The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame member grew up in Burnaby and was a goaltending star for the Burnaby Cablevision Junior A team for three seasons.
He was a first-team all-star in 1969 and 1970. Evans was named the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League’s top goaltender in 1969. He went one better the next season winning the league’s MVP award in 1970. Both years Cablevision finished as runners-up in the Minto Cup.
Evans then went on to play for the Senior A Vancouver Burrards for 10 more seasons. He was named the Western Lacrosse Association’s top goaltender in 1973 and WLA playoff MVP in ’73 and again in 1977 when the Burrards went on to win the Mann Cup. The Burrards retired his No. 29 jersey in 1981 and Evans was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1995.
Along the way, Evans played professionally for the Montréal Québécois of the National Lacrosse League in 1975. He had the NLL’s top save percentage as the team made it all the way to the league final.
Evans also represented Canada at the 1974 world field lacrosse championships.
Dave went on to coach at many levels including stints with Cablevision when they won Minto Cups in 1977, ’78 and ’79. He was a goaltending consultant for the Burnaby Jr. Lakers when they won Minto Cups in 2000, 2004 and 2005. He also coached the senior Lakers in 2007 before coaching in the NLL with the Washington/Vancouver Stealth.
