Jim Moss (born March 3, 1977 in

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) is a former professional

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player. Moss was named the

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in 2003. Entered into the

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Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 as well as the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a member of Team Canada in 2007. Moss represented Team Canada in three sports (Ice Hockey, Field Lacrosse, Indoor Lacrosse) winning gold, silver, and bronze medals in international competition and is a winner of Canada's historic Mann Cup.

Hockey and Lacrosse Statistics

National Lacrosse League

Hockey and Lacrosse career

Jim Moss played both ice hockey and lacrosse his entire early life and ultimately earned the opportunity to represent team Canada in three sports - Ice Hockey, Field Lacrosse, and Indoor Lacrosse. Growing up, he played hockey in Brampton, Ontario, Canada starting at the age of seven, where he is now a member of the

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. He began playing Junior A tier 2 for the Brampton Capitals at the age of 15 and then went on to become a member of the

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hockey club for the 96-97 season and the 97-98 season. He was named team captain of the 97-98 squad. Following the Ontario Hockey League, he played for the Western Mustangs University team in the CIAU and represented Team Canada at the FISU World Games in Slovakia, where the team earned a bronze medal. He finished his hockey career off with the Huntington Blizzards of the

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after suffering a number of concussions he was forced to take a season off and decided at that time to return to professional lacrosse in NLL. Jim's lacrosse career also began in Brampton Ontario, playing in the Ontario Minor Lacrosse Association. He was called up to play Junior for the Brampton Excelsiors in 1992, and then represented Canada with the Jr Men's National Lacrosse team in 1996. Jim served as Team Captain in their silver medal winning effort. Jim was also selected to represent Team Canada in the first ever

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where he won his first gold medal. Jim also played for the Brampton Excelsiors Sr. Lacrosse team where he won his first

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in 2005, scoring the series winning goal against the

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. While living and playing lacrosse in San Jose California, Jim coached children at all ages and competitive classes, both men's and women's lacrosse, and including an assistant coaching role with the

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NCAA Division 1 Women's lacrosse program.

Personal life

Jim has been married to his wife Jennifer Leigh Moss (formerly Jennifer Young) since July 9, 2005. The couple has three daughters, Willow Olivia and Lyla. In September 2009, Jim Moss contracted what was believed to be Guillane-Barre Syndrome. Since then this diagnosis has been rescinded, leaving his diagnosis as an undefined post-viral neuro-muscular disease. The Auto-immune disease ended Jim's professional sports career.

References

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