Tracey was born in Peterborough and first played lacrosse at the age of 11. He played all of his minor lacrosse in the ’Borough and helped his Midget “A” team win the provincial championship.

Tracey played five full years of Junior “A” lacrosse, scoring 214 goals and 377 assists for 591 points and 292 PiM in 144 games. Tracey was named Junior “A” Defensive Player of the year in 1996. In 1997, 1998 and 2000 he played partial seasons for Peterborough in the OLA and made his WLA debut with the North Shore Indians in 1999.

He joined the Adanacs in 2002 and has dazzled fans with his shooting, deadly passing, tenacity and occasional pugilistic forays. He’s tough as nails. Tracey’s Senior “A” stats through the 2005 regular season include 189 goals and 254 assists for 443 points and 176 PiM in 136 games.

Tracey played field lacrosse for the University of Hartford in Connecticut, where he was America East Rookie of the Year, First Team All-Star, Defensive Player of the Year and Division I scoring leader in his final collegiate season.

Tracey’s first season with the Adanacs was interrupted for three weeks as he, along with Adanac teammates Pat Coyle, Dan Stroup and John Grant, Jr., represented Team Canada at the World Lacrosse Championships in Perth, Australia – Tracey scored four goals in the championship game. Tracey helped Team Canada win the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in 2003.

He was the first draft pick overall in the NLL in 2001, and played in 2002 for Montréal. He is captain of the NLL Calgary Roughnecks, half of whom are also Coquitlam Adanacs. In the 2004 NLL season he scored 39 goals and 41 assists for 80 points, en route to the NLL championship. His career NLL stats include a whopping 196 goals and 179 assists for 375 points and 422 loose balls in 80 games. Tracey was Second Team All-Pro in 2001 and First Team each year since then.

Other sports interests include hockey (high school Ontario champions as well as Junior “A” hockey) and basketball. Aside from competing in everything imaginable with his best friend John Grant, Jr., Tracey also enjoys movies, reading, fishing, playing pool and ping pong and, like most Peterborough boys, is obsessed with the ultimate card game, Euchre. He is a fine cook with a diverse repertoire.

Tracey married the former Emily Abrahamson in April. Lucky, lucky man. They met three years ago in university. Emily worked as a state legislative assistant in Connecticut and her Master’s degree studies at the University of Calgary. They are involved in a love affair with their new puppy dog.

Tracey is looking forward to starting his new job this fall in the Calgary school system in a special program to introduce kids in school to the sport of lacrosse.

The people most influential in Tracey’s lacrosse career include his parents, Reg and Gwen; his sister Lisa and her husband John; his wife Emily; John Grant, Sr. and Terry Sanderson “as a coach and for his love of the game”.