Mike Accursi

Mike Accursi (born February 25, 1975, in Pelham, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional box lacrosse player. He is also a teacher and lacrosse coach at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario. Accursi professionally coaches currently for the newly relocated lacrosse team, Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League, and has formerly coached for the Rochester Knighthawks.

Accursi has been very successful during his lacrosse career, winning two Champion's Cups in consecutive years with the Rochester Knighthawks and the Buffalo Bandits. He has also won two Mann Cups in the Canadian Lacrosse Association; one with the Brampton Excelsiors (2002) and one with the Peterborough Lakers (2004).

Junior career For five years, Accursi played for the Burlington Chiefs and the St. Catharines Athletics of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 1993, Accursi was awarded the "P.C.O. Trophy" for Rookie of the Year.

Statistics

NLL Regular Season Playoffs Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM 1998 Ontario 12 24 18 42 63 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1999 Syracuse 11 7 11 18 35 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2000 Buffalo 12 30 18 48 79 14 1 2 2 4 12 0 2001 Buffalo 14 29 25 54 94 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2002 Buffalo 16 26 20 46 96 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2003 Buffalo 15 35 20 55 85 18 2 7 2 9 13 2 2004 Buffalo 16 26 28 54 87 18 3 6 7 13 16 2 2005 Rochester 16 23 48 71 74 12 2 7 1 8 6 0 2006 Rochester 16 27 36 63 61 10 2 0 3 3 10 2 2007 Rochester 16 26 51 77 69 0 3 11 4 15 15 2 2008 Edmonton 9 11 22 33 37 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- Buffalo 4 6 3 9 17 0 3 7 10 17 14 4 2009 Buffalo 16 30 30 60 66 4 2 2 2 4 9 2 2010 Buffalo 15 25 19 44 49 16 1 6 3 9 3 0

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