March 9, 2010
For Immediate Release
Adanacs Appoint New Head Coach
The Coquitlam Adanacs Senior A Lacrosse club of the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) announces that their new coach for the 2010 season will be Neil Doddridge of Vancouver B.C. As a player, Doddridge, 40, has had a long history of winning in lacrosse. As a player he won 7 Mann Cups including 6 Mann Cups in a row. These feats are both Canadian records (19 straight 4 of 7 wins). He won in 1992 and 1993 with Brampton and then moved to Six Nations where he won in 1994, 1995, and 1996. In 1997 Doddridge moved west and won with the Victoria Shamrocks and then did it again in 1999. He also won a Presidents Cup with the Ladner Pioneers IN 2004.

Doddridge appeared in 165 regular season games where he scored 105 goals and 191 assists for 296 points and amassed 409 penalty minutes. In the playoffs he scored another 65 goals and 99 assists for 165 points and 347 penalty minutes for a total of 170 goals and 290 assists.

In the professional National Lacrosse League (NLL) Doddridge won two pro championships with the Detroit Turbos in 1991 and the Buffalo Bandits in 1996. He was the first ever player signed by the Minnesota Swarm and is currently their Director of Scouting, a position he has he held for four seasons.
As a junior Doddridge also won a Founders Cup (Jr B Canadian Championship) in 1986 with Mississauga where he grew up.

As a field player Doddridge was a member of Team Canada, who won a Silver Medal in Perth, Australia in 2002. He also won a Silver Medal in 1988 with the Team Canada U19 Field Team, in Adelaide, and a Brogden Cup (North American Field Lacrosse Championship) with the Victoria Royal Waxmen over the New York Athletic Club

Neil resides in Yaletown and has an athletic 3 year old son Liam. Liam is fortunate to have a lacrosse superstar godfather John Tavares. Doddridge and Tavares have been friends and team mates since there junior days in Mississauga with the Tomahawks.

Adanacs General Manager Les Wingrove was pleased to end an extensive search for a replacement for Andy Ogilvie who resigned after last season to devote more time to his family. “Neil comes from a winning background second to none and we expect that he will pass on that trait to our players” quoted Wingrove, “he is on top of the modern game and knows what it takes to win.”

Doddridge was also pleased. “I am looking forward to joining the Adanacs. They are a solid club with a good nucleus of guys that know how to compete. We will set our goals high.”

The Adanacs will play Saturday nights beginning in May at the newly expanded and renovated Coquitlam Sports Centre on Poirier Street which will be open in time for their home opener on May 22nd versus the Maple Ridge Burrards. Game times will be moved to an earlier time at 7:00 pm in order to make the game more attractive to families with kids. Season tickets can be purchased online at www.adanaclacrosse.com .

NEIL DODDRIDGE CLA STATS

BORN: MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 16, 1969

HT. 6'0" WT. 195 LB. SHOOTS - LEFT

REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS
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YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GP GO ASS PTS PIM - GP GO ASS PTS PIM
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1986 MISSISSAUGA JUNIOR B & 18 17 25 42 135 - 15 7 8 15 52
1987 MISSISSAUGA JUNIOR B & 23 13 29 42 84 - 12 3 18 21 34
1988 MISSISSAUGA JUNIOR A 12 10 15 25 38 - DID NOT PLAY
1989 MISSISSAUGA JUNIOR A 20 18 20 38 113 - DID NOT PLAY
1990 MISSISSAUGA JUNIOR A 20 27 51 78 96 - 2 3 2 5 10
1990 BRAMPTON MAJOR 2 0 1 1 0 - DID NOT PLAY
1991 VICTORIA WLA SR A 20 6 12 18 43 - 4 1 0 1 13
1992 BRAMPTON MAJOR 13 3 8 11 40 - 6 2 3 5 8
1993 BRAMPTON MAJOR 10 6 9 15 26 - 9 7 7 14 15
1994 SIX NATIONS MAJOR 17 14 10 24 54 - 5 0 0 0 12
1995 SIX NATIONS MAJOR 18 13 20 33 29 - 10 7 3 10 61
1996 SIX NATIONS MAJOR 18 9 19 28 41 - 14 12 7 19 24
1997 VICTORIA WLA SR A 19 18 25 43 56 - 14 11 21 32 31
1998 VICTORIA WLA SR A 16 16 30 46 23 - 12 5 18 23 45
1999 VICTORIA WLA SR A 18 10 38 48 73 - 12 4 15 19 86
2000 VICTORIA WLA SR A 6 6 8 14 8 - 13 16 23 39 34
2001 VICTORIA WLA SR A 8 4 11 15 14 - 11 0 2 2 18
2004 NANAIMO WCLL SRB & 2 1 3 4 2 - STATS UNAVAILABLE
2008 NORTH SHORE WCLL SRB & 11 13 11 24 30 - DID NOT PLAY
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PRO/MAJOR/SENIOR TOTALS 165 105 191 296 409 - 110 65 99 165 347
JUNIOR A TOTALS 52 55 86 141 247 - 2 3 2 5 10

& - 1986 AND 1987 - TOTALS ACCUMULATED IN JUNIOR B WITH MISSISSAUGA
NOT INCLUDED IN FINAL STATISTICS
& - 1986 - MEMBER OF CANADIAN FOUNDERS CUP CHAMPION MISSISSAUGA
TOMAHAWKS TEAM
** 1990 - 6TH IN SCORING IN O.L.A. JUNIOR A SERIES
** 1992 - MEMBER OF MANN CUP CHAMPION BRAMPTON EXCELSIORS TEAM
** 1993 - MEMBER OF MANN CUP CHAMPION BRAMPTON EXCELSIORS TEAM
** 1994 - MEMBER OF MANN CUP CHAMPION SIX NATIONS CHIEFS TEAM
** 1995 - MEMBER OF MANN CUP CHAMPION SIX NATIONS CHIEFS TEAM
** 1996 - MEMBER OF MANN CUP CHAMPION SIX NATIONS CHIEFS TEAM
** 1997 - MEMBER OF MANN CUP CHAMPION VICTORIA SHAMROCKS TEAM
** 1999 - MEMBER OF MANN CUP CHAMPION VICTORIA SHAMROCKS TEAM
& 2004 - STATS ACCUMULATED IN WEST COAST SENIOR B LACROSSE LEAGUE WITH
NANAIMO TIMBERMEN NOT INCLUDED IN FINAL TOTALS
& 2004 - MEMBER OF CANADIAN PRESIDENTS CUP CHAMPION LADNER PIONEERS
TEAM
& 2008 - STATS ACCUMULATED IN WEST COAST SENIOR B LACROSSE LEAGUE WITH
NORTH SHORE INDIANS NOT INCLUDED IN FINAL TOTALS

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For further info:
Les Wingrove 604 936-5128 home or 604 562-6117 cell
Neil Doddridge 604 417-7114