Brodie Merrill

Brodie Merrill (born November 5, 1981 in Orangeville, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player. He currently plays in the National Lacrosse League for the San Diego Seals and Premier Lacrosse League for the Waterdogs.

Brodie Merrill
Born (1981-11-05) November 5, 1981
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanada
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight205 pounds (93 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionDefense
NCAA teamGeorgetown (2005)
NLL draft1st overall, 2005
Portland LumberJax
NLL team
Former teams
San Diego Seals
Toronto Rock
Philadelphia Wings
Edmonton Rush
Portland LumberJax
MLL teamsHamilton Nationals
Rochester Rattlers
Baltimore Bayhawks
[ [Boston Cannons] ]
PLL team
Former teams
Waterdogs
Chaos
MSL teamBrampton Excelsiors
Pro career2006

High school career

Merrill attended the Salisbury School in Connecticut. While attending Salisbury, he was a standout lacrosse player, and was named the New England Defensive Player of the Year, was selected to the All-New England team, and was selected as a First Team High School All-American.

College career

Merrill attended Georgetown University from 2002 to 2005. During his final two years, he was a First-team All-American, and won the Schmeisser Award in his senior year for defensive player of the year.

Professional career

NLL career

Merrill (left) in 2009

Merrill was the first player taken overall in the 2005 National Lacrosse League Draft by the Portland LumberJax, and in 2006 was named both the NLL's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game.[1]

When the LumberJax left Portland at the end of the 2009 season, the league held a dispersal draft. Merrill was selected with the first overall pick in the draft by the Edmonton Rush.

On August 9, 2011, he was traded to the Philadelphia Wings, along with Rush forwards Dean Hill, Mike McLellan, and Edmonton's 41st selection in the 2011 entry draft, and the 4th round selection in 2013. In return, Philadelphia sent Athan Iannucci with teammates Alex Turner and Brodie McDonald, along with Philadelphia's first round draft picks in 2012, 2013 and 2014.[2]

On November 29, 2018, Brodie was signed by the San Diego Seals where he was named captain.

MLL career

Merrill was the MLL Rookie of the Year in 2005 as a member of the Baltimore Bayhawks. From 2006 to 2007, he played for the Rochester Rattlers. For four consecutive years he was awarded the Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year Awards.[3] He then helped the Toronto Nationals win their first MLL championship in their inaugural season, and won the defensive player of the year award for a record fourth consecutive year. Merrill is the all-time ground ball leader in the MLL.[4]

PLL career

In 2019, Merrill joined Paul Rabil’s new Premier Lacrosse League as a member of the Chaos Lacrosse Club.

Canadian Box career

Junior

Merrill played his junior lacrosse with the Orangeville Northmen of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 2000, Merrill lead the Northmen to a league championship. In 2001, Merrill was awarded the "John McCauley Award" for Best Defensive Player, and shared the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating Player with Dan Bowman the following year.[5]

Senior

Merrill began his senior career with the Coquitlam Adanacs of the Western Lacrosse Association, and later the Brampton Excelsiors of Major Series Lacrosse, winning two consecutive Mann Cup championships (2008–2009). Merrill is currently playing for the Kahnawake Mohawks in the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League.

International career

In 2006, he helped the Canadian national lacrosse team to an historic win at the World Lacrosse Championship in London, Ontario. He had an outstanding tournament, being named Best Defender and earning All-World honours.

Personal

Brodie and his brother Patrick were a member of the Toronto Rock. Both Brodie and Patrick are members of the Brampton Excelsiors in the Major Series Lacrosse and both were members the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He was named by Inside Lacrosse as "The Best Player in the World."-Inside Lacrosse.[6] He is also the Dean of Students and head men's lacrosse coach at The Hill Academy in Vaughan, Ontario. At a very young age, he was best friends with lacrosse player Kyle Miller. Both loved the game and chose to play together at the Salisbury School, a prep school in Connecticut, but went on to different colleges. Kyle and Brodie were reunited as teammates on the Canadian roster for the 2006 World Lacrosse Championships. Kyle was diagnosed in 2011 as having Osteosarcoma. He died on June 8, 2013. Brodie is the main editor for the online lacrosse magazine, Brodie Merrill Lacrosse.[7]

Statistics

NLL

Reference:[8]

