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  Gait pours heart into lacrosse, moves sport forward - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gait scored four goals for Canada in the fourth quarter of a 15-10 final victory against the USA, a flurry that might have marked his final moments as a player.
Gary's 15-year professional indoor lacrosse career began in 1991 in Detroit, where he was rookie of the year and won the league championship.
Gait attributes his unruffled demeanor to growing up with a soul mate and athletic equal in Paul, to his early success in lacrosse and to his coaching experience at a young age.
www.usatoday.com /sports/soac/2006-10-16-gait_x.htm   (1460 words)

  
  Gary Gait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gary Gait was born in Victoria, British Columbia on April 5, 1967.
Gary won the MVP of the Mann Cup as a Shamrock in 1997, and was co-MVP of the Mann Cup with Paul Gait in 1999.
Gary Gait is often considered to be one of the National Lacrosse League's most outstanding players.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gary_Gait   (410 words)

  
 Mammoth
Gait’s legend as a player is well documented, but his success as a coach has helped him make an even bigger impression on the sport.
Gait began his 15-year professional indoor lacrosse career in 1991 with the Detroit Turbos, capturing rookie of the year honors while leading the team to the league championship.
Gait was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame on Nov. 12, 2005, and into the NLL Hall of Fame as one of five charter members on Feb. 23, 2006.
www.coloradomammoth.com /Team/staffBios.aspx?ID=1   (609 words)

  
 Player Bio: Gary Gait :: Women's Lacrosse
Gait -- who is in his ninth season as head coach Cindy Timchal's assistant -- has contributed mightily to the success that the Terrapins have achieved throughout the years and, in doing so, has put his unique stamp on the Maryland program.
Gait is currently a forward for the Washington Power of the National Lacrosse League and he was recently named the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse.
Gait is married to the former Nicole Black and the couple has two children; a daughter, Taylor (8), and a son, Braedon (5).
umterps.cstv.com /sports/w-lacros/mtt/gait_gary00.html   (513 words)

  
 Gait, Bayhawks claim MLL title - The Boston Globe
Gary Gait, the player/coach of the Bayhawks, who went 10-2 during the regular season, took over the game, scoring six goals.
Saturday, Gait was named co-Most Valuable Player of the league, along with Mark Millon of the Boston Cannons, and yesterday he was named MVP of the playoffs, having scored 11 goals in two games.
Gait's six goals were one short of the record for a championship game, set by his twin brother, Paul, for Long Island in '01.
www.boston.com /sports/articles/2005/08/22/gait_bayhawks_claim_mll_title   (588 words)

  
 E-Lacrosse Features
Gary admitted that they used to drive the people in the building crazy with the constant incongruous thumping of the wall drills performed by two hard shooters.
Gary was given a hard time by his father-in-law Tom Black and friend Warren Blackwell, who is very funny, for not scoring any goals against the Ravens, but Gary's mom and mother-in-law Sherrie reminded us that the overtime pass was soft and sweet, setting Wilson up perfectly.
Gary's father Fred and older Sister Debbie were very nice as was her son Trevor, who is bigger than Paul and Gary and still in high school.
www.e-lacrosse.com /2004/vancouver/island/1.html   (1750 words)

  
 Macomb Daily : Gait's greatness helped push lacrosse across country 04/17/05
Gait, who plans to retire at the end of the season from the Colorado Mammoth, has helped change what for years was considered an East Coast prep school activity into one of the fastest-growing team sports in the United States.
During a game in the 1988 NCAA tournament, Gary Gait twice pulled off what still is considered one of the most spectacular moves in lacrosse history, leaping over the crease line and slamming the ball home into the 6-foot net from behind.
Gary Gait quickly succeeded, winning the first of his three championships and being named rookie of the year.
www.macombdaily.com /stories/041705/spo_gait001.shtml   (949 words)

  
 Youth Lacrosse USA | Home of Lacrosse - YouthLax.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gary Gait feels there has been a lack of effort in breaking down the techniques involved in stick work and dodging and he has decided to do something about it.
Gary has been studying the art of stick work and offensive play for over 30 years and teaching it for 20 years.
Gary will assure you - each player will walk away from his clinics with a better understanding of what it will take to become the best they can be.
www.youthlacrosseusa.com /generalnews/102603GaryGaitStickClinics.html   (347 words)

  
 Inside Lacrosse - News
Gait has a record as a coach of 32-14 through last week, as has one MLL Championship on his coaching resume from 2002.
Gary Gait may be Candian born, but it seems Maryland has captured his heart.
Gait also recently signed on as the head coach of the Colorado Mammoth of the NLL.
www.insidelacrosse.com /page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=95968   (394 words)

