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Lakers Make Numerous Trades At Major Series Lacrosse Trade Deadline
/The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers made a number of roster moves at the Major Series Lacrosse trade deadline on Monday.
Photo by David Pickering.
The Lakers sent rookie defenceman Zach Young to the Brooklin Lacrosse Club to retain the rights to Mark Matthews, who was originally picked up for a one-year-only deal in 2019 to help the run for the Mann Cup. Matthews became an integral part of the team, and is now a Laker until the end of the 2023 season.
Next, the Lakers traded a third-round pick to Owen Sound for veteran defenceman Paul Dawson.
“Dawson brings leadership, toughness and experience that will help our group at both ends of the floor,” said general manager Paul Day.
Dawson is the captain of the Mike Hasen-coached Rochester Knighthawks, and plays with Turner Evans, Holden Cattoni, Matt Gilray, Thomas Hoggarth and Mitch Ogilvie in the winter NLL season.
Dawson will make his debut on July 13 when the Lakers visit the Brooklin Lacrosse Club. He last played in the MSL in 2017 for the Six Nations Chiefs.
The Lakers re-signed goaltender Doug Buchan, who helped the Lakers win the 2018 Mann Cup. Matt Vinc requires more time to rehab from an injury sustained in the NLL Finals, and Mike Poulin will miss some upcoming games with work commitments.
The Lakers are next in action this Thursday at 8 p.m. when the Cobourg Kodiaks pay a visit to the Memorial Centre.
Tickets are available at the PMC box office.
Peterborough Petes Select Tommy Purdeller In 2022 CHL Import Draft
/The Peterborough Petes have selected Tommy Purdeller from Brunico, Italy with the 15th pick in 2022 CHL Import Draft.
Photo courtesy of Peterborough Petes.
The Petes selected the 6’0” Forward from Brunico, Italy who most recently played for EC Red Bull Akademie in Salzburg, Austria.
“I think I'm a power forward, I give 100% every shift and also support my teammates. In bad situations, I try to motivate the team and be a good leader,” said Purdeller. “I'm a good playmaker that can make good plays and find my teammates. I also like to crash the net a lot.”
“[We’re] excited to add Tommy, he is a player with good skills that plays hard,” said Peterborough Petes GM, Mike Oke.
Petes Season Ticket Members and flex pack holders have priority access to the best seats at the lowest prices. To gain access to the Home Opener and other exclusive seats, in an exclusive booking window, fans can call (705) 743-3681 ext. 6000, email the Petes, or visit the Petes Store online or in person at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.
Trent University Hosts 16th Annual Golf Tournament To Fundraise Student-Athlete Scholarship
/After taking a two-year break, the 16th President’s Excalibur Golf Tournament returned to the Quarry Golf Course on June 30, raising $65,000 for Trent Excalibur Green and White Scholarship Fund on Thursday.
Photo By Luke Best.
The scholarship is awarded to exceptional first-year student-athletes at Trent University.
“With the support of all our partners, Trent Athletics has been able to develop and grow our high-performance Excalibur varsity program.” said Tariq Al-idrissi, Trent vice president of finance and administration. “We will continue to be able to recruit the best and the brightest to Trent, enhancing the overall varsity student-athlete high-performance experience.”
Electric City Football Club Supporters, The Current 1819, Back In the Stands This Saturday
/After an investigation of an alleged racial slur committed on Electric City Football Club’s (ECFC) supporter group ‘The Current 1819’ on June 15, are returning to the stands for this Saturday’s men’s game against the Woodbridge Strikers.
The Current 1819 enter the stands to drum beats and smoke bombs prior to each ECFC home game kickoff. Photo by Luke Best.
The team issued a statement regarding the 1819’s return as League1 Ontario as completed their investigation.
“Electric City FC is excited to welcome back The Current 1819 to Fleming Field for this weekend’s Men’s ECFC match against Woodbridge Strikers as the team makes a push for the playoffs!
We thank them for their support and co-operation during the investigation which is now complete with an official statement expected by the League and both Clubs next week. We also want to thank The Current 1819 leadership and its members for working with us to ensure we are creating a positive, enjoyable and exciting ECFC game-day experience for all.” - Electric City Football Club
The incident occurred during a women’s game against the Simcoe County Rovers FC when a member of 1819 allegedly hurled a racial slur at the opposing team’s goalkeeper.
Several players have condemned the supposed actions and say that racism has no place in the sport in prior interviews. During the first 12 seconds of the following men’s match on June 22, ECFC, BVB IA Waterloo and the officials took a knee in silent protest of the incident and display a sign of unity.