Brodie Merrill Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2006 Portland LumberJax 16 17 32 49 214 33 3.06 13.38 2.06 1 0 4 4 15 0 4.00 15.00 0.00
2007 Portland LumberJax 15 4 19 23 196 49 1.53 13.07 3.27
2008 Portland LumberJax 16 17 21 38 211 53 2.38 13.19 3.31 3 4 5 9 43 0 3.00 14.33 0.00
2009 Portland LumberJax 16 14 33 47 216 38 2.94 13.50 2.38 1 2 5 7 14 2 7.00 14.00 2.00
2010 Edmonton Rush 16 17 36 53 190 31 3.31 11.88 1.94 2 1 1 2 24 2 1.00 12.00 1.00
2011 Edmonton Rush 16 9 38 47 187 34 2.94 11.69 2.13
2012 Philadelphia Wings 16 17 15 32 157 29 2.00 9.81 1.81 1 3 0 3 7 2 3.00 7.00 2.00
2013 Philadelphia Wings 14 10 16 26 123 16 1.86 8.79 1.14 1 0 2 2 4 0 2.00 4.00 0.00
2014 Philadelphia Wings 18 8 26 34 189 29 1.89 10.50 1.61
2015 Toronto Rock 18 8 24 32 151 21 1.78 8.39 1.17 4 0 3 3 31 2 0.75 7.75 0.50
2016 Toronto Rock 18 4 12 16 180 54 0.89 10.00 3.00
2017 Toronto Rock 18 7 12 19 171 41 1.06 9.50 2.28 3 3 3 6 36 2 2.00 12.00 0.67
2018 Toronto Rock 17 6 16 22 127 33 1.29 7.47 1.94
2019 San Diego Seals 16 3 11 14 123 24 0.88 7.69 1.50 1 0 0 0 7 0 0.00 7.00 0.00
2020 San Diego Seals 12 2 10 12 95 19 1.00 7.92 1.58
242 143 321 464 2,530 504 1.92 10.45 2.08 17 13 23 36 181 10 2.12 10.65 0.59
Career Total: 259 156 344 500 2,711 514 1.93 10.47 1.98

GPGames played; GGoals; AAssists; PtsPoints; LBLoose balls; PIMPenalty minutes; Pts/GPPoints per games played; LB/GPLoose balls per games played; PIM/GPPenalty minutes per games played.

Major League Lacrosse

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIMGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIM
2005Baltimore1130145212100100
2006Rochester11615129590000000
2007Rochester125091410141002290
2008Rochester10601218754.521012100
2009Toronto12801220695.521012140.5
MLL Totals5628139683922473047330.5

Canadian Lacrosse Association

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1997Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A1000000000
1998Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A2089174491238
1999Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A1513203320106253110
2000Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A14212445321413304319
Minto CupOrangeville NorthmenCLA----------6311144
2001Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A14203353495771415
2002Orangeville NorthmenOLA Jr.A1416153130118142231
2003Coquitlam AdanacsWLA14612184110571225
2004Brampton ExcelsiorsMSL62792114891756
2006Brampton ExcelsiorsMSL7712196117142127
2007Brampton ExcelsiorsMSL44154912172912
2008Brampton ExcelsiorsMSL40991094101421
Mann CupBrampton ExcelsiorsCLA----------423513
2009Brampton ExcelsiorsMSL7761312935831
Mann CupBrampton ExcelsiorsCLA----------722414
Junior A Totals78788616417549357811383
Minto Cup Totals----------6311144
Senior A Totals4226477394623962101172
Mann Cup Totals----------1145927

Awards

Preceded by
Ryan Boyle
MLL Rookie of the Year
2005
Succeeded by
Matt Ward
Preceded by
Ryan Boyle
NLL Rookie of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Ryan Benesch
Preceded by
Andrew Turner
NLL Defensive Player of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Ryan Cousins
Preceded by
Nicky Polanco
MLL Defensive Player of the Year
2006-2011
Succeeded by
Lee Zink
Preceded by
Mark Steenhuis
NLL Transition Player of the Year
2009, 2010
Succeeded by
Jeff Shattler
Preceded by
Brad Self
NLL Transition Player of the Year
2017
Succeeded by
Joey Cupido
Preceded by
Colin Doyle
Toronto Rock captain
2017-2018
Succeeded by
Challen Rogers

References

  1. "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. "Wings Acquire Brodie Merrill in Six-Player Deal". Laxpower.com. August 9, 2011. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  3. "Brodie Merrill earns fourth straight Warrior Defensive Player of the Year award". www.insidelacrosse.com. August 18, 2009. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-07-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  6. "Interview with Brodie Merrill: Hill Lacrosse Director named "Best Player in the World"". www.thehillacademy.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-16.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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