Curt Malawsky Explained

Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:175
Nationality:Canadian
Birth Date:May 10, 1970
Birth Place:Coquitlam, British Columbia, CA
Career Start:1998
Career End:2009
Nickname:Mouse
Former Nll Teams:Calgary Roughnecks
Arizona Sting
San Jose Stealth
Vancouver Ravens
Rochester Knighthawks
Canlaxhof:2015

Curt Malawsky (born May 10, 1970 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) is a former box lacrosse player and currently the General Manager and Head Coach of the Vancouver Warriors of the National Lacrosse League.[1] Malawsky played for eleven seasons in the NLL and appeared in five Champion's Cup finals, three with Rochester, one with Arizona, and finally winning the title with Calgary in his final season in 2009.[2] He was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a box player in 2015. In 2022, he was inducted into the Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

Malawsky is also the coach of the Coquitlam Adanacs Jr. A lacrosse team. He led the Adanacs to the BC Junior A Lacrosse League title and won the Minto Cup national championship in 2010, for which he was named the British Columbia Lacrosse Association's Coach of the Year.[4]

His brother Derek also plays in the NLL, and the two played together in Rochester, San Jose, and in Arizona.

Statistics

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
1998 Rochester 11 17 24 41 55 16 1 5 1 6 5 2
1999 Rochester 12 16 18 34 57 4 2 4 4 8 12 0
2000 Rochester 12 22 29 51 58 6 2 1 1 2 11 4
2001 Rochester 14 25 34 59 55 2 1 3 1 4 6 0
2002 Rochester 16 31 29 60 58 19 2 2 1 3 7 2
2003 Rochester 9 23 15 38 37 9 2 4 2 6 12 4
2004 Vancouver 10 23 21 44 18 8 -- -- -- -- -- --
2005 San Jose 15 21 26 47 59 14 -- -- -- -- -- --
2006 San Jose 6 2 7 9 10 0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Arizona 8 10 11 21 30 4 2 1 4 5 4 2
2007 Arizona 15 24 21 45 38 4 3 4 2 6 2 2
2008 Calgary 15 22 22 44 52 6 -- -- -- -- -- --
2009 Calgary 16 24 20 44 47 11 3 3 1 4 4 0
NLL Totals 159 260 277 537 574 10318 27 17 44 63 16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: After 15 years in Calgary, Curt Malawsky signs with Warriors as GM, head coach. Calgary Sun. 2023-07-18 . 2023-08-12 . Todd Saelhof .
  2. Web site: Gilbertson . Wes . Patience, pain pays off for Riggers' veteran . https://archive.today/20120802011037/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Lacrosse/2009/05/16/9479871-sun.html . usurped . August 2, 2012 . Calgary Sun . 2009-05-16 . 2010-10-30.
  3. Web site: Coquitlam Sports Hall of Famer lives and breathes field hockey . 2022-10-23 . Tri-City News . en.
  4. Web site: Kurucz . John . Malawsky caps year with more hardware . https://web.archive.org/web/20101029021243/http://www.thenownews.com/sports/Malawsky+caps+year+with+more+hardware/3711089/story.html . dead . October 29, 2010 . Coquitlam Now . 2010-10-22 . 2010-10-30 .