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Currier Selected With The Third Pick In NLL Draft
September 19, 2017 | Men's Lacrosse
Zach Currier is having quite a 2017, isn't he?
Currier's latest milestone this year came Monday night, when he was selected by the Calgary Roughnecks with the third pick of the first round of the National Lacrosse League draft. Currier is Princeton's highest pick ever in the NLL draft.
"[Currier] brings speed, he brings transition, he brings an element of compete," Calgary coach Curt Malawsky said on the team's official website. "I watched him play in six Mann Cup games at the highest level, on the biggest stage, and he was one of Peterborough's top players. Not only does he defend well, he gets the ball up the floor and when he gets up there, he wasn't dumping it to the offense, he was taking it to the net when he was given a chance and he was scoring. He's a transitional player who can put the ball in the goal. I never saw him stop moving his feet for the six games of the Mann Cup and he's just got an engine and a compete level and we're extremely excited to have him here."
The story on the website, by the way, can be read HERE. It's entitled "Dream Pick."
His selection by Calgary came a few days after he helped the Peterborough Lakers to the Mann Cup, which is the national championship of Canadian box lacrosse. Currier had two goals and two assists in a 14-10 win in the clinching Game 6 of the best-of-seven series, after Peterborough trailed two games to none in the series.
Currier, a Peterborough native, graduated from Princeton this past June with a degree in civil engineering. He put together one of the greatest seasons any Division I midfielder has ever had as a senior, with 24 goals, 34 assists, 130 ground balls and a 56.4 face-off percentage.
Following that performance, he was the sixth selection in the outdoor Major League Lacrosse draft, and he would help the Denver Outlaws to the MLL championship game while also making the all-star game as a rookie.
Next up for Currier will be his first NLL season. The Roughnecks went 8-10 a year ago and did not make the playoffs.Â
Currier's latest milestone this year came Monday night, when he was selected by the Calgary Roughnecks with the third pick of the first round of the National Lacrosse League draft. Currier is Princeton's highest pick ever in the NLL draft.
"[Currier] brings speed, he brings transition, he brings an element of compete," Calgary coach Curt Malawsky said on the team's official website. "I watched him play in six Mann Cup games at the highest level, on the biggest stage, and he was one of Peterborough's top players. Not only does he defend well, he gets the ball up the floor and when he gets up there, he wasn't dumping it to the offense, he was taking it to the net when he was given a chance and he was scoring. He's a transitional player who can put the ball in the goal. I never saw him stop moving his feet for the six games of the Mann Cup and he's just got an engine and a compete level and we're extremely excited to have him here."
The story on the website, by the way, can be read HERE. It's entitled "Dream Pick."
His selection by Calgary came a few days after he helped the Peterborough Lakers to the Mann Cup, which is the national championship of Canadian box lacrosse. Currier had two goals and two assists in a 14-10 win in the clinching Game 6 of the best-of-seven series, after Peterborough trailed two games to none in the series.
Currier, a Peterborough native, graduated from Princeton this past June with a degree in civil engineering. He put together one of the greatest seasons any Division I midfielder has ever had as a senior, with 24 goals, 34 assists, 130 ground balls and a 56.4 face-off percentage.
Following that performance, he was the sixth selection in the outdoor Major League Lacrosse draft, and he would help the Denver Outlaws to the MLL championship game while also making the all-star game as a rookie.
Next up for Currier will be his first NLL season. The Roughnecks went 8-10 a year ago and did not make the playoffs.Â
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