Georgetown, Ontario native Adam Charalambides is a major bright spot for the Vancouver Warriors this season. As of March 6, Charalambides leads the Warriors in goals, assists, and points. Charalambides, who’s in his second year in Vancouver, has already surpassed his career high in all major offensive categories.
After defeating the defending NLL champion Buffalo Bandits, where he recorded eight points and his 100th career NLL assist, Charalambides credits Warriors training staff members Karen Nichol and Matt Holtzmann as well as the coaching staff and his teammates as key contributors to his success this season.
“We have a really great team here in Vancouver. I get to work with Matt and Karen, (who are) phenomenal minds in the sports and athletic world, and they really get me right physically. Our coaches do a great job preparing us tactically with all the film and everything we are watching during the week. Then, our offensive group is just doing a better job playing grittier and getting into the middle of the floor and just sharing the ball overall, so all the credit goes to the teammates.”
Adam with the apples. 🍎
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— Vancouver Warriors (@VanWarriors) March 2, 2024
The Warriors’ goals come from a variety of areas on the floor. Coach Curt Malawsky always puts an emphasis on getting to the middle and getting good shots off but that’s not easy to do in the NLL consistently. Charalambides mentions that they have to take outside looks even when they want to work for a high danger scoring chance.
“There’s been times where — especially myself — have taken some of those outside looks just to try and get a little bit better on them. Sometimes you just have to realize that we won’t get to an A grade look every single time and you have to take those B’s and B minuses when sometimes you want to work for an A minus.”
The success Charalambides is having this year shouldn’t come as a surprise. At Rutgers University, he led the team in the team in goals and points twice and was named First Team All-Big Ten and All-ECAC in 2019. He finished his career at Rutgers second all-time in goals with 149 and fifth all-time in points with 201. Charalambides’ success in college has transitioned perfectly to the NLL.
Other than playing for the Warriors, Charalambides is also an Account Executive at Canucks Sports and Entertainment. He went to Rutgers University for a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and Marketing Science in 2018 and earned a Master’s in Labour Studies and Employment Relations.