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  Paul Gait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Gait (born April 5, 1967) is a famous lacrosse player.
Paul and his brother played for the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association.
In 2006, both Paul and his brother were among the six charter members to be voted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Gait   (255 words)

  
 PAUL GAIT ENDS RETIREMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Legendary lacrosse superstars Paul and Gary Gait will be reunited for the remainder of the 2005 National Lacrosse League season after Paul ended his retirement to sign with the Colorado Mammoth, the team announced today.
Paul Gait will join his twin brother, Mammoth captain Gary Gait, for the remaining four games of the regular season and the team's playoff run.
Paul Gait, 37, is the NLL's third all-time leading scorer with 404 career goals.
www.nll.com /printer_1750.shtml   (359 words)

  
 Gary Gait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gary Gait is a professional lacrosse player,born in Victoria, British Columbia on April 5, 1967.
Gait and his brother both attended Syracuse University and played in the NCAA, setting many records during their time there.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gary_Gait   (505 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.
The Gait brothers were the first to win endorsement deals from lacrosse equipment manufacturers and they helped attract the first lacrosse article in People magazine.
www.macombdaily.com /stories/041705/spo_gait001.shtml   (965 words)

  
 CrosseFire fulfills pre-game promise, bumps Buffalo, 17-14
Gait said he has wanted to play for the CrosseFire since the beginning of the season and any fatigue he might have felt was trumped by his adrenaline.
Gary Gait led the team with nine points on two goals and seven assists, and Joe Hiltz scored four goals and had one assist, but on this night it was Paul Gait who stole the show.
Paul Gait started a big run two minutes into the third quarter with his second goal of the game, and the CrosseFire reeled off six more goals, four of which were either scored or assisted by the Gaits, to take a 14-6 lead with nine minutes left.
www.post-gazette.com /sports_headlines/20000213crossefire7.asp   (664 words)

  
 Lacrosse's biggest Gait attractions - Lacrosse: A History of Canada's Game - CBC Archives
Canadian brothers Gary and Paul Gait are the biggest superstars of the National Lacrosse League, rewriting the record books and changing the way the game is played with their unique, physical style.
Gary Gait and Paul Gait were born April 5, 1967 and grew up in Victoria, B.C. The Gaits excelled at lacrosse from an early age, leading junior lacrosse's Esquimalt Legion to four straight provincial titles from 1985 to 1988, as well as the Minto Cup national title in 1988.
Paul Gait was named MVP in 2002, his final season before retiring due to a serious foot injury.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-824-4866/sports/lacrosse/clip8   (379 words)

  
 E-Lacrosse Celebrates - Paul Gait Retirement Tour
It was later that week that Paul took us into the gym to show us wall ball skills and this was a very interesting day for me. As Paul shifted to the behind the back pass drill against the wall, he showed us how to do it so fluidly and easily.
Paul started cranking the ball and it was clear that his shot was faster than his brother's shot.
Paul's shot was so hard that it cleared the top of the goal and put a perfect hole in the wall ten to fifteen feet behind the goal.
www.e-lacrosse.com /paul2001/1.html   (2356 words)

  
 E-Lacrosse Features - Paul Gait
It's enough to say that Paul and Gary Gait were cut from the same genetic cloth, halves of one fertilized egg brimming with the DNA of world-class athletic prowess and stick wizardry never before seen.
Paul, admittedly suffering each morning from a career's knocks, bruises and serious injuries, announced last summer that he would retire in a year's time and has since won the MLL Championship along with the MVP award and the NLL league MVP award.
We submit that the Gaits' behind-the-back run and gun stylistics and the era that has followed represents the third stage in the evolution of the sport, along with the 1933 rule changes establishing the men's game as we know it and the introduction of synthetic and symmetrical sticks in the early 1970s.
www.e-lacrosse.com /2002/harrison/pg.html   (1948 words)

  
 NCAA title a boon for deBeer -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY
Paul Gait, President of DeBeer Lacrosse, holds one of the company's newest designed lacrosse sticks at the company's plant in Guilderland Monday.
Paul Gait is shown holding one of the company's newest designed helmets at the company's plant Monday.
DeBeer's president is Paul Gait, a legend in the lacrosse world who along with his twin brother Gary led Syracuse University to three consecutive championships.
timesunion.com /AspStories/story.asp?storyID=509365&.../18/2006   (606 words)

