Matt Roik

Matt Roik is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender who was born on November 17, 1979, in Dunnville, Ontario. He was taken with the final pick of the 1999 National Lacrosse League entry draft by the Toronto Rock, was traded to the New Jersey Storm, and stayed with that franchise as it became the Anaheim Storm. He later played for the Philadelphia Wings, the Chicago Shamrox, the San Jose and Washington Stealth and finally the Toronto Rock, and the league named him its Defensive Player of the Week five times. In field and amateur play he was named most valuable player of the 2000 Minto Cup with the Burnaby Lakers and was a member of the Victoria Shamrocks team that won the 2003 Mann Cup, and he later joined the Victoria Jokers of the Vancouver Island league.