Nickname Wardo Position Forward Shoots Right Height 5-9 Weight 190 Birthday September 26, 1980 Birthplace Victoria, British Columbia Residence Eden Prairie, Minnesota College Butler Occupation Teacher & Eden Prairie HS Lacrosse Team Drafted 2003 by the Philadelphia Wings Round 1 Overall 3 Acquired Acquired along with a fourth round pick in the 2005 Entry Draft from the Philadelphia Wings for Shawn Nadelen and a first round pick in the 2005 Entry Draft on February 8, 2005 Left Traded along with Justin Norbraten, Richard Morgan and Scott Stewart to the Edmonton Rush for Ryan Benesch, Scott Self and the ninth pick in the 2009 Entry Draft on July 7, 2009 Summer   Highlights Swarm Assistant Captain 2006 - 2009 2007 & 2008 NLL All-Star Played for Gold-Medal winning Canada team in the 2006 World Field Lacrosse Championships Mann Cup champion in 2003 & 2005 with the Victoria Shamrocks Won Silver medal for Team Canada at the 1999 U-19 Field Lacrosse Championships NLL Rookie of the Week - Week 8 & 14 2004 All-time leader in  assists and points in Swarm history Led the Swarm in points in 2006 & 2007 Led the Swarm in goals in 2008 Scored the most goals in a Swarm season with 33 in 2008 Led the Swarm in assists in 2006 & 2007 Assisted on the most goals in a Swarm season with 52 in 2007 Scored game winning goals against: Philadelphia on March 18, 2007 Toronto on January 12, 2008 Scored five goals against: Anaheim on April 9, 2005 Toronto on January 11, 2008 Assisted on seven goals against: Portland on March 17, 2006 New York on February 17, 2007 Scored ten points against: Portland on March 17, 2006 (3g 7a) Calgary on January 27, 2007 (4g 6a) 2009 NLL Insider Top 50 - Ryan Ward #23 2010 NLL Insider Top 50 - Ryan Ward #46 Websites Ryan Ward's Twin Cities Lacrosse, LLC. Ryan Ward - Wikipedia Regular Season Year Team GP G A Pts S Sh% PIM LB FO 2004 Philadelphia 13 18 19 37 106 .170 0 45 0-0 2005 Philadelphia 5 5 2 7 15 .333 2 23 0-0 2005 Minnesota 11 19 25 44 104 .183 2 53 0-0 2006 Minnesota 16 19 47 66 169 .112 16 37 0-1 2007 Minnesota 15 23 52 75 135 .170 6 44 0-0 2008 Minnesota 16 33 36 69 190 .174 10 56 0-0 2009 Minnesota 15 20 36 56 168 .119 4 58 0-0 2010 Edmonton 16 31 43 74 161 .193 2 33 0-0 Totals Regular Season 105 168 260 428 1,048 .160 42 349 0-1   Playoffs Year Team GP G A Pts S Sh% PIM LB FO 2006 Minnesota 1 2 3 5 14 .143 0 3 0-0 2007 Minnesota 1 1 0 1 10 .100 0 2 0-0 2008 Minnesota 1 0 3 3 11 .000 0 1 0-0 2010 Edmonton 2 3 12 15 21 .142 0 7 0-0 Totals Playoffs 5 6 18 24 56 .107 0 13 0-0   All-Star Games Year Team GP G A Pts S Sh% PIM LB FO 2007 East 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 9 0-0 2008 East 1 1 2 3 10 .100 0 6 0-0 Totals All-Star Games 2 1 2 3 13 .077 0 15 0-0