Ryan McNish (born March 7, 1981 in

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) is a retired

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player, in the

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. McNish played for the

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between the 2005 and 2008 NLL seasons before being traded to the

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in 2009, where he played for three seasons. McNish also served as an aviation technician with

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, based in

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. On November 17, 2011, Ryan signed a one-year deal with the Calgary Roughnecks but was later released by the team on December 22, 2011. In 2018 he was inducted into the Manitoba Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

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