Kurtis Wagar (born November 5, 1985) is a retired professional lacrosse goaltender, who spent 9 years in the

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. He began his amateur career with the St. Catharines Athletics of the

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, played collegiality for the Brock Badgers, and was drafted in the third round of the 2006 NLL Entry Draft by the

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. Wagar spent two seasons with the Rush before he was traded along with Brenden Thenhaus to the Boston Blazers in exchange for Cam Bergman. The Blazers subsequently dealt him to the New York Titans for Anthony Kelly. He spent 2009 with the Titans, and moved with them to

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in 2010. When the Titans folded, he was taken in the second round of the dispersal draft by the

Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks are a Canadian professional box lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team plays its home games at Scotiabank Saddledome. The team name is derived from the roughne ...

, but was released before the season and signed with the

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. Wagar spent two seasons with the Wings before signing with the

Buffalo Bandits The Buffalo Bandits are an American professional box lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York, that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team plays its home games at KeyBank Center. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse L ...

. He played two seasons with the Bandits before retiring in 2014.

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