Matt Hossack

Matt Hossack (born February 02, 1994) is a Canadian professional box lacrosse player who currently plays with the Panther City Lacrosse Club of the National Lacrosse League.

Matt Hossack
Born (1994-02-08) February 8, 1994
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight192 pounds (87 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionDefence/Transition
NCAA teamRochester Institute of Technology
NLL draft14th overall, 2016
Saskatchewan Rush
NLL team
Former teams		Panther City Lacrosse Club
Saskatchewan Rush
MLL team
Former teams		Atlanta Blaze
Denver Outlaws
PLL teamsArchers Lacrosse Club
CLA team
Former teams		Brooklin Lacrosse Club
Whitby Warriors
Pro career2016–
NicknameHoss

College career

Hossack attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he was named the Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year for two straight seasons with the RIT Tigers. At RIT he finished 5th all time in ground balls with 369 ground balls, as well as second all time in caused turnovers with 139.[1]

Professional career

Hossack was drafted 14th overall by the Saskatchewan Rush in 2016.[2] He went on to win one NLL Championship in the 2018 NLL Cup Finals with the Rush.[3] He was drafted in the 2020 NLL expansion draft by the Panther City Lacrosse Club.[4][5][6]

Hossack has played for the Brooklin Lacrosse Club of the Major Series Lacrosse and has won a Minto Cup with the Whitby Warriors Junior A lacrosse club.[7]

NLL stats
Matt Hossack 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

2017 Saskatchewan Rush 6 5 1 6 19 0 1.00 3.17 0.00 4 1 1 2 11 0 0.50 2.75 0.00
2018 Saskatchewan Rush 17 3 7 10 61 4 0.59 3.59 0.24 4 2 3 5 25 0 1.25 6.25 0.00
2019 Saskatchewan Rush 18 3 14 17 93 10 0.94 5.17 0.56 1 0 0 0 12 0 0.00 12.00 0.00
2020 Saskatchewan Rush 10 1 4 5 40 2 0.50 4.00 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2021 Panther City Lacrosse Club 17 2 7 9 117 14 0.53 6.88 0.82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
68 14 33 47 330 30 0.69 4.85 0.44 9 3 4 7 48 0 0.78 5.33 0.00
Career Total: 77 17 37 54 378 30 0.70 4.91 0.39

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.

Source:[8]

Awards and honours
  • Minto Cup, 2013 (with the Brooklin Lacrosse Club)
  • 2015 Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2016 Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year
  • NLL Cup, 2018 (with the Saskatchewan Rush)

References
  1. "Matt Hossack - 2016 - Men's Lacrosse".
  2. "Matt Hossack".
  3. "One Hossack will win NLL Champions Cup, that's guaranteed".
  4. "Sports This Week - Rush lose Hossack to Panther City".
  5. "Rush lose Hossack in NLL expansion draft".
  6. @PantherCityLax (June 29, 2021). "First Pick- Matt Hossack - Defender History Made!! Congrats to @Du_Hoss42 on being our first pick in the 2021 e…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. "Matt Hossack - Major Series Lacrosse - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  8. "Matt Hossack". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
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