Darren Reisig Explained

Position:Transition
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:205
League:Former WLA
Team:Victoria Shamrocks
Nll Team:Portland LumberJax
Former Nll Teams:San Jose Stealth
Vancouver Ravens
Nationality:Canadian
Birth Date:March 23, 1968
Birth Place:Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Career Start:2002
Career End:2007
Nickname:Ziggy
Canlaxhof:2023

Darren Reisig (born March 23, 1968, in Victoria, British Columbia) is a former professional lacrosse player and was recently an assistant coach of the Victoria Shamrocks. Darren is also a teacher and athletic director at Claremont Secondary School. He runs the Claremont Sports Institute for aquatics, golf, rowing and lacrosse. Darren is the head coach of the lacrosse program as well as coaching golf and girls junior basketball.

Darren also runs the BC's Best Lacrosse Player Showcase tournament which hosts the top 150 high school field lacrosse players in the province, along with coaches representing colleges from all across the U.S. This tournament is usually held in June.In August Darren, and Fred Jenner run Camp Rocks summer field lacrosse camps.

NLL career

Reisig began his NLL career with the Vancouver Ravens in the 2002 NLL season. He was appointed the Vancouver Ravens' first captain prior to their opening game on November 17, 2001, in Toronto. Reisig played for the Ravens until 2004, and has since played for the San Jose Stealth and the Portland LumberJax.

Reisig was named to the North team for the All-Star game in the 2002 NLL season.

WLA career

Reisig played with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association from 1989 to 2003, helping the Shamrocks to Mann Cup national titles in 1997, 1999 and 2003. He was the captain of the Mann Cup-winning Shamrocks in 2003.

International lacrosse career

Junior lacrosse career

Reisig played for the Esquimalt Legion lacrosse team in the BCJALL from 1985 to 1989 and led his teams to league titles in 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989. In 1987 they actually tied for the league lead in points with the Coquitlam Adanacs. The Esquimalt Legion team won the Provincial Championship consecutively from 1985 through 1988. In 1989 Reisig was named as a first team all-star and was the team top scorer

Statistics

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
2002 Vancouver 16 8 8 16 94 271 0 0 0 6 2
2003 Vancouver 16 5 6 11 64 241 0 0 0 6 0
2004 Vancouver 10 3 3 6 41 14-- -- -- -- -- --
San Jose 3 1 2 3 11 21 0 2 2 1 0
2005 San Jose 16 3 4 7 68 30-- -- -- -- -- --
2006 San Jose 16 5 5 10 47 12-- -- -- -- -- --
2007 Portland 10 3 5 8 25 4-- -- -- -- -- --
NLL Totals 87 28 33 61 350 1133 0 2 2 13 2

Awards

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