ABOUT - Brad MacDonald

Sponsored by:	Doc Hedges
Birth Date:	July 4, 1983
Height:	6' 1 "
Weight:	205 lbs.
Shoots:	Left

Brad was born in Owen Sound, Ontario and first played lacrosse at age five.

He played his entire minor and Junior “A” lacrosse career in Orangeville. He was team Rookie of the Year, played in the league All Star game once and played in two Minto Cups, 2000 and 2003. He was also team captain in his final year. Brad is a relentless defenseman and transition specialist with very good stick skills. He scored 51 goals and 83 assists for 134 points plus 373 PiM in 136 games with the Northmen.

Drafted by Calgary in 2004 with two Junior seasons to play, he, along with several other Adanacs, helped lead the Roughnecks to their NLL championship. He was inexplicably traded to Toronto and then, at his request, to Phoenix where he and Adanacs, Peter Veltman, Curt Malawsky, Brandon Atherton and Andy Secore helped the Sting to the championship final. He played for the Portland Lumberjax with fellow Adanac, Ray Guze last season and lived up to his billing by Inside Lacrosse as “Portland’s speedy young defender”, featuring prominently in a dramatic playoff run including a one-goal loss in the NLL final this year (where was Dallas?). Brad’s NLL stats to date include 12 goals and 19 assists plus 116 loose balls and 99 PiM in 67 games.

In his WLA debut with Coquitlam in 2005 he scored 9 goals and 7 assists with 35 PiM in 28 games and was voted “Rookie of the Year” by his teammates. His WLA stats through last season included 19 goals (scoring on a 40% of his shots) and 16 assists for 35 points and 83 PiM in 74 games.

Brad played lacrosse and hockey in prep school in Salisbury, Connecticut. He enjoys racquetball and says he is a “bocce stud”. He works in construction.

He has traveled with Adanac teammates to the Oregon Coast (getting swamped by a huge wave at the Coquille River Lighthouse) and ocean fishing at Tofino and is “pumped” to be part of the crew of Adanacs traveling to Costa Rica.

Brad has an artistic side and has recently started sketching. If you think that’s unmanly, tell him and he’ll deliver you to the next postal code. His favourite novel is Lonesome Dove and Canadian author Robert Sedlack’s African Journals and The Horn of the Lamb. His favourite music is by “Trooper”. His favourite films include Stand by Me and The Water Horse. Brad likes cooking on the George Forman Grill for the special person in his life, Veronica Bilina, who works in automotive sales.

The people most influential in his lacrosse career were his parents, Sandi and Greg.

BRAD MacDONALD			Regular Season					Playoffs
Year	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005	Coquitlam	WLA	17	5	5	10	19	11	4	2	6	16
2006	Coquitlam	WLA	14	2	4	6	11	2	0	0	0	0
2007	Coquitlam	WLA	18	7	3	10	22	12	1	2	3	15
2008	Coquitlam	WLA	15	4	1	5	25	11	4	3	7	6
2009	Coquitlam	WLA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOTALS			64	18	13	31	77	36	9	7	16	37