Tracey Kelusky
| Tracey Kelusky | |
|---|---|
| — Lacrosse player — | |
| File:Tracey Kelusky NLL 2005.jpg | |
| Born | September 9, 1975 Peterborough, Ontario |
| Position | Forward |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 180 pounds (82 kg) |
| MSL team | Peterborough Lakers |
| Former NLL teams | Philadelphia Wings Buffalo Bandits Calgary Roughnecks Montreal Express Columbus Landsharks |
| Nationality | Canada |
| NLL Draft | 1st overall, 2000 Columbus Landsharks |
| Pro career | 2001–present |
| Shoots | Right |
| Nickname | TK |
Tracey Kelusky (born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian retired lacrosse player who played for the Columbus Landsharks, Montreal Express, Calgary Roughnecks, Buffalo Bandits and Philadelphia Wings. While with the Roughnecks, Kelusky was named captain and lead them to titles in 2004 and 2009.
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College career
Tracey played college lacrosse at the University of Hartford, making his mark in the NCAA record books by scoring 59 goals in 14 games during the 2000 season.
Professional career
Kelusky joined the NLL in the 2000-2001 season with the Columbus Landsharks and was named the NLL Rookie of the Year. In the 2001-2002 season, he played for the expansion franchise Montreal Express. The Roughnecks picked up Kelusky first overall in the dispersal draft after the Express franchise folded in 2002.
In the 2005 National Lacrosse League All-Star Game, Kelusky won the MVP in front of a home crowd at the Pengrowth Saddledome. During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.[1]
In December 2013, Kelusky was acquired by the Philadelphia Wings as a free agent.
On September 19, 2014, Kelusky announced he was retiring from professional lacrosse.
Statistics
NLL
Reference:[2]
| Tracey Kelusky | 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 |
| 2001 | Columbus Landsharks | 14 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 98 | 20 | 3.64 | 7.00 | 1.43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 | Montreal Express | 16 | 44 | 50 | 94 | 98 | 8 | 5.88 | 6.13 | 0.50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003 | Calgary Roughnecks | 13 | 37 | 26 | 63 | 51 | 16 | 4.85 | 3.92 | 1.23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 2.00 |
| 2004 | Calgary Roughnecks | 16 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 73 | 8 | 4.31 | 4.56 | 0.50 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3.67 | 4.33 | 1.33 |
| 2005 | Calgary Roughnecks | 16 | 45 | 32 | 77 | 77 | 12 | 4.81 | 4.81 | 0.75 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| 2006 | Calgary Roughnecks | 16 | 35 | 34 | 69 | 75 | 17 | 4.31 | 4.69 | 1.06 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 |
| 2007 | Calgary Roughnecks | 16 | 35 | 53 | 88 | 95 | 0 | 5.50 | 5.94 | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| 2008 | Calgary Roughnecks | 7 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 3.57 | 3.71 | 0.71 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| 2009 | Calgary Roughnecks | 16 | 31 | 53 | 84 | 84 | 4 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 0.25 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 4.67 | 5.33 | 0.00 |
| 2010 | Calgary Roughnecks | 13 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 56 | 10 | 4.92 | 4.31 | 0.77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| 2011 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 54 | 11 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 0.69 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| 2012 | Buffalo Bandits | 12 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 37 | 2 | 2.33 | 3.08 | 0.17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| 2013 | Buffalo Bandits | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 1.43 | 3.14 | 1.29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Wings | 17 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 40 | 17 | 2.76 | 2.35 | 1.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 195 | 383 | 440 | 823 | 886 | 139 | 4.22 | 4.54 | 0.71 | 16 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 72 | 6 | 4.19 | 4.50 | 0.38 | ||
| Career Total: | 211 | 420 | 470 | 890 | 958 | 145 | 4.22 | 4.54 | 0.69 | ||||||||||
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;
Awards
- 2000, Drafted first overall by the Columbus Landsharks
- 2001, NLL Rookie of the Year
- 2001, NLL second team all pro
- 2002, NLL first team all pro
- 2002, Inside Lacrosse Magazine's NLL MVP (voted by NLL players and coaches)
- 2002, part of Canada's silver medal team at the World Lacrosse Championship
- 2002, part of Team Canada at the Heritage Cup
- 2003, NLL first team all pro
- 2003, part of Canada's gold medal team at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
- 2004, part of Canada's Heritage Cup-winning team
- 2004, NLL first team all pro
- 2004, Champion's Cup
- 2005, NLL All Star Game Most Valuable Player
- 2005, NLL second team all pro
- 2007, NLL Sportsmanship Award[3]
- 2009, Champion's Cup
| Preceded by | NLL Rookie of the Year 2001 |
Succeeded by Blaine Manning |
| Preceded by | NLL All-Star Game MVP 2005 |
Succeeded by Lewis Ratcliff |
| Preceded by | NLL Sportsmanship Award 2007 |
Succeeded by Dan Carey |
Personal life
Kelusky is a boyhood friend of professional wrestler Bobby Roode. Keluskey even made an appearance on the December 29th, 2011 edition of Impact Wrestling, where he confronted Roode and was attacked by him.[4]
See also
External links
References
- Pages with broken file links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Buffalo Bandits players
- Calgary Roughnecks players
- Canadian lacrosse players
- College lacrosse players in the United States
- Hartford Hawks athletes
- Lacrosse people from Ontario
- National Lacrosse League All-Stars
- National Lacrosse League major award winners
- National Lacrosse League monthly award winners
- National Lacrosse League weekly award winners
- Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario
- Columbus Landsharks players
