Nick Carlson

Nick Carlson (born May 19, 1980) is a Canadian former box lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League.

Carlson was born in the small town of Lantzville, British Columbia, and grew up playing box lacrosse in the Nanaimo Minor Lacrosse Association. He was not introduced to outdoor lacrosse until his junior year of high school. As a sophomore in 2001, he earned Deep South Conference Player of the Year honors after setting program records for points in a season (83) and goals in a game (10).

National team career During his freshman year of college, Carlson was called up to the Canada men's junior national team ahead of the 1999 Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships held in Australia. He earned a silver medal as Canada lost to the United States in the final.

Statistics NLL Regular Season Playoffs Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM 2003 New York 12 5 9 14 44 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2004 Colorado 12 2 9 11 50 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2005 Colorado 16 6 12 18 61 38 1 0 3 3 1 2 2006 Colorado 16 14 15 29 56 51 3 2 4 6 14 10 2007 Colorado 8 3 4 7 23 12 1 0 2 2 0 2 2008 Colorado 16 8 7 15 58 23 1 1 2 3 8 0 2009 Colorado 16 4 14 18 83 20 1 0 0 0 5 4 NLL totals 96 42 70 112 375 180 7 3 11 14 28 18