NLL Draft

by **MinesGoallie45** on Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:45 pm

The 2005 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft will take place in Edmonton, Alberta on the evening of Monday, August 29th at 8PM Eastern/6PM Mountain. The Entry Draft will take place at Rexall Place, the home arena of the expansion Edmonton Rush. The league's eleven member clubs will be selecting talented young players from US collegiate and Canadian junior lacrosse programs. The Entry Draft will consist of six rounds. The first selection in the Entry Draft currently belongs to the expansion Portland LumberJax.

"I congratulate the city of Edmonton and the Edmonton Rush on hosting the 2005 Entry Draft", said Commissioner Jim Jennings. "We're looking forward to introducing professional indoor lacrosse to Edmonton as the Rush debut in 2006, and this is a great event to get things started."

The event is free and will be open to the public. The Enttry Draft begins at 6pm local time in Edmonton. Fans attending the draft can enter the arena at two locations: on the Wayne Gretzky statue side, near the Ticketmaster outlet; or via the Light Rail Transit (LRT) entrance.

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ENTRY DRAFT ELIGIBILITY

August 8, 2005

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If you are less than 21 years of age and/or have any remaining NCAA eligibility, and you wish to declare yourself eligible to be selected in the 2005 NLL Entry Draft, please click here to download a printable form. Please note that the league must recieve this form by August 26th.

The following players have waived any remaining collegiate lacrosse eligibility and intend to play professional lacrosse should they be selected by an NLL club at the 2005 Entry Draft:

Beattie, Eric
Bold, Aaron
Burt, Alfred Christopher
Carey, Dan
Clayton, Nathan
Crawford, Callum
Crompton, Tyler
Dickinson, Timothy
Driscoll, Brian
Dupont, Kyle
Durno, Jonathan
Evans, Shawn
Feltstead, Sean
Force, Eric
Hawke, Andrew
Hodum, Daniel
Knaggs, Paul
Labonte, James Edward
Mace, Chris Thats me...
Monroe, Cameron
Niziol, Jon
Poulin, Michael
Rennie, Brad
Schibild, Ron
Schmelzle, Kyle
Smyth, Joshua
Wiles, Luke
Willis, Craig
Willson, Bill