Kurtis Wagar (born November 5, 1985) is a retired professional lacrosse goaltender, who spent 9 years in the
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United States and five in Canada. The N ...
. He began his amateur career with the
St. Catharines Athletics of the
Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League
The Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) is considered the most competitive Junior A men's box lacrosse league in the world and the number one source for talent for the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The OJLL is sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse ...
, played collegiality for the
Brock Badgers
The Brock Badgers are the athletics teams that represent Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. To date, the Badgers have won 41 National Championships and 78 Ontario Championships, and are members of the OUA, U Sports, CUFLA, CURC, OIWFA and ...
, and was drafted in the third round of the
2006 NLL Entry Draft by the
Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush were a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) that played from 2006 NLL season to 2015.
The team announced on July 20, 2015, that they would be relocating to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for the 2016 s ...
. Wagar spent two seasons with the Rush before he was traded along with
Brenden Thenhaus
Brenden Thenhaus (born August 5, 1986) is a Canadian lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League.
Professional career
Thenhaus began his National Lacrosse League career with the Buffalo Bandits in the 2007 NLL season. ...
to the
Boston Blazers
The Boston Blazers were an indoor lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The Blazers were based in Boston, Massachusetts, and began play in the 2009 NLL season.
The team was owned by Tim Armstrong, the former President of Adverti ...
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
Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures r ...
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 professional box lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta. They are members of the Western Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and play their home games on WestJet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome. The t ...
, but was released before the season and signed with the
Philadelphia Wings Philadelphia Wings may refer to any of three distinct professional lacrosse teams:
* Philadelphia Wings (1974–1975), a member of the original National Lacrosse League
* Philadelphia Wings (1987–2014), a founding member of the National Lacrosse ...
. Wagar spent two seasons with the Wings before signing with the
Buffalo Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team in the East Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They play at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, t ...
. He played two seasons with the Bandits before retiring in 2014.
References
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Living people
1985 births
Lacrosse people from Ontario
Sportspeople from St. Catharines
Buffalo Bandits players
Edmonton Rush players
New York Titans (lacrosse) players
Orlando Titans players
Philadelphia Wings players