John Tavares (lacrosse)
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{{Infobox Lacrosse Player
| image = Tavaresgameball.jpg
| position = Forward
| shoots = Both
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 175
| nll_team = [[Buffalo Bandits]]
| league= [[Major Series Lacrosse|MSL]]
| team= [[St. Regis Indians]]
| nationality = Canada
| career_start = 1992
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|09|4}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, [[Canada|CAN]]
}}
'''John Tavares''' (born [[September 4]], [[1968]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]) is a professional [[box lacrosse]] player in the [[National Lacrosse League]] and mathematics teacher at [[Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School]] in [[Mississauga, Ontario|Mississauga]] [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. He attended [[D'Youville College]] in [[Buffalo, NY]]
Tavares has played his entire career with the [[Buffalo Bandits]] since their inaugural season in 1992. He was acquired from the [[Detroit Turbos]] in exchange for Brian Nikula in October [[1991]]. John is also the [[Professional Lacrosse Players' Association]] Representative for the Bandits.
Tavares is the uncle of ice hockey player [[John Tavares (ice hockey)|John Tavares]], a forward with the [[Oshawa Generals]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] who has won the [[CHL Rookie of the Year]] Award and the [[Emms Family Award|OHL Rookie of the Year]] for the [[2005-06 OHL season]]. He is of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |title =Inaugural Celebrating Outstanding Portuguese-Canadian Achievement Awards|url =http://www.congresso.ca/congresso/copa.htm|publisher =Portuguese Canadian National Congress|accessdate =2007-08-07}}</ref><ref name=JOTAV>{{cite web|author=Stuart McDonald| title = Featured Article, 2009 prospects: Q&A with John Tavares| publisher = Hockey's Future|url=http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/10024/2009_prospects_qa_with_john_tavares/|accessdate = 2007-12-19}}</ref>
==Playing career==
===NLL===
On Saturday [[February 18]], [[2006]], the Buffalo Bandits defeated the [[Minnesota Swarm]] by a score of 14-9 in front of 12,458 fans at [[HSBC Arena]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York]]. In that game, John Tavares tied the NLL Career Points (goals + assists) record at 1,091 points held by [[Gary Gait]], who had retired after the [[2005 NLL season|2005]] season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=589|work=NLL.com|title=Bandits Beat Swarm 14-9, Tavares Ties Record|date=[[February 18]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-05-28}}</ref>
On Saturday [[March 4]], [[2006]], 10,961 fans witnessed history. On that night, the Buffalo Bandits played their 7th regular season game again hosting the Minnesota Swarm, and Tavares scored two points in an 11-8 loss. The first was his 1,092nd career point, the record-breaker, which was an assist to [[Mark Steenhuis]] who scored a power-play goal at 11:57 in the second period. (The second point, Point 1,093, was also an assist to Steenhuis in the third period.) Play was stopped, and Tavares was given the game ball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=556|work=NLL.com|title=Tavares Breaks Points Record, Bandits Fall|date=[[March 7]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bandits.com/newsarchive.cfm?id=360|work=Bandits.com|title=Tavares Breaks Scoring Record|date=[[March 4]], [[2006]]|last=Wheeler|first=Brian|coauthors=Zita McKenna|accessdate=2007-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/tsn/news_story.asp?id=157181|title=Tavares breaks NLL scoring record|work=[[The Sports Network|TSN]].com|date=[[March 4]], [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-05-28}}</ref>
On Saturday [[January 20]], [[2008]], Tavares scored his 597th career goal in a win over the [[New York Titans (lacrosse)|New York Titans]], passing [[Gary Gait]] and becoming the NLL's all-time leader in goals scored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3246|title=Tavares Breaks Goal Scoring Record|work=NLL.com|date=[[January 19]], [[2008]]|accessdate=2008-01-20}}</ref> May 17, 2008 Tavares won his fourth championship and first since 1996. The Bandits beat the Lumberjax in the championship game with the help of two Tavares goals.