“That's a very serious matter, very sensitive and I stand with my fellow teammates collectively,” said Ethan Gopaul, ECFC forward. “There's no place for that here and we both agree that it's very important that it's made clear that we both support that.”
“We pretty much wanted to show both on and off the field that there's no tolerance for that," said Josh Panello, ECFC defender. "Collectively as a group, that's one of the best ways to show it is in front of our home fans.”
The supporters released a statement a day after the controversial game.
“The Current 1819 set out from the start to be an inclusive group of passionate football supporters. Our goal is to create an environment that our players feel supported in, and visiting teams dread coming to, because they know we are the 12th person for our team.
However, there is a line. We strongly condemn any acts of racism or bigotry.
The code of conduct that covers fan behaviour at Fleming Stadium was co-created by Electric City FC and the Current. Any individual members found to be in violation will be asked to leave the group and supporters' end of the stadium. This has been our policy from the first home match. None of our members, or any of the security staff present in our section were aware of any racist language from the Current last night. The Current will be giving our full support to the club and League One Ontario in all investigations about last night's allegations, as racism has no home in football.” - David Barney, The Current 1819
The men’s game kickoff is at 3:00 p.m. against the Woodbridge Strikers at Fleming College.
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Over $4,500 Raised For Special Olympic Athletes In Charity Lacrosse Game
/Over $4,500 was raised at the Cradle for Special Olympics in a friendly lacrosse game between Team Educator/Boro Boys and the Peterborough Lakers at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Wednesday.
(From left to right) Kristy Wasson, Bill Chapman and Robert Hope in the ceremonial faceoff before the game between the Team Educator/Boro Boys and Peterborough Lakers. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Teachers, the Boro Boys and members of the 1967 undefeated Peterborough PCOs took on the Peterborough Lakers (both past and present) to a 16-16 draw.
Raffles, admission fees and donation boxes contributed to the fundraiser for the one-day event. All proceeds benefit Special Olympic athletes in a variety of ways.
"The money can fund a lot of things,” said Ernie Ellement, Boro Boys founder. “It could be as something as simple as sports equipment to helping some families with registrations."
The annual game was on hold for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic so having the fundraiser was refreshing for Bill Chapman, Special Olympics coordinator.
"The turnout was fantastic," he said. "It was a fundraiser that I've been to like no other. Peterborough is always a community to go to bat for every organization we have.”
The intermission featured shootouts with the Lakers broadcast crew, Peterborough PCO members and Special Olympic athletes.
Players wore special red socks in honour of the Peterborough Red Stockings as they played the first lacrosse game in town in 1872.
Third Annual Lakers Alumni Golf Tournament To Support Peterborough Grassroots Lacrosse Programs
/Roughly 70 golfers teed off at the Keystone Links Golf & Country Club for the third annual Peterborough Lakers Alumni golf tournament held on Friday.
Johnny “Shooter” Davis as one of four Lakers alumni that participated in the ceremonial tee-off. Photo by Luke Best.
Professional lacrosse players, former Peterborough Lakers and golfing fans were invited to participate in the open tournament. Past and present players including members of the undefeated 1974 Peterborough PCO lacrosse team were in attednance.
All proceeds go towards the Peterborough Lakers Alumni that support the sustainability and grassroots lacrosse programs in the Peterborough area.
“We feel that if we don't focus on that area, then we're just going to dissolve after so many years so focusing on that, trying to make sure we have new kids coming into the game and trying to make it non-cost prohibitive for families,” said Jamie Batley, Alumni president.
Lakers alumni Doug Evans, Paul Evans, Brian Evans, Bob Wasson and Johnny “Shooter” Davis all took ceremonial tee shots from the first hole prior to the tournament.
The tournament had prizes for lowest score, closest-to-pin shots and longest drives for both the male and female categories.
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“We know as being sports people, if you put your kids in sports, they learn teamwork, they learn communication, they learn how to work in a group. Lacrosse is a great sport to learn all those values,” said Batley.
63 Year Old Peterborough Athlete Competing In World Triathlon Championship Series In Montreal
/Ab Doyle, 63, will compete in Montreal this weekend at the World Triathlon Championship Series in the Sprint Triathlon and The Sprint Mixed Relay.
Doyle, who lived in Northern Ontario working in mining as a Hoisting Engineer says he spent most of his time there playing baseball.
“The mines started closing and people started leaving, so we had to fold the league,” he said.
This left Doyle looking for something else to spend his spare time doing.
“I thought I should try something different. I ran my first triathlon in 2001 and loved it. I’ve done 151 races since then.”
When Doyle retired in 2011 he says he ‘got into racing pretty heavily’.
Since then he has attended the World Championships in Spain (2019) and in The Netherlands (2021) .
