Jim Veltman
| Jim Veltman | |
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| — Lacrosse player — | |
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| Born |
March 8, 1966 Brampton, Ontario, CA |
| Position | Defenseman |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 185 pounds (84 kg) |
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NLL team F. Teams |
Toronto Rock Ontario Raiders Buffalo Bandits |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Pro career | 1992–2008 |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname | Scoop |
| NLL Hall of Fame, 2009 | |
James Edward "Scoop" Veltman (born March 8, 1966 in Brampton, Ontario) is a former lacrosse player who played for the Toronto Rock, the Ontario Raiders, and the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League. Veltman won three NLL championships with the Bandits and then five more with the Rock, where he was captain for ten seasons.
Veltman and Dallas Eliuk were inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in March, 2009.
Veltman began his NLL career in 1992 with the Buffalo Bandits. He played 5 seasons with the Bandits, winning three NLL Championships. After the 1996 season, Veltman and his wife travelled to Uganda where they did volunteer work for 17 months.
In 1998, Veltman returned to the NLL, moving with Bandit head coach Les Bartley to the expansion Ontario Raiders, based in Hamilton, Ontario. A year later, the Ontario franchise move to Toronto, becoming the Toronto Rock, where Jim has won five more NLL Championships. Veltman was the captain of the Rock from 1999 until his retirement following the 2008 season.
Jim Veltman led the National Lacrosse League in loose balls in 14 out of the 16 seasons he played, earning him the nickname "Scoop". On February 5, 2006, Veltman reached a milestone as he "scooped" his 2000th career loose ball. He also set the single season record for loose balls with 226 in the 2006 season. Veltman scooped 14 loose balls on April 8, 2006, to break his own previous record of 207, set in 2003. The record stood until Geoff Snider scooped 244 in 2008.John Tavares, the NLL's all-time leading scorer, considers Veltman to be "the best teammate he ever had."
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