List of career achievements by Gary Gait

Gary Gait during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship gold medal game

This page details statistics, records, and other achievements pertaining to Gary Gait.

Professional career statistics and achievements

Key
GP	Games Played
GS	Games Started
Sh	Shots
G	Goals
2ptG	2-Point Goals
A	Assists
Pts	Points
LB/GB	Loose Balls/Ground Balls
TotPen	Total Penalties
PIM/PenMin	Penalty Minutes
FO	Face-Offs (Face-Offs Attempted–Face-Offs Won)
FO%	Face-Off Percentage
Sh%	Shot Percentage
PPG	Power Play Goals
PPA	Power Play Assists
SHG	Shorthanded Goals
SHA	Shorthanded Assists
GWG	Game Winning Goals
OTG	Overtime Goals

National Lacrosse League

Year	Age	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	FO	FO%	LB	PIM
1991	23	Detroit Turbos	10	32	36	68	0-0	.000	67	12
1992	24	Detroit Turbos	8	27	22	49	61-114	.535	51	17
1993	25	Philadelphia Wings	8	21	13	34	4-4	1.000	68	0
1994	26	Philadelphia Wings	7	16	17	33	2-4	.500	38	6
1995	27	Philadelphia Wings	8	30	18	48	0-0	.000	58	4
1996	28	Philadelphia Wings	10	43	22	65	0-0	.000	74	4
1997	29	Philadelphia Wings	10	40	32	72	0-0	.000	65	8
1998	30	Baltimore Thunder	12	57	28	85	0-0	.000	64	13
1999	31	Baltimore Thunder	11	50	32	82	0-0	.000	60	2
2000	32	Pittsburgh CrosseFire	12	38	45	83	0-0	.000	63	4
2001	33	Washington Power	14	43	47	90	0-0	.000	82	10
2002	34	Washington Power	16	50	62	112	0-0	.000	120	8
2003	35	Colorado Mammoth	16	61	35	96	0-0	.000	105	4
2004	36	Colorado Mammoth	16	55	38	93	0-0	.000	80	8
2005	37	Colorado Mammoth	16	33	48	81	0-0	.000	81	4
2009	41	Rochester Knighthawks	11	22	15	37	1-1	1.000	42	4
2010	42	Rochester Knighthawks	11	16	16	32	0-0	.000	47	4
2011	43	Rochester Knighthawks	2	1	4	5	0-0	.000	6	0
18 Season Totals			198	635	530	1165	68-123	.553	1171	112
Playoffs			23	67	57	124	17-21	.810	125	14
All-Star			4	6	7	12			11	11

Source: NLL.com

Major League Lacrosse

Year	Age	Team	GP	GS	Sh	G	2ptG	A	Pts	GB	TotPen	PenMin	Sh%	FO	FO%	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG
2001	34	Long Island Lizards	14	10	86	30	0	8	38	33	1	0.5	34.9	0-0	-	0	1	1	0	1	0
2002	35	Baltimore Bayhawks	12	4	59	25	0	6	31	29	3	2.0	42.4	0-0	-	3	1	0	0	0	0
2003	36	Baltimore Bayhawks	11	4	81	30	0	13	43	22	2	2.0	37.0	0-0	-	6	3	0	0	2	1
2004	37	Baltimore Bayhawks	12	10	107	32	1	14	47	21	1	0.5	29.9	3-4	75.0	3	6	0	1	1	1
2005	38	Baltimore Bayhawks	12	12	102	42	0	21	63	28	0	0.0	41.2	0-0	-	9	3	0	0	2	0
5 Season Totals			61	40	435	159	1	62	222	133	7	5.0	36.6	3-4	75.0	21	14	1	1	6	2
Playoffs			9	5	72	27	0	8	35	24	1	0.5	37.5	0-0	-	4	2	1	0	0	0

Source: majorleaguelacrosse.com

National Lacrosse League Achievements

• 7-time regular season leader, total goals (1995–99, 2003, 2004)
• 2-time regular season leader, total assists (1991, 1997)
• 7-time regular season leader, total points (1991, 1995, 1997–00, 2004)

Championship Game

• played in 7 championship games (1 Detroit, 4 Philadelphia and 2 Baltimore)
• does not hold any Championship Game records

Rank among NLL Championship Game leaders in other stats:

• 3rd, goals, career (21)
• 4th, assists, career (15)

Playoffs

Holds NLL Playoff Records for:

• goals, career (65)

All-Star Game

Gait at the 2005 All-Star Skills Competition

• selected 4 times
• does not hold any All-Star Game records

Rank among NLL All-Star Game leaders in other stats:

• 2nd, goals, game (5)

• Behind Mark Steenhuis (6)

• 2nd, points, game (8)

