Rory Smith (born February 1, 1987) is a Canadian former 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. Smith was known as an enforcer, and has racked up over 1,000 career penalty minutes during his amateur and professional career. His 104 penalty minutes with Orlando in 2010 is the record for most penalty minutes in a single season in NLL history. Smith began his amateur career with the Jr. B

Mimico Mountaineers The Mimico Junior A Mountaineers are a Jr. A box lacrosse association in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Mountaineers operate junior-age and younger teams. Their home arena is Mimico Arena in the Mimico neighbourhood of Toronto. Beginning in 2015, ...

, and was named league MVP in 2006. He played for the Jr. A Brampton Excelsiors from 2007-08. He made his Sr. A debut in 2009 with the

New Westminster Salmonbellies The New Westminster Salmonbellies are a Men's Senior 'A' lacrosse team located in New Westminster, BC. Their home arena is Queen's Park Arena. They compete as part of the Western Lacrosse Association and have won the Mann Cup 24 times, most ...

of the

Western Lacrosse Association The Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) is a men's Senior A box lacrosse league with seven teams in British Columbia. The playoff championship team each season advances to the play against the Major Series Lacrosse champions for the Mann Cup. The ...

, and helped them to two

Mann Cup The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's box lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship is a best-of-seven, East vs West series played between the league champions of Major Series Lacrosse, the East, and Western Lacrosse Associat ...

appearances in 2009 and 2010. He moved back east in 2012 to play for the MSL Chiefs, with whom he won back-to-back Mann Cups in 2013 and 2014. Smith was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NLL Entry Draft by the New York Titans. He played with the Titans in New York for two years and in

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for one year, before the franchise was dissolved. He was then selected fourth overall by the

Minnesota Swarm The Minnesota Swarm was a box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League who played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 2004 until 2015. The team's previous owners (Minnesota Sports & Entertainment) who also own the NHL's ...

in the 2010 Dispersal Draft, and played with the Swarm for one year. He was then traded, along with Jon Sullivan and Sean Pollock, to 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 ...

for the third overall pick in the 2011 Dispersal Draft. He played the next two seasons with the Mammoth before being traded to the

Buffalo Bandits The Buffalo Bandits are an American professional box lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York, that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team plays its home games at KeyBank Center. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse L ...

for Carter Bender. After one season in Buffalo, he was again traded, along with Eric Penney, to the

Vancouver Stealth The Vancouver Warriors are a Canadian professional box lacrosse team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team moved from Everett, Washington, for the 2014 NLL season. History The Warri ...

in exchange for Nick Weiss. He played his final season in 2016 with Vancouver.

Personal life

Smith was born in

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and lived in the neighbourhood of

Mimico Mimico (, ) is a neighbourhood (and a former municipality) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, being located in the south-west area of Toronto on Lake Ontario. It is in the south-east corner of the former Township (and later, City) of Etobicoke, and was ...

and attended

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. Smith played

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for the St. Michael's Buzzers with his younger brothers Brendan and Reilly. Both Brendan and Reilly play professional ice hockey.

References

External links

NLL stats at statscrew.com
1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Etobicoke Lacrosse players from Toronto Buffalo Bandits players Colorado Mammoth players Minnesota Swarm players New York Titans (lacrosse) players Orlando Titans players Vancouver Warriors players Port Huron Icehawks players St. Michael's Buzzers players York Lions players New Westminster Salmonbellies players Victoria Shamrocks players {{Canada-lacrosse-bio-stub