Nickname Cuz Ry-Co, 5-0 Position Defenseman Shoots Right Height 6-1 Weight 200 Birthday April 1, 1981 Birthplace Toronto, Ontario Residence   College Brock Occupation Firefighter Drafted 2001 by the Columbus Landsharks Round 1 Overall 5 Acquired Traded along with Chad Culp from the Arizona Sting for Brock Robertson and the Swarm's first round pick in the 2006 Entry Draft on November 5, 2004 Status Signed a two year contract on December 11, 2008 that expires after the 2010 season.  Placed on the Hold Out List on February 26, 2010 Summer   Highlights The only captain in Minnesota Swarm history 2007 & 2008 NLL Defensive Player of the Year First Team NLL All-Pro in 2007 & 2008 NLL All-Star in 2005 - 2009 Assistant Captain for the East at 2008 NLL All-Star Game Played for Gold-Medal winning Canada team in the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships Mann Cup champion in 2004, 2006 & 2007 with the Peterborough Lakers Mann Cup champion in 2005 with the Victoria Shamrocks Scored two playoff goals against Buffalo on April 22, 2007 Scored three goals against Rochester on January 26, 2008 Scored game winning goals against: Toronto on January 11, 2008 in overtime Portland on February 10, 2008 in overtime Scooped eleven loose balls against Philadelphia on February 10, 2006 Led the Swarm in loose balls in 2007 Tied with Travis Hill with the most loose balls in a Swarm season with 108 set in 2007 All time penalty minutes and loose ball leader in Swarm history Led the Swarm in penalty minutes in 2005 (tied with Michael Kilby) & 2006 2009 NLL Insider Top 50 - Ryan Cousins #11 2010 NLL Insider Top 50 - Ryan Cousins #36 Websites Captain Cousins Ryan Cousins' blog on Sportsnet Revival Lacrosse Ryan Cousins-Wikpedia Regular Season Year Team GP G A Pts S Sh% PIM LB FO 2002 Columbus 12 0 1 1 20 .000 13 59 35-58 2003 Columbus 12 0 2 2 3 .000 13 31 0-0 2004 Arizona 13 2 3 5 8 .250 7 29 0-0 2005 Minnesota 16 5 4 9 14 .357 45 48 13-29 2006 Minnesota 13 2 6 8 12 .167 32 65 2-5 2007 Minnesota 16 9 14 23 29 .310 16 108 0-0 2008 Minnesota 16 9 5 14 40 .225 36 87 0-3 2009 Minnesota 15 4 3 7 19 .211 20 87 0-0 2010 Minnesota 7 0 4 4 2 .000 16 33 0-0 Totals Regular Season 120 31 42 79 147 .211 198 547 50-95   Playoffs Year Team GP G A Pts S Sh% PIM LB FO 2006 Minnesota 1 0 1 1 1 .000 0 4 0-0 2007 Minnesota 1 2 0 2 2 1.000 2 5 0-0 2008 Minnesota 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 9 0-0 Totals Playoffs 3 2 1 3 4 .500 2 18 0-0   All-Star Games Year Team GP G A Pts S Sh% PIM LB FO 2005 East 1 1 0 1 4 .250 0 4   2006 East 1 1 0 1 1 1.000 0 4 0-0 2007 East 1 0 2 2 2 .000 2 4 2-2 2008 East 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 4 0-0 2009 West 1 1 2 3 2 .500 0 7 0-0 Totals All-Star Games 5 3 4 7 9 .333 2 23 2-2