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Gavin Prout

Canadian lacrosse player (born 1978)

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Gavin Prout (born March 13, 1978, in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional box lacrosse player. He was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse hall of fame in 2023.

He is the current general manager of the Brooklin Lacrosse Club of Major Series Lacrosse. He was also a member of the Team Canada squad that won the gold medal during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship.

01Canadian Box career

Junior

Prout played for the Whitby Warriors of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 1997, Prout lead the Warriors to their first Minto Cup championship in 12 years. The following year, Prout was awarded the "Green Gael Trophy" for League M.V.P., scoring 49 goals and 125 points during the season. In 1999, Prout led the league in scoring with a career high 132 points, and led the Warriors to their second Minto Cup in three years. Prout was also given the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P. and the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating Player.

Prout finished his junior career with an outstanding 676 points (regular season and playoffs combined), ranking him 25th all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history. Prout is also ranked 21st all time in combined assists with 396.

Senior

Prout finished his first season in the MSL with 73 points, and helped the Brooklin Redmen to their first Mann Cup in ten years. Prout was awarded the "Gene Dopp Memorial Trophy" as Rookie of the Year.

02College career

Prout started his collegiate career in Erie, PA playing at Mercyhurst College as a freshman until they dropped Men's Lacrosse as a Division 1 sport and Gannon University as a sophomore, until they also dropped Men's Lacrosse as a division 1 sport. Prout played collegiate lacrosse at Loyola College in Maryland, where he was named to the First-team All-American team as a senior.

03Professional career

Prout was drafted first overall by the New York Saints in the 2001 National Lacrosse League entry draft.

As a rookie, Prout was named to the All-Rookie team as a member of the Saints. Since joining the league, Prout has played in six NLL All-Star Games (2002, & 2004 - 2008).

Prout joined the Mammoth in 2004, and was named the captain of the Mammoth prior to the 2006 season. He was named the Championship game MVP when the Mammoth won the NLL championship in 2006.

In 2008, Prout led the National Lacrosse League in assists with 67, a career high. During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.

In October 2009, Prout was traded along with Andrew Potter and two 2010 1st round draft selections to the Rochester Knighthawks for Ilija Gajic and their 2012 first round draft selection. Just two weeks later, Prout was once again traded with Dean Hill to the Edmonton Rush for two draft picks.

In March 2011, after playing a season and a half for Edmonton, Prout was traded back to the Mammoth.

04Statistics

NCAA

SeasonTeamGPGAPts
1998Mercyhurst College126713
1999Gannon University15474087
2000Loyola University14421153
2001Loyola University14372158
Totals5513279211

MLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIMGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIM
2005Baltimore1113014273382102300
2007Rochester10160521146.51201321
2008Rochester127010171852201311
2009Toronto1030710832001121.5
MLL Totals4339036757322.575051053.5

NLL

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Gavin Prout 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

2002 New York Saints 16 30 52 82 115 33 5.13 7.19 2.06 , , , , , , , , ,
2003 New York Saints 15 28 44 72 131 29 4.80 8.73 1.93 , , , , , , , , ,
2004 Colorado Mammoth 16 34 57 91 107 33 5.69 6.69 2.06 1 1 2 3 5 2 3.00 5.00 2.00
2005 Colorado Mammoth 16 28 50 78 80 32 4.88 5.00 2.00 1 1 1 2 7 0 2.00 7.00 0.00
2006 Colorado Mammoth 16 29 64 93 89 42 5.81 5.56 2.63 3 10 15 25 20 0 8.33 6.67 0.00
2007 Colorado Mammoth 16 30 59 89 85 32 5.56 5.31 2.00 1 1 3 4 6 2 4.00 6.00 2.00
2008 Colorado Mammoth 16 25 67 92 85 14 5.75 5.31 0.88 1 2 4 6 4 0 6.00 4.00 0.00
2009 Colorado Mammoth 16 26 48 74 96 14 4.63 6.00 0.88 1 2 3 5 6 2 5.00 6.00 2.00
2010 Edmonton Rush 16 27 40 67 72 29 4.19 4.50 1.81 2 4 6 10 7 4 5.00 3.50 2.00
2011 Edmonton Rush 10 11 26 37 41 16 3.70 4.10 1.60 , , , , , , , , ,
2011 Colorado Mammoth 6 3 20 23 23 7 3.83 3.83 1.17 1 0 2 2 4 0 2.00 4.00 0.00
2012 Colorado Mammoth 14 22 61 83 49 26 5.93 3.50 1.86 1 1 3 4 4 2 4.00 4.00 2.00
2013 Colorado Mammoth 11 8 33 41 33 9 3.73 3.00 0.82 , , , , , , , , ,
184 301 621 922 1,006 316 5.01 5.47 1.72 12 22 39 61 63 12 5.08 5.25 1.00
Career Total: 196 323 660 983 1,069 328 5.02 5.45 1.67

GP, Games played; G, Goals; A, Assists; Pts, Points; LB, Loose balls; PIM, Penalty minutes; Pts/GP, Points per games played; LB/GP, Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP, Penalty minutes per games played.

O.L.A. Jr.A

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1995Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr.B24261000000
1995Whitby WarriorsOLA Jr.A16181533391036933
1996Whitby WarriorsOLA Jr.A18325183161216264236
1997Whitby WarriorsOLA Jr.A18445397501723315441
Minto CupWhitby WarriorsCLA----------64111520
1998Whitby WarriorsOLA Jr.A204976125441224275120
1999Whitby WarriorsOLA Jr.A204982132441325356050
Minto CupWhitby WarriorsCLA----------57182514
Junior A Totals921922774691936491125216180
Junior B Totals24261000000
Minto Cup Totals----------1111294034

MSL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1997Brooklin RedmenMSL1213000000
1998Brooklin RedmenMSL000003891730
2000Brooklin RedmenMSL18264773401112314315
Mann CupBrooklin RedmenCLA----------4810184
2003Brooklin RedmenMSL1222264826817314810
2004Brooklin RedmenMSL132765923049101916
2006Brooklin RedmenMSL1122315314711243517
2007Brooklin RedmenMSL811223325----------
Senior A Totals63110192302193335710516288
Mann Cup Totals----------4810184
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