Peterborough Lakers Trade For Veteran Defenceman and Sign Former First-Round Forward Ahead of Home Opener

The Peterborough Lakers have acquired veteran defender Warren Jeffrey from the Brampton Excelsiors and signed forward Brad McCulley for the 2025 season.

Warren Jeffrey. Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Lakers.

The Lakers also regained their 2026 fifth-round pick previously held by the Excelsiors. Brampton receives the Lakers’s second-round pick in 2026 and reobtains the rights to Jeffrey for 2026.

Jeffery played three seasons in the National Lacrosse League (NLL), all with the Colorado Mammoth. During that span, he scored four goals and nine assists for 13 points. He also played 14 playoff games, registering two goals and five assists for seven points.

McCulley hails from Victoria, B.C., where he previously played for the Victoria Shamrocks in the Western Lacrosse Association. He and the Shamrocks competed for the 2024 Mann Cup against the Six Nations.

McCulley spent the latter half of the 2025 NLL season on the practice roster of the Rochester Knighthawks under Lakers’ head coach Mike Hasen. He previously played for the Vancouver Warriors and Buffalo Bandits, winning the 2023 NLL Cup for the latter.

The former first-round draft pick has scored 20 goals and 36 assists for 56 points in 36 career NLL games.

The Lakers open their season on the road against the Brooklin L.C. on Wednesday before having their home opener against the two-time defending Mann Cup-champion Six Nations Chiefs on Thursday.

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