Ken Montour

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Ken Montour
Born (1979-09-09) September 9, 1979 (age 44)
Six Nations, Ontario, Canada
NationalityIroquois Iroquois
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight190 pounds (86 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionGoalie
NLL draft26th overall, 1999
Albany Attack
NLL teamsBuffalo Bandits
Philadelphia Wings
Arizona Sting
Columbus Landsharks
Pro career20022010
NicknameMonster

Ken Montour (born September 9, 1979 in Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation) is a former professional box lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League. Montour played 8 seasons in the NLL, most of them with the Buffalo Bandits.

During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game[1] and was also named NLL Goaltender of the Year.[2]

During the 2010 season, Montour was hit by Toronto Rock defender Drew Petkoff and suffered a concussion. Montour finished the game but has not played since. He has also missed all but one half-day in his job as a teacher.[3]

Statistics[edit]

NLL[edit]

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP Min GA Sv GAA Sv % GP Min GA Sv GAA Sv %
2002 Buffalo 6 62 22 46 21.46 67.65% -- -- -- -- -- --
Columbus 3 125 31 96 14.84 75.59% -- -- -- -- -- --
2003 Columbus 16 147 36 78 14.74 68.42% -- -- -- -- -- --
2005 Arizona 7 208 39 108 11.24 73.47% 3 0 0 0 0.00 0.00%
2006 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00% -- -- -- -- -- --
Buffalo 4 0 0 0 0.00 0.00% 1 17 2 12 6.87 85.71%
2007 Philadelphia 12 102 21 48 12.30 69.57% -- -- -- -- -- --
2008 Buffalo 15 480 82 346 10.24 80.84% 3 60 12 41 12.00 77.36%
2009 Buffalo 15 651 104 451 9.58 81.26% 2 104 16 74 9.21 82.22%
2010 Buffalo 7 385 70 260 10.90 78.79% -- -- -- -- -- --
NLL Totals 85 2,161 405 1,433 11.24 77.97% 9 182 30 127 9.91 80.89%

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; Sv = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards[edit]

Preceded by NLL Goaltender of the Year
2009
Succeeded by

References[edit]

  1. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. ^ "Defense, Transition & Goaltender Awards". NLL.com. May 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  3. ^ Stamp, Stephen (Apr 7, 2011). "Concussion ends the career of Merrick Thomson; Does lacrosse have a head trauma issue?". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.