Steve Toll (born June 16, 1974 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former lacrosse player who is currently the asst coach of Panther City Lacrosse Club. In his 14-year National Lacrosse League career, Toll won five NLL Championships four with the Toronto Rock and one with the Rochester Knighthawks. He was a transition specialist, and in 2007 was awarded the first ever National Lacrosse League Transition Player of the Year Award.[1]

Steve Toll
Born (1974-06-16) June 16, 1974 (age 50)
St. Catharines, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight195 pounds (88 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionTransition
NLL draft43rd overall, 1997
Ontario Raiders
NLL teamsEdmonton Rush
Colorado Mammoth
Rochester Knighthawks
San Jose Stealth
Toronto Rock
Ontario Raiders
Pro career19982012
NicknameSpeedin' Stevie

In October 2011, Toll announced that he was retiring from the NLL to become the Director of Operations for the Durham and Oshawa franchises of the new Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax).[2]

Junior career

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Toll had one of the greatest junior lacrosse careers in St. Catharines Athletics history. Toll would finish his five-year tenure with the A's as the all time leader in assists (355) and points (607) (regular season and playoffs combined).[3]

Hockey career

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Toll played ice hockey and lacrosse for Rochester Institute of Technology; he was named the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Year in 1997. Toll also played professional hockey in the East Coast Hockey League and Central Hockey League.[4]

Statistics

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Reference:[5]

Steve Toll 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

1998 Ontario Raiders 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 2.00 0.00
1999 Toronto Rock 1 0 1 1 4 0 1.00 4.00 0.00 2 2 1 3 10 5 1.50 5.00 2.50
2000 Toronto Rock 12 9 13 22 78 6 1.83 6.50 0.50 2 1 8 9 18 0 4.50 9.00 0.00
2001 Toronto Rock 14 15 20 35 128 6 2.50 9.14 0.43 2 1 7 8 15 0 4.00 7.50 0.00
2002 Toronto Rock 16 26 39 65 125 11 4.06 7.81 0.69 2 1 3 4 8 0 2.00 4.00 0.00
2003 Toronto Rock 16 27 26 53 91 2 3.31 5.69 0.13 2 3 5 8 19 5 4.00 9.50 2.50
2004 Toronto Rock 16 19 34 53 141 5 3.31 8.81 0.31 1 0 1 1 6 0 1.00 6.00 0.00
2005 San Jose Stealth 12 4 8 12 76 0 1.00 6.33 0.00
2005 Rochester Knighthawks 5 5 5 10 33 0 2.00 6.60 0.00 2 2 5 7 21 0 3.50 10.50 0.00
2006 Rochester Knighthawks 16 14 18 32 119 6 2.00 7.44 0.38 2 3 2 5 15 0 2.50 7.50 0.00
2007 Rochester Knighthawks 16 14 24 38 177 2 2.38 11.06 0.13 3 2 3 5 28 2 1.67 9.33 0.67
2008 Rochester Knighthawks 16 7 25 32 166 8 2.00 10.38 0.50
2009 Rochester Knighthawks 16 4 13 17 178 6 1.06 11.13 0.38 1 1 0 1 12 2 1.00 12.00 2.00
2010 Rochester Knighthawks 16 5 8 13 153 10 0.81 9.56 0.63
2011 Colorado Mammoth 16 2 11 13 75 19 0.81 4.69 1.19 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 2.00 0.00
2012 Edmonton Rush 6 3 1 4 16 2 0.67 2.67 0.33 3 0 1 1 6 0 0.33 2.00 0.00
195 154 246 400 1,562 83 2.05 8.01 0.43 23 16 36 52 160 14 2.26 6.96 0.61
Career Total: 218 170 282 452 1,722 97 2.07 7.90 0.44

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.

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991 St. Catharines Athletics OLA Jr.A 20 11 16 27 4 14 8 7 15 0
Minto Cup St. Catharines Athletics CLA -- -- -- -- -- 5 0 1 1 0
1992 St. Catharines Athletics OLA Jr.A 20 29 56 85 41 14 19 14 33 34
1993 St. Catharines Athletics OLA Jr.A 22 36 44 80 10 16 25 30 55 29
1994 St. Catharines Athletics OLA Jr.A 21 40 57 97 31 12 22 37 59 42
1995 St. Catharines Athletics OLA Jr.A 20 35 62 97 31 13 27 32 59 45
1996 Peterborough Lakers MSL 24 45 48 93 16 5 6 8 14 0
1997 Niagara Falls Gamblers MSL 18 21 36 57 8 11 9 12 21 24
Mann Cup Niagara Falls Gamblers CLA -- -- -- -- -- 5 3 6 9 30
1998 Buffalo Gamblers MSL 11 12 13 25 8 9 5 6 11 8
1999 Brooklin Redmen MSL 15 18 41 59 26 10 16 17 33 21
2000 Brooklin Redmen MSL 13 13 33 46 30 11 14 18 32 20
Mann Cup Brooklin Redmen CLA -- -- -- -- -- 4 4 11 15 4
2001 Brooklin Redmen MSL 14 26 46 72 40 10 13 20 33 16
2002 Brooklin Redmen MSL 14 12 23 35 34 10 1 13 14 30
2003 Brooklin Redmen MSL 3 3 6 9 5 10 13 11 24 6
2004 Brooklin Redmen MSL 16 18 32 50 32 4 1 9 10 9
2005 Brooklin Redmen MSL 17 11 41 52 40 -- -- -- -- --
2006 Brooklin Redmen MSL 12 14 31 45 8 8 6 6 12 28
2007 Brooklin Redmen MSL 12 4 25 29 2 -- -- -- -- --
2007 St. Regis Indians MSL 7 4 3 7 2 10 6 2 8 2
2008 St. Regis Indians MSL 16 8 12 20 2 9 5 5 10 16
2009 St. Regis Indians MSL 18 13 32 45 44 9 2 11 13 22
2010 Peterborough Lakers MSL 15 7 11 18 26 13 8 11 19 6
2011 Peterborough Lakers MSL 17 3 13 16 10 6 0 3 3 10
Junior A Totals 103 151 235 386 117 69 101 120 221 150
Minto Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 5 0 1 1 0
Senior A Totals 210 222 422 644 297 116 97 138 235 202
Mann Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 9 7 17 24 33

Awards

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Preceded by
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NLL Transition Player of the Year
2007
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Toll named Transition Player of the Year". NLL.com. May 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
  2. ^ Stamp, Stephen (October 14, 2011). "CLax Notebook: Familiar names to lead Oshawa and Durham franchises". ILIndoor.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
  3. ^ "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  4. ^ Borrelli, Tom (April 20, 2007). "For Whom the Bell Tolls". LaxMagazine.com. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
  5. ^ "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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