NLL Hall of Fame Prediction System

Remember the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame?

It used to be a big deal when it was introduced in 2006. There was an annual ceremony up through 2016, with the number of inductees varying by year (from one to five). Then the process stopped until 2021, when eight players and two officials were picked. 

Was the HoF back in business? Not really. We haven't heard a peep about it in four years. The league really needed to do a better job of saluting its past, and this is a vehicle that is sitting there waiting to be used. In case someone wants to start the process up again, I am here to help.  

One time I tried to figure out who should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. I gave two points for a first-team All-League selection, and one point for a second-team pick.The results were at least worthy of discussion.

So how does the same formula do in indoor lacrosse? Let's find out.

Here's the all-time leaders with at least 10 points. An asterisk means that person is in the Hall of Fame, with the all-league teams going through 2025:

* John Tavares - 30
* Gary Gait - 29
* Jim Veltman - 21
* Paul Gait - 19
Matt Vinc - 19
* Dallas Eliuk - 16
Kyle Rubisch - 15
* Colin Doyle - 14
* John Grant Jr. - 14
Dan Dawson - 13
* Tom Marechek - 13
* Josh Sanderson - 12
Brodie Merrill - 12

All of these players are in the Hall or will be, it's safe to say.  So let's try the 6 to 9 range:

Shawn Evans - 9
* Bob Watson - 9
Dhane Smith - 9
Mark Matthews - 8
Ryan Dilks - 8
* Tracey Kelusky - 7
* Casey Powell - 7
* John Tucker - 7
Graeme Hossack - 7
Mitch de Snoo - 6
Garrett Billings - 6
* Steve Dietrich - 6
* Sal LoCascio - 6
Mark Millon - 6
Rick Sowell - 6

Most of these players will be strong candidates for induction. Millon left the NLL for the outdoor game, where he played five more years. That might hurt him here. Sowell made the all-pro team from 1990 to 1992, but was done playing in the indoor league after 1993.

Now for the rest:

5 – Tom Carmean, Anthony Cosmo, Callem Crawford, Curtis Dickson, Rhys Duch, Connor Fields, Cody Jamieson, Dave Pietramala, Gavin Prout, Challen Rogers, Jeff Teat, Lyle Thompson, Dillon Ward. 

4 – Ryan Benesch, Josh Byrne, Ryan Cousins, Joey Cupido, Ted Dowling, *Kevin Finneran, Owen Grant, Matt Hossack, Duane Jacobs,*Darris Kilgour, Jordan MacIntosh, Steve Prioto, Lewis Ratcliff, Ted Sawicki, Frank Sigliano, , 

3 – Jake Bergey, Aaron Bold, Roy Colsey, Kevin Crowley, Zach Currier, Dane Dobbie, Jeff Jackson, Shayne Jackson, Doug Jamieson, Blaine Manning, Gee Nash, Brian Nikula, *Pat O’Toole, Joe Resetarits, Nick Rose, Mark Steenhuis, *Shawn Williams

2 – Rob Blasdell, Sandy Chapman, John Conley, Chris Corbeil, *Pat Coyle, John Fay, Jordan Hall, Rob Hellyer, Athan Iannucci, Adam Jones, Derek Keenan, Evan Kirk, Brad Kotz, Rob Martino, *Pat McCready, Ken Montour, Jim Moss, John Nastrant, Jason Noble, Ryan Painter, Nick Patterson,  Mike Poulin, Brad Self, Jeff Shattler, Corey Small, Billy Dee Smith, Tim Soudan, Andrew Suitor,Ryan Terefenko, *Steve Toll, Jake Withers, Cam Woods, Taylor Wray,

1 – Mike Accursi, Stu Aird, Mac Allen, Chris Bates, Don Borges, Toby Boucher, Mike Carnegie, Scott Carnegie, Craig Conn, Mike Cummings, Christian Del Bianco, Matt Disher, Lindsay Dixon, Chris Driscoll, Jesse Gamble, Jeff Gilbert, Mike Grimes, Letrell Harris, Joe Hiltz, Evan Hope, Tim Hormes, Jay Jalbert, Jeff Klodzen, Brad Kri, Stephen Leblanc, Ryan Lee, Ian MacKay, Butch Marino, Ron Martinello, Dan MacRae, Kiel Matisz, Brandon Miller, Dan O’Neill, John Orsen, Matt Panetta, Mike Poulin, Steve Priolo, Joe Resetarits, Scott Self, Rob Shek, Geoff Snider, Kim Squire, Jeremy Thompson, Jay Thorimbert, Andrew Turner, Tim Welsh, Jeff Zywicki

0 - *Rich Kilgour, *Dan Stroup, *Regy Thorpe.

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