John Gallant is a former
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 and captain of 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 ...
in the
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Before signing on with the Colorado Mammoth, Gallant played for the
Washington Power
The Washington Power were a member of the National Lacrosse League during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. After the inaugural championship in 1987 in Baltimore (as the Thunder) through 1999 and an unsuccessful stint in Pittsburgh (as the CrosseFire), ...
for one season. He was voted to the 2007 All-star game as a reserve defenseman and helped Team Canada defend their title at the 2007
World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gallant was the only remaining player on the Colorado Mammoth to have played with the club for each of its seven seasons, and he was announced as team captain on November 16, 2009, succeeding the team's all time leading scorer,
Gavin Prout
Gavin Prout (born March 13, 1978, in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League, and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse. He was also a me ...
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Statistics
NLL
External links
Player Bio Page
References
Mammoth Names 2010 Captains.
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1978 births
Canadian expatriate lacrosse people in the United States
Canadian lacrosse players
Colorado Mammoth players
Lacrosse defenders
Lacrosse people from Ontario
Living people
National Lacrosse League All-Stars
Sportspeople from Brantford