Introduction
Chase Fraser (born August 3, 1995) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays as a forward for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League and as an attackman for Chaos Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League.
Early life and amateur Career
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Fraser's athletic career began with baseball, but he found the physicality of lacrosse more to his liking, and he developed a rivalry with future Bandits teammate Josh Byrne. He attended Blue Ridge School in Saint George, Virginia, where he was recruited to play lacrosse. Fraser played his first three years of college lacrosse for the District of Columbia Firebirds, where he tallied 87 goals and 22 assists over 33 games and helped inaugurate the lacrosse program at the University of the District of Columbia. Fraser spent his senior year at Neumann University, where he scored 66 goals in 14 games. He played junior lacrosse for the Delta Islanders of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League, where he played in the 2016 Minto Cup tournament.Fraser was taken third overall in the 2017 Western Lacrosse Association draft by the Nanaimo Timbermen. In 34 career regular season games with Nanaimo, he tallied 64 goals and 36 assists.
Professional career
Fraser was drafted thirteenth overall in the 2017 NLL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Bandits. With the Bandits, Fraser reached the NLL Cup Finals in 2019 and 2022, and won the NLL Cup in 2023.
In the field game, Fraser has played for the Chaos Lacrosse Club since 2021. He helped Chaos to a PLL Championship game appearance in 2022, and the league championship in 2021.
Statistics
NLL
| Chase Fraser | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | Pts/GP | LB/GP | PIM/GP |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bandits | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 8 | 1.56 | 4.56 | 0.89 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | Buffalo Bandits | 16 | 29 | 15 | 44 | 84 | 10 | 2.75 | 5.25 | 0.63 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 1.75 | 5.25 | 2.50 |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bandits | 8 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 21 | 3.25 | 4.25 | 2.63 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2022 | Buffalo Bandits | 18 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 62 | 14 | 3.11 | 3.44 | 0.78 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1.50 | 3.00 | 1.00 |
| 2023 | Buffalo Bandits | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2.17 | 3.17 | 0.67 |
| 55 | 94 | 58 | 152 | 237 | 59 | 2.76 | 4.31 | 1.07 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 29 | 58 | 20 | 1.81 | 3.63 | 1.25 | ||
| Career Total: | 71 | 116 | 65 | 181 | 295 | 79 | 2.55 | 4.15 | 1.11 | ||||||||||
PLL
| Chase Fraser | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | 2PG | A | Pts | Sh | GB | Pen | PIM | FOW | FOA | GP | G | 2PG | A | Pts | Sh | GB | Pen | PIM | FOW | FOA |
| 2021 | Chaos LC | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Chaos LC | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Chaos LC | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 91 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Total: | 22 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 119 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||