Marty O'Neill

Marty O'Neill (born June 6, 1964 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former lacrosse player and former General Manager of the Minnesota Swarm (2004-2011) and Philadelphia Wings (2001-2004) of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). O'Neill, a goaltender, joined the Boston Blazers of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (predecessor of the NLL) in 1993.O'Neill played eight season of Pro lacrosse, five seasons with the Boston Blazers, one with the Syracuse Smash, and two with the Buffalo Bandits before retiring after the 2000 season. He was voted the Blazer's MVP by his teammates in Boston for both the 1994 and 1995 seasons.

O'Neill was hired as the General Manager of the Philadelphia Wings in June 2001,[1] and assumed a Championship roster that was decimated by expansion of four teams and retirement of Dan Radebaugh and Jay Jalbert. He led the Wings to only one playoff appearance in three years with an overall record of 23-26 and was fired after the 2004 season.[2] Only three months later, O'Neill was hired by the Minnesota Swarm to be their first-ever GM.[3] The Swarm finished 5th and missed the playoffs in their first year, but improved their record and made the playoffs in each of the next three seasons. For his efforts, O'Neill was named NLL GM of the Year in both 2007[4] and 2008,[5] becoming the first multiple winner of the award.

O'Neill played 11 seasons with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association Senior "A" League, one season in the Ontario Senior A Lacrosse League with the Six Nations Chiefs, and two seasons of Sr. B lacrosse is Ladner, British Columbia. With the Shamrocks, O'Neill won 2 Mann Cups (1997, 1999), and 1 with Six Nations (1995).[6] As a Senior lacrosse player, O'Neill played 162 games in net with 110 assists and 193 penalty minutes. During this time, in the playoffs O'Neil played 82 games, scored 1 goal (1996), 51 assists, and had 148 penalty minutes.[7] O'Neill did not play Junior Lacrosse and was a walk on for the Senior "A" Victoria Payless in 1987.[8]

O'Neill has been involved in the design and production of equipment for the sport of indoor "box" lacrosse since 1997 with Maximum Lacrosse, also known as Maxlax.

Statistics

NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPMinGASvGAASv %GPMinGASvGAASv %
1990Pittsburgh00000--------------
1993Boston847710827213.5871.58%4236341128.6476.71%
1994Boston84809125211.3873.47%------------
1995Boston74027123110.6076.49%160102510.0071.43%
1996Boston105309926511.2172.80%159103510.1777.78%
1997Boston1054511926013.0968.60%------------
1998Syracuse1045613929618.2968.05%------------
1999Buffalo83859025614.0373.99%------------
2000Buffalo5161439216.0768.15%14582210.6073.33%
NLL Totals663,4367601,92413.2771.68%7400621949.2975.78%

Junior/Senior

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPMinGASvGAASv %GPMinGASvGAASv %
1987VictoriaWLA13------------
1988VictoriaWLA144
1989VictoriaWLA92
1990VictoriaWLA144
1991VictoriaWLA185
1992VictoriaWLA175
1994VictoriaWLA189541325128.3079.50%6
1995Six NationsOLA912
1996VictoriaWLA1262910532610.0275.63%8
1997VictoriaWLA1210
1998VictoriaWLA11596823868.2581.77%12
1999VictoriaWLA136761033379.1476.59%3
2002LadnerWCSLA21
2004LadnerWCSLA5------------
Senior Totals16282

References

  1. Philly, R.A. (June 12, 2001). "Marty O'Neill Named Wings GM". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  2. Philly, R.A. (June 23, 2004). "Wings hire Lindsay Sanderson as coach, GM". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  3. Philly, R.A. (September 15, 2004). "Minnesota picks O'Neill to build team". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  4. "Marty O'Neill Named GM of the Year". NLL.com. May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  5. "Marty O'Neill Named GM of the Year". NLL.com. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  6. http://www.mnswarm.com/news/news.asp?news_id=08
  7. http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/players.txt
  8. {{cite web|url=http://www.maxlax.ca/about

Awards

Preceded by
Derek Keenan
NLL GM of the Year
2007, 2008
Succeeded by
Ed Comeau
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