"There are some days that are tougher than others," said Magnan. Luke Magnan is a rugged defender on the floor and during the week, he's in the classroom teaching high school at The Hill Academy, an independent high school that specializes in lacrosse and hockey development. It's a seven-day-a-week kind of grind but if you ask anybody, nobody would change anything about it." "You teach until Friday then you fly somewhere, then you get back on home Sunday and then it's back to work. It's a lot of trains, planes and automobiles," said Accursi. He's a teacher in Ontario and played 17 seasons in the National Lacrosse League. Thunderbirds head coach Mike Accursi knows what it's like to juggle two professions. When Shanks isn't playing with the Halifax Thunderbirds he works as a firefighter. "It's tough being away from the team when I have fire or being away from fire when I have lacrosse because I feel like they are both my team," said Shanks.Īustin Shanks is pictured in his Toronto Fire Service dress uniform. Shanks missed the preseason while completing his training at the fire academy and had to miss his team's last game in New York while working a weekend shift. "Once I get home, it's back to lacrosse, watching film, getting ready for practice and going to the gym." "When I'm at fire, it's full fire," said Shanks. He joined the Toronto Fire Service in July. When he's not scoring goals, Shanks is busy putting out fires. "It can be a grind," says Halifax Thunderbirds forward Austin Shanks. The majority of professional lacrosse players have other jobs they work during the week, with weekends from December until May reserved for competition.īalancing work and lacrosse can be a lot to handle for these athletes doing double duty. Most professional athletes make hundreds of thousands of dollars playing their sports but that's not the case for players in the National Lacrosse League.
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