  
 Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: News Releases
If anything, showing the younger guys is harder for Gait than for others his age, for the simple reason that most of today's young professional lacrosse players once had his picture plastered on their bedroom walls; they've been studying his moves since picking up a stick.
Gait, by comparison, was playing a different game than his contemporaries and so changed it in the process.
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   (2521 words)

  
 paul gait bio - Owls Sports
John Paul's left hand visibly trembles and he has a slow, stooped gait – all symptoms of Parkinson's...
Caralyn Kelly, Paul Krueger, Lynne Lohfeld, Mark Loeb, H Gayle Edward.
Effect of step-synchronized vibration stimulation of soles on gait in Parkinson's disease: a pilot...
www.owlpages.com /owls-sport/paul+gait+bio.html   (303 words)

  
 NLL establishes hall of fame - OurSports Central
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.
Paul Gait played is the league's fourth all-time leading scorer with 712 career points, and is third all-time in goals scored with 410 and ninth all-time in assists with 302.
Gait holds the second highest single season points total in league history with 114 in 2002, and led the league in goals in four seasons (1991, 1992, 1994, and 2002).
www.oursportscentral.com /services/releases?id=3177983   (1236 words)

  
 PAUL GAIT, DOWLING & CONN LEAD DEADLINE DAY BUZZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Paul Gait (right) has come out of retirement and will join brother Gary in Colorado.
The biggest news on deadline day came from Colorado, when Paul Gait announced he was coming out of retirement to play alongside brother Gary for the remainder of Gary’s final season before his retirement.
Legendary lacrosse superstars Paul and Gary Gait will be reunited for the remainder of the 2005 National Lacrosse League season after Paul ended his retirement to sign with the Colorado Mammoth.
www.nll.com /printer_1745.shtml   (1062 words)

  
 Lacrosse News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Gait remains Syracuse's all-time leading goal scorer with 192 and he was named to the 1990 USILA North-South Game.
Gait is a 15-time All-Pro and six-time MVP of the National Lacrosse League.
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.laxfactor.com /news/7_26_05_3.shtml   (1407 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lacrosse already feeling a loss as Gait closes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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.
Paul scored a league-record 47 goals and Gary tallied a league-record 36 assists and 68 points, boosting the nascent league with his high-flying heroics on the floor and his down-home demeanor off it.
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?csp=34   (1408 words)

  
 1993 Wings Articles
Paul Gait is the first player in the seven-year history of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League to score 100 goals.
Paul Gait responded on his first shift after emerging from the penalty box by almost scoring a one-punch TKO over the Bandits' John Tavares, who happens to be the league's leading scorer.
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)

  
 CrosseFire's Gaits understand and like their place in sports history
If things had been different, Gary and Paul Gait might have become the most famous twins to ever lace up the skates and play in the NHL.
Paul Gait has played 88 games and has scored 519 points on 313 goals and 206 assists.
Last weekend, Paul had seven goals and four assists in the CrosseFire's 14-8 win over first-place Philadelphia and was named NLL Player of the Week.
www.post-gazette.com /sports_headlines/20000303crossefire6.asp   (883 words)

  
 Rebel over-Powered
 The Gaits opened with their usual super-human lacrosse efforts, combining to net seven of the Power's 10 first-half goals -- Paul Gait with four, and Gary Gait with three.
 Paul Gait finished with five goals, as did brother Gary, in what will be his final visit to Ottawa as an NLL player.
Paul Gait has announced he will retire following this season.
www.canoe.ca /Slam020308/lac_ott-sun.html   (504 words)

  
 Paul Gait Brings Farewell Tour to First Union Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Paul currently leads the NLL with 48 goals this season and Gary is ranked third with 44 goals.
Paul and Gary are tied for second place in assists, both with 51.
Paul is ranked second in the NLL in total goals (398 goals) and second in total points (688 pts.).
www.wingszone.com /2002/game14p.htm   (435 words)

  
 The Lacrosse Equipment Superstore
Paul Gait, who was not one of the 18 assigned players and wasn't drafted until the ninth round, was named MVP for the game with his 7-goal performance.
Gait got another one right at the end of the half when Pat McCabe threw the ball up field, Hugh Donovan misplayed the ball and Gait caught it and scored just before the horn went off.
The true highlight of the last 2 minutes was Paul Gait throwing his equipment, including helmet and stick to the cheering crowd in the stands.
www.lax.com /stories/646   (1766 words)

