Jeff Shattler

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Jeff Shattler
Born (1984-12-26) December 26, 1984 (age 39)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight205 pounds (93 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionForward/Transition
NLL draft10th overall, 2005
Buffalo Bandits
NLL team
Former teams		Saskatchewan Rush
Calgary Roughnecks
Buffalo Bandits
WLA teamVictoria Shamrocks
Pro career2006–
NicknameShatts
Career highlights

NLL Most Valuable Player, 2011
NLL Transition Player of the Year, 2011
WLA Most Outstanding Player, 2013
WILC All World Team - Transition, 2015
NLL Cup Most Valuable Player, 2018

Medal record
Box lacrosse
Representing  Iroquois
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Onondaga Nation
Silver medal – second place 2011 Czech Republic

Jeff Shattler (born December 26, 1984) is an Iroquois professional box lacrosse player who currently plays with the Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). He has Ojibwe and Inuit roots and has competed internationally with the Iroquois Nationals, including with the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship silver medal winning teams in 2011 and 2015. He was the 2011 NLL Most Valuable Player, 2011 NLL Transition Player of the Year, and the 2018 NLL Cup Most Valuable Player.

Professional career[edit]

Shattler was drafted 10th overall by the Buffalo Bandits in 2005. He played one game in 2006 for the Bandits before being traded to Calgary for the 2007 season. Shattler played 11 seasons with the Roughnecks, missing only one game. During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve in the All-Star Game.[1] Shattler had a breakout year in 2011, when he was named both NLL MVP and Transition Player of the Year. On August 3, 2017, he signed a two-year contract with the Saskatchewan Rush.[2]

Shattler has played for the Brampton Excelsiors and Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse and the Victoria Shamrocks and the Maple Ridge Burrards of the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA). Shattler was the Most Outstanding Player in the WLA in 2013.[3]

NLL stats[edit]

Jeff Shattler 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

2006 Buffalo Bandits 1 0 1 1 3 0 1.00 3.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2007 Calgary Roughnecks 16 16 21 37 114 10 2.31 7.13 0.63 1 0 4 4 10 0 4.00 10.00 0.00
2008 Calgary Roughnecks 16 17 26 43 110 12 2.69 6.88 0.75 2 6 5 11 26 0 5.50 13.00 0.00
2009 Calgary Roughnecks 16 13 15 28 119 15 1.75 7.44 0.94 3 2 3 5 21 4 1.67 7.00 1.33
2010 Calgary Roughnecks 16 16 35 51 141 8 3.19 8.81 0.50 1 0 1 1 9 0 1.00 9.00 0.00
2011 Calgary Roughnecks 15 29 46 75 93 20 5.00 6.20 1.33 2 2 6 8 6 4 4.00 3.00 2.00
2012 Calgary Roughnecks 16 31 41 72 111 6 4.50 6.94 0.38 1 2 3 5 2 4 5.00 2.00 4.00
2013 Calgary Roughnecks 16 33 41 74 86 20 4.63 5.38 1.25 2 3 8 11 6 0 5.50 3.00 0.00
2014 Calgary Roughnecks 18 35 49 84 71 10 4.67 3.94 0.56 7 9 12 21 30 12 3.00 4.29 1.71
2015 Calgary Roughnecks 18 28 34 62 74 12 3.44 4.11 0.67 4 1 8 9 9 0 2.25 2.25 0.00
2016 Calgary Roughnecks 18 30 57 87 92 4 4.83 5.11 0.22 3 2 8 10 13 0 3.33 4.33 0.00
2017 Calgary Roughnecks 18 20 51 71 95 11 3.94 5.28 0.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018 Saskatchewan Rush 17 24 36 60 76 8 3.53 4.47 0.47 4 8 7 15 13 0 3.75 3.25 0.00
2019 Saskatchewan Rush 18 34 39 73 86 14 4.06 4.78 0.78 1 2 3 5 5 0 5.00 5.00 0.00
229 337 508 845 1,310 154 3.69 5.72 0.67 31 37 68 105 150 24 3.39 4.84 0.77
Career Total: 260 374 576 950 1,460 178 3.65 5.62 0.68

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:[4]

International career[edit]

Box lacrosse
Representing  Iroquois
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Onondaga Nation
Silver medal – second place 2011 Czech Republic

