named league MVP in 2004.
Off the floor, Veltman is a physical education teacher at Agincourt Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto, where he coaches the lacrosse team.
[edit] Canadian Lacrosse Association Career
1992 - Member of the Mann cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
1993 - Member of the Mann cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
1998 - Member of the Mann cup winning Brampton Excelsiors
2003 - Member of the Mann cup winning Victoria Shamrocks
[edit] International Lacrosse Career
2003 - Captain of Team Canada, winners of the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships
[edit] Statistics
[edit] NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 1992 | Buffalo | 8 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 1993 | Buffalo | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 102 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 1994 | Buffalo | 8 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 130 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 6 | ||
| 1995 | Buffalo | 8 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1996 | Buffalo | 10 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 125 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Ontario | 12 | 7 | 40 | 47 | 194 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999 | Toronto | 12 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 166 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2000 | Toronto | 12 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 164 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2001 | Toronto | 14 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 161 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2002 | Toronto | 16 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 203 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Toronto | 16 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 207 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2004 | Toronto | 16 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 179 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Toronto | 13 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 193 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2006 | Toronto | 16 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 226 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| NLL Totals | 167 | 148 | 442 | 590 | 2152 | 194 | 24 | 20 | 63 | 83 | 320 | 33 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Jim Veltman. Toronto Rock web site. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
[edit] Awards
| Preceded by Gary Gait |
NLL Most Valuable Player 2004 |
Succeeded by Colin Doyle |
| Preceded by none |
NLL Sportsmanship Award 2002 |
Succeeded by Chris Driscoll |
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| NAME | Veltman, Jim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Lacrosse player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brampton, Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