===OLA/WLA===
Tavares is a six-time member of a [[Mann Cup]] champion team, winning in 1992 and 1993 with the [[Brampton Excelsiors (MSL)|Brampton Excelsiors]], 1994 through 1996 with the [[Six Nations Chiefs]] (both of the [[Major Series Lacrosse]]), and in 2002 with the [[Victoria Shamrocks]] of the [[Western Lacrosse Association]]. He is a three-time winner, in 1992, 1993, and 1996, of the [[Mike Kelly Memorial Trophy]] as most valuable player in the [[Mann Cup]] competition.<ref name=bible>{{cite web|url=http://bible-of-lacrosse.com/newstats/manncup.txt|title=Historical Stats of the [[Mann Cup]]|work=Bible-of-Lacrosse.com|date=|accessdate=2007-08-15}}</ref> Tavares also won the Major Series Lacrosse scoring title eight times, and the MSL's Most Valuable Player award three times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bible-of-lacrosse.com/newstats/players.txt|title=Player Profiles: John Tavares Stats|work=Bible-of-Lacrosse.com|date=|accessdate=2007-08-17}}</ref>
==NLL accomplishments==
===Career totals===
As of 2007 season.
* Games Played, Buffalo Bandits: 194
* Career Assists, NLL: 648
* Career Points, NLL: 1239
* Tavares is the first player in NLL history to have 500 goals and 500 assists.
===NLL awards===
Weekly and monthly awards, as of 2007 season.
* Player of the Week (1994-2001) 8 times
* Overall Player of the Week (2002-) 11 times
* Offensive Player of the Week (2002-) 9 times
* Player of the Month 9 times
===NLL milestones - points===
* No. 1: Jan. 4, 1992, assist to Rich Kilgour vs. New York in first game.
* 100: March 20, 1993, goal vs. Detroit's Paul Mootz in 16th game.
* 200: Jan. 20, 1996, goal vs. Baltimore's J.J. Pearl in 34th game.
* 300: Feb. 7, 1997, assist to [[Darris Kilgour]] vs. Baltimore in 46th game.
* 400: Jan. 8, 1999, goal vs. Philadelphia's [[Dallas Eliuk]] in 62nd game.
* 500: Feb. 18, 2000, goal vs. Rochester's [[Pat O'Toole]] in 78th game.
* 600: Feb. 10, 2001, goal vs. Washington's Devin Dalep in 91st game.
* 700: Feb. 1, 2002, assist to [[Chris Driscoll]] vs. Montreal in 107th game.
* 800: Feb. 8, 2003, assist to [[Mike Accursi]] vs. Toronto in 122nd game.
* 900: Feb. 14, 2004, goal vs. Anaheim's [[Matt Disher]] in 139th game.
* 1,000: Feb. 19, 2005, assist to [[Delby Powless]] vs. Rochester in 154th game.
* 1,091: Feb. 18, 2006, assist to Cory Bomberry vs. Minnesota in 169th game. (Ties Gary Gait's then-existing NLL Career Points Record)
* 1,092: March 4, 2006, assist to [[Mark Steenhuis]] vs. Minnesota in 170th game. (New NLL Career Points Record)
==Statistics==
===NLL career===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="6" | Regular Season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="6" | Playoffs
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season !! Team !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992 || Buffalo || 8 || 21 || 22 || 43 || 66 || 26|| 3 || 12 || 12 || 24 || 29 || 8
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1993 || Buffalo || 8 || 35 || 23 || 58 || 93 || 28|| 2 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 6 || 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994 || Buffalo || 8 || 27 || 20 || 47 || 74 || 14|| 2 || 6 || 8 || 14 || 19 || 9
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1995 || Buffalo || 8 || 24 || 21 || 45 || 66 || 21|| 1 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6 || 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996 || Buffalo || 10 || 41 || 40 || 81 || 102 || 4|| 2 || 4 || 7 || 11 || 20 || 2
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1997 || Buffalo || 10 || 37 || 29 || 66 || 104 || 18|| 2 || 7 || 9 || 16 || 30 || 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998 || Buffalo || 9 || 31 || 25 || 56 || 80 || 8|| 1 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 9 || 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1999 || Buffalo || 12 || 33 || 34 || 67 || 112 || 35|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000 || Buffalo || 12 || 34 || 49 || 83 || 123 || 10|| 1 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 18 || 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2001 || Buffalo || 14 || 51 || 64 || 115 || 159 || 14|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002 || Buffalo || 16 || 42 || 46 || 88 || 145 || 12|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || --
