Darren Reisig

Darren Reisig
Born	March 23, 1968; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	205 pounds (93 kg)
Shoots	Left
Position	Transition
NLL team; Former teams	Portland LumberJax; San Jose Stealth; Vancouver Ravens
Former WLA team	Victoria Shamrocks
Pro career	2002–2007
Nickname	Ziggy

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

1994 - Member of Team Canada, 3rd place at the World Lacrosse Championship
1998 - Member of Team Canada, 1998 World Lacrosse Championship Final

Junior lacrosse career

Reisig played for the Esquimalt Legion lacrosse team in the BCJALL from 1985 to 1989 and lead 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	27	1	0	0	0	6	2
2003	Vancouver	16	5	6	11	64	24	1	0	0	0	6	0
2004	Vancouver	10	3	3	6	41	14	--	--	--	--	--	--
2004	San Jose	3	1	2	3	11	2	1	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	113	3	0	2	2	13	2

Awards

1987 Esquimalt Legion - Rookie of the Year
1989 Esquimalt Legion - Top Scorer
1989 BCJALL First Team All-star
1995 WLA Three Star Award
1995 WLA MVP

References

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