• scored 5 goals and 3 assists for 8 points (1991 All-Star game)
• Behind Paul Cantabene (10)

• 5th, goals, career (6)

• Tied with Gavin Prout

Regular season

Holds NLL regular season records for:

• MVP honors (6)

• The only other player to win multiple MVP Awards is John Tavares (3)

• consecutive MVP honors (5)
• All-Pro Team honors (15)
• consecutive All-Pro Team honors (15)
• All-Pro First Team honors (14)
• consecutive All-Pro First Team honors (14)
• goals per game, career (3.425)
• goals, game (10)

• Set vs. the Toronto Rock on January 9, 1999
• Shared with his brother, Paul

Rank among NLL regular season leaders in other stats:

• 2nd, goals, career (596)
• 3rd, assists, career (495)
• 7th, assists per game, career (2.845)
• 2nd, points, career (1,091)
• 3rd, points per game, career (6.270)
• 5th, loose balls, career (1076)
• 2nd, goals, season (61)

• Also holds 3rd and 4th for this record

• 9th, assists, season (62)
• 3rd, points, season (112)
• 2nd, shots on goal, season (253)

• Also holds 3rd place for this record

• 6th, loose balls, season (120)
• 3rd, points, game (14)

Philadelphia Wings franchise records

Holds Philadelphia Wings records for:

• goals, 10-game season (43)
• assists, 10-game season (32)
• points, 10-game season (72)
• points, 8-game season (48)
• shots on goal, 10-game season (126)
• shots on goal, 8-game season (132)

Rank among Philadelphia Wings leaders in other stats:

• 5th, goals, career (150)
• 7th, assists, career (102)
• 7th, points, career (252)
• 6th, goals, season (43)

• Also holds 10th place for this record

Colorado Mammoth franchise records

Holds Colorado Mammoth records for:

• games played, career (113)
• goals, career (387)
• assists, career (335)
• points, career (722)
• goals, season (61)

• Also holds 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 10th place for this record

• shots on goal, season (244)

• Also holds 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th place for this record

• goals, game (10)*
• goals, 16-game season (61)
• goals, 14-game season (43)
• goals, 12-game season (57)
• assists, 14-game season (47)
• points, 14-game season (90)
• points, 12-game season (85)
• shots on goal, 16-game season (253)
• shots on goal, 14-game season (146)
• shots on goal, 12-game season (157)

Rank among Colorado Mammoth leaders in other stats:

• 3rd, loose balls, career (655)
• 3rd, assists, season (62)

• Also holds 8th and 9th place for this record

• 2nd, points, season (96)

• Also holds 3rd, 7th, 9th and 10th place for this record

• 8th, loose balls, season (120)

*NLL record

Coaching records

• Gary Gait does not hold any coaching records

Rank among NLL coaching leaders in other stats:

• 2nd, regular season win percentage, career (%68.75)
• 4th, postseason win percentage, career (%75.00)

Major League Lacrosse Achievements

• Scored 3 (hat trick) or more goals in 34 games (31 regular season, 3 postseason)
• Scored 6 goals (sock trick) in 4 games (2 regular season, 2 postseason)
• 1-time regular season leader, total goals (2005)
• 1-time regular season leader, total points (2005)
• 1-time regular season leader, total hat tricks (2005)

Post season

Holds MLL post season records for:

• goals, career (29)
• points, career (35)
• hat tricks, career (3)

• There is a 5-way tie for this record

• shots, career (72)
• power play assists, game (2)

• Set vs. the Long Island Lizards in the 2002 Championship Game on September 1

Rank among MLL post season leaders in other stats:

• 5th, assists, career (8)

• Tied with Ryan Boyle

• 8th, ground balls, career (24)

Regular season

Holds MLL regular season records for:

• overtime goals, career (2)

• There is a 4-way tie for this record

• overtime points, career (2)

• There is an 8-way tie for this record

Rank among MLL regular season leaders in other stats:

• 6th, goals, career (159)
• 5th, hat tricks, career (31)
• 12th, assists, career (62)
• 8th, points, career (222)
• 9th, shots, career (435)

Career Highs

Regular season:

• goals: 6 (2 times)
• assists: 4 (3 times)
• points: 8 (2 times)

Postseason:

• goals: 6 (2 times)
• assists: 4 (September 1, 2002 vs. Long Island Lizards)
• points: 7 (August 24, 2003 vs. Long Island Lizards)
• power play assists: 2 (September 1, 2002 vs. Long Island Lizards)*

*MLL record

Other Interesting Notes

• Games in which Gait was leading scorer (or tied for leading scorer): 20 (17 regular season, 3 post season)
• Games in which Gait was team's leading scorer (or tied for leading scorer): 23 (20 regular season, 3 post season)

