Chet Koneczny (born May 9, 1984) is a professional

lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...

player for the

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in the

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Professional career

Koneczny was a third round draft pick of the

Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock are a Canadian professional box lacrosse team based in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team was the first Canadian franchise in the NLL. The Rock play their home ga ...

in the 2004 NLL Entry Draft. Spent time on the Rock's practice squad in 2005 and 2006. Attended training camp with Toronto in 2009. Signed by the

Orlando Titans The Orlando Titans were a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League that played in the 2010 season. The Titans began as the New York Titans, and played for three seasons in New York before announcing the move to Orlando, Florid ...

as an unrestricted free agent prior to the start of 2010 training camp. Selected by the

Washington Stealth The Washington Stealth were a member of the National Lacrosse League, the professional box lacrosse league of North America from the 2010 NLL season through the 2013 NLL season. They were based in Everett (part of the Seattle metropolitan area ...

in the first round (10th overall) of the Orlando Titans Dispersal Draft. On August 13, 2012, Koneczny signed as an unrestricted free agent to a one-year agreement with the

Colorado Mammoth The Colorado Mammoth are an American professional box lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado, that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team has played its home games at Ball Arena since the 2003 season. They are owned by Stan ...

of the NLL.

International career

Koneczny played for

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in field lacrosse on

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, as well as in box lacrosse on 2011 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. He once again represented the Czech Republic at the

2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship The 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC) was the fifth international box lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse every four years. It was held 19-28 September 2019 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia (city ...

, recording five points in eight total games.

Statistics

NLL

Statistics are as of December 18, 2018.

References

External links

Chet Koneczny at NLL.comChet Koneczny
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Philadelphia Wings website
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