Curtis Palidwor

Curtis Palidwor (born January 16, 1973, in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a former goaltender for the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League. In 2004 he was named MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the NLL's Champions Cup game, backstopping the Roughnecks to a 14–11 victory over the Buffalo Bandits.

Curtis Palidwor

Born	(1973-01-16) January 16, 1973 (age 52) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	190 pounds (86 kg)
Shoots	Left
Position	Goaltender
NLL draft	9th overall, 1998 New York Saints
NLL team Former teams	Calgary Roughnecks Colorado Mammoth Toronto Rock Edmonton Rush New York Titans Montreal Express Columbus Landsharks
Pro career	2001–
Nickname	Pally, Shut-The-Door

Palidwor was awarded "Player of the Month" honors in March of the 2008 NLL season.^[1]

During the 2009 season, Palidwor was traded from the Colorado Mammoth to the Toronto Rock for a second round pick in the 2010 entry draft.^[2] In his first and only game as a member of the Rock, he made 16 saves and allowed 10 goals in 45 minutes as the Rock lost 18–10 to Rochester. A week later, the trade was reversed as Palidwor was traded back to the Mammoth for the same draft pick.^[3]

Statistics

NLL

Reference:^[4]

Curtis Palidwor		Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Sv	Sv %	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Sv	Sv %
2001	Columbus Landsharks	13	429:30	2	6	110	15.37	266	0.707	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Montreal Express	16	932:18	8	8	222	14.29	639	0.742	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Calgary Roughnecks	16	789:12	9	5	162	12.32	502	0.756	1	21:12	0	1	8	22.64	12	0.600
2004	Calgary Roughnecks	16	778:31	8	5	148	11.41	496	0.770	3	179:30	3	0	36	12.03	140	0.795
2005	Calgary Roughnecks	16	848:57	7	6	189	13.36	561	0.748	1	60:00	0	1	18	18.00	25	0.581
2006	Calgary Roughnecks	16	819:15	8	5	146	10.69	554	0.791	1	24:47	0	0	10	24.21	20	0.667
2007	New York Titans	5	163:27	1	1	44	16.15	120	0.732	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Edmonton Rush	12	709:44	5	7	124	10.48	465	0.789	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Edmonton Rush	14	602:06	4	8	123	12.26	369	0.750	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Toronto Rock	1	45:26	0	1	10	13.21	16	0.615	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Colorado Mammoth	5	111:51	1	1	22	11.80	68	0.756	1	37:07	0	0	5	8.08	22	0.815
2010	Colorado Mammoth	1	21:11	0	0	4	11.33	15	0.789	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Calgary Roughnecks	6	9:33	0	0	2	12.57	4	0.667	2	0:00	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.000
		137	6,261:01	53	53	1,306	12.52	4,075	0.757	9	322:36	3	2	77	14.32	219	0.740
Career Total:		146	6,583:37	56	55	1,383	12.60	4,294	0.756

GP–Games played;Min–Minutes played;W–Wins;L–Losses;GA–Goals against;GAA–Goals against average;Sv–Number of saves;Sv %–Save percentage;

Awards

Preceded by Bob Watson

Champion's Cup MVP 2004

Succeeded by Colin Doyle