The championship hosts athletes aged 15 to over 80 and Doyle says he hopes to compete until he can’t anymore.
“Watching those younger guys, they’re obviously faster,” he said. “My only goal is to not finish last.”
As a curler with The Peterborough Curling Club Doyle’s training takes a back seat during the winter months, during which he is in the gym for about 10 - 12 hours per week.
During the summer he trains for over 15 hours each week.
“It’s quite satisfying,” he said. “It makes you look forward to something. I don’t know what would happen if I stopped.”
On Saturday, Doyle will compete in the Sprint Triathlon which consists of a 750m swim a 20 km bike and a 5 km run.
On Sunday he will compete in the Sprint Mixed Relay, swimming 300m, biking 5km and running 1.5km.
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Undefeated 1974 Peterborough PCOs Honoured In Reunion at Lakers Game
/The band was back together for one night as the undefeated 1974 Peterborough PCOs lacrosse team was honoured in a reunion at the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers game on Thursday night.
Mitch Wilde, Brooklin transition; Ben Floyd, PCO coach and Robert Hope, Lakers captain in a ceremonial face-off before the 1974 Peterborough PCOs. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
The celebration was in recognition of the 150th anniversary of lacrosse in Peterborough. The PCOs were honoured prior to the opening faceoff in front of 2,334 fans at the Peterborough Memorial Centre.
Journalist Ed Arnold and his book, “Peterborough’s Perfect Season: With Benny and His Jets” was promoted and were available for sale with book signings from the 1974 team.
Roughly 18 members and staff of the team were present to accept the honour.
“When we did it (the perfect season), we didn’t think anything of it,” said Ben Floyd, 1974 PCO coach. “As the years go on and you realize that nobody has ever done that before or since, in any sport, hardly anyone has gone undefeated, it means a lot now.”
“The great thing about that is the tradition in Peterborough, if they didn’t continue to be successful which they have been over the last 20 years, it just goes to show you from the 50s, 60s and 70s and up to now, how that tradition continues so this is a big part of that tradition and I hope it continues,” said Bob Wasson, 1974 PCO captain.
(From left to right) David Soul, CLHOF executive director, RJ “Bobby” Allan, four-time Mann Cup champion (twice with the Lakers); Johnny “Shooter Davis, Mann Cup champion and Matthew Black, CLHOF chair. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
During the first intermission, the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (CLHOF) commemorated the city again with a scroll of honour that recognized the players, builders and teams involved in Peterborough lacrosse that have already been inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
The two CLHOF delegates had previously bestowed the honour to the city at the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame last Friday.
The following are honoured members and teams of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame affiliated with Peterborough written on the scroll of honour:
1965 - Lloyd “Moon” Wootton
1969 - Ross Powless
1971 - Harry Wipper
1972 - Ike Hildebrand
1973 - Douglas Miller
1974 - Bobby Allan
1976 - Bob Oliver
1977 - Arnold Dugan
1980 - Pat Baker and Paul Parnell
1982 - John “Curly” Mason
1984 - Johnny Davis
1985 - Cy Coombes
1989 - Larry Ferguson
1991 - Ben Floyd
1992 - Terry Davis
1994 - Grant Heffeman and Lou Nickle
1995 - Don Barrie
1997 - Brian Evans
1999 - Jim “JJ” Johnston
2002 - Peterborough Timbermen (1951-56)
2003 - Bob Wasson and Jim Wasson
2004 - Tim Barrie
2005 - Ted Higgins and Clinton “Mick” Magee
2006 - Greg Thomas
2007 - Paul Evans, Kerri Hardill and Lee Vitarelli
2008 - John Grant Sr.
2009 - Ken Ruttan
2010 - Peterborough PCOs Team (1972-1975)
2012 - Bob Curtis and Craig Stevenson
2013 - Bill Armour and Joey Todd
2014 - Andy Ogilvie
2015 - Peterborough James Gang (1981-83)
2017 - Clinton “Jan” Magee and Peterborough Maulers (1986-87 & 1989)
2018 - Brian Hall
2020 - Jamie Batley and Paul Day
The Lakers earned a 12-7 win over the Brooklin Lacrosse Club after coughing up the first four goals of the game.
Peterborough never led until 11:43 left in the third period. They scored eight unanswered goals and shut out Brooklin 7-0 in the final stanza.
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Electric City Football Club Women and Men's Teams Snap Small Winless Streaks with Shutouts
/Both the Women and Men’s teams of the Electric City Football Club (ECFC) found themselves back in the win column with shutout victories on Wednesday night.
ECFC goalkeeper Quillan Roberts (left) gets his second shutout of the season while Ethan Gopaul (right) seals the win for ECFC with a goal late in the second half. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
