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Position: T
Date of Birth: 09/12/1971 Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185 lbs
Pro Experience: 18th College/Last Team: Buffalo (2010) Shoots: R Resides: Fergus, Ontario
Biography:
Acquired: Was acquired by the Knighthawks on February 5, 2010… In return, Rochester sent Buffalo its second-round pick (from Portland) in the 2010 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft and its highest second-round pick in the 2012 draft.
CAREER
Driscoll, 38, had two goals, three assists and 10 loose balls in four games with the Bandits this season… He arrived in Buffalo on July 31, 2009, from Toronto in a deal that sent defenseman Phil Sanderson to the Rock… He is in his 18th season in the National Lacrosse League and makes his second stop in Rochester... In his professional career, he has notched 235 goals, 365 assists and 959 loose balls in 207 games. He has won three championships along the way: 1997, 2003 and 2005… He began his career with the Detroit Turbos in 1993 before heading to Rochester, where he played in 42 games in four seasons… He collected 72 goals and 108 assists as a Knighthawk and helped the franchise win its first title in 1997… During the 1999 season, he was traded to the Buffalo Bandits… Played the rest of that season plus two more in Buffalo, before being traded to the New York Saints in a seven-player deal… Driscoll played parts of two seasons with the Saints before being traded yet again, this time to the Toronto Rock for defenseman Scott Stapleford and three draft picks… He spent parts of seven seasons with the Rock, which was his longest stint with any team… Driscoll was given the National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award in 2003, and won an NLL championship with the Rock in 2005… In November 2008, he was named captain of the Rock, replacing the retired Jim Veltman… Driscoll became only the second team captain in Rock history… In the Major Series, he has won two Mann Cups: 1998 and 2002 with the Brampton Excelsiors.
Personal: Married: wife, Kim... daughter, Kate... son, Kyle... Works as the Ontario Lacrosse technical director.
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