  
 US Lacrosse -- 2005 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class Announced
The class of 2005 is: Mildred Barnes, Jack Emmer, Norman Engelke, Gary Gait, Paul Gait, Susan Ganzenmuller, Thomas Haus, Dorothy Hayden, Amanda (Moore) O'Leary and Gillian Rattray.
Gait has also played in Major League Lacrosse since the league's inception in 2001, helping the Baltimore Bayhawks to league championships in 2002 and 2005 as a player-coach.
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.uslacrosse.org /news/2005/hofclass.phtml   (1880 words)

  
 The Lacrosse Forums - the gaits
Paul has these little tricks up his sleeves...
PAul is my fav however because he has the knck for doing it all in box lax, best passer best everything...
I think paul IS the better box player, but in all he is certainly the best equipment designer there is, which is the other major reason i like him, I drewam to be a designer in lax.....
www.lacrosseforums.com /showthread.php?t=2945   (715 words)

  
 Vancouver Ravens Lacrosse Club - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
“Paul Gait is an amazing talent and has been part of the evolution of the game of lacrosse.
Paul is ranked 2nd in Goals and Shots, 3rd in Points for the League All-Time Regular Season.
For those that have watched Paul play, his career has made an impact on the game that cannot be counted by goals or groundballs, and for that, he will be missed.
www.vancouverravens.com /newsarchive.cfm?prid=50   (358 words)

  
 Vancouver Ravens Lacrosse Club - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Gait, who earlier this season announced his retirement from professional indoor lacrosse at seasons end, finished his 12th year of NLL play ranking first among all League scorers with 114 points (54G, 60A) to claim the NLL Scoring Title.
Gait's 54 goals was also tops among all players this season.
Paul Gait (Washington): In his 12th and final season of professional indoor lacrosse play, Gait led all NLL scorers in points with 114 (54G, 60A) to claim this season NLL Scoring Title.
www.vancouverravens.com /newsarchive.cfm?prid=128   (749 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.
Paul has 475 points in 83 games, which averages out to 5.7 a game.
Paul Gait played in four Mann Cup finals, 20 games in all, and amassed 102 points including 58 goals.
olympia.fortunecity.com /baberuth/239/news990920.htm   (613 words)

  
 The Lacrosse Forums - Paul Gait hurting, still a threat . . .
Paul is limping noticeably, obviously in pain, and forced to just take the open shot.
Paul Gait was playing okay but seemed to take a lot of shots from well outside.
Paul still has the skills and a great head for the game, but his body has seen better days.
www.lacrosseforums.com /showthread.php?t=16924   (633 words)

  
 There's No Tomorrow for Philadelphia as Wings Lose Wild-card Playoff Game to Washington 12-11
The premiere player and the 2001-02 leading scorer in the National Lacrosse League (NLL), Paul Gait is certainly key for the Washington Power as they continue their pursuit of the Champions Cup in what will likely be their last year in Landover, Maryland.
Garry Gait, the NLL's second leading scorer is equally a threat and often has more scoring opportunities as teams key on Paul.
Paul and Garry Gait, along with Del Halladay must be allowed to score while Brian Reese mucks it up with the Rock.
www.sjsports.com /lacrosse/2002/plpa_020402.html   (1630 words)

  
 Mammoth
Mammoth coach Gary Gait, his brother Paul, and three others have been inducted as charter members into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame.
Gary Gait retired in 2005 as the league's all-time leading scorer with 1,091 points and all-time leading goal scorer with 596.
Paul Gait, who briefly came out retirement in 2005 to play for the Mammoth alongside his brother, is the league's fourth all-time leading scorer with 712 career points.
www.coloradomammoth.com /news/newsdetails.aspx?NID=288   (374 words)

  
 deBeer Lacrosse :: Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It is with this focus and direction that John Parish, Jr., Vice President of Operations for Rawlings Sporting Goods announces the appointment of Paul Gait to the position of President of deBeer Lacrosse, and Kim Allison to the position of VP and General Manager of deBeer Lacrosse.
Paul Gait has long been considered one of the greatest players in the game and is recognized as one of the lacrosse industry’s most creative designers.
The company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive, and forward-looking statements included in this news release is made as of the date of this news release, and the company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement.
www.debeerlacrosse.com /aboutdebeer/030504.html   (662 words)

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