Greg cattrano biography
Greg "The Cat" Cattrano born August 6, is a retired lacrosse goaltender , who is recognized as one of the most successful and accomplished goaltenders in the history of the sport. In he was awarded the Lt. Ray Enners Award as Suffolk County's outstanding lacrosse player. Cattrano attended Brown University.
Greg "The Cat" Cattrano (born August 6, ) is a retired lacrosse goaltender, who is recognized as one of the most successful and accomplished goaltenders.
In addition he was named All-American twice. Cattrano played three seasons indoors for the New York Saints of the National Lacrosse League — , posting a Cattrano played in all five of the league's first Championship Games from to , winning the Steinfeld Cup in and His leadership skills helped guide the Barrage from a record in , to champions in Though his career, Cattrano was extremely durable.
In , he was the only goalie in the MLL to play every minute of every game. Cattrano is the league's goalie leader in wins, boasting an incredible record, including playoff games. In , Cattrano became the first goalkeeper to score in an MLL game, tallying his first professional goal against the Rochester Rattlers in a win at Villanova Stadium.
Cattrano also achieved the feat four times in his college career at Brown University , twice playing for NYAC club lacrosse, and six times in high school. Cattrano originally played for the Baltimore Bayhawks for first three years of the league's existence, before being traded to the Philadelphia Barrage for the first overall pick in the Collegiate Draft Baltimore selected Michael Powell.
The Long Island Lizards acquired Cattrano, March 29, , sending Philadelphia native Brian Dougherty to the Barrage in an exchange of the top two goaltenders in the league.