Daryl Veltman (born September 25, 1985) is a Canadian former professional lacrosse player. He is currently a member of the New England Black Wolves in the National Lacrosse League.
High School/College career Veltman attended the Connecticut college-preparatory Salisbury School, before enrolling at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Veltman played collegiate lacrosse for the Hobart College Statesmen. As a freshman in 2005, he was honored by the ECAC Lacrosse League as "Rookie of the Year." During his freshman season, Veltman led his team in scoring. In all three subsequent seasons, he would continue his team's leading scorer. Veltman was recognized by the conference with ALL-ECAC team honors three times, including first-team recognition as a senior.
Canadian Box career Junior Veltman played junior box lacrosse in the Ontario Lacrosse Association. From 2000 to 2002, Veltman was a member of the Halton Hills Bulldogs in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. In 2002, he was named his conference's Most Valuable Player. From 2003 to 2006 he played Junior A lacrosse with the Orangeville Northmen. In 2005, he led the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League in scoring with a career high 102 points.
Senior After some controversy about transferring provinces within the Canadian Lacrosse Association, Veltman moved west to British Columbia and joined the Coquitlam Adanacs of the Western Lacrosse Association in 2007. During his rookie season, Veltmen helped the Adanacs to a league championship and their first Mann Cup appearance since 2001.
Professional career Veltman was selected with the first overall pick by the expansion Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League in the 2008 NLL Entry Draft. In his rookie season, Veltman was named Rookie of the Week twice, and was also named Rookie of the Month for both January and February.
Veltman is the nephew of Jim Veltman, former Toronto Rock captain and current Rock advisor and National Lacrosse League all-time loose-ball leader.
On August 8, 2015, Veltman signed a two-year contract with the Buffalo Bandits
International career In 2003, he represented Team Canada at the Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships, helping his team win the silver medal.
Statistics Hobart College Season TeamGP G A Pts GB 2005Hobart14 28 22 50 30 2006Hobart13 22 9 31 16 2007Hobart 14 33 11 44 38 2008Hobart11261137 23 Totals 5210953162107
National Lacrosse League Regular Season Playoffs Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM 2009 Boston 15 34 43 77 92 2 1 3 4 7 6 0 NLL totals 15 34 43 77 92 2 1 3 4 7 6 0
Canadian Lacrosse Association Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000 Halton Hills Bulldogs OLA Jr.B 5 5 4 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 2001 Halton Hills Bulldogs OLA Jr.B 19 22 25 47 14 7 8 7 15 6 2002 Halton Hills Bulldogs OLA Jr.B 22 44 49 93 22 8 16 11 27 2 2003 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 8 12 19 31 2 13 10 30 40 6 2004 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 19 30 47 77 4 9 7 17 24 2 2005 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 22 38 64 102 41 13 19 29 48 28 2006 Orangeville Northmen OLA Jr.A 11 9 23 32 13 11 12 11 23 4 2007 Coquitlam Adanacs WLA 9 8 11 19 0 9 10 6 16 0 Mann Cup Coquitlam Adanacs CLA -- -- -- -- -- 5 5 4 9 4 2009 Coquitlam Adanacs WLA 10 20 27 47 10 6 4 14 18 6Junior A Totals60891532426046488713540Junior B Totals46717814938162418428Senior A Totals1928386610151420346Mann Cup Totals----------55494
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