Ken Montour

Ken Montour (born September 9, 1979 in Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation) is a former professional box lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League. Montour played 8 seasons in the NLL, most of them with the Buffalo Bandits.

Ken Montour
Born (1979-09-09) September 9, 1979
Six Nations, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Iroquois
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight190 pounds (86 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionGoalie
NLL draft26th overall, 1999
Albany Attack
NLL teamsBuffalo Bandits
Philadelphia Wings
Arizona Sting
Columbus Landsharks
Pro career20022010
NicknameMonster

During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game[1] and was also named NLL Goaltender of the Year.[2]

During the 2010 season, Montour was hit by Toronto Rock defender Drew Petkoff and suffered a concussion. Montour finished the game but has not played since. He has also missed all but one half-day in his job as a teacher.[3]

Statistics

NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPMinGASvGAASv %GPMinGASvGAASv %
2002Buffalo662224621.4667.65%------------
Columbus3125319614.8475.59%------------
2003Columbus16147367814.7468.42%------------
2005Arizona72083910811.2473.47%30000.000.00%
2006Arizona00000.000.00%------------
Buffalo40000.000.00%1172126.8785.71%
2007Philadelphia12102214812.3069.57%------------
2008Buffalo154808234610.2480.84%360124112.0077.36%
2009Buffalo156511044519.5881.26%210416749.2182.22%
2010Buffalo73857026010.9078.79%------------
NLL Totals852,1614051,43311.2477.97%9182301279.9180.89%

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; Sv = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards

Preceded by
Bob Watson
NLL Goaltender of the Year
2009
Succeeded by
Matt Vinc

References

  1. "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. "Defense, Transition & Goaltender Awards". NLL.com. May 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  3. Stamp, Stephen (Apr 7, 2011). "Concussion ends the career of Merrick Thomson; Does lacrosse have a head trauma issue?". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.


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