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2003 || Buffalo || 16 || 49 || 58 || 107 || 155 || 25|| 2 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 16 || 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004 || Buffalo || 16 || 49 || 44 || 93 || 118 || 25|| 3 || 7 || 13 || 20 || 21 || 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2005 || Buffalo || 16 || 43 || 59 || 102 || 126 || 9|| 1 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 9 || 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006 || Buffalo || 16 || 32 || 53 || 85 || 95 || 12|| 3 || 7 || 4 || 11 || 13 || 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2007 || Buffalo || 15 || 42 || 61 || 103 || 77 || 6|| 2 || 5 || 5 || 10 || 12 || 2
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| Totals || || 194 || 591 || 648 || 1239 || 1695 || 267 || 25 || 65 || 79 || 144|| 208 || 27
|}
===OLA/WLA/MLS career===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Regular Season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Playoffs
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season !! Team !! League!! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1987||Bay Area Bengals||OLA Jr A||1||3||2||5||0||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center"
|1988||Mississauga Tomahawks||OLA Jr A||23||77||72||149||36||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1989||Mississauga Tomahawks||OLA Jr A||24||70||61||131||35||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1989||Orangeville Northmen||MLS||1||2||2||4||0||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center"
|1990||Vancouver Burrards||WLA||16||32||28||60||30||15||20||23||43||35
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1991||Vancouver Burrards||WLA||24||46||48||94||80||4||5||6||11||14
|- ALIGN="center"
|1992||Brampton Excelsiors ||MLS||16||44||46||90||47||13||30||26||56||25
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1993||Brampton Excelsiors ||MLS||16||53||40||93||39||13||34||29||63||22
|- ALIGN="center"
|1994||Six Nations Chiefs ||MLS||13||44||45||89||42||18||42||46||88||32
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1995||Six Nations Chiefs ||MLS||20||55||53||108||50||14||31||36||67||20
|- ALIGN="center"
|1996||Six Nations Chiefs ||MLS||24||69||71||140||45||14||39||24||63||38
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1997||Six Nations Chiefs ||MLS||20||46||57||103||27||4||9||5||14||8
|- ALIGN="center"
|1998||Akwesasne Thunder||MLS||16||33||48||81||27||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|1999||Akwesasne Thunder||MLS||18||36||43||79||25||16||26||29||55||28
|- ALIGN="center"
|2000||Akwesasne Thunder||MLS||16||45||66||111||45||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2001||Akwesasne Thunder||MLS||14||26||52||78||10||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2001||Victoria Shamrocks||WLA||8||20||32||52||6||11||25||27||52||13
|- ALIGN="center"
|2002||Victoria Shamrocks||WLA||7||9||23||32||15||17||34||39||73||6
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2003||Victoria Shamrocks||WLA||8||14||22||36||11||14||27||26||53||21
|- ALIGN="center"
|2004||Akwesasne Thunder||MLS||18||38||51||89||7||3||5||4||9||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2005||Akwesasne Thunder||MLS||17||31||55||86||8||3||7||0||7||4
|- ALIGN="center"
|2006||St.Regis Indians||MLS||13||16||40||56||11||3||2||7||9||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2007||St.Regis Indians||MLS||9||9||19||28||2||0||0||0||0||0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!colspan="3" |JUNIOR A TOTALS !!48!!150!!135!!285!!71!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!colspan="3" |PRO/MAJOR/SENIOR TOTALS!!294!!668!!841!!1509!!527!!162!!336!!327!!663!!266
|2008|
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://bandits.com/jt-countdown.cfm John Tavares Countdown to History]
* [http://www.bandits.com/playerprofile.cfm?id=114&type=history Historical Performances]
* [http://www.plpa.com/spotlight/week2.html Professional Lacrosse Players Association John Tavares Interview] (from 1999)
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[[Category:National Lacrosse League All-Stars]]
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