{{Short description|Lacrosse player}} thumb {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox lacrosse player | name = Matt Hossack | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|02|08}} | birth_place = Port Perry, Ontario, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | nationality = | nationality_2 = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lbs = 192 | shoots = Right | position = Defence/Transition | ncaa_team = Rochester Institute of Technology | class = | nll_draft = 14th overall | nll_draft_year = 2016 | nll_draft_team = Saskatchewan Rush | nll_team =Saskatchewan Rush | former_nll_teams = Panther City Lacrosse Club | mll_draft = | mll_draft_year = | mll_draft_team = | mll_team = Atlanta Blaze | former_mll_teams = Denver Outlaws | pll_team = Philadelphia Waterdogs | former_pll_teams = | cla_team = Brooklin Lacrosse Club | former_cla_teams = Whitby Warriors | league = MSL | team = | former teams = | career_start = 2016 | career_end = | coach = | nickname = Hoss | website = | career_highlights = | medal_templates = | medal_templates-expand = | uslaxhof_year = | canlaxhof = | nllhof = }} '''Matt Hossack''' (born February 02, 1994) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player currently playing for the Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League and for the Philadelphia Waterdogs of the Premier Lacrosse League.
==College career== Hossack attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he was named the Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year for two straight seasons with the RIT Tigers. At RIT he finished 5th all time in ground balls with 369 ground balls, as well as second all time in caused turnovers with 139.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ritathletics.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster/matt-hossack/11598 | title=Matt Hossack - 2016 - Men's Lacrosse }}</ref>
==Professional career== Hossack was drafted 14th overall by the Saskatchewan Rush in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nll.com/players/791/ | title=Matt Hossack }}</ref> He went on to win one NLL Championship in the 2018 NLL Cup Finals with the Rush.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/local-sports/one-hossack-will-win-nll-champions-cup-thats-guaranteed | title=One Hossack will win NLL Champions Cup, that's guaranteed }}</ref> He was drafted in the 2020 NLL expansion draft by the Panther City Lacrosse Club.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/opinion/sports-this-week-rush-lose-hossack-to-panther-city-4173122 | title=Sports This Week - Rush lose Hossack to Panther City }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/local-sports/rush-lose-hossack-in-nll-expansion-draft | title=Rush lose Hossack in NLL expansion draft }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1410011053572997121|user=PantherCityLax|title=First Pick- Matt Hossack - Defender History Made!! Congrats to @Du_Hoss42 on being our first pick in the 2021 e…|date=June 29, 2021}}</ref>
Hossack has played for the Brooklin Lacrosse Club of the Major Series Lacrosse and has won a Minto Cup with the Whitby Warriors Junior A lacrosse club.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=8686388 | title=Matt Hossack - Major Series Lacrosse - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies }}</ref>
===NLL stats=== {{NLLCareerStats |player_name_link= Matt Hossack |player_name= Matt Hossack
|season1_year=2017 |season1_team_link=Saskatchewan Rush |season1_games_played=6 |season1_goals=5 |season1_assists=1 |season1_loose_balls=19 |season1_penalty_minutes=0 |season1_playoff_games_played=4 |season1_playoff_goals=1 |season1_playoff_assists=1 |season1_playoff_loose_balls=11
|season2_year=2018 |season2_team_link=Saskatchewan Rush |season2_games_played=17 |season2_goals=3 |season2_assists=7 |season2_loose_balls=61 |season2_penalty_minutes=4 |season2_playoff_games_played=4 |season2_playoff_goals=2 |season2_playoff_assists=3 |season2_playoff_loose_balls=25
|season3_year=2019 |season3_team_link=Saskatchewan Rush |season3_games_played=18 |season3_goals=3 |season3_assists=14 |season3_loose_balls=93 |season3_penalty_minutes=10 |season3_playoff_games_played=1 |season3_playoff_goals=0 |season3_playoff_assists=0 |season3_playoff_loose_balls=12
|season4_year=2020 |season4_team_link=Saskatchewan Rush |season4_games_played=10 |season4_goals=1 |season4_assists=4 |season4_loose_balls=40 |season4_penalty_minutes=2 |season4_playoff_games_played=0 |season4_playoff_goals=0 |season4_playoff_assists=0 |season4_playoff_loose_balls=0 |season4_playoff_penalty_minutes=0
|season5_year=2021 |season5_team_link=Panther City Lacrosse Club |season5_games_played=17 |season5_goals=2 |season5_assists=7 |season5_loose_balls=117 |season5_penalty_minutes=14 |season5_playoff_games_played=0 |season5_playoff_goals=0 |season5_playoff_assists=0 |season5_playoff_loose_balls=0 }}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=8686388 |title=Matt Hossack |accessdate=May 19, 2022 |publisher=National Lacrosse League}}</ref>
==Awards and honours== *Minto Cup, 2013 (with the Brooklin Lacrosse Club) *2015 Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year *2016 Liberty League Defensive Player of the Year *NLL Cup, 2018 (with the Saskatchewan Rush) *[NLL Defensive Player of the Year], 2025 (with the Saskatchewan Rush)
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[https://www.nll.com/players/791/ Matt Hossack] at NLL.com * [https://ritathletics.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster/matt-hossack/11598 RIT Tigers bio]
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