Dhane Smith

Dhane Smith
Smith, on the right, celebrating the 2023 NLL championship with teammates Steve Priolo (left) and Nick Weiss (center)
Born (1992-01-22) January 22, 1992 (age 32)
Kitchener, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight195 pounds (88 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionForward/Transition (Box), Midfield (Field)
NLL draft5th overall, 2012
Buffalo Bandits
NLL teamBuffalo Bandits
MLL teamsRochester Rattlers
Chesapeake Bayhawks
PLL teamChaos LC
CLA teamsKitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks
Victoria Shamrocks
Pro career2013
Career highlights

NLL:

  • 2x MVP (2016, 2022)
  • 2x NLL Cup Champion (2023, 2024)
  • 2023 NLL Cup Finals MVP
  • 3x First Team All-League (2016, 2022, 2023)
  • 1x Second Team All-League (2024)
  • Regular season record for goals (72, 2016)
  • Regular season record for assists (101, 2024)
  • Regular season record for points (137, 2016)

PLL:

  • 1x Champion (2021)
  • 2x All-Star (2021, 2023)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's field lacrosse
World Lacrosse Championship
Runner-up 2023 San Diego
Men's box lacrosse
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Winner 2015 Onondaga Nation
Winner 2019 Langley
Winner 2024 Utica
Men's lacrosse sixes
World Games
Winner 2022 Birmingham

Dhane Smith (born January 22, 1992) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League and Chaos Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League. He also plays for the Canadian men's indoor lacrosse team and the Canada men's lacrosse team.

In the NLL, he has won the MVP award twice and has won 2 consecutive championships with the Bandits in 2023 and 2024, (championship game MVP in 23) and in 2024 set the NLL single-season assists record (101) and all-time playoffs assists record. In the PLL, he won a championship with the Chaos in 2021, and was named an All-Star in 2021 and 2023. He also won a gold medal at the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships for Canada.

He is known for his offensive effectiveness and astute passing skills, and holds the current NLL single-season points record, while also simultaneously holding both the current single-season goals record and the current NLL single-season assists record.[1][2]

  1. ^ All-Time Stat Leaders - NLL %. (2021, September 24). NLL. https://www.nll.com/stats/all-time-stat-leaders/
  2. ^ Tutka, P. (2022, April 11). Smith new single season assists record holder after hopping Matthews — The Lax Mag. The Lax Mag. https://www.thelaxmag.com/home/smith-new-single-season-assists-record-holder-after-hopping-matthews