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 of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). O'Neill, a goaltender, first joined the Pittsburgh Bulls of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (predecessor of the NLL) in 1991, but did not play.[1] He then played 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 hired as the General Manager of the Philadelphia Wings in June 2001,[1] but led the Wings to only one playoff appearance in three years, 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]
Statistics
NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | Min | GA | Sv | GAA | Sv % | GP | Min | GA | Sv | GAA | Sv % | ||
| 1990 | Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993 | Boston | 8 | 477 | 108 | 272 | 13.58 | 71.58% | 4 | 236 | 34 | 112 | 8.64 | 76.71% | ||
| 1994 | Boston | 8 | 480 | 91 | 252 | 11.38 | 73.47% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995 | Boston | 7 | 402 | 71 | 231 | 10.60 | 76.49% | 1 | 60 | 10 | 25 | 10.00 | 71.43% | ||
| 1996 | Boston | 10 | 530 | 99 | 265 | 11.21 | 72.80% | 1 | 59 | 10 | 35 | 10.17 | 77.78% | ||
| 1997 | Boston | 10 | 545 | 119 | 260 | 13.09 | 68.60% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998 | Syracuse | 10 | 456 | 139 | 296 | 18.29 | 68.05% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999 | Buffalo | 8 | 385 | 90 | 256 | 14.03 | 73.99% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000 | Buffalo | 5 | 161 | 43 | 92 | 16.07 | 68.15% | 1 | 45 | 8 | 22 | 10.60 | 73.33% | ||
| NLL Totals | 66 | 3,436 | 760 | 1,924 | 13.27 | 71.68% | 7 | 400 | 62 | 194 | 9.29 | 75.78% | |||
Junior/Senior
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | Min | GA | Sv | GAA | Sv % | GP | Min | GA | Sv | GAA | Sv % | ||
| 1987 | Victoria | WLA | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| 1988 | Victoria | WLA | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | Victoria | WLA | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | Victoria | WLA | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Victoria | WLA | 18 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | Victoria | WLA | 17 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | Victoria | WLA | 18 | 954 | 132 | 512 | 8.30 | 79.50% | 6 | |||||||
| 1995 | Six Nations | OLA | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | Victoria | WLA | 12 | 629 | 105 | 326 | 10.02 | 75.63% | 8 | |||||||
| 1997 | Victoria | WLA | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | Victoria | WLA | 11 | 596 | 82 | 386 | 8.25 | 81.77% | 12 | |||||||
| 1999 | Victoria | WLA | 13 | 676 | 103 | 337 | 9.14 | 76.59% | 3 | |||||||
| 2002 | Ladner | WCSLA | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | Ladner | WCSLA | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||
| Senior Totals | 162 | 82 | ||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 Philly, R.A. (June 12, 2001). "Marty O'Neill Named Wings GM". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ↑ Philly, R.A. (June 23, 2004). "Wings hire Lindsay Sanderson as coach, GM". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ↑ Philly, R.A. (September 15, 2004). "Minnesota picks O'Neill to build team". Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ↑ "Marty O'Neill Named GM of the Year". NLL.com. May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ↑ "Marty O'Neill Named GM of the Year". NLL.com. May 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ↑ http://www.mnswarm.com/news/news.asp?news_id=08
- ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/players.txt
Awards
| Preceded by Derek Keenan |
NLL GM of the Year 2007, 2008 |
Succeeded by Ed Comeau |