Lewis Ratcliff

Lewis Ratcliff (born April 24, 1981) is an English-Canadian former professional lacrosse player. Originally from London, England, Ratcliff moved to Victoria at the age of 7.

NLL career Ratcliff was drafted 49th overall by the Calgary Roughnecks in the 2001 NLL entry draft. In 2004, the Roughnecks won the Champion's Cup, defeating the Buffalo Bandits in Buffalo. In 2006, Ratcliff was named MVP of the NLL All-Star Game, scoring 4 goals, one of which was the game winner with only 4.4 seconds left in the game.

On March 25, 2008, Ratcliff was traded to the Toronto Rock for forward Josh Sanderson. After a single season in Toronto, Ratcliff was traded back west to the Washington Stealth along with Tyler Codron and Joel Dalgarno in a blockbuster deal for former NLL MVP Colin Doyle. He stayed with the Stealth through their move to Vancouver, and announced his retirement on February 6, 2015.

WLA career Ratcliff was a longtime member of the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association out of British Columbia Canada. He is a 2-time Mann Cup champion with the team

MLL career Ratcliff was drafted by the San Francisco Dragons of the MLL in 2006. He played one game and recorded 1 goal and 1 assist. Later in the season he was put on waivers due to his commitment of playing in the WLA rather than the MLL.

Statistics NLL Reference:

Canadian Lacrosse Association Regular Season Playoffs Season League Team GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999 BC Jr.A Victoria Shamrocks 6 10 9 19 10 - - - - - 2000 BC Jr.A Victoria Shamrocks 24 38 41 79 20 - - - - - 2001 BC Jr.A Victoria Shamrocks 11 17 12 29 12 5 4 1 5 0 2002 BC Jr.A Victoria Shamrocks 24 66 61 127 30 6 7 12 19 11 2002 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 2 4 2 6 5 - - - - - 2003 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 20 45 40 85 6 14 21 21 42 0 2004 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 18 47 57 104 0 16 29 31 60 2 2005 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 11 25 24 49 8 16 26 32 58 2 2006 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 17 54 46 100 4 16 30 30 60 14 2007 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 16 47 46 93 8 -- -- -- -- -- 2008 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 11 24 32 56 15 4 5 6 11 2 2009 WLA Victoria Shamrocks 18 43 73 116 14 5 8 13 21 4 Junior A Totals 65 131 123 254 72 11 11 13 24 11 Senior A Totals 113 289 320 609 60 71 119 133 252 24

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