  
 Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: News Releases
Gary, who was positioned behind Penn's goal, received a pass, bobbled it, and then, as a defenseman lunged, scooped it up again and faced the back of the net.
Gary cradled it high above his head, and then, while still airborne and with his back to the mouth of the goal, he would bring his stick down and whip the ball between his legs and into the net.
Gait is also the rare athlete whose impact on his sport goes well beyond what he has accomplished on the field.
www.hws.edu /news/update/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=525   (2513 words)

  
 TSN.ca - Generic - Canada's Sports Leader
On Tuesday, the 38-year-old Gait was introduced as the new coach of the Colorado Mammoth, his team for the last three years of an indoor playing career adorned with a pro-record 596 goals and 1,091 points.
Gait was the man who filled the Pepsi Center with fans eager to watch a dynamic new sport when the franchise shifted to Denver three years ago.
So, when Gait ended his NLL playing career in April, there was no doubt Govett was going to retain his services, and the team's late-season failures gave him all the reason he needed to part company with coach Jamie Batley and insert Gait behind the bench.
www.tsn.ca /tsn/news_story.asp?id=128532   (780 words)

  
 CrosseFire's Gaits understand and like their place in sports history
Gary Gait, who weighs about 230 pounds, said he weighed only about 180 pounds at Syracuse, but lifted weights in order to get stronger and improve his game.
Gary again leads the league in scoring with 58 points, and Paul is fourth with 44.
Gary Gait added, "I don't want to be one of those guys who retires because I can't play any more.
www.post-gazette.com /sports_headlines/20000303crossefire6.asp   (883 words)

  
 Gary Tait Has Plan To Evaluate H.S. Lacrosse Players
Gait said the tourney sites and coaching staffs are being hammered out now and should be announced within the next month.
Gait said the plan has been meet with enthusiasm by many, but he admitted there is some resistance from those who feel the NDP will force a high school player to specialize in lacrosse.
Gait said the bottom line will be exposure for high school players who want to continue to play the game in college.
www.alllacrosseamerica.com /artman/member/HS/TaitPlan.shtml   (774 words)

  
 Gary Gait Clinic Recap and Interview | Walax
One of the greatest lacrosse players ever, Gary Gait began his illustrious career by earning first-team All-America honors three times and USILA player of the year honors twice in leading Syracuse to national championships in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Gait remains Syracuse's all-time leading goal scorer with 192 and he was named to the 1990 USILA North-South Game.
Gait served as an assistant coach on the University of Maryland women's teams that won seven consecutive NCAA championships in the 1990s and early 2000s.
www.walax.com /gary_gait_clinic_recap_and_interview   (1029 words)

  
 Versus
Gary Gait is often considered to be one of the NLL's most outstanding players.
Gary Gait is currently the Head Coach of the Colorado Mammoth.
Gary won the MVP of the Mann Cup as a Shamrock in 1997, and was co-MVP of the Cup with Paul Gait in 1999.
www.versus.com /nw/article/view/20716/?tf=nwArticle.tpl   (418 words)

  
 Outsider's Guide - News Update
The Gaits helped their hometown Victoria Shamrocks win the national senior title last weekend, sharing MVP honors in a sweep of the Brampton Excelsiors.
Gary will play out of Pittsburgh, the city to which the Baltimore Thunder was relocated earlier this summer.
Gary played in five Mann Cup series, 24 games in all, and amassed 101 points including 60 goals.
www.lacrosse-network.com /outsidersguide/news990920.htm   (605 words)

  
 NLL Establishes Hall of Fame - Minnesota Swarm
Gary Gait, who recently retired after playing fifteen seasons in the league, is the National Lacrosse League’s all-time leading scorer with 1,091 points and the all-time leading goal scorer with 596.
Gary Gait also holds several season and single-game records, including the three best single-season goal totals of all-time (61 in 2003, 57 in 1998, 55 in 2004).
Gait scored ten goals in that game, which tied the single-game goal record set by his brother Paul in 1994.  Gait, who played the last three seasons of his career with the Colorado Mammoth, has been a model ambassador for the league and the sport of lacrosse for nearly twenty years along with brother Paul.
www.mnswarm.com /news/news.asp?news_id=91   (764 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lacrosse already feeling a loss as Gait closes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gary Gait is considered the Michael Jordan of lacrosse.
Gait took off from outside the crease — which in lacrosse encircles the back of the goal as well as the front — and, extending his stick while diving, jammed the ball into the net before hitting the ground.
Gait played for Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Washington before the Washington team moved to Colorado in 2003 to spearhead the NLL's westward expansion.
www.usatoday.com /sports/2005-04-13-gary-gait_x.htm   (1384 words)