College career statistics and achievements

Syracuse University

Season			GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
1987			17	25	4	29	1.71
1988			15	70^(a)	17	87	5.80
1989			17	51	14	65	3.82
1990			16	46	26	72	4.50
Totals			56	192^(b)	61	253	4.52

^(a) 2nd in NCAA single-season goals

^(b) 3rd in NCAA career goals

NCAA Tournament

• 1-time NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 4-time All-Tournament Team
• 2-time Tournament leader, total points (1988, 1990)

Holds NCAA Tournament records for:

• goals, career (50)
• goals, game (9)

• Set vs. Navy on May 22, 1988
• Shared with Oliver Brown

• goals, quarterfinal (9)

• Set vs. Navy on May 22, 1988

• points, game (12)

• Set vs. Navy on May 22, 1988
• Shared with Ed Mullen

Rank among NCAA Tournament leaders in other stats:

• 2nd, goals, tournament (15)

• Set during the 1990 tournament
• Held for 16 years until Matt Ward broke it in 2006 with 16 (Ward played in 4 games in 2006 while Gait played in only 3 in 1990 because Syracuse had a Bye in the first round of the 1990 tournament)
• Also holds 3rd place for this record with 14 goals (1988)

• 3rd, goals, championship game (5)

• Set during the 1990 Championship Game
• Tied with many

Career and season NCAA records

• 3rd, career goals (192)
• 2nd, goals in a season (70)
• 4th, career goals per game (3.43)
• 18th, career points (253)
• 5th, goals per game, season (4.67)
• 3rd, points, game (12)

• Set May 22, 1988 vs. Navy

• 3rd, goals, game (9)

• Set May 22, 1988 vs. Navy

Syracuse men's lacrosse records

• goals, career (192)
• goals per game, career (3.43)
• goals, season (70)
• goals per game, season (4.67)
• goals, game (9)
• goals, tournament (15, 1990)
• goals, tournament game (9)*

• Set May 22, 1988 vs. Navy

• points, tournament game (12)*

• Set May 22, 1988 vs. Navy

Hall of Fame Inductions

• US Lacrosse National Hall of Fame – November 12, 2005
• National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame – February 23, 2006 – Charter Class

Awards

• NLL Most Valuable Player Award: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003
• NLL Championionship Game MVP Award: 1991, 1995
• NLL Sportsmanship Award: 2004 (tie), 2005
• NLL Rookie of the Year Award: 1991
• NLL Player of the Month: 6 times
• NLL Player of the Week: 7 times (1994–2001)
• NLL Overall Player of the Week: 6 times (2002–2005)
• NLL Offensive Player of the Week: 3 times
• MLL Most Valuable Player Award: 2005 (tie)
• MLL Championship Game MVP Award: 2005
• MLL All-Star MVP Award: 2004
• MLL Offensive Player of the Week: 2 times
• MLL Most Valuable Player of the Game Award: 12 times
• Lt. Raymond Enners Award (NCAA Player of the Year): 1988, 1990
• McLaughlin Award: 1988, 1989
• NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player: 1990

Honors

• 3-time All-World Team (1990, 1994, 1998)
• 14-time NLL All-Pro First Team (1991-2004)
• 1-time NLL All-Pro Second Team (2005)
• 2-time All-MLL Team (2004, 2005)
• 3-time All-American First Team (1988, 1989, 1990)
• 1-time All-American Honorable Mention (1987)
• 4-time NCAA All-Tournament Team (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
• Named to Lacrosse Magazine's All-20th Century Team
• Named to the NCAA's 25th Anniversary Team

Team honors

• Three NCAA National Championships - Syracuse University: 1988, 1989, 1990
• Two Mann Cups - Victoria Shamrocks: 1997, 1999
• Three NLL Championships - Detroit Turbos: 1991 - Philadelphia Wings: 1994, 1995
• Three MLL Steinfeld Cups - Long Island Lizards: 2001 - Baltimore Bayhawks: 2002, 2005
• Heritage Cup - Canada: 2004
• World Championship - Canada: 2006

Coaching honors

• Seven NCAA Women's National Championships - University of Maryland Assistant Coach: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
• NLL Champion's Cup - Colorado Mammoth Head Coach: 2006
• Two MLL Steinfeld Cups - Baltimore Bayhawks Player-Coach: 2002, 2005

Physical statistics

• Height: 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm)
• Weight: 210 lb (95 kg)

See also

NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records

References

• Inside Lacrosse
• National Lacrosse League Career Stats
• The Outsider's Guide to the NLL
• Major League Lacrosse Record Books

External links

• Rochester Knighthawks Player Profile
• Gary Gait: MLL Player Profile at Pointstreak.com
• Gary Gait: NLL Player Profile at Pointstreak.com
• Gary Gait National Hall of Fame Biography
• Gary Gait Coaching record at Syracuse