Steve_Toll
Steve Toll (born June 16, 1974 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former lacrosse player who is currently the asst coach of Panther City Lacrosse Club. In his 14-year National Lacrosse League career, Toll won five NLL Championships four with the Toronto Rock and one with the Rochester Knighthawks. He was a transition specialist, and in 2007 was awarded the first ever National Lacrosse League Transition Player of the Year Award.[1]
| Born | (1974-06-16) June 16, 1974 (age 49) St. Catharines, Ontario |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 195 pounds (88 kg) |
| Shoots | Right |
| Position | Transition |
| NLL draft | 43rd overall, 1997 Ontario Raiders |
| NLL teams | Edmonton Rush Colorado Mammoth Rochester Knighthawks San Jose Stealth Toronto Rock Ontario Raiders |
| Pro career | 1998–2012 |
| Nickname | Speedin' Stevie |
In October 2011, Toll announced that he was retiring from the NLL to become the Director of Operations for the Durham and Oshawa franchises of the new Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax).[2]
Toll had one of the greatest junior lacrosse careers in St. Catharines Athletics history. Toll would finish his five-year tenure with the A's as the all time leader in assists (355) and points (607) (regular season and playoffs combined).[3]
Toll played ice hockey and lacrosse for Rochester Institute of Technology; he was named the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Year in 1997. Toll also played professional hockey in the East Coast Hockey League and Central Hockey League.[4]
NLL
Reference:[5]
| Steve Toll | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 1998 | Ontario Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Toronto Rock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 2.50 |
| 2000 | Toronto Rock | 12 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 78 | 6 | 1.83 | 6.50 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | 9.00 | 0.00 |
| 2001 | Toronto Rock | 14 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 128 | 6 | 2.50 | 9.14 | 0.43 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4.00 | 7.50 | 0.00 |
| 2002 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 125 | 11 | 4.06 | 7.81 | 0.69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| 2003 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 91 | 2 | 3.31 | 5.69 | 0.13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 4.00 | 9.50 | 2.50 |
| 2004 | Toronto Rock | 16 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 141 | 5 | 3.31 | 8.81 | 0.31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 |
| 2005 | San Jose Stealth | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 76 | 0 | 1.00 | 6.33 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005 | Rochester Knighthawks | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 2.00 | 6.60 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 3.50 | 10.50 | 0.00 |
| 2006 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 119 | 6 | 2.00 | 7.44 | 0.38 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2.50 | 7.50 | 0.00 |
| 2007 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 177 | 2 | 2.38 | 11.06 | 0.13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 1.67 | 9.33 | 0.67 |
| 2008 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 166 | 8 | 2.00 | 10.38 | 0.50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 178 | 6 | 1.06 | 11.13 | 0.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1.00 | 12.00 | 2.00 |
| 2010 | Rochester Knighthawks | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 153 | 10 | 0.81 | 9.56 | 0.63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011 | Colorado Mammoth | 16 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 75 | 19 | 0.81 | 4.69 | 1.19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| 2012 | Edmonton Rush | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0.67 | 2.67 | 0.33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.33 | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| 195 | 154 | 246 | 400 | 1,562 | 83 | 2.05 | 8.01 | 0.43 | 23 | 16 | 36 | 52 | 160 | 14 | 2.26 | 6.96 | 0.61 | ||
| Career Total: | 218 | 170 | 282 | 452 | 1,722 | 97 | 2.07 | 7.90 | 0.44 | ||||||||||
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.
OLA
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991 | St. Catharines Athletics | OLA Jr.A | 20 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Minto Cup | St. Catharines Athletics | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1992 | St. Catharines Athletics | OLA Jr.A | 20 | 29 | 56 | 85 | 41 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 34 | ||
| 1993 | St. Catharines Athletics | OLA Jr.A | 22 | 36 | 44 | 80 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 29 | ||
| 1994 | St. Catharines Athletics | OLA Jr.A | 21 | 40 | 57 | 97 | 31 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 42 | ||
| 1995 | St. Catharines Athletics | OLA Jr.A | 20 | 35 | 62 | 97 | 31 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 45 | ||
| 1996 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 24 | 45 | 48 | 93 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | Niagara Falls Gamblers | MSL | 18 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 24 | ||
| Mann Cup | Niagara Falls Gamblers | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | ||
| 1998 | Buffalo Gamblers | MSL | 11 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 1999 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 15 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 21 | ||
| 2000 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 13 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 20 | ||
| Mann Cup | Brooklin Redmen | CLA | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 2001 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 14 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 40 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 16 | ||
| 2002 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 14 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 30 | ||
| 2003 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 16 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | ||
| 2005 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 17 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 12 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | ||
| 2007 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 12 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007 | St. Regis Indians | MSL | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | St. Regis Indians | MSL | 16 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 2009 | St. Regis Indians | MSL | 18 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 22 | ||
| 2010 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 2011 | Peterborough Lakers | MSL | 17 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Junior A Totals | 103 | 151 | 235 | 386 | 117 | 69 | 101 | 120 | 221 | 150 | ||||
| Minto Cup Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Senior A Totals | 210 | 222 | 422 | 644 | 297 | 116 | 97 | 138 | 235 | 202 | ||||
| Mann Cup Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 33 | ||||
| Preceded by None |
NLL Transition Player of the Year 2007 |
Succeeded by |
- "Toll named Transition Player of the Year". NLL.com. May 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- Stamp, Stephen (October 14, 2011). "CLax Notebook: Familiar names to lead Oshawa and Durham franchises". ILIndoor.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
- Borrelli, Tom (April 20, 2007). "For Whom the Bell Tolls". LaxMagazine.com. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.