![]() ![]() Monahan was left with a choice when he was drafted to the OHL at age 15. ![]() “The Excelsiors had both hockey and lacrosse programs, so I was doing both loving both. “I was three years old when I started playing house league and I pretty much had a stick in my hand all day, every day when I was a kid. “I started lacrosse before I started hockey, actually,” Monahan said. He dreamed of a career in lacrosse, but soon saw a different talent begin to blossom on the ice. Lacrosse fans should be excited about what he brings to the sport.”įor a while, Monahan was on a similar path back home in Brampton. “I was so happy to be out there watching him do his thing. It just goes to show how good of a player and what kind of competitor he is. “He’s so shifty, so smart and creative out there. “Growing up, we played lacrosse together in the back yard and you could tell – even at that age – that he was going to be a special player. “He’s definitely one of the better players in the game right now and will probably be going first overall in the NLL draft in the coming years,” Monahan said. Teat finished the Minto with an impressive 22 goals and 42 points in seven games, and has had a prolific junior career that includes multiple scoring records and a myriad of accolades from Cornell University. Monahan, who grew up playing the game and spent 13 years in the Excelsiors’ minor program, is good friends with the team’s leading scorer and future NLL star, Jeff Teat. ![]()
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