Kyle Rubisch

Kyle Rubisch
— Lacrosse player —
Born	August 29, 1988 Brampton, ON, CAN
Position	Defense
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	220 pounds (100 kg)
NLL team F. Teams	Edmonton Rush Boston Blazers
Former MLL teams	Hamilton Nationals
Nationality	Canada
NLL Draft	2nd overall, 2010 Boston Blazers
Pro career	2011–present
Shoots	Right

Kyle Rubisch (born August 29, 1988) is a professional lacrosse player for the Edmonton Rush in the National Lacrosse League and Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse.

College and Club career

Rubisch is a graduate from Dowling College. During his tenure there, he was named to the 2010 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star Team and was a First Team All American. He has also received several accolades with his hometown team, the Brampton Excelsiors of Major Series Lacrosse.

Professional career

Rubisch was the 2nd overall draft pick, going to the Boston Blazers in the 2010 NLL Entry Draft. In his rookie season Rubisch headed the Blazers defense recording a team-high 143 loose balls and 20 forced turnovers. Rubisch also netted his first NLL goal against Rochester on April 2. No surprise that after the season, Rubisch was named to NLL All-Rookie Team.^[1]

In August 2011, the Blazers announced that they would be suspending operations, and a dispersal draft was held. Rubisch was picked second overall by the Edmonton Rush.^[2] Rubisch was named the NLL Defensive Player of the year in 2012,^[3] 2013,^[4] and 2014.^[5]

International career

Rubisch also represented Canada on the 2011 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in Prague. He helped his team to win gold medals and he was also named to tournament All-Star Team.

Statistics

NLL

Reference:^[6]

Kyle Rubisch		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
2011	Boston Blazers	16	1	3	4	143	36	0.25	8.94	2.25	1	0	0	0	12	2	0.00	12.00	2.00
2012	Edmonton Rush	16	4	6	10	151	18	0.63	9.44	1.13	3	0	0	0	16	2	0.00	5.33	0.67
2013	Edmonton Rush	16	3	8	11	128	38	0.69	8.00	2.38	1	0	1	1	6	2	1.00	6.00	2.00
2014	Edmonton Rush	18	2	7	9	156	25	0.50	8.67	1.39	3	0	2	2	21	4	0.67	7.00	1.33
2015	Edmonton Rush	18	1	5	6	118	23	0.33	6.56	1.28	5	0	1	1	19	0	0.20	3.80	0.00
2016	Saskatchewan Rush	17	3	4	7	130	22	0.41	7.65	1.29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		101	14	33	47	826	162	0.47	8.18	1.60	13	0	4	4	74	10	0.31	5.69	0.77
Career Total:		114	14	37	51	900	172	0.45	7.89	1.51

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;

References

1. "Rubisch Named to 2011 NLL All-Rookie Team". blazerslacrosse.com. May 10, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
2. "Philadelphia acquires Dan Dawson". September 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
3. "Rush's Rubisch wins Defensive Player of the Year". NLL.com. 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
4. "Rush's Rubisch wins Defensive Player of the Year Award". NLL.com. May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
5. "League announces 2014 Season Award winners". NLL.com. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
6. "National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved April 24, 2016.

External links

• Stats at NLL.com

Awards