Shattler has competed internationally with the Iroquois Nationals, the national box lacrosse team of the Iroquois Confederacy. By virtue of his First Nations status, it would have been possible for him to play for Canada, the United States, or the Nationals. About choosing to play with the Nationals, Shattler said, “It’s always been my culture... Probably my grandma [a full–status Ojibwa] would kill me if I did play for Team Canada.“[5]

With the Nationals, Shattler won silver medals at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships (WILC) in 2011 and 2015. He was named to the 2015 WLIC All World Team at the transition position.[6]

Awards and honours[edit]

Preceded by NLL Most Valuable Player
2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NLL Transition Player of the Year
2011 		Succeeded by

Coaching and youth development[edit]

In February 2019, Shattler established the Shattler Lacrosse Academy, a privately owned elite lacrosse academy sanctioned by the Saskatchewan Lacrosse Association (SLA).[7]

In addition to organizing clinics and offering private training through his namesake academy, Shattler serves as Director of Player Development and Coaching for the Fighting Sioux lacrosse program of Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, a role he has held since 2019.[8] His is also involved in an effort to establish a nations cup between eight reserves in the Sanding Buffalo Dakota Nation and File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council (FHQ) Treaty 4 area.[9]

He also dedicates time to clinics and programs that aim to expand opportunities for girls in lacrosse, including working once a month with Queens Lacrosse of Queen City Minor Box Lacrosse league (QCMBL), the first all-girls lacrosse team in Regina, Saskatchewan.[10][9][11]

Personal life[edit]

Shattler’s mother, Donna Lewis Babstock, is Ojibwa from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. His father is Inuit, originally from northern Quebec. He is the second eldest of five siblings, having one older sister, three younger sisters

Shattler played junior ice hockey with the Brampton Capitals of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons[12] and was offered a scholarship to play NCAA Division I hockey at Cornell. After a long talk with his sister, Cindy Shattler, he decided to focus exclusively on sport rather than pursue collegiate athletics and felt that lacrosse offered him better opportunities.[13] He has called Cindy the most positive influence on him as a lacrosse player.[9] Beginning early in his playing career, his maternal grandmother, Gene Waseigijig, encouraged him to play for “a native team” and he has cited her as one of the reasons he chose to compete internationally with the Iroquois Nationals rather than with the Canadian national team.[5][13] One of his younger sisters, Kelly Babstock, plays ice hockey with the Metropolitan Riveters of the NWHL.[5]

Shattler resides in Regina, Saskatchewan, with his wife, Lindsay, and their children, Ada and Jace.[14] He is a glazier by trade.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Brandt, Ryan (August 3, 2017). "Rush sign veteran free agent Shattler". 980 CJME. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Chiefs Acquire Jeff Shattler From Brampton". In Lacrosse We Trust. May 20, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "Jeff Shattler". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c Mingo, Rita (April 5, 2013). "Team first says Roughnecks sniper". Calgary Herald. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "WILC 2015 Awards". World Lacrosse. World Lacrosse. September 25, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Getzoff, Eric (March 1, 2019). "Jeff Shattler Getting Comfortable in Saskatchewan". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  8. ^ Nordal, Kaitlynn (June 16, 2019). "Standing Buffalo lacrosse adds Rush player to coaching staff". eaglefeathernews.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Ninham, Dan (December 18, 2019). "Jeff Shattler (Ojibwe/Inuit): 15 Year NLL Veteran Is Sharing His Gift With Lacrosse Youth Development". ndnsports.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "Queens Lacrosse". Queens Lacrosse. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  11. ^ Ratzlaff, Brady (March 4, 2019). "First-ever all-female Try Lacrosse Clinic held in Saskatoon". Global News. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  12. ^ "Player Profile: Jeff Shattler". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  13. ^ a b Odland, Kristen (January 22, 2007). "Surprise Grandma! Shattler takes advice". Calgary Herald. Retrieved May 24, 2020 – via PressReader.
  14. ^ Ponticelli, Daniella (December 16, 2019). "'Talent is there': Rush player Jeff Shattler expanding lacrosse in southern Saskatchewan". Global News. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  15. ^ Laskaris, Sam (June 12, 2018). "Shattler proves he still has the stuff to win playoff MVP". windspeaker.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

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