  
 Outsider's Guide - News Update
The Baltimore Thunder’s Gary Gait is likely on his way to his third straight scoring title and fifth of his career and today he claimed the National Lacrosse League’s Player of the Week award.
Today’s announcement marks the third time this season that Gait, who celebrated his 32nd birthday yesterday, has won or shared the honor, and the seventh time since the award was created in 1994.
However, Gait scored two of his four goals on the night with 2:09 and 1:10 respectively, left in regulation time to tie the game.
olympia.fortunecity.com /baberuth/239/news990406.htm   (351 words)

  
 1995 Wings Articles
Gary Gait scored six goals, including one on a penalty shot, as the Philadelphia Wings defeated the Buffalo Bandits, 19-16, at the Aud last night to advance to the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship game for the fourth straight season.
Gary Gait, whose 30 goals paced the league this season, won the MILL most valuable player award for 1995 and today goes against his brother Paul, a former Wing, and the first player ever to score 100 goals.
After all, Gary Gait is recognized as one of the better lacrosse players in the history of the game, but Gait knew that reputation and past laurels only go so far.
www.wingszone.com /whistory/a95.htm   (5484 words)

  
 Inside Lacrosse - News
The class of 2005 is: Mildred Barnes, Jack Emmer, Norm Engleke, Gary Gait, Paul Gait, Susie Ganzenmuller, Tom Haus, Dottie Hayden, Mandy (Moore) O'Leary and Gillian Rattray.
One of the greatest lacrosse players ever, Gary Gait began his illustrious career by earning first-team All-America honors three times and USILA Player of the Year honors twice in leading Syracuse to the 1988 and 1989 NCAA championships.
Gait served as an assistant coach on the University of Maryland women's teams that won seven straight NCAA championships in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
www.insidelacrosse.com /page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=101620   (1484 words)

  
 1993 Wings Articles
Twins Paul and Gary Gait, the Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux of the sport, have been assigned by the league to the Philadelphia Wings from the Detroit Turbos.
Gary Gait scored his second goal of the game with 19.1 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Philadelphia Wings to a 9-8 victory over the Pittsburgh Bulls yesterday in a Major Indoor Lacrosse League game before 16,182 spectators at the Spectrum.
Gary Gait tied it less than two minutes later, and the Wings were beginning to look in control, especially when Buffalo's Paul Meagher was given a two- minute penalty for holding that handed the Wings a power play that would cover the remainder of the period.
www.wingszone.com /whistory/a93.htm   (4836 words)

  
 Outsider's Guide - News Update
Gait finished with ten goals, tying the league record set by brother Paul in 1994, and three assists to pace the Thunder in a game that saw the Thunder never trail.
Gait and Shearer each scorer for the Thunder before the 3rd period was over to pad the lead to 16-8 and again chased goalie Bob Watson to the bench for Rob Blaisdell.
With strong performances by Gait, Shearer, Hiltz, Tapp, Sanderson, and the defensive unit, the Thunder improved to 2-0 and took a quick lead in the NLL standings, and head to Buffalo to face the 1-0 Bandits next week.
olympia.fortunecity.com /baberuth/239/game9903toba.htm   (758 words)

  
 Rochester Knighthawks - Official Web site - National Lacrosse League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gary Gait (5+1) and Gavin Prout (2+5) led the Mammoth offensively, while Paul Gait added one goal and one assist.
The contest was the final regular season game Paul and Gary Gait, as the twin brothers will be honored prior to the contest as part of Rochester's annual awards night celebration.
Gary Gait rushed toward the net and appeared to score a goal before crashing into O’Toole.
www.knighthawks.net /news.aspx?news_id=349   (513 words)

  
 E-Lacrosse Features - Gary Gait
Instead of hyperbole, Gary Gait's fame as the "Michael Jordan of lacrosse" may actually be selling him a little short.
Gait maintained the pace in the home contest as well, finding several ways to strong-arm in a game-high three goals for the Bayhawks.
Gary's never been a rah-rah guy but he's always been one to talk on the field.
www.e-lacrosse.com /2002/harrison/gait.html   (1294 words)

  
 LACR-Twins-Reunited,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gary continued on with the Colorado Mammoth, stating last winter that this would be his last season.
As an indicator of just how good he was, Paul Gait won the National Lacrosse League's MVP award in that injury-plagued 2002 season.
With Paul on the floor to play his first home game, Gary, the all-time leading pro lacrosse scorer, will be honoured in ceremonies prior to his last regular-season home game.
www.cp.org /english/online/full/lacrosse/050331/5033102AU.html